FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD26 → Invertigo!

Invertigo!

By unusualcadence

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness371
Audio453.86
Fun723.72
Overall1493.68
Theme3583.74
Mood4373.05
Graphics5153.08
Humor7122.02
Innovation7392.90

Comments

spilth 2013-04-29 02:12

Nice job! I got up to the part with the "triple fire" turrets but couldn't manage to get up to that switch. Would be nice if there was a way to show which way the triangle is facing.

jonatron 2013-04-29 02:22

Love it! It really distills the action platformer game to its simplest elements.

broxxar 2013-04-29 03:09

This is a hard platformer. And I like that, well done!

daniel 2013-04-29 03:27

Some cool gameplay elements here, and nice take on the theme. A fun game!

torcado194 2013-04-29 03:48

wow nice! quite difficult

fueelin 2013-04-29 04:00

I liked the music a lot. Controls were just a tad floaty for my tastes but overall fun game.

gabehollombe 2013-04-29 05:38

Love the tunes and sound effects! The inversion mechanism is neat, too.

shaircast 2013-04-29 07:10

Yay 8-bit disco-dubstep sound! neat graphic, jumping circles, Gotta love this game.

hemuuuli 2013-04-29 07:11

Not a big fan of movement system, but otherwise it was good and pacing & difficulty were suprisingly balanced for a LD game.

donan 2013-04-29 07:18

Well done! I like how the interaction works. Quite hard game.

metroidman347 2013-04-29 07:48

A very nice game! Feels like it would be fun to just waste time with.

kiwiboi 2013-04-29 09:29

Is it just me or do you actually shoot with X and jump with Z? ;P don't know if that's a typo.

Anyway, well made game, a lot of detail, I like it! :)

yacodo 2013-04-29 09:39

Love the gameplay :) Same as spilth, can't reach the switch and missing a fire indicator : would have been perfect !

unusualcadence 2013-04-29 10:12

Ooh thanks for spotting the typo Kiwiboi, i was verry tired when I wrote it.

Just did a small progression-blocker bugfix for people that couldn't reach the switch on the 3rd level! Hopefully there aren't any more! :|

triforcespark 2013-04-29 11:01

At first I want to say this game is unoriginal (the color switching feels like the game Invert,) but adding action elements makes it more fun.
My only other problem are slippery controls.

But what stood out is the great sound and those graphic effects properly executed.

conve 2013-04-29 11:51

Like it!!!

corofides 2013-04-29 12:46

Pretty decent game. Probably has some of the best audio I've heard in the competition so far.

richy486 2013-04-29 14:34

Cool game, love the little effects when you shoot

xgor 2013-04-29 15:10

Fun game, Wish the character had a different shape than a triangle. I thought I was a spike and could hurt the enemies by running into them :(

kgs0142 2013-04-29 16:06

Good job!
It's difficult but fun, and the music is great!

atraxgames 2013-04-29 16:27

Well done, good music, great mechanics, fun gameplay.

kvisle 2013-04-29 17:27

Really fun game!

copix 2013-04-29 17:53

Very fun, this is a great game.

martin_monosys 2013-04-29 18:02

Fun game, nicely done. Would be great to have some kind of background story, like why I am a shooting triangle killing balls... ?!? :)

netguy204 2013-04-29 18:22

Nice work. The feel of shooting and popping the enemies is great. Good kinaesthetics. The sound fits. The color transitions work well. The game has a really nice feel with player motion being the only exception. Movement feels sluggish (forces instead of impulses, perhaps?).

stefenism 2013-04-29 18:28

Solid game. I found myself ignoring my roommates whilst playing. This game is engaging and entertaining. I feel like I'm going to be playing this more in the near future...at work I mean.

fabienporee 2013-04-29 18:35

This is a pretty good game about shooting stuff.

unusualcadence 2013-04-29 18:36

@Martin_Monosys - as a triangle you wish revenge on your smooth-sided, pi-endowed bretherin! But their allies are many, and have the power of palette swapping at their disposal...

Thanks for the positive vibes and feedback folks! Ooh I could tighten up the 'floaty' feel of the movement by tweaking a few variables, but unfortunately them's the breaks of Ludum Dare! Hopefully in a future remix edition I will address the multitude of comments about the controls :) I think the acceleration/deceleration is just slightly too slow!

pickehut 2013-04-29 19:02

Holy shit! This is awesome!
My favorite game so far...

bluebutton 2013-04-29 19:43

Awesome.

tombofry 2013-04-29 21:44

Best music in a game I've found so far :D I really like the change between funk/disco to dubstep, it works really well (not forgetting the gameplay of course!)

ming_tea 2013-04-29 22:30

Nice! Great sound, so far this is one of my favorites.

foxtacy 2013-04-29 23:04

This is some killer soundtrack you have there!!!!

I like the concept too!!!

Nice job!

sparkleswirl 2013-04-29 23:38

Great platformer. Gave me some Cave Story and Shift vibes, in a good way.

magewalkr 2013-04-30 01:54

O.o 2 days??? on top of being 2 days its pretty damn good :D well done

andrewshouldice 2013-04-30 02:37

Nice tunes! I get kind of a Cave Story vibe from this.

heuermh 2013-04-30 03:39

Nice one. There is a bass riff somewhere in the background music that is real catchy too.

casino-jack 2013-04-30 09:32

Really tight controls and funky music. The black-white switch was a really nice touch.

idovoodoo 2013-04-30 11:33

This is cool! Well done! :)

fishbrain 2013-04-30 12:06

Excellent job! A nice, simple, fun platformer.

volute 2013-04-30 23:52

Very cool ! Those circles are evil.

bernhard 2013-05-01 00:15

Well made, and I'm glad it's not one-hit-kill :-) Oh, and the music ♪♪♪

jlauener 2013-05-01 10:20

Nice and hard game. I didn't finished it because of the checkpoint mechanism, got bored of starting over and having to redo the previous level. But still it's a really good entry.

Oh btw the music is awesome!

tifu 2013-05-02 10:35

Excellent - I kind of wish there had been more save points, I kept dying in the level just before the second save point for a while, and was a little frustrating. Love the music

unusualcadence 2013-05-03 18:36

Thanks for being super cool with feedback everyone! I've uploaded a post-compo version of the game, hopefully taking in to account most of the feedback from people.

* More health restore points!
* Restart at the beginning of the level you die on!
* More friction on the player character!
* You can see which way you're pointing now!
* Couple more levels thrown in for fun!

http://gamejolt.com/games/arcade/invertigo-bonus-beats/14400/

tcstyle 2013-05-03 20:52

Good mechanic and level design. Fits the theme pretty well. I liked the music. The game feels very complete.

christina-nordlander 2013-05-03 22:16

A bit hard; still haven't beaten it. (I keep dying on the level after the first save point.) Might come back to this later.

Other than that, probably the most purely minimalist game I've played so far in the comp. The core mechanic reminds me of a simpler version of "Eversion". Fun to play, difficulty aside.

I'm kind of neutral to the music, but I appreciate the extra effort of putting it in.

sylvain-p 2013-05-03 23:27

Great job for a jam. The gameplay is very complete (lot of features). I think the jumb is a bit ... lunar. But the game is fun.

pereubu 2013-05-04 11:59

great game, the gameplay is really polished, but i think you should have made it a bit more nervous and speedy to be more enjoyable (it's mostly about the slow pacing of the triangle and it's moonlike jump). Also, art and music works really well.
great job 3:

redwater 2013-05-04 12:13

Awesome, an entry with dnb tunes <3 insta-upvote :D
Great game, nice concept, horrific player physics :P
Otherwise solid entry, very enjoyable!

jorjon 2013-05-06 21:10

Nice graphics. I thought inverting the colors would have an effects on the level, but seems it's only an visual effect.

nightshadow0 2013-05-07 20:53

Whew, that got really intense when the enemies started shifting dimensions! Nice work!