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Caveman's Quest for Food

By jfroco

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness355
Fun513.41
Humor1082.48
Overall1083.19
Innovation1162.93
Mood1462.65
Audio1472.56
Graphics1632.96
Theme1792.37

Comments

ben657 2012-08-28 10:28

Love the idea, just a little repetitive... might be the music, but still, very good!

up_kevin 2012-08-29 03:56

Great game! Definitely one of the best I've played so far. Simple and elegant. Consider working on this more post-jam and adding more levels, power-ups, enemies, etc.

cataclysmicknight 2012-08-29 03:56

Nice job making it a one button game! And cute graphics btw :)

up_kevin 2012-08-29 03:57

Great game! Definitely one of the best I've played so far. Simple and elegant. Consider working on this more post-jam and adding more levels, power-ups, enemies, etc.

However, I didn't feel that it followed the theme at all...

gbellgames 2012-08-29 03:58

I was having fun playing the game... and then it finished too quickly!

Come on man, you were making this in GM Studio, you could churn out a billion of levels in a couple of hours by just creating new "Rooms" :D

Jokes aside, I found the game very charming and I was really enjoying it, shame it was so short. Its amazing how simple but well thought games can really be so good.

But the theme here is lacking... where's evolution?

rhysvdw 2012-08-29 04:01

Cute. It's a tad frustrating but the graphics are nice.

mes 2012-08-29 04:07

Considering you did this in 5-6 hours this is an admirable little game. I found it quite fun to time the turning and make my way through the levels. For improvements, i would say more detailed / larger levels, and the introduction of new mechanics.

Good work.

jfroco 2012-08-29 17:48

Hi all. Thank you very much for your feedback. This weekend I will try to make a post-compo version: more levels, more enemies, new mechanics (I hope) and better music. Good luck to all!!!

darkstarmatryx 2012-08-30 01:30

Good game, but couldn't keep my interest. Just felt like there wasn't anything important to do.

brita_ 2012-09-04 11:20

Great game :-D
I loved the evolution theme as well as the evolution in game mechanics. This is one of my favorites so far.

patrickgh3 2012-09-05 05:46

I liked the gameplay mechanic and levels. Pretty good for 5-6 hours. More levels would have been great, but the ones there so far were pretty balanced. Then again, maybe with more levels, you need more new gameplay elements, or else it would get repetetive. Regardless, I had fun with the game.

sev_inf 2012-09-05 05:56

Great one button game (special thanks for Android version).

free_napalm 2012-09-06 16:48

Very fun game, with a great working minimalist mechanic.
More levels would have been great, but would have needed more gameplay elements (items for example).

thewiseguy99 2012-09-07 20:02

Nice little game. Cute graphics and concept. Great start, you have something to build on here. Well done.

hgcummings 2012-09-08 10:23

This was brilliant. Really reminiscent of lots of early nineties games in terms of graphics and difficulty, but with a uniquely simple gameplay mechanic. Everything about it, from the sound effects to the level design, was really perfectly judged. The only thing I would change would be to add more levels!

pansapiens 2012-09-15 06:18

Great gameplay, well suited to mobile. Drum background music was effective but maybe a slightly longer loop would be good. Sure, there's only a few levels, but the basic format & tutorial style addition of features each level was well executed ... I'd quite like to see this 'finished' and released. (Minor gripe: on Android Back button does nothing. Could be something Game Maker Studio should do better by default).

kevinworkman 2012-09-16 23:11

Cute little game. Everything works great on my phone. Could use more polish, but great work for just a few hours!

nuria 2012-09-17 17:19

Very good concept, I think the big level (3rd?) had some design flaws which made it unnecessarily frustrating, but overall pretty solid!