brenthamel 2012-04-23 07:12
I don't know what the f__k this game is about, but it sure is fun :D
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD23 → Pond: The Strider
By ni
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I don't know what the f__k this game is about, but it sure is fun :D
Wow, this game is fun and pretty challenging. Great job!
When I downloaded this, Chrome gave me a warning saying "this appears to be malicious". Tried it out anyway after running virus scans and everything and... it's really nice! Love the look, the music, the gameplay - the tension between controlling and shooting is great. The only downsides: it's a bit hard to control and it was a bit confusing trying to figure out what was happening when I died. Overall, great job!
Fun, fun, fun! :-D I don't seem to respawn automatically when I lose (and I do it a lot of times...)
Also, Chrome gave me a warning that the game could be malware!!
lots of fun
Fun, if a bit on the hard side. I'd add a quick way of respawn or restarting the level when the player dies, which in my case was "frequently".
Love the idea, and a water strider is a perfect choice for the movement system you came up with (or vice versa, I don't know which idea came first). My only complaint is with the green squares (are they the pond scum?)- it's a bit steep of a difficulty curve when they first appear, transitioning the player from being under a mild threat to being under constant threat (by a rather large homing enemy at that). Also, the fact that they are abstract enemies, and that the majority of the other enemies (the bugs and arguably the eggs/larvae) are representational, can lead to some confusion regarding what is and isn't an enemy. The first time I died by the green squares, I wasn't sure whether or not they were in the background. Also, it was very useful to figure out that the small, unmoving fadey circles were not just more background but actually denoting enemy spawn points- you may want to put it somewhere in the instructions.
Things I forgot:
- I'm playing this on a Mac under WINE, and I never got to view the F1 info screen (probably due to the way Macbook function keys work), so apologies if that information IS in the instructions.
- The music is awesome.