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World Gone Wrong

By arhpositive

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness357
Innovation1933.44
Overall3643.09
Fun4392.79
Mood4992.59
Audio5902.06
Theme6212.62
Humor6621.77
Graphics7012.35

Comments

sidetrackgames 2012-04-23 08:39

Pretty neat concept, i like it! The art is minimalistic, but it works well.

piterlouis 2012-04-23 19:29

Good concept, the boosts of droid are a goos idea. Good work!

arhpositive 2012-04-23 19:33

Thank you for your comments. Keep them coming! :)

pixelulsar 2012-04-23 19:57

Cool concept, I don't think I've seen anything like it before!

headchant 2012-04-23 21:25

I like the concept but it's requires some more work I think. Damn hard also.

comatoes 2012-04-23 21:26

Really nice idea. I do like it but I think the player needs a hint on which way to go - Just something to say that you're getting closer or further away from the stairs would be enough. Thank you :)

shigor 2012-04-23 21:32

I seriously dislike games based on trial and error. It's essentially a maze game with limited view and serious time limit. Points for trying to spice it up with emergency teleporter and limited wall removal, but the basis of try and hope you'll reach the exit isn't fun (at least for me)

arhpositive 2012-04-23 21:55

Thanks for all the constructive comments. If I continue to develop the game, I'll try to keep all of them in mind.

@ComaToes: I thought about implementing a "getting hot, getting cold" system into the game, but couldn't find the time. Maybe in a later version.

@Shigor: You have a point. There's too much trial & error in the game. Originally I thought about making powerups as collectibles (which carry on to the next level) and put them on most of the dead-ends. Maybe I'll end up doing that and then slow the explosion to give a less trial & error feel.

hume 2012-04-23 22:21

Maybe it should be possible to see farther as the meltdown progresses.

I liked it and I gave it a lot of tries, but in the end I gave up at level 3, which is a shame because I think you've put a lot more work into this than that.

devince 2012-04-23 22:27

Good base idea

heychinaski 2012-04-23 22:47

Nice idea. I like the way you can "cheat" the maze by shooting, sometimes that feels really great. It would be great if there was more of a feeling of skill. If I got through a level quickly it felt more like dumb luck than an achievement. Really enjoyed it though, very clever.

dew 2012-04-24 20:23

Nice game! I love this backtracking method!!
Sometimes u get mad doing the same thing 50 times but nice tho!!
Perfect music :D

minercraftguy 2012-04-25 13:25

Minimal graphics, neat concept to play

rynti 2012-04-26 12:06

Quite nice, except that this trial-and-error concept isn't able to keep me entertained for a long time. The length of your game is around the point where I'd have quit, so it's okay^^ Graphics aren't bad (I like the style), audio is also nice - However, music is missing, a fast music would've improved the feeling of "OMG THE LAVA IS COMING!"

blackdogg 2012-05-01 12:24

Good concept, it gives a bit of fear, it's nice to get some emotions with such minimalistic games. To me, it works well !

brighterorange 2012-05-12 16:45

The best part is this growing black hole, which makes the game really tense. Unfortunately it means that success is mostly luck -- if you go the wrong way at the beginning there's almost no chance you're going to make it back past the hole to find the exit. So it was a lot of trial and error for me and I usually used my teleport right at the start. Fog of war would have been improved if it was based on line-of-sight rather than just adjacency. Played through level 5!

arhpositive 2012-05-12 21:06

Everyone, thank you so much for your comments. :) I've been busy lately so it's a late reply.