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Goombah!

By johndb

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness365
Theme1623.67
Fun2663.06
Humor2722.81
Audio2732.69
Mood3792.75
Innovation3802.82
Overall3872.94
Graphics5772.36

Comments

pamvllo 2012-12-16 04:20

Nice Game idea! is really funny

dasBente 2012-12-16 12:13

I really like this idea :D

ryanarcher 2012-12-16 14:45

Very fun game :)

scriptblocks 2012-12-16 17:11

I like it!

nsmurf 2012-12-16 23:31

Nice idea! Could use some better (original?) art. Or would that be against the rules? Anyways, great idea, but the implementation could be better.

apophenia 2012-12-17 07:03

Cute!

nolanlabs 2012-12-18 04:16

Should have known someone was going to do this. It was actually very well done though, nice work.

loren 2012-12-18 18:57

fun music! Love how scared the goomba looks, nice job :)

rabbits 2012-12-19 04:52

Fun little game, my goomba owned for a while, then was struck down by a misc. jumping man...

mrevilguy 2012-12-19 04:53

It's interesting trying to time the approach right to kill them without being jumped on. Only problem is that they still kill you from the side if they're falling. They should only kill if they hit the top of you!

dek 2012-12-19 12:28

Neat idea, fun gameplay :)

hume 2012-12-20 14:02

Awesome. Now level me up to a Koopa!

I sort of expected to hear the Mario death music when I figured out I could actually knock off the jumping men

jackspinoza 2012-12-21 00:43

pretty funky I must admit. Really liked your take on the theme. I was a bit susceptible to death though,

apradun 2012-12-21 03:13

Great job for first entry

rylgh 2012-12-21 04:44

elegant, simple, and fun, with a nice interpretation of the theme... very nice job man

cdata 2012-12-21 04:55

Man, it is tough being a goomba. I love the simple inversion of this classic game idea. It would be nice if the movements of the "good guys" were a little less predictable, but it was still challenging regardless.

johndb 2012-12-21 12:31

Thanks to everyone for the great feedback! This is the first time I've brought a game to even this level of completion, and released it for "the world" to see. It has been an awesome experience, and I am sure that I will be in for another ludum dare in the future...

@cdata: In my original concept, the life of a goomba was even worse - he sat on a platform three bricks wide waiting for five minutes for the one jumping man to come along. This, I think, works better.

edocentrique 2012-12-22 15:59

Cool game !

mase 2012-12-22 16:34

There's a lot of empty space. . . I think a happy cloud would improve the graphics immensely, and balance the feeling of inevitable doom.

saguaro 2012-12-22 17:46

I like games that explore the problems of being a minion. This little guy works hard at a life-threatening occupation, and for what? I guarantee you he doesn't get 401k matching. His benefits are crap, and they probably don't even have a decent severance package either. There's no Goombah union.

eni 2012-12-22 18:43

Very good for the time invested. It's kinda funny being a goomba. Also, at some points the game has a very nice flow of back tracking then charging to kill the plumbers, but it's also dangerous because of squishing danger, so quite fun.

cwilloughby 2012-12-22 21:03

Great first entry. Keep it up!

wally2069 2012-12-31 05:11

Neat little flash game that has some decent polish.

gdateam 2013-01-05 18:27

Fun arcadey game. the speed difference between the jumping men and the goomba bothered me though. It made dodging to the right nearly impossible, decreasing the number of strategies the player can use. For an interesting variant, you could have levels with an increasing number of jumping men that you have to take out, but the almost inverted running style is fun as well.