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By vegard1992

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness353
Audio6412.55
Innovation6503.00
Mood8022.63
Humor9361.71
Overall9752.77
Fun10152.45
Graphics10472.37
Theme12662.53

Comments

infernal 2013-04-29 04:23

Errored when I tried to play:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\initscripts\Console3.py", line 2
7, in <module>
File "game.py", line 427, in <module>
File "game.py", line 296, in __init__
File "C:\Users\be24019611\vegards dropbox\Dropbox\ludum dare 26 game\input_han
dling.py", line 111, in __init__
File "C:\Users\be24019611\vegards dropbox\Dropbox\ludum dare 26 game\input_han
dling.py", line 11, in __init__
IndexError: list index out of range

vegard1992 2013-04-29 04:32

oh dang, it needs a joystick / gamepad plugged in. sorry

cogentinvalid 2013-04-29 04:34

I got the same error.

cwilloughby 2013-04-29 04:35

Cool. Good start - it might help if it was a little easier at the start and there was a tutorial. Joystick and keyboard both worked for me, after I figured out the controls.

vegard1992 2013-04-29 04:41

fixing the error now guys, give me 5min

vegard1992 2013-04-29 04:46

i think its fixed, anybody confirm?

fueelin 2013-04-29 05:24

I'm able to run it now, couldn't before so hopefully that means it's fixed... I didn't get that specific error though. Yeah tutorial would be good, a bit confusing.

cybearg 2013-04-29 06:05

Very unintuitive. I'm not going to rate because I don't want to rate down what could be a fun game just because I don't understand how to play it, but there are seriously no clues, which is a bad thing for a game that relies on the player to figure out how to play it.

paulopn 2013-04-29 06:51

Took me awhile to learn how to play it, but it's definitely a fun game. I'm impressed with the time rewind mechanic.
You could make the beginning a little slower and be more forgiving on the use of fuel, that would go a long way towards making it easier to learn.

vegard1992 2013-04-29 11:30

thanks for the criticism
i got progressively better at the game as i kept running through cycles of coding and debugging, and so i ramped up the difficulty because it felt easier every run.
i shoudlve totally added some modes like "easy", "experienced", so people can actually get into it lol

vegard1992 2013-04-29 11:31

appparently im allowed to change it if its "unbeatable", ill head over to IRC to see if i can change it so the speed ramps up from a slow start

vegard1992 2013-04-29 13:08

so the guys over at irc said it was ok since it was so hard. i made it start off slow and increase, also flashes a few text messages the first time you start, as a tutorial. i put a small number that is an objective score, so that the game is technically "beatable" as it should be.

pushmepullyu 2013-04-29 14:53

Kinda hard to get and pretty challenging but, oddly, that's also its good points.

josefnpat 2013-04-29 15:45

I was able to run this via wine in linux very well.

Nice game, I like the "Chronos" mechanic!

dasrkrain 2013-04-29 15:48

Very confusing. Controls should be waaay more simple.

holofire 2013-04-30 23:09

Difficult, but fun. Took a while to get the hang of it, but it was great fun. Nice work!

smaxx 2013-04-30 23:44

Very interesting concept. I don't really understand why a spaceship would have to flee some kind of saw(?), but it's really nice. That replay feature reminds me a lot of the Prince of Persia.

mscottmcbee 2013-05-01 03:13

While interesting, I didn't see how the time mechanic really fit into it. Any time I tried to use it, it didn't rewind me back far enough to make any difference.

cardboard 2013-05-02 23:15

I beat it! Quite tricky to get the hang of, but really fun once I got the controls down. I got stuck a few times where even reversing time didn't save me, but I don't think that is a fault with the game. There were a few times where I almost died and things got pretty intense for a second. Overall, really cool and interesting game.

zanzindorf 2013-05-03 22:36

I really like the audio. It reminds me of a really awesome DOS game. The game is really hard and confusing. I couldn't figure out how to play. There was a certain point where I died every time because the thingy kept overtaking me.

triplefox 2013-05-05 02:09

After an initially perplexing learning curve I had some fun with this.

ryusui 2013-05-08 20:00

I have no idea what I just "played." WASD just make me fly in random directions and the on-screen prompts are of no help whatsoever.

gdateam 2013-05-11 17:40

The music was pretty catchy, but some of the transitions were a bit hard between tracks. Maybe a fadein/out would have helped with that. Also the darkgreen on blue made it difficult to see the ship. The red line of site was an interesting idea, but I guess you didn't have enough time to hide the barriers in the red? or was it just a cosmetic thing. Ultimately, though, the game wasn't really that difficult, and really only used the time rewind mechanic when I just a path that didn't have an exit since the visibility was low. Some really cool ideas though.