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Super Minimalistic

By spilth

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Audio3023.12
Humor3482.56
Mood4043.09
Theme6323.46
Innovation10292.42
Fun10392.42
Overall10972.62
Graphics11222.27
Coolness148542

Comments

waave 2013-04-29 04:42

Platforming could use some work, but the mood was great. I felt like a hoarder going through withdrawal, and the music fits really well.

fueelin 2013-04-29 04:43

Dudes so happy, but the effects when you collect too many items are pretty creepy. I liked that a lot.

manabreak 2013-04-29 04:44

Couldn't make the long jump :P

uberneen 2013-04-29 04:49

Interesting concept. I couldn't find any victory conditions, but I was able to traverse the map without picking much up.

fuzzywuzzie 2013-04-29 04:51

Beautiful music!

pvwradtke 2013-04-29 05:37

Liked it a lot, played the game before reading the notes and, guess what? It makes more sense having to find out what the game is all about rather than being told about it. My only note is that there's no goal in the end, you traverse the entire store and then you're left wondering if I missed something besides the pile of stuff. But I guess that this was left out for time constraints, so it's OK :).

zathalos 2013-04-29 07:17

The game is incomplete but the mood and manipulation of the sound effects was interesting. I had to play it again because I missed the part about NOT collecting items. :p Good job.

numpad 2013-04-29 15:40

Great idea with a minimalistic life.
Controls were kinda boring, but great music.

beerman 2013-04-29 18:28

The jump physics felt a little iffy, but I like the idea of having to avoid collecting things.
I did have to go back and collect ALL THE THINGS, just to see if anything happened :)

neight 2013-04-30 03:06

I don't see what the problem is. It's so hard to throw things away. What if I need it? You don't know what its like!

daubers 2013-04-30 15:15

Interesting game. Physics all works nicely would be good to see if eventually finished :) The score and things don't seem to move with the screen which is unfortunate.

Very nice music!

aestheticgamer 2013-04-30 16:31

Couldn't find an end, but interesting concept. The music was nice and it was cool how it got creepier when you collected things. Still, could use some work, and some clear passage of where to go (or completion, if there was no route).

infernet89 2013-05-01 00:00

Dude, long jumping is very hard!

spilth 2013-05-01 03:21

Thanks for all the feedback! I fixed a small bug - score/item count now stays on the screen and doesn't move with the map.

spilth 2013-05-01 14:53

Another minor update - updated the libgdx JARs to the latest nightlies which should allow you to just double-click the JAR on Macs to start the game rather than from the command-line.

aaants 2013-05-01 18:03

Nice work. I failed miserably at avoiding the pickups but I guess I'm just greedy :)

arcana 2013-05-02 04:12

My emotions when playing this game: "OH NO I PICKED UP AN iPAD!!... wait a second... wouldn't I want some extra iPads?"

Nice take on the theme and nice overall concept. I made it to the top with 17 items collected on my third or so try. I like that the game is actually "winnable" even if you didn't finish it!

blennosoftgames 2013-05-03 03:53

I played the whole game before reading the don't-collect-anything note, and kept thinking "Didn't I get them all, did I miss one?" But then playing it again, properly, was far more challenging and the item-placement made far more sense. Some pregame instruction to that effect would have been good. Also the platforming controls could be tightened up a bit. But overall, a clever take on the theme, forcing a lot of people to fight their collectors instincts, which was really neat.

mikeware 2013-05-05 18:45

Really like the idea of not having to collect stuff. Turn the traditional platformer on its head. The jumping was pretty tough at times, especially trying to run and jump off the one block platforms. I couldn't make the long jump either shown just above in the screenshot.

paulopn 2013-05-14 05:11

Jumping was a little odd, but other than that it worked really well! Also, nice music. =D

thijsku 2013-05-20 08:38

The jumping feels a bit odd. Fun game nonetheless!