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3 Apples High

By dayko

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness351
Graphics1653.51
Humor2802.33
Overall3333.05
Fun3592.82
Mood3922.60
Innovation4202.74
Audio4612.14
Theme4762.62

Comments

blobby101 2012-08-27 19:51

Not bad at all :) Gets a little tiring after a while though.

hvedrung 2012-08-27 21:23

I really like the scrolling here, but yeah, the game quickly gets boring without end game.

dayko 2012-08-27 21:23

Thanks ! I completely agree with you, that's clearly the main weakness.
Check out the postmortem for more info : http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/27/3-apples-high-postmortem/

flyingbear 2012-08-28 00:19

oh yeah! I got ALL the apples! I liked the perspective/hill, and shifting size to reach apples was interesting.

zatyka 2012-08-28 00:32

Cool Concept. I wish there were more of a reward for the player though.

pardue 2012-08-28 01:09

I liked the concept and the hill has a very cool look to it. It would be nice to have a little more gameplay though, but overall it's a nice game.

vurb 2012-08-28 02:36

the idea is good its just its kinda buggy like for me for some reason every time i hit a arrow key it wouldn't let me move again unless i clicked on the screen. This could be a unity web player bug though.

frcouceiro 2012-08-28 02:40

The concept was ok, but the sound and the lack of more levels or so are the main weakness.
Good game overall!

pjchardt 2012-08-28 02:54

I love the art/presentation but I agree with others that the game gets a bit old after a short time.

danlthemanl 2012-08-28 03:03

Cool graphics and a cool concept. Good job!

conflictivelabs 2012-08-28 03:05

Very original. I always miss the green apples :S

superjoebob 2012-08-28 03:08

Pretty fun, the progression through the stages of evolution seems a bit too quick though. I spent 9 or 10 levels doing essentially the same thing before I finally died.

sfernald 2012-08-28 03:12

Nice unity game. These dodge obstacle while running game are always fun. Not original. But I like the "evolution" game play aspect that added a lot more challenge to it. Nice job.

Spotline 2012-08-28 03:38

83 !

gustavodort 2012-08-28 04:14

Yeah, I got 80 apples and didn't feel like playing anymore :P
The graphics are pretty neat though :)

airdeck 2012-08-28 04:14

Nice cell/toon shading, actually dig the simple style after playing for a while

evilseanbot 2012-08-28 04:15

I thought the atmosphere was cute.

The main thing missing I think was a strong sense of pacing.

follett 2012-08-28 05:57

Great! You set it up so that I instantly new what to do. Really fun and an interesting concept!

thegamingproject 2012-08-28 06:24

Fairly simple but clean and neat looking. The changes between stages felt really good too.

toby 2012-08-28 07:37

Nice! You have to play along time until it gets hard though.

juaxix 2012-08-28 08:37

I love the graphics and would like to have a goal or something, some enemies and so on :)
in general quite so good, better than mine

matthias_zarzecki 2012-08-28 08:44

Love the gag with the rotating world :)

tobiasnl 2012-08-28 09:24

Pretty cool stuff, liked the growing/shrinking. The big lad blocked your sight a little though.

nickolai51 2012-08-28 10:38

Awesome! Did get quite boring after a while... Good Work though!

madpew 2012-08-28 11:45

Interesting mechanic. Especially liked the "rounded"-scrolling. Could have been harder. Too bad you lost the music :/ Well done!

mrdanh 2012-08-28 12:26

Nice arcadey mechanic but it doesn't really get any harder as you progress.

ghoulsblade 2012-08-28 12:32

simple but well done, love the mood with rolling hills!

bumpkinrich 2012-08-28 13:06

Could do with the difficulty ramping up a little when you get to gold and some more variation.

Feels great to play though. Would be great with some music that started relaxed and got more intense as your play.

th3dz 2012-08-28 14:13

Good. But too easy and a little boring in the long run.

jellycubestudio 2012-08-28 14:26

I like the style of horizon and scrolling stuff. Also graphics are cool.

kato9 2012-08-28 15:32

Pretty good! The nice bouncy cartoon style works well, but overall I'd say the game is too easy. I'm sure you didn't have time but it would have been cool if some additional challenges popped up along the way.

kibertoad 2012-08-28 15:44

Pretty fun; wish it had some (reasonable) ending - went till the 100 points to see if there is anything after that - nope... Game got tedious after about 60 points.

ijoshayy 2012-08-28 16:05

Pretty good game. It was fun but it gets a little boring after a while. I gathered 67 apples =)

priapus 2012-08-28 16:43

Liked the graphic style and mood it created, but gameplay bores after the first level. But nice job.

citricacid 2012-08-28 17:02

Love the graphics!

xi2elic 2012-08-28 17:32

Fun game, good work! :)

jobe 2012-08-28 18:03

Feels really cool and speedy. A little repetitive though, i unlocked three sizes on the first level and then nothing more happened save more and more fences each level. Since i never died either wither i gathered apples or not it never got challenging..

aarongordon 2012-08-28 18:28

Nice little game! Pretty good going. I liked the endless levels, although i couldn't help but feel 1 more negative item to avoid would have helped. Nice procedural generation and animations. Good job!

alwaysinbeta 2012-08-28 18:34

Good game, if a little easy. Found it quite addictive

blundis 2012-08-28 19:08

119 apples.

Nice graphics, I like how the edge of the road slid back and forth like old sketchy animations.

william_edwards 2012-08-28 19:22

Lovely use of a dip in the road!

mango-man 2012-08-28 19:36

Cool game! Though it does get boring after awhile. I found myself intentionally crashing into fences to see what would happen.

garygreen 2012-08-28 19:59

I really like the graphics style in this.

recursor 2012-08-28 21:04

It gets a bit monotonous after a while, but I really like the graphics.

tlaine 2012-08-28 22:00

Not much challenge there, but nice graphics.

frederickk 2012-08-28 22:20

Loved it!

mottmatt 2012-08-28 23:00

Very pretty, but my patience ran out by the time I got to level 2.

whilefun 2012-08-28 23:55

not bad - I got 105 apples! I like the idea of having to watch the horizon for incoming apples. I did find that the game pace was too slow though. More frantic progression might add some more intensity and fun into the mix. Perhaps "X apples in a row" bonus with crazy reward or multiplier sound effects or something.

kassoon 2012-08-29 03:16

That's a really clever way to do scrolling of a track, more racing games should do that. Could use some more variation in the mechanics and gameplay, but I am totally down with Ikaruga style fun.

capgrip 2012-08-29 13:45

Nice!

mokujin 2012-08-29 17:36

Nice graphics)

tempest 2012-08-29 17:39

+ Excellent! I love the level/scene design.
+ The growth/shrink mechanic is done well and paced nicely.
+ Art, models and characters all excellent for a 48-hour game!

- Game is repetitive, but doesn't get boring for me until after I've unlocked all the growth stages, so you have ~1-2 minutes of attentive gameplay.

Recommendation would be to give a point every second the game is running (like Canabalt), but give a multiplier bonus for the total apples collected. Have the game gradually speed up until they hit a fence, then slow down again.

zappi 2012-08-30 14:07

Well done!
Really cute graphics and shrinking mechanic.
Although I'd suggest to make a game a bit more competitive, because for endless game like this it's very important to be tense, otherwise the player becomes bored. But if you challenge him with short sessions — he doesn't.

matheod 2012-08-30 17:27

As MangoMan said :
"Cool game! Though it does get boring after awhile. I found myself intentionally crashing into fences to see what would happen."

;)

thurig 2012-08-31 05:56

Fun game, should be better with a shadow under the apples. Still fun to play.

michax 2012-09-03 04:06

Lovely style of surroundings. Gamplay is simple but works fine .

samoojamies 2012-09-16 15:45

I like the graphical style much. Difficulty could get harder more quickly. Overall very nice!

orni 2012-09-16 17:43

very fun game - the scrolling was great
one or two more gameplay elements would make this even better