realyuniquename 2013-04-29 06:35
And still it's fun and challenging :)
Really enjoy the control scheme. Potato art is awesom
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD26 → Save the potato!
By loxo
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 1 | 100 | ||
| Humor | 294 | 2.67 | ||
| Theme | 381 | 3.72 | ||
| Fun | 458 | 3.09 | ||
| Innovation | 884 | 2.68 | ||
| Overall | 905 | 2.84 | ||
| Mood | 984 | 2.43 | ||
| Audio | 1036 | 1.52 | ||
| Graphics | 1066 | 2.34 |
And still it's fun and challenging :)
Really enjoy the control scheme. Potato art is awesom
Welcome to ludum dare! Nice one for a first ludum dare entry. Some basic sound effects could be nice.
I liked having no sound, fits the theme and setting (in space). I found the 3 second countdown at the start of each retry to break the flow really horribly. I would just start the retry maybe .2 seconds after death.
Despite your sad story this is a pretty cool minimal game idea. It would benefit a lot from starting easy and ramping up.
Interesting. One of those infinite runner types (like Canabalt). You should continue to improve it.
Not bad, reminds me of a game I used to have on the TI-89. Drifter, I think it was called. Fits the theme and shows you can make a game with only one input :). Felt a little unresponsive though, it seemed like you switch direction when the spacebar comes back up. Might feel a bit better if it happened when you push it down.
Wow, there's so many potatoes in LD :)
3 humor stars for saying it was a flying space potato ;-)
The controls could be more responsive or you need more control over the character. It's a little frustrating. Great minimalism though!
Perhaps you can put a 'restart' button so that we don't need to break our F5? :)
Nice game, very hard, my record is only 12 seconds. Damm you potato!
OMG this potato is tricky to control lol..
pretty challenging 'endless-scroller'.
good idea on minimal controls: just spacebar
Nice, simple, challenging game. Good job buddy!
Cool idea, but it can be frustrating it should start easy though :p.
Waah!?
Guess I killed my spacebar. Nice minimalistic reaction game. I liked it. Too difficult for me.
Nice attempt and welcome to Ludum Dare! It's far too difficult and the cooldown is too long. Don't forget to upload the source code! :)
A surprisingly fun game. Good job!
Challenging, although I feel that the potato could take sharper turns.
I would like to see the potato change directions quicker, I noticed the spacebar delay thing. Also raincole, you can press space to restart.
And I don't like the countdown after restarting. Otherwise, great use of double theme! :)
For a few hours and a first try very good. I actually like the graphics.
Minimal game control with just the space, so fits the theme.
You suggestion of different routes and dead ends could be good.
'Save the potato' will probably be seen more (I know my game is about that).
Wow, The one button control made what could have been an incredibly boring concept really fun and engaging.. I'm hooked! Would have been better with music though!
Can't beat 20 secondes! Good game, simple but efficient.
I liked the noize background and minimalistic controls.
Tough game!
Pretty neat idea, and very challenging! I can do about as well in this game as super hexagon...haha...only about 13.9 seconds! Some audio would have added a lot to this entry. Good job :)
cool first game :) it works fine in firefox but in chrome "26.0.1410.64 m" you can't see the game when it's running :(
18:55 :-(
Very addictive! I managed to stay alive over 30 seconds, but it wasn't easy :)
I liked playing your game! It reminds me of the good old "fly the copter". With a procedurally generated level and sone sfx your entry could even be as much fun as this classical coffebreak-timewaster. Nice work!
Fun! I wish the downtime between game over, countdown, and go was faster. With weak times like mine i was waiting more than playing. 16.57
This game is perfect ! (except the 'a bit' lagging space)
I thought I used the space key in a minimalistic way in my game.. but your implementation beat my illusions :D
my score is only 24.28 by the way :p
Nice! I like the procedural level and the simple mechanics. Frustrating but still keeps you playing. Good job!
the idea is nice and the visual very minimalist, but i think it needed a little more time for improvements.
still a nice entry!
also potato
I like this very much. As simple as it is, I had to give it a few tries, probably *because* of the simplicity. Good jerb.
Interesting, congrats on your first LD entry. Good job!
I got ~95 seconds after a couple of tries. You said you didn't think this was too original but I actually think the opposite. I haven't seen a game that works like this! Maybe I just live under a rock or something, but yeah, I actually thought it was pretty innovative. A good first entry.
Nice and and fun to play. And fitting to the theme
My Highscore was ca. 23 sec
10.29
You should add a high score …
Fun and challenging by the way
Hard... Yey!
HTML5... Yey!
Random maps and sounds would be nice.
When it comes to fun this is my favorite so far.
Because of the fixed level layout it became extremely addicting trying to get into the zone by memorizing the past and reacting to the new.
A few alternative ideas concerning the mechanic popped into mind while playing (just don't change the game, ok):
-The potato could bounce from vertical walls, and only smash into horizontal ones.
-Rather than flying in the middle the potato could travel on the side of the passage and pressing space would just reverse gravity.
I really like the control scheme. Totally minimalistic and totally works.
Cool idea. I liked the minimalist controls and hard level design. Good job. Keep making games!
Pretty decent,fellow first-timer! :)
I think you did a good job sticking to the theme and I think the lack of sound added to that fact.
very nice fun and challenging game, music would make it better and the potato felt a little unresponsive as in it was slightly slow to react
It was really fun. A bit too hardcore imo.. My reocrd is 16 :)
I need to get back and play this sometime.