Platformer '81

Category	Rank	Score
Theme	552	3.54
Fun	688	2.83
Audio	694	2.46
Mood	732	2.71
Overall	873	2.88
Graphics	901	2.60
Innovation	1115	2.25
Coolness	1316	47

richtx 2013-04-29 02:44

Looks like my kind of game. Unfortunately, it won't run on my Windows 7 64-bit box. I get a waiting cursor for several seconds, then nothing.

heychinaski 2013-04-29 03:13

Worked fine for me on 64-bit Windows. I really enjoyed this and thought it had a great aesthetic. I have to admit I haven't finished it yet as it's quite hard. There seems to be a disconnect between the blocky contiguous rendering of the characters and the more continuous physics of it's movement. It's simultaneously frustrating and compelling. I'll definitely be coming back to try again to complete it.

infin8 2013-04-29 03:18

Nice use of the theme, I got all the gameplay elements without having to look at the instructions. Jump feels a little floaty.

foyosoft 2013-04-29 04:03

Thanks for the feedback! I noticed that the jumping was a little 'quirky'. I wrote a bit of a post-mortem on the game and that was one of the things I mentioned. Tried to fix it a few times, but couldn't quite get there. Probably a -1 or a +1 out somewhere.

@richtx I compiled the game using XNA Framework 4.0 on 64-bit Windows 8. iirc, XNA isn't 64-bit, so it should work with all Windows... *should*... The redistributable can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914.

Thanks again for you feedback!

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 00:06

Fairly simple gameplay, which is to be expected with this theme. I like the Castlevania style jumping.

daanvanyperen 2013-05-03 20:06

Isn't that art a blast from the past. Works fine on Windows 7 64-bit.

garygreen 2013-05-06 08:36

I couldn't get this to run. I double clicked on the application and it doesn't open anything up.

foyosoft 2013-05-06 12:42

@garygreen do you have XNA 4.0 installed?

minionstudios 2013-05-08 22:22

Simple game... collecting money reveals goals IRL, too. LOL

simvig 2013-05-11 18:10

I must say, everything is right about this game. Even the sound kinda fits the mood.

mrvanderpants 2013-05-11 21:02

This game has a really cool retro feel to it. But the controls were a little buggy sometimes. The player doesn't stop moving on key up, or just won't move. But the overall feel of the game is really nice.

lorancou 2013-05-11 21:25

Same as the others: nice retro theme, but the controls are a bit too strange.

binary_gambit 2013-05-12 00:48

Incredibly hard but fun. I played through the first level several times before realising there is only one correct combination of key presses.

firefly 2013-05-12 04:00

This also won't work on my Windows 7 64-bit machine.

monxcleyrproductions 2013-05-12 05:10

This definitely has a nice retro feel to it, but for the most part the controls were more frustrating than fun. The sound and visuals fit in nicely with the theme.

natenaterson 2013-05-12 05:23

Brutal difficulty! Really neat visual style, too.

64mega 2013-05-12 07:12

Worked well, and did remind me of many early games on the ZX Spectrum, C64, PET, and Atari systems. Great game.

dr_soda 2013-05-12 23:14

Unfortunately I can't rate the game since it's a Windows entry.

snakeeater 2013-05-12 23:17

Very nice visuals. The game is really unforgiving!