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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme104.36
Coolness1100
Overall303.90
Humor343.64
Fun753.54
Innovation773.59
Mood803.63
Graphics1023.86
Audio1233.43

Comments

saintheiser 2013-04-30 02:35

Excellent work!
I impressed with environment from words.
I love this game =)

pixeloaks 2013-04-30 04:13

Really nice, it was very entertaining and I wanted to find out what was next.

devphil 2013-04-30 04:15

Love the mood! I'm not normally a big fan of platformers but this I enjoyed a lot! Good job

myachin 2013-04-30 04:27

SAYS: no suitable graphics card found(

davedobson 2013-04-30 04:33

Really cool concept with the words - I love the shapes you got them into. The variety of different words, forms, and enemies was great. I found the game a little bit hard and frustrating at times - I may be getting to old to have patience for difficult platform games, so that might just be my problem. I love the dialog between the characters - perfect fit to the theme.

cybearg 2013-04-30 04:35

Certainly my favorite game that I've seen so far!

I once had an idea to do a game where the world was made up of ASCII characters, but this is brilliant--a typography world? Awesome!

Seriously, I would love to see this style expanded into an action-adventure game rather than just an action platformer. Refine the style a bit and I would seriously buy it in a heartbeat.

Even though this game could have faffed off its gameplay, it didn't. The jumps were breezy enough to allow proper precision for platforming and the end boss fight was actually fun!

Overall, fantastic job and I hope this prototype is expanded further if possible!

broxter 2013-04-30 04:55

Words.

jellycakes 2013-04-30 04:55

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stromchin 2013-04-30 04:56

I just watch this in a stream, but I liked it a lot. I've thought of doing something similar but using kanji... it never went anywhere though

ncgames 2013-04-30 07:06

really love the idea here

tomk32 2013-04-30 08:06

This looks a lot like what I had in mind two years ago. Awesome to see it as a game. https://plus.google.com/104398143105698472084/posts/fpeWGNvay4q
Pity I can't run it, not even PlayOnMac would do that :(

timtimtimtim 2013-04-30 08:21

fun idea. hurts my eyes though. too easy.

orni 2013-04-30 08:51

I really enjoyed this, the concept is great!

very well done :D

snakeeater 2013-04-30 20:09

Nice mood. I didn't find the game particularly interesting though. I liked the camera movement, but many elements were quite confusing, together with the color coding.

garethiw 2013-04-30 20:13

Excellent! I needed a bit of cheering up and the intro had me belly laughing. Then I was just stunned by all of the tile descriptions. All of that, and it was quite fun to play too :)

aestheticgamer 2013-04-30 20:14

While the platforming felt a bit stiff, the concept was fun and I had fun playing it. Interesting how ones imagination fills in the blanks. The music was also nice and added a good amount to the experience.

khananaphone 2013-04-30 20:18

Controls way better than most platformers I've played so far.

mekuri 2013-04-30 20:33

Awesome game- Awesome concept. I really like how your imagination takes over, based on simple words on the screen. It gets slightly confusing at times, but all in all very cool. With a bit of refinement, and maybe a story line, this would be something I wouldn't mind paying for!

lucasncv 2013-04-30 20:35

Hilarious little game! Loved it. I'm amazed how much detail was put into the background, haha.

meep 2013-04-30 21:36

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multitude 2013-04-30 23:29

Love this! Pretty cool concept and idea with the text.

brighterorange 2013-05-01 01:39

Nice idea and nice scope. I've seen games with stuff made out of words for sure, but this one is funnier (I liked the escalation of descriptiveness as the game went on) and fit the theme well. I wish it supported arrow keys as well as WASD so I didn't have to play with my left hand. The difficulty curve was good. Was crying out for a wall marked "secretsecretsecret"!

kunonooni 2013-05-01 03:20

Gold... Pure gold! Nailed the theme... awesome design... Mind Blown!

ilovepixel 2013-05-01 06:21

I really liked the idea of changing objects for words. Great game.

karlin 2013-05-01 09:31

I really liked the style you've chosen, fits the theme perfectly. Some of the jumping was a little frustrating at times but I still really enjoyed it. Totally agree with cybearg and would love to see this as an action adventure.

sittaman 2013-05-01 22:40

What a great idea! Nice level design, too! Congratulations. XNA is a great tool!

dalbinblue 2013-05-02 04:41

Fun, with a groovy art style. Made me laugh a lot. Movement had a lot of slide to it which made platforming difficult.

umu 2013-05-02 04:50

I lvoe everything about this. I love the music, the aesthetic, and the level design (for the level of complexity that you are going for anyway).

My only negative comment is that as a red/green colourblind person...that was really really hard. I have made this comment on many games today >_>

kyyninen 2013-05-02 16:54

Compliments compliments compliments compliments specific positive mention of controller support

free_napalm 2013-05-02 20:18

I really enjoyed it, I don't think anything is missing to make this a decent platformer.

lanz 2013-05-02 20:24

Cool! I really liked the theme. On the negative side words were a bit harsh (aliased) which make playing not so comfortable. Otherwise great job, and absolute theme fit! .)

farjuan 2013-05-02 21:46

This is deffinitly what i was expecting for this theme!

sonnybone 2013-05-03 15:16

Genius!

cardboard 2013-05-03 21:26

Really good length. I mean, it could have been longer, but it was not too short. The variance in platforming (and color) throughout the game kept it interesting. One of my favorite games so far.

snoringfrog 2013-05-04 03:13

Love this idea, fits the theme perfectly. Nice job. Words words words.

belickim 2013-05-04 11:15

There should be also a voice saying "BACKGROUND MUSIC, BACKGROUND MUSIC, BACKGROUND MUSIC, ..." as the background music :D

edocentrique 2013-05-05 12:39

Very good !

switchbreak 2013-05-05 18:48

Fantastic game. I liked that I was able to use my gamepad to play it. I really liked that the platformer mechanics weren't just a vehicle for the gimmick but were well designed.

kill0u 2013-05-05 21:48

It's amazing how we can recognize the elements with their sprites only made of words! Cool game ;)

jorjon 2013-05-06 20:55

This is very similar to http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=11606

mildmojo 2013-05-13 01:11

This looks really cool, but I'm on Linux. =(

hello23 2013-05-13 08:19

Amazing. Great idea. I really enjoyed playing it. Minimalistic

zkenshin 2013-05-14 15:19

Really enjoyed looking through all the words in the environment to see all the unique words. A lot of detail in the environment for it being made of words :P Really neat. :)

agumaster 2013-05-14 16:34

incredibly GREAT game. Words aesthetics are amazing. Gameplay is cool too. BTW i find a cheat when you press F1 ! :)

maple 2013-05-14 23:37

Most games I try I'm like "Well, I guess this is minimalist", but I think this one really deserves some points towards theme (and some other categories, of course!). It's ingenious. Good job.

If I were to complain about a thing or two, it would be these:
- I felt like the camera changing depending on the way you are facing was a bit too fast, and thus was a bit disorienting in vertical sections where the player has to change direction often.
- The other thing is, WASD/Space is a bit weird for me, since I'm used to traditional platformers which tend to go for arrow keys. I would have at liked the option to use arrow keys (←→/↑).

Nonetheless, nice entry.

sylvain-p 2013-05-15 18:57

Good idea, need to be polished, but it works.

jacques_le_lezard 2013-05-15 21:06

It perfectly suit the ludum dare subject! I love the idea and graphic! On the other hand I hate games with many many many platforms ...and being push by enemies all the time (I'm not patient enough, so I didn't finish the game...)

atraxgames 2013-05-15 21:56

MINIMALISTIC COMMENT: great

madball 2013-05-16 12:57

Praise praise! Praise praise praise praise! Words words words words words words, words words words.

gremlin 2013-05-16 14:09

Clever. I do feel the jumping could be a little more solid, but the controls were pretty good, just not quite as precise as I would have preferred.

csanyk 2013-05-19 04:36

Interesting take on the theme, and innovative graphics.

ddrkirbyisq 2013-05-19 22:30

Words words words words
words words words?

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