dmilham 2012-12-17 04:26
I liked the "Old School" controls. Simple and intuitive. I enjoyed seeing the transformation of the game level as I was losing; and eventually my fate. (No spoilers here...)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD25 → Trolls: Where the Sun Don't Shine
By starspell
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 1 | 100 | ||
| Audio | 70 | 3.39 | ||
| Fun | 74 | 3.53 | ||
| Overall | 142 | 3.42 | ||
| Mood | 163 | 3.20 | ||
| Innovation | 192 | 3.24 | ||
| Humor | 198 | 3.03 | ||
| Theme | 287 | 3.40 | ||
| Graphics | 385 | 2.89 |
I liked the "Old School" controls. Simple and intuitive. I enjoyed seeing the transformation of the game level as I was losing; and eventually my fate. (No spoilers here...)
Nice! Great animation and motion, really solid control feel. Catchy music, too.
After a while, I really started to enjoy stomping on flowers ... :O
Everything felt smooth and comfortable. I love you're take on the theme.
This was a really neat game you made here It was a good and addictive game it had me coming back trying to beat my score I only got 5395 but hey really good job.
Aww thanks for all the great comments so far everyone! My best score right now is around 12000. If you get rid of all the currently blooming flowers the sun's power will decrease. I'll add that as a note.
7245 was my high score
Very cool. Good concept and well executed.
I recommend adding a preloader.
Yeah I do really need a preloader. I've never made one before so it'll be fun to try. ^^
Thanks for the comments you two!
Fun to play!
Funny game, cool graphics, silly animation of stomping on flowers. I love the effect, that sounds are fading when sun is shinier. But why the web page has to be so green? My eyes!
Got hard really fast once you get past 6000. Was addicting stomping those flowers and I loved the change once you are about to lose.
High sore: 8328
Really cute animations and very nice graphics. I also really liked the stomp mechanic (and the animation/sound when turning to stone) - makes a nice change from shooting ;)
Gargoyles, much?
It's a hilarious little game, and the difficulty curve is nigh-perfect. The animation and sound are great, and the concept is original and amusing.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have flowers to stamp on.
It didn't feel like I was ever reducing the sun's power, so it felt a bit futile. I guess it is anyway: trying to stave off the inevitable as long as possible, but I would have liked crushing bloomed flowers to be more obviously rewarding.
Didn't play much, scored 4159.
The audio was amazing! I got a score around 12000 - I think I'm a pretty good stomper!
@ Draknek: If you didn't see the change then it's likely that there were still some blooming flowers around. The level goes back to being dark and the music comes back so it's pretty obvious.
@ 01010111: Nice one, that's about as high as I can managed.
Thank you everyone for the great feedback and comments!
8,923pts. This was a very fun game. One of the more enjoyable entries I've played as far as game-play goes. Stomping flowers is a good villainous twist.
Thank you Suese!
Dat sound, when the flowers bloom. *wink wink* *nudge nudge*
Great game idea and mood though.
Could not download from your site, was marked by our filtering software as a "pay-to-surf" site.
@Justin that's strange. You shouldn't "download" anything. It's a play in browser game. And it certainly isn't pay to surf. Try clicking on it again or typing in sarah.draknek.org/Games/Troll into your browser.
For a retro game this is very visceral. Controls flow well and the harsh square ground feels rounded as you climb off the ladder. The way the music faded out as the sun powered up was a nice touch.
simple and fun.
Nice simple, concise, idea. Jumping on the flowers feels very satisfying. I also really liked that it forced me to really watch the whole screen.
Cheers guys! Fantastic comments.
Thanks for pointing out the ladders Schwiggy. I spent ages getting the ladders to collide nicely and help the player around the level. It's no fun losing because you got stuck ^^
Good ladder mechanics, I always find ladders hard. I liked the idea of fighting the sun
Damn. I turned to stone. I really liked your game. It was fluid, didnt feel clunky at all. Very enjoyable, and the cute art game me a laugh :) Music is a plus too.
A fun little game with a clever take on the theme. :) I like how the flowers are what gives the sun its energy. :P
Feels very nice with the platforming and such. The concept was rather funny as well, and the flowers going 'Woo!' whenever they sprout was nice. Very solid.
Got it working, must have been a fluke (or bad timing). Glad I came back to it though. Great game that I would expect to be a game that took a month to perfect, not 48 hours. :-)
Loved the concept, stomping on flowers. It's brilliant.
Not working for me (Tuesday 17:36 PST). All I get is a white box where a game should be :( tested in Firefox and Chrome, both on OSX 10.7.
My bad! It's just the loading takes so long that I thought it wasn't loading. As someone above said, a loading screen would have helped.
Simple yet fun.
Hectic and fun, great music.
Fun to play and polished. A very nice entry.
Nice!!! Very solid gameplay. Congrats
I loved the way you justified stomping on flowers. Getting into the heads and knowing why they do what they do is a really fun way to use the theme. The jumping mechanic felt pretty good, but of course, it was only a matter of time. =) Thumbs up.
I love how the graphics and sound both change to indicate approaching doom.
Thanks everyone! It's great to read all of those comments. I'm so happy you like it!
stompstomp - stompstomp - raaaa - stompstomp - crouick - 7610
damn adictive
The stair make me remember a game with mario and kong
Nice game!
You got the biology lessons backwards, but its OK :)
The music is really great. The sound of turning into stone is really freaky :)
Fun game! The controls were tight, and the sound effects were very nice. Some barriers between ladders might spice it up a bit more though!
Cheers for the feedback guys ^^
F U sun! Ha ha, good job!
Also, my high score is 19192.
It was nice, I liked the sun's graphics.
Liked the overall concept and mechanics and brightening of the screen. Would maybe introduce some other hazard to jump over along they way. Seems the game would be more fun if you could wrap around the edges of the screen, too, vs being blocked.
Very nice game, but I wasn't very good at it. It took me two attempts before I realised you had to stamp on flowers multiple times to kill them, and even then I only got ~7000.
It was fun smashing flower! Stomping on their happy little faces.
Good: Fun, I liked the old school feeling and the game felt polished.
Improve: There were no goats! :)
Simple concept. Good Execution. Amazing music.
Efficient graphics(But not perfect, though some clouds in the background, and a better font would do the trick)
Congratulations. :)
well polished for sure!
that sun is pretty cool too!
Cheers everyone ^^ I'm glad you are all enjoying it.
@fr_automatik after the competition I'll be working on this and adding a little bit more polish to it ^^ Clouds and/or birds are a must!
Cool game. Very simple and fun. Music doesn't seem to match gameplay, but I was grooving.
Nice work!
Yeah I either thought, "I've got to go nasty and trollish to match the gameplay or catchy so you want it back when you stomp on all the flowers". I decided the second one was more desirable ^^
Fun and simple gameplay, reminded me of some atari games
Great work on a simple yet fun gameplay!
Cheers guys. Thanks for playing!
Got 9274
Oddly addicting little game. Great music and very tight controls. Fresh theme interpretation and a nice challenge. Great job!
Cheers everyone for playing and rating. Very happy to place at 142nd. Fantastic competition.