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MiniMaul

By cloudiestnights

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness371
Graphics5543.03
Overall6903.05
Fun7312.79
Humor8521.85
Innovation10342.41
Mood11692.11
Theme12112.68

Comments

cacciatc 2013-04-29 04:23

Sometimes the death animation gets stuck in an infinite loop it seems. That double jump animation is pretty sweet!

cloudiestnights 2013-04-29 10:12

Oh, when you die the animation repeats until you press any button on your computer. One of the many things I forgot to make clearer. Thanks for the compliment :)

dax 2013-04-30 00:26

Nice game!
But since the game is full keyboard, why do I need my mouse to click on play after each death while I could have used one of the game keys.

haslettj 2013-04-30 00:29

I trued to play, but Symantec flagged the file as a threat. Is suspect it was because it was hosted on mediafire.

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 00:43

@Dax
I got off work with an hour left to go in the competition, and I didn't have about a third of the content done. I had to do a rush job on the menu, though a simple "Press Z to play" could have worked instead of the mouse...

@Jim Haslett

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 00:44

@Jim Haslett
I'll upload the game to YoYo Games as well and post the link here soon.

vinull 2013-04-30 01:08

What kind of ninja gets one shuriken at a time? =) I love the double jump animation, neat little platformer.

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 01:09

Added a mirror link at the top of the description.

moomoo112 2013-04-30 01:17

I fell off the side into a pit of infinite despair..

kingsman142 2013-04-30 01:20

Difficult but fun

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 01:37

@moomoo112, Yeah, I should probably fix that, I'll upload a new version soon, but until then, you can restart the room by pressing "T."

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 01:54

New version updated! Removed the infinite falling glitch and made Z and X start the game as well.

hayawi 2013-04-30 01:57

It was a pretty decent game, good job

chickentonight 2013-04-30 02:21

Great game! Pretty addicting, but really difficult.

metadept 2013-04-30 02:25

Nice little game, with pretty satisfying controls and animations. Some very simple sound would add a lot to this. I also found myself wishing to be able to wall jump and do other sweet ninja moves, but I guess it had to be minimal :) Good job!

ihateatmfees 2013-04-30 02:35

The double jump feels good (so does the occasional triple jump). I liked the procedural stuff. Would like to see ability to aim the shuriken.

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 03:11

@IHateATMFees XD I had actually planned on having the ability to shoot up and down as well, but I only remembered to put it in minutes after the deadline. Lack of sleep can do some weird things :)

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 03:12

@netadept Actually, you can kind of do a wall jump if you throw your shuriken up against a wall and grab it. I'll take that idea into consideration, though, when I add on to the game!

dagamesta 2013-04-30 03:12

Heh, pretty fun, albeit a tad too difficult in my opinion. Graphics were nice and added to the minimalism theme if you ask me. The whole thing was a fairly stripped down platformer I suppose, so you get decent points there. Good job, though I recommend using something like dropbox next time for storing your game.

depp 2013-04-30 03:31

Fun, but maddeningly difficult. The platforming action is smooth. Maybe you could make the player be able to take three hits before dying?

zenohparadox 2013-04-30 03:32

I appreciated the randomness that combined with switching graphics kept the game interesting.

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 03:35

@DaGamesta
Switched over to Dropbox per your request. I've learned something new for July, now!

@Dietrich Epp
My original idea was to remove the need for HUD elements like life and score, but I will think about that for newer versions.

richtx 2013-04-30 03:52

Sort of on the difficult side. Plays well otherwise. Could use a bit more in the innovation area.

the-jack 2013-04-30 04:26

Good start to a platformer.

stqn 2013-04-30 05:53

Nice game! But losing on the first hit and having to restart a completely different level from the start is "a bit" harsh. I would have liked to explore the randomly generated levels a bit further...

roguenoodle 2013-04-30 09:25

Really fun, but day-um - that was a tough game! I only he ran a little faster, but yeah - very cool entry!

rujomarco 2013-04-30 10:55

I love the graphics style, maybe a little difficult but a very fine entry

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 12:03

@stqn That is another thing that never got past the idea stage. I'll add more lives in a future update.

Thanks for all the comments and ideas!

cyberyeti 2013-05-01 04:26

Really like the random generation! Nice animations too and the game is challenging and fun.

heychinaski 2013-05-02 23:16

I can tell you put a lot of thought into the level generation. The jumping and shooting is very fluid. I found it quite hard because of the one hit death but I suppose that was the point. Nice work!

nddrylliog 2013-05-04 22:03

I found it quite heard! I liked: the double-jump, the difficulty. Maybe the game could be a little smoother?

monxcleyrproductions 2013-05-08 12:45

I found the controls to not be very intuitive. One of the levels I played was extremely easy and uninteresting, so the random generation may need some tweaking. The art is neat, particularly the double jump animation.