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Tad's Adventure

By dalbinblue

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness282
Overall463.74
Theme493.89
Graphics753.90
Fun1013.43
Audio1203.22
Mood1603.08
Innovation2473.15
Humor3772.06

Comments

misson20000 2012-08-27 00:27

Linux port, please?

misson20000 2012-08-27 00:29

I would love to play this, but I use Linux and it doesn't work under wine without mono

dalbinblue 2012-08-27 01:47

I took a tomorrow off, to recover, so I will see what I can do. I haven't used Linux in a while, and have done very little development in that area so I can't make any promises. I'll keep that in mind for the next competition.

josriley 2012-08-27 03:36

Really fun! I suck at it, though, lol. Asking the player to choose skills to drop makes for interesting gameplay. Great job!

gamblore 2012-08-27 03:48

Why did I give up buoyancy in the second round! That ability makes the game much easier, especially paired with fast movement. Buoyancy is the best of the ability in my opinion. I wish you could re-choose the abilities to lose and gain, like at the start of a level, when you die so that you can "evolve" to meet the needs of the level. Instead I found my self guessing what would be handy/cool. Although I bet the levels are doable with out any of the traits any way.

This was a fun game and the music was pretty good too.

andybrown 2012-08-27 04:12

I loved the system with getting two skills and losing one, that was really interesting and a great adaptation of the theme! Fun game too, took me a few tries but I managed to beat it! Excellent artwork for everything!

cadin 2012-08-27 13:48

Your screenshots look amazing! I really wish there were a Mac version of this.

aschearer 2012-08-27 13:57

Really liked this game. Very well executed and solid gameplay. Quite challenging though!

_am_ 2012-08-27 14:03

I downloaded the XNA redist file, but it also requires before that is installed to have "at least Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile".

vordux 2012-08-27 14:43

Super retro game, with some excellent graphics and audio.

juaxix 2012-08-27 14:49

Good done with the features and graphics, you have to improve sounds and music in my opinion...
The movement should be smoother :)

entity2d 2012-08-27 15:07

I really love the retro feel of this game. Very fun and challenging levels.

benjamin-soule 2012-08-27 15:15

Great overall ! I really like your game ! Some of my habilities seems to vanish beetwen round while some other are staying... Since you have icons for each habilities you should make them appear ingame on the interface.

dalbinblue 2012-08-27 15:21

Ben, after each level the game asks you to lose an existing ability before letting you choose new ones. When my brother was testing late into development he suggested that I make it more obvious that you were choosing an ability to lose. The dialogs look nearly the same, and at that point it was too late to do anything about it before the submission deadline.

dakowta 2012-08-27 15:23

Very Nice. I love the graphics and the game design is also great as well.

madpew 2012-08-27 16:51

Good idea and a great game. Enjoyed playing it.

covebit 2012-08-27 18:32

Cool. i like the graphics

jaj 2012-08-27 19:02

There was nothing I didn't like about this game, really.
Great job!

foxfiesta 2012-08-27 21:25

This game is rich and complete. It's nice to play !

lawrence-esswood 2012-08-27 21:28

Fantastic, a great use of the theme. I too loved the graphics, nothing like nostalgia.

bmacintosh 2012-08-27 22:50

Great game! Looks good, sounds good, and the abilities are fun to play with.

Sequel? :P

zccc 2012-08-27 22:56

Wow, nice retro graphics and gameplay, I love it!

dalbinblue 2012-08-27 22:59

@BMacIntosh Haha, not sure yet. Probably will clean the game up and expand it a bit more.

zkenshin 2012-08-27 23:20

Fun game, I enjoyed the skill/evolution system :)

echa 2012-08-27 23:51

Doesn't work for me, unfortunately.

echa 2012-08-28 00:24

Ok, game works now (I just need to install XNA).

Amazing work!

luizhgmonclar 2012-08-28 00:33

I liked it! I really sucked at it :( I wish my xbox controller was here so I could play using it, I think I'd suck a lot less :)

great art, sound, mood and gameplay, I really liked it.

gustavodort 2012-08-28 03:37

Nice job!
It reminds me of 16-bit games, congratulations for that :)

maxium 2012-08-28 03:57

Loved the art style!

braingale 2012-08-28 06:26

Sorry, I really wasn't able to get into this. This controls are awfully clumsy, ESPECIALLY without buoyancy. The relative pacing is awfully slow, and in a flash you're reduced to nothing, and the whole thing starts over again. The regular attack never worked, and I always died too fast even at the first moments to even get a chance to see if you developed anything interesting with your take on evolution. Meeeeeh ;/

- BlueSweatshirt

adokhugi 2012-08-28 09:42

The best game from the compo I've played so far. Well done! The only thing I found strange is that you do not have a forward-shooting cannon by default. I only obtained it at the beginning of stage 3!

dustystylus 2012-08-28 12:56

Love the retro feel to this game. The music, sounds and graphics are spot on. I'm not very good at it, which is a shame, as I'd like to see those other levels from the screenshots. :)

dalbinblue 2012-08-28 12:56

@braingale; There's definitely some balancing issues that need to be dealt with on the "normal" attack, and while the game is solvable without buoyancy (especially if you take spikes or shocker instead), I think I need to reduce the effect of gravity so that you don't have to mash the jump button as much.

timtipgames 2012-08-28 13:18

I also liked the idea of choosing your skills as an interpretation of the theme. The game is really hard but also very enjoyable. Well done.

sestren 2012-08-28 14:06

Not the killer seaweed! I'm having TMNT flashbacks! Difficult game, but very fun to play.

dalbinblue 2012-08-28 14:25

@Sestren, hehe, I had to throw that one in. I'm a big NES nut.

vilya 2012-08-28 21:07

I couldn't seem to hit anything with the regular attack, so if I wasn't lucky enough to get an offensive ability at the start of the level I was reduced to just dodging for the whole level (I never did make it past level 1, unfortunately). That said, it seems like a pretty solid game - and I do like side-scrolling shooters.

pinkmonkeyhead 2012-08-29 15:42

Very nice and challenging

benjamin-soule 2012-08-30 08:05

@dalbinblue I just came back here and saw your answer about the hability loss. New skill award is the best time of the game and you really dont want to read text, just chooses skills :) Maybe red window background would help the player notice it.
You can't change entry but maybe explain it sooner in your note. I think it's your core gameplay the most important thing the player have to know before playing : -1 +2 habilities each level

jezzamon 2012-08-31 22:53

Omigosh when I was ~9 I thought of a game I called Tad's Adventure