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Octopia

By paulloz

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics234.42
Coolness355
Humor1412.75
Mood3012.83
Overall4022.80
Fun4442.36
Innovation4572.32
Audio4591.38
Theme5102.38

Comments

gilmore606 2013-04-29 20:01

Your web link doesn't work...

omaromeir 2013-04-29 20:35

Cool idea, I loved the idea of losing abilities, I played another game with a similar idea, different implementation though. Awesome graphics ;D.

zairon 2013-04-29 20:35

The graphic style is really great, but I don't think this fits the theme at all unless I am missing something. It's just like a game you guys made for the jam and put it up for LD26?

smilingrob 2013-04-29 20:36

web link is down, ld26.pauljoannon.com and pauljoannon.com does not resolve to any IP

johnnysix 2013-04-29 20:36

I have a reasonably new PC, but I had difficulty running the game- it loaded for me but chugged a bit in Chrome - which is a shame because the style and the graphics are wonderful.

shaneshanekavanagh 2013-04-29 20:39

Web link worked perfect for me (win7-chrome). Great style on the graphics. Very earthwormJimesq

dray 2013-04-29 20:40

first the artstyle is awesome, does your artist have a website or something? for the game it's very difficult to judge because he have a very low framerate and the character can't stay on moving plateform because they move too fast.

paulloz 2013-04-29 20:48

Thank's for the feedbacks.
I just added a second link (seems like my dns have some issues).
If you're experiencing some lag try the link in the bottom of the page, might be better.

folmerkelly 2013-04-29 21:22

Geez that art is amazing! Which is a double edged sword as it makes me feel like the gameplay isn't doing the visuals justice.

Enjoyable though and I'm glad to have played it.

lytedev 2013-04-29 21:54

Personally, I wasn't a fan of the art style, but I can tell you have talent and put a lot of effort into it! The ridiculousness of everything made me giggle a couple times also. That's definitely a beaver with a Star Fox glasses HUD on a T-Rex with a laser cannon, which, when fired, causes the T-Rex to flip his completely around, bend over, and blast whatever's in front of him.

I found the gameplay rather boring, however. =(

Game perhaps wasn't running properly on my PC, but it was a little slow and there was no sound.

xblinkedx 2013-04-29 21:55

I LOVE the art!!! And it still fits the theme by having minimalistic mechanics. The controls are a little sticky and it can get quite annoying, especially later on when you have no weapon. Overall great game though :)

uberneen 2013-04-29 21:55

I really like the look of it, but I encountered some clipping issues with platforms. Very nice overall.

themightycomp 2013-04-29 21:56

Interesting concept - loved the visuals. The one downside is the lack of music.

themightycomp 2013-04-29 21:57

Loved the visuals, but the lack of music was kind of a letdown. I could see some funky 8-bit going really well with this.

free_napalm 2013-04-29 22:00

I did not feel like beating all the loops, because the collisions are somewhat buggy and I often died for unexplainable reasons. Great art though!

preordercancelled 2013-04-29 22:02

I like seeing HTML5 games with great art styles. The collision detection was a little poor, but it looks like a great start for something bigger.

juniorus 2013-04-29 22:49

Awesome visual art!! but like other people say, the controls are quite bugged.
And some SFX similar to a Contra/Turrican OST should be a great add to this game ;)

ataxkt 2013-04-29 22:56

Aw man, any game that looks this great needs more polish! I wish it had sound and better gameplay very much. Hope you continue it! 5 star graphics anyway!

tnovelli 2013-04-29 23:01

No sound? yeah... I didn't have time for that in my game either :( Major kudos for non-minimal gfx!

oh yeah, it does burn cpu in Chrome (30%) but not Firefox (8%). Weird; it's the opposite for almost everything I write. Runs fine in both btw... on a 3.3ghz quad i5 anyway :)

amijlee 2013-05-01 05:55

Love the graphics!

robotality 2013-05-01 14:10

I loved the art :) the game was a little bit unsmooth on my laptop but overall it run okay. Nice idea with taking features away.

georgebroussard 2013-05-02 09:34

Art is fantastic. Everything else needs more work and polish. Gun blasts are too over done. Jumping is off. Not real fun, yet. But the art style is phenomenal. You need to continue on this and make a killer shooter.

minionstudios 2013-05-04 19:21

Fun and really hard! LOVE the artwork.

mrshoestore 2013-05-06 02:01

I liked it, especially the art. but i dont know if it didnt load or there was none to be had, lack of sound is a big killer for me. I find it to be one of the best ways to give feedback to the player. i think if you threw some sfx down, it would go from "that's cool" to "that's amazing" for me. definitely wanna keep my eye on this one.

justinmullin 2013-05-07 01:34

Love the art!

gungnir 2013-05-11 04:05

Loved the artwork.

turbodindon 2013-05-11 10:40

Very good visual style.
What a pity there is no sound and the game is lagging on my computer.

- SEPHY (@sephyka)

linuus 2013-05-12 08:59

Cool graphics! :)

sheep 2013-05-13 17:25

Nice drawings, but could use better animations, especially a getting hurt animation for the main character. The boss is too easy. The platforms look like they would kill you when they reach the bottom, but they don't.

kidevil 2013-05-16 00:55

Beautiful artwork...had some issues with the gameplay...falling through platforms and not getting carried by the horizontal platforms.

roupette 2013-05-19 15:21

I want my laser-T-Rex :p

purplescape 2013-05-20 21:56

I love the style of the graphics! The platforms seemed to move faster than the player. Interesting take on the theme by losing weapons.

davidpeter 2013-05-21 00:38

Collisions drove me crazy, but graphics made me stay.