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RUN RUN AMOEBA

By tigerj

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness366
Mood1172.80
Fun1302.88
Overall1313.05
Humor1342.22
Audio1502.54
Theme1722.44
Graphics1842.71
Innovation2042.32

Comments

andreyin 2012-08-27 13:22

Really cool. The controls are awkward though.

papygaragos 2012-08-27 13:25

You should spend more time working on the "feeling" of your game.
Here the controls feels "heavy" and unresponsive, and that hurts the fun in your game

tigerj 2012-08-27 15:15

Thanks for the early feedback! I probably will not have time to adjust much of the controls though since it's Monday and I have to work on other stuff. Post LD I wil examine this and see how it effects the difficulty ramping. Also the controls tend to feel better after you have started evolving and can accelerate faster. Maybe I should adjust the decelleration inversly to the amount of possible DNA... eh I'll play with it after the JAM. THANKS AGAIN!

pierrec 2012-08-27 19:56

I didn't manage to control it well enough to start evolving. I'm still curious of what's ahead...

renatopp 2012-08-27 21:20

I think your game is pretty fun, but I had a problem with the scenario. I'm having fun running like hell, thinking fast and jumping all around the level and, suddenly, I'm stuck in some wall. I feel you could improve the gameplay just avoiding this kind of obstacle. Anyway, good job!

zkenshin 2012-08-28 00:32

I agree with the others that the controls made it feel a little more difficult than it should have been, but fun game overall.

phocker 2012-08-28 02:10

Pretty fun -- nice effort.

amoaeba-junior 2012-08-28 02:40

Really good but hard (and only 2 guys reached the end when i wrote this).

alface 2012-08-28 03:18

Cool. I liked the music!

raptor85 2012-08-28 06:10

controls are really unresponsive in firefox, i watched the sucessful run you linked on youtube also an that wall thing chasing you is WAY faster for me than it is in your video, it's basicly on my ass and im barely ahead of it even collecting every thing of DNA, first time you get to a spot you have to stop and jump back it's impossible to get by since you can barely keep in front of it.

tigerj 2012-08-28 12:41

@Raptor85 Thank you for your feedback. i just tested in FF 14.0.1 on Linux and it was REALLY JERKY. if you come back try it in chrome or IE9 and I think it will be a much better experience for you. I don't want to touch anything internal to the game until the judging ends.

Next LD I'll have to be sure to run the game in FF versions > 3

davidemo89 2012-08-28 15:31

Hey very cool and a "cool" difficult. I still have to finish it =)

gnx 2012-08-28 17:14

I awarded you some mood points as there is something very nice about the minimalistic music and just having the little sound collecting the dna pieces.

I guess the presentation juxtaposes calmness with the urgency of a runner-game. Very nice.

pjchardt 2012-08-29 01:39

Fun but tough. Had to memorize the layout because I never had time to backtrack.

cataclysmicknight 2012-08-29 02:51

WOW! This game was insanely difficult, but I kept trying and trying, very addictive

ahm99 2012-08-29 02:59

Interesting. I couldn't get far but it was fun :) can't wait to see what you do next time.

wibblymat 2012-08-29 11:09

Controls felt sluggish somehow

zappi 2012-08-30 04:56

Really like the synth pad sound. And the color theme.
Yet I didn't succeed much so I doubt whether it's truly evolving later or not, I hope it does! :)

whilefun 2012-08-31 01:53

Cool concept! I died so hard every time! haha. I think it could have had snappier controls, and of course audio would have made it better. Good work! :)

tigerj 2012-08-31 11:44

@whilefun can I ask what browser was not delivering Audio? I've tested in FF, IE and chrome. I have not tested in Opera or Safari on mac.

nile 2012-08-31 22:40

The part where you have to jump up and then backwards to get up and keep moving is crazy hard. Controls are a little iffy but great game.

sience 2012-09-01 20:51

I'm soo bad *haha, but your game is fun!

thewiseguy99 2012-09-07 01:46

Game with a lot of potential when you tweak the controls. Hope you develop this further as you have something here.

davedobson 2012-09-07 04:55

Great sound, fun art, a temple-run kind of feel. I found the controls a little too hard for me - too many do-or-die jumps, and I kept failing at them. I like the idea. I never got very far, even playing a number of times, but I enjoyed it - just wish it were a little easier.

airdeck 2012-09-16 04:53

Runs really well and a lot of fun

seconddimension 2012-09-17 21:37

Controls and difficulty destroyed me unfortunately, but I really liked the music