FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD26 → hru

hru

By gilmore606

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio423.88
Overall423.95
Mood453.87
Fun1003.63
Graphics1273.84
Theme1534.00
Innovation1693.66
Humor6552.09

Comments

tinygolem 2013-04-28 15:49

Very relaxing game.

mega1mpact 2013-04-28 18:52

Great game!

cybearg 2013-04-28 22:03

Great sounds, great music, great aesthetic, and a simple but pleasant gameplay direction. Good job!

tanius 2013-04-28 22:27

I agree, great sounds! really dreamlike.

johnnysix 2013-04-29 00:59

Very cool! Bookmarked for later, gotta reach the top. :D

somenetworkguy 2013-04-29 02:40

Very nice job. I got to the top. I think. I was expecting some sort of pat on the back when I got there though. Is there an ending, or do you just sort of roll off and do it again?

2013-04-29 04:10

At the top level you need to bounce up to a certain height to win the game.

Excellent game! Graphics, sounds, and gameplay are all very well done.

predominant 2013-04-29 05:38

Awesome!

deadlyapps 2013-04-29 05:41

Fits the theme perfectly. Great job!

scriptorum 2013-04-29 05:42

Nicely done.

joedev_net 2013-04-29 05:45

I really like this. Very cool idea and well executed!

orangepascal 2013-04-29 06:14

very nice :)

jonrb 2013-04-29 06:25

Lovely surreal game. Harder than I first expected, but once I got the hang of it I found it very enjoyable. The sound effects were well-fitting and the ambient sound created a fantastic atmosphere.

cryogenesis 2013-04-29 06:44

Really relaxing yet still pretty challenging. Long loading times.

gregdevice 2013-04-29 06:45

Nice Job!

zaszx 2013-04-29 06:45

Very nice one!

Magnus 2013-04-29 06:46

Very nice aesthetic. I love the sounds.

pjchardt 2013-04-29 06:49

Greet mood and atmoshpere. Spot on sfx and visuals. Oh AND A Delicious SURPRISE!

trentsterling 2013-04-29 06:49

Very pretty game! Very hard near the top!

lpcustom 2013-04-29 07:08

Someone said it was relaxing. I completely disagree. This game is nerve-racking! I love the dissonant ping sounds when you bounce. This is actually better than a lot of games I've paid money for. Great job!

andrio 2013-04-29 07:44

Very pretty!

gafblizzard 2013-04-29 07:52

Verl well done and polished, but a bit difficult and stressful without checkpoints, knowing that at any time you could screw up and fall all the way back to the bottom. :( Still, good job with the theme and especially the audio!

spierek 2013-04-29 08:33

Great in every aspect.

beshr 2013-04-29 08:39

Fantastic game! Would've loved it even more if it was a bit faster (or if it got faster with time).

+1

chman 2013-04-29 08:42

Zen, peaceful game. Simple but effective.

timtipgames 2013-04-29 10:29

I love the mood of this game. In contrast to it's relaxing appearance the gameplay made me almost seize due to the tension :)

martijn 2013-04-29 10:32

THE LINUX VERSION MISSED THE DATA FOLDER. (but you can get it by downloading the windows version).

This is a pretty awesome game.
The game plays at a really nice pace, looks awesome and overall is a veryenjoyable experience.

rated 4 or 5 start on each catogory

matthias_zarzecki 2013-04-29 10:35

This is quite lovely, I love teh aesthetic.

tompudding 2013-04-29 11:58

Awesome! Looks great, sounds great, and it's really fun. I like that hitting the edges of the blocks sends you off sideways, makes it that bit trickier.

agmcleod 2013-04-29 12:37

very very nice!

gmaker 2013-04-29 12:38

very nice!

albertosm 2013-04-29 13:05

LOVE the atmosphere and the aesthetics! Game is addicting and the music soothing but the gameplay might need some loosening up. One of my favs so far! :)

terrivellmann 2013-04-29 13:17

Very fun!

neight 2013-04-29 17:58

Thanks for rating PHILIP KLAS! Almost made it to the top, but hit one at a weird angle and went flying off the screen. haha! Loved the style though.

tonic 2013-04-29 18:00

That is very nice! Reminds very vaguely my game, which also has a bouncing ball. :) (http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=66)

edocentrique 2013-04-29 18:09

Wow near perfection :o

comrad_gremlin 2013-04-29 18:14

This is amazing. Loved it! :)

mrexcessive 2013-04-29 19:07

I like the lost life mechanic. Nice "inifite" feeling about the whole game. Something slightly awkward about the camera angle when arriving into a new level, be nice if it chased you up there. Sound is lovely chiming... murmur underneath contributes to the infinite space feeling. Good job!

cyboot 2013-04-29 19:50

Ahhhh, finally completed it. I started getting a little angry after I fall down twice at the very last stage.

But great game, I really enjoyed playing it :)
The surprise was kind of predictable but I like the fireworks (remind me of my game ;))

Good Job!

dasrkrain 2013-04-29 20:16

Great job. I honestly thought this would be a lot harder than it was! Something I would play a lot more of!

johnnysix 2013-04-29 20:18

First one that deserves a five or two - the icing on the cake would be potato though, I mean, perhaps a difficult version where the player object is not spheroid but potatoid, and bounces randomly to increase the hazardousness and precariousness of the challenge. :D

maloki 2013-04-29 20:20

Nice! The sound matches the style very well. Simple, yet challenging...and relaxing, too!

judasbenhur 2013-04-29 21:06

really cool but difficult :)

thomastc 2013-04-29 21:07

Sadly, the Linux package does not work:

$ ~/Downloads/hru.bin
Found path: /home/thomas/Downloads/hru.bin
There is no data folder

thevideogamemechanic 2013-04-29 21:18

A bit difficult, but I don't really mind that. Nice sounds! Really got to the minimal feel with the textures and such. Nice work.

egos 2013-04-29 21:21

very good polishing but not relaxing :)

gilmore606 2013-04-29 21:28

Sorry about the broken Linux build -- fixed that (I hope).

mushbuh 2013-04-29 21:33

good ending

eteeski 2013-04-29 21:48

Excellent visuals. I love the title screen. Going from black and white to color was really cool. very polished. great music. very rewarding to beat. lol great potato model. very realistic textures haha.

baknik 2013-04-29 21:56

This game really drew me in with the ambient music and tones.

nusan 2013-04-29 22:51

Excellent, i like the interaction between music and interaction, the mood is good and the gameplay innovate. Really great on all domain !

geepit 2013-04-29 23:11

Really nice aesthetics

rmatey 2013-04-29 23:48

Fantastic, really like the sound mixed in with the pacing, you really nailed it in mood. Very relaxing to play.

neight 2013-04-29 23:54

Concise, well designed, and difficult! One of the best entries yet!

jah2488 2013-04-30 00:09

Very cool.

jimmylord 2013-04-30 00:17

Wow, super polished, simple, original gameplay. Great game, chugged a bit on my laptop, I'll play it again another day at full speed.

scottychips 2013-04-30 00:18

Really enjoyable game mechanic- fits the minimalism theme strongly!

umu 2013-04-30 01:12

It looks super nice, has good audio feedback, and has a calming atmosphere. I got to the very top and fell off without getting what I presume is a potato or cake though. That was my fifth time getting high up and falling...I didn't want to do it again p_p

ilo 2013-04-30 01:14

Lovely presentation and Zen-like experience. Hits all the right notes. :)

tankete 2013-04-30 01:49

Very soothing. Love the crispness of the graphics. Nice!

daydalus 2013-04-30 02:19

Really well done game, from the perspective, gameplay, sound effects, ambient music, etc. Loved how a bad bounce is a minor-key sound, a good bounce sounds pleasing. Gameplay did feel a little sluggish at first, but I got used to it and it felt relaxing over time. Nice work on this one!

tiagoair 2013-04-30 02:24

Sweet game, didn't reach the end but gotta do that later to discover the surprise!

darkcortex 2013-04-30 02:30

awesome!

blearn 2013-04-30 02:34

I like it, nice and simple concept. I got a laugh out of the ending.

felix20 2013-04-30 02:52

Wow, this is an Amazing first entry.
It's beautiful, minimalistic. Te sound/music is great. It's fun to play not too easy or hard.
And then there's the end...
this is an incredible game! :)

cwilloughby 2013-04-30 02:53

Cool. Very relaxing. And minimal. Was frustrated at times by the side bounce. Liked the audio and sound, mechanics were great!

alexrose 2013-04-30 03:30

Really enjoyed this one! I'm loving how this theme brings so many calm, relaxing fun games. The best way to end a frantic jam.

lioneljitro 2013-04-30 03:32

I really like this.

Definitely embraces minimalism. It feel really polished.
Things like the white dot that shows you the x/y co-ords on the block you are on, the really smooth camera zoom in and out make it frustration free. Really cool game.

psenfilip 2013-04-30 03:45

Simple mechanics heavily tied with good aesthetics and sound. Really smooth after I got the hang of the input.

bahamutzaero 2013-04-30 03:54

Excellent and well polished use of the theme.

onlyslightly 2013-04-30 04:44

Loved it! The audio cues felt great. And it was actually fun. I loved experimenting with how the ball interacted with each block and finding new tricks.

netpro2k 2013-04-30 05:19

The overall mood of this is amazing. The audio fits very well with the visuals. The sound played when getting to a new level is very rewarding.

siondream 2013-04-30 06:35

Very relaxing and nice combination between the jumping platforms and the sound.

yarek 2013-04-30 08:14

Really nice game :)

wiering 2013-04-30 09:00

Nice game!

rujomarco 2013-04-30 09:20

very creative and well done

nilstastic 2013-04-30 10:17

Pros: Very nice game! Great idea and a solid implementation. =)
Cons: Nothing, good job!

revelorenfield 2013-04-30 10:56

Nice game, very relaxing.

diventurer 2013-04-30 12:21

I love this. I got very high up, and I couldn't bring myself to restart, though. :P

atridas 2013-04-30 12:27

Cool one.

kimau 2013-04-30 12:54

Amazing loved the little touches like the starfield and clouds . The jump boxes getting taller just felt really polished.

xatulu 2013-04-30 13:08

Great game, hope you reach a high position, as it is a really fun and great looking/sounding game with lots of fun!

hmm 2013-04-30 13:56

nice

keyboardthrashingfactory 2013-04-30 14:06

I love this game, in my top favourites, i cant help but want to move the camera though

corrigan_sam 2013-04-30 14:12

Really good, very relaxing. Loved it :D

aquilicoco 2013-04-30 14:18

Great game!

cinnamonmelonpig 2013-04-30 14:22

Best game I played so far! You are a genius :D

derosa 2013-04-30 14:34

I found it very relaxing and although at first I had some difficult with the controls, but once I got it I enjoyed the game. Thanks!

justinmullin 2013-04-30 14:42

Overall fun, the controlls seemed a bit stiff, but I got the hang of it pretty quickly. Liked the colors and physical interactions. The levels progressed nicely and didn't get too hard too quickly. (No speakers so no audio rating, sorry) Nice entry, much fun!

villhest 2013-04-30 15:00

Amazing! Love the graphics and sound. Really great use of the theme!

drstik 2013-04-30 15:45

Wonderful all round, one of the few entries I've wanted to come back to.

pinkmonkeyhead 2013-04-30 15:58

Very artistic. Sound effects are awesome. Nice job

fullmontis 2013-04-30 16:02

I nearly fall asleep... Not because it's boring but because it's so hypnotic and relaxing. It's almost meditative in a way :)

ysengrimm 2013-04-30 16:04

Really impressive!

JFlegle 2013-04-30 16:33

Wow, great game, love the sound and idea.

lightnarcissus 2013-04-30 16:57

I enjoyed the audio and the general soothing aesthetics of the game. Props on keeping it simple too!

lidfrid 2013-04-30 17:03

Wow, 5 stars for this. A bit Frustrating (because im not good at reaching the top T_T) but very well done, it's so polished. Really good job

magnpeas 2013-04-30 17:06

Nice job with the theme

lidfrid 2013-04-30 17:07

oh ok i made it! :D cool ending xD

minionstudios 2013-04-30 17:18

Love it! Great work on this, the gameplay, sound and graphics are all tight and well done! Big Kudos!

puzzlem00n 2013-04-30 17:23

I got to the top platform, but couldn't bounce high enough to win. I'll likely try again later!

Excellent mood, the whole game feels very unified artistically. Good work!

visibleatom 2013-04-30 17:36

great game. Sad that you couldn't get gamepad support in, specially with the tease of it accepting the 'A' button to start :)

dedhedzed 2013-04-30 18:18

That was amazing. Really clever use of an interesting mechanic, great ambience, taught me about the subtleties of movement. And THAT REWARD!

I'm a better person for having played this game.

stiju 2013-04-30 18:37

One of the best games I've played so far in this LD.

++Nice ending.

ramoncb 2013-04-30 20:29

Simple, very polished and pretty relaxing.
Loved it!

bytegrove 2013-04-30 21:22

"hru" - the sound I made every time I fell down. But I kept going, I needed that delicious reward so bad! And boy, was it worth it! Such a delicious reward indeed. Omnomnom!
Really atmospheric game with a great art style that tricks you into believing it will be a relaxing experience. :D

tamik 2013-04-30 22:13

Nice kind of Zen game

komradus 2013-05-01 02:58

A challenge to get the hang of and quite fun. I'll be replaying this every now and again, well done.

daanvanyperen 2013-05-01 03:04

I feel so relaxed now. ahhhhhhhhh......

meta87 2013-05-01 03:34

Had a ton of fun! Couldnt help but keep wanting to try and get higher :D Very nice graphics and the controls work really well.

jigxor 2013-05-01 05:12

A very appealing aesthetic, relaxing melodies, and well polished. Great job!

stqn 2013-05-01 05:31

Very nice but difficult controls. Not relaxing at all.

crazi456 2013-05-01 05:31

Very fun game!

messiano 2013-05-01 06:23

Such a nice game, I like the visuals and feel. Sort of addictive, would make a great cell phone game

juaxix 2013-05-01 09:47

What a happy ending, love the concept and development, thanks for sharing!
5 - mood

jhice 2013-05-01 10:28

Could you add the arrow keys or AZERTY keyboard config ? :p For us the poor french guys...

smilingcat 2013-05-01 10:33

Very interesting mechanic and concept, and a lot of fun to play. One of the best I've seen this compo.

Great work!

gungnir 2013-05-01 12:34

Well done, I feel an even more minimal color scheme would have been in service of this entry.

kiwiboi 2013-05-01 13:13

Loved it! Relaxing music and gameplay while still being fun and somewhat challening. Great job! :)

intripoon 2013-05-01 13:57

Nice game, but a bit frustrating to start all over from the beginning when you drop down.

cmayhem 2013-05-01 15:03

Requires some spatial reasoning and patience. Very nice.

icecliff 2013-05-01 15:07

Very rarely do you find a game, that you want to continue playing to keep the music going.

cogcomp 2013-05-01 15:41

Very niece piece. Going to come back and play this again!

ithildin 2013-05-01 15:47

Great game! Fun, and it fits the theme nicely at all levels. Well done :D

shiro 2013-05-01 17:27

Awesome game! Sometimes its really hard to aim ball properly. Really cool mix of sound effects and music.

ovenchips 2013-05-01 17:40

I think this is my favourite game so far. The level of polish is sublime. I guess the only thing I'd say is that sometimes I felt I failed simply because I couldn't gauge the perspective - if the ball clipped the side of a block, it was difficult to tell that I had to compensate to keep the ball in play. But minor criticism - looooooove it.

imagnity 2013-05-01 18:33

Such a beautiful, vivid, surprising, relaxing piece of art. +100 points for the atmosphere.

petrocket 2013-05-01 18:43

I dunno why folks said this was relaxing, I kept falling off and so things got more tense the higher I got, though it was fun to play and the sounds were cool. I don't understand the color coding on the tiles. Anyways great job!

netmute 2013-05-01 20:38

Graphically and acoustically beautiful! One of the best entries I've played so far. My only complaint is that the controls are a bit unresponsive.

celticraft49 2013-05-01 21:33

Very fun. Great job!

kreischweide 2013-05-01 21:45

Great entry, feels polished on so many levels!

matheod 2013-05-01 21:58

TinyGolem -> For me it's a stress game ... when you fall near the end you're so afraid to fail again :p

But game good. The sound for the bonus scare me :p

frozencow 2013-05-01 22:26

Simple but very polished game. Good idea!

tozy 2013-05-01 23:36

One of the best games of the compo so far :D
Let me see... is there something I didn't like? Maybe the font, that's it.
Congratulations!

multitude 2013-05-01 23:51

One of my LD favorites. love this game :D

woftles 2013-05-02 00:46

Very nice game, very relaxing, very entertaining, not funny but brilliant sound and brilliant graphics. good job.

dick_claus 2013-05-02 02:50

Was strugling with controls, but I finally did it. Interesting idea.

zkenshin 2013-05-02 03:11

Very fun for a simple concept. :)

monxcleyrproductions 2013-05-02 04:09

Awesome game. Gameplay was fun and difficult enough to stay interesting on the way to the top. The audiovisual stuff gave it a nice, relaxing mood.

junt74 2013-05-02 07:36

Simple and relaxing... It's amazing!

mrvanderpants 2013-05-02 09:09

This game represents the theme well. Awesome use of the soundeffects, and the simple gameObjects. Very solid feel.

neonlare 2013-05-02 10:45

I have no critics of this game at all, it really is a brilliant piece of work. Damn beautiful work at that.

lafolie 2013-05-02 12:07

Very chilled out. The sound effects and ambient pads are great.

rafaelsales 2013-05-02 18:01

Fantastic game! I enjoyed a lot. You've reached an interesting curve of challenging. Congratz!

alwaysinbeta 2013-05-02 22:14

Love this. Good idea, beautifully executed. Will definitely play again!

rubapi 2013-05-02 23:27

Great game, congrats!

davidpeter 2013-05-03 02:00

Great game. Took a very long time for me to get to the ending, like 10 tries. Worth it.

snakeeater 2013-05-03 08:53

Very nice little game. Great job with the camera!

reverso13 2013-05-03 14:48

Fantastic game!! Congratulations :)

jhonpi 2013-05-03 21:52

The most complete game i ever seen so far, nice sounds, great aesthetic, fits the theme, simple gameplay and good difficulty curve. Great job!

xaychru04 2013-05-03 23:10

The sounds and the graphisms create a very enjoyable ambiance, this game is really relaxing!

sylvain-p 2013-05-04 04:00

Great sound, and the work is impressiv for a jam, I don't understand the need of 3D.

yellowlemming 2013-05-04 05:29

a very nice game

lu3mm3l 2013-05-04 21:35

Fun, good looking & sounding, relaxing. That's a great mix you got here! Loving it.

tsb 2013-05-04 21:44

I liked the special effects sounds :) Also the graphics were very calm which went to my good books :)

stevejohnson 2013-05-04 21:53

This entry has the best audio of any I've played. Extremely well done, first LD or no. And the grand prize is perfect.

binary_girl 2013-05-05 15:42

nice and calming.. good job :)

thesarcastic 2013-05-05 20:27

One of the best this LD. Awesome :)

jorjon 2013-05-05 20:48

Wow really nice game. A little slow perhaps, but otherwise it was excellent in every aspect.

taro 2013-05-08 02:36

Nice audio! Really works with the gameplay really well. Thought it was a little easy. Could use some more challenge at the end.

Bah! Surprise potato!

kill0u 2013-05-08 12:38

Great game :)

pereubu 2013-05-08 17:34

relaxing, not my king of game but i liked it D:

phocker 2013-05-09 05:12

oh man i almost cried when i died before making it to the top -- could not stop playing it -- great game!

2013-05-09 14:56

this game is great

ethankennerly 2013-05-12 21:31

Aiming the spotlight and listening to the metallic bounce entranced me. The bounces forgave my inaccuracies and tend to go up. The subtle palette calmed me. If you continue to develop this, after reaching and falling from a high distance I was not motivated to repeat those platforms.

michaelhaii 2013-05-12 22:18

Perfect game.

pamvllo 2013-05-13 00:39

XD that end! I was like: "What the hell!?" and then "Oh Ok! ROLFMAO"

xanjos 2013-05-14 23:42

Really nice game that fits the theme quite well. Loved how the ball makes musical notes on every bounce.

madball 2013-05-17 11:44

Very relaxing yet fun and challenging. It`s good that you make me able to return to earlier levels, it saved me several times :).
Oh... I just stopped bouncing, and you sent me back to level 1. That wasn`t very nice. I could roll to previous level and regain the movement.
And I understood what do level names mean. But not the title of the game...

codexus 2013-05-18 10:15

Nice idea but restarting from the bottom after each mistake is just too punishing!

martin_monosys 2013-05-19 20:53

This is cool, but as in so many games in this LD, I have no idea what I am doing... :)