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Vortex Runner

By ym

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness372
Graphics1273.84
Overall2933.44
Fun3003.27
Mood4433.03
Theme4463.64
Audio7852.30
Humor8021.90
Innovation9712.53

Comments

sanguine 2013-04-29 09:21

I really liked the graphics, music would have been cool though

dst 2013-04-29 10:45

Nice :)

chman 2013-04-29 10:47

That 80's vibe ! Nothing new, but really cool game. Graphics are easy to read (can be hard to get right with wireframe game but you nailed it) and I just love how the buzzing sound react to the ship movements ! It just needs some music :)

voxel 2013-04-29 11:07

lots of fun, liked the audio. only complaint was that my constant spamming of space means the game instantly restarts when i die :(

split82 2013-04-29 11:12

Nice atnosphere.

skywilly 2013-04-29 11:45

Really good graphics ! But... My Twitter says "Potato, Potato" now ! :)

lrdkzrth 2013-04-29 13:04

Very good!

diventurer 2013-04-29 13:26

It was fun, but a lot of asteroids appeared later on. Faster speed after a while would be cool to see. I got 3984 score.
First two times I thought the asteroids were collectibles. *_*

deige101 2013-04-29 16:10

cool! mouse controls would be neat.

ym 2013-04-29 16:16

@Diventurer Width of the vortex, corner sharpness, ship speed and asteroid density all increase over time. My personal highest score is just under 8000 though I know it'll be possible to get much higher.

@Voxel It's not ideal but it always shows your highest score in the top right and if the tweet button is what you're after, dying is easy enough, then you're free to edit the tweet with your highest score.

masadow 2013-04-29 17:21

Impressive work ! The theme is very well respected. Even if graphics are simple, it stays a beauty :)

bentog 2013-04-29 18:02

Nice aesthetics, it is a fun arcade :) Also, I managed to get out of the tube and surprisingly there are asteroids outside the level, so I died easily.

xatulu 2013-04-29 18:05

Awesome game, i love the graphics and the gameplay, though i hate to have inverted controls forced on me!

littleball 2013-04-29 19:29

Classic arcade feel, nicely done. Although it gets old quickly

simvig 2013-04-29 19:44

Really fun game! Simple and effective concept and nice difficulty curve.

ym 2013-04-29 21:19

@xatulu you can invert the controls by pressing i!

lamprabbit 2013-04-30 01:20

Very cool game, love the wireframe rendering!!! there almost looks like little ghosts in the distance .. I was hoping they was something.

roguenoodle 2013-04-30 09:21

I really dig the retro vibe on this. Some music would be great, and maybe a way to spin the ship? Very cool - hypnotizing :)

hannardynamite 2013-04-30 14:04

I really like the graphics. Nice, fun game :)

cakencode 2013-04-30 15:35

Great detail work on the game. I loved seeing the flecks of dust on the screen. I liked your wireframes art style too, it really lent to the whole atmosphere of the game. Not especially fond of the sound/sfx. It was kind of jarring on my first crash to hear it so loud and so noisy. Overall great work! :)

tainted_code 2013-04-30 23:41

Not a bad little game, I like it :)

the-jack 2013-05-01 10:33

Dat aspect ratio. Would have greatly benefitted from a barrel roll feature.

conve 2013-05-01 18:00

i don't know why but makes me remember StarFox.

robrock55 2013-05-03 12:23

Great game ! The noise is just irritating after a long time playing, but the gameplay and the graphism are fun !

tentontoon 2013-05-05 16:46

A strong entry, with nice old-school gameplay, neat wireframe graphics and an arcade-like vibe. The controls are really tight, much more than they feel like at first, and the sense of speed is exhilarating. A really fun game!

I'm just not sure how much does it fit the theme, though. I don't care about the graphics, theme-wise. To me, what really makes or breaks an entry (again, theme-wise) is how much the overall design, encompassing both gameplay and mechanics, shows it's been created with the theme in mind, and not the other way around. And this game is more simple (arcade-like) than minimalistic.

Anyway, a huge accomplishment for the meager 48 hours we had available! Congratulations! :D

Best score: 5813

tikilittle 2013-05-05 16:48

I loved the wire-frame style. The audio buzzing was super annoying. I was also playing on the Xbox controller and I could not shoot. There seemed to be no button to shoot with.

ym 2013-05-06 16:55

I'd love to know how that's happened tikilittle, every button except back/start, the sticks and d-pad shoot for me.

sebastian 2013-05-07 04:52

Pretty fun gameplay. On my mac the default xbox shoot button is set to be the up d-pad button, which is very awkward. I think you got the responsiveness of the controls to a perfect degree though. Good job.

saturnyn 2013-05-07 11:43

Great work ! Graphics are really original and quite nice :)

ym 2013-05-08 15:55

I've heard something about macs having different input names for the xbox controllers, I have no idea why Unity does this. I'll have to look up how to get it working on both in future!

lorancou 2013-05-15 15:54

3082

phocker 2013-05-16 04:33

cool - i escaped the vortex -- not sure how -- anyway cool game

turbodindon 2013-05-20 09:36

My best record is 4000!
Very good visual!!

- SEPHY (@sephyka)

martin_monosys 2013-05-20 19:13

Fun game, but I guess I would have prefered mouse control, too! :)