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barry-cade

By robertcalvert

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness352
Fun1733.48
Theme2703.86
Graphics3073.41
Overall3613.37
Mood5012.95
Humor7142.00
Innovation8842.68

Comments

xgor 2013-04-29 12:42

Nice interpretation of the theme and pretty fun, Desperately needs a kick-ass soundtrack or heck atleast some sounds

robertcalvert 2013-04-29 13:01

Thank you. I agree it does need a funky beat in the background. Sadly my music skill is 0 :( but it is definitely something I will work on for next time.

yngar 2013-04-29 13:40

I like it, it gets pretty difficult very fast though. I was wondering what your personal high score is?

umu 2013-04-29 13:57

745 points.

Neat idea, definitely has room for expansion. Additionally, you have made a game about colour that a colourblind gentleman such as myself can play. So could on you!

robertcalvert 2013-04-29 13:58

Thank you. Originally it did not speed up as quickly but it felt a little to slow to get into. So in the end I went with full speed quick and fast. The best I have done was in the 800 mark. I might expand on this after the compo and slow the game down a bit and add stages etc.

puffee 2013-04-29 13:59

Neat concept, my best try was 270 points, agree with Xgor that some upbeat music would really set the mood for it.

robertcalvert 2013-04-29 14:00

I will be honest I never though about colourblind issues, but I am glad it plays well for you :)

depp 2013-04-29 14:01

Simple and fun!

jimmylord 2013-04-29 14:03

That was fun... only managed 445 points, I feel I got painted into a corner on some runs, do the arrow key movement speeds increase as the forward movement speed increases?

robertcalvert 2013-04-29 14:07

Thank you. No the arrow speed stays the same. I think in hindsight it should speed up to a set point and the start to slow down again... so it come it waves.

robertcalvert 2013-04-29 14:11

That should have read comes in waves.....

yezu 2013-04-29 14:25

Really fun!

tomk32 2013-04-29 15:43

with sounds it would be perfect. feels like a first-person-endless-runner and maybe that's how you should market it, and you really should bring it out big.

i made a score of 335 on the second run :)

macroz 2013-04-29 15:49

Great! Simple and clean! I have sort of the same idea (avoiding obstacles) but very different result :)

hypothete 2013-04-29 16:35

130 points! I had a hard time steering - wasn't really sure how "big" I was. Loved the graphics though - simple and beautiful. Reminded me of those Japanese "human Tetris" videos. :P

doctor-broccoli 2013-04-29 16:57

Love it! Good usage of the theme. Very clean and pretty looks. I maybe would've liked to see some inertia in the sideways movement and the font stands out a bit too much but otherwise this is a great game.

yarek 2013-04-29 18:52

It's a really nice game and I wish I could use the mouse to move I'd feel more in control because sometimes is it like " I know where to go but just can't reach it in time " :P

BTW my best score is about 750 so I've been playing it for a while :) Good job !

PS: I agree with the other comments you should include audio and if you could make it go faster or slower in the same way as the game goes that would be really nice ^^

make-a-game 2013-05-08 15:49

Congratulations on your first entry.
xD I got vertigo after a while (and it's rare for me to get dizzy while playing)
It's minimalist, it's fun, the graphics look like Mondrian (loved it). The only thing that it lacks is a good backgound track =P. I hope to see your next work soon!

siewart 2013-05-11 14:55

While I'm still not sure what blue does, (Speed neutral?) I liked this game, a lot. (I also submitted a FPS endless runner :P, probably a reason why I like it.)