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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Fun2813.30
Overall3693.36
Theme5253.57
Graphics5473.04
Innovation6503.00
Audio6622.52
Mood8162.62
Humor8391.86

Comments

taro 2013-04-29 04:53

Excellent game! Love it! Very innovative.

Kinda wished there are checkpoints where you fall out, but otherwise, greatly enjoyed it.

mscottmcbee 2013-04-29 04:57

Lot of fun. Checkpoints would have been nice, because I probably spent way too long trying to beat it.

mrspeaker 2013-04-29 09:35

Can be a bit tricky when you seem to be "stuck" at a certain bounce level - but hot-damn - good work fo' LD!

touch 2013-04-29 12:49

Fun entry! It really is a balancing act to get through some sections.

omaha 2013-04-29 12:49

Excellent work. This makes me want to break out the NES and play some Marble Madness.

corofides 2013-04-29 12:52

Nice game. Really enjoyed the simple mechanic. One improvement I'd suggest would be a way to show the balls 'spin'.

martijn 2013-04-29 13:28

Oddly addicting

mrpiglet 2013-04-29 13:47

Super frustrating that you go all the way back to the start when you fail. The ball movement feel is super nice though (played with xbox controller). Audio is different in a good way.

cptbubbles 2013-04-29 13:50

Really simple but fun! Checkpoints would be nice and there are a few flickering textures here and there, but overall : awesome game.

mtrc 2013-04-29 13:52

Loved it. Simple, short, but very fun. Would play more levels just for the feel of bouncing around. Add some particle effects and cool backgrounds and yeah, a cute game in the works.

guardian_bob 2013-04-29 13:54

I found this very hard to control and frustrating. That said it was interesting. I didn't get the green blocks were springs.

guardian_bob 2013-04-29 13:55

dafq, I meant At first I didn't get the green blocks were springs.

quill18 2013-04-29 13:55

This game becomes fiendishly difficult...but that's not necessarily bad. :)

I love your use of lightmapping/ambient occlusion. Good sense of physicality.

kewry 2013-04-29 14:14

Loved it but too hard for my skills

skywilly 2013-04-29 15:40

Great physic game, i love it. I would like some checkpoint because i'm really bad ;) Great game !

cacciatc 2013-04-29 16:05

Nice. +1 checkpoints!

fredericrp 2013-04-29 16:25

very fun
great use of physics and nice graphics !

kylebolton 2013-04-29 16:28

Really liked the use of Metroid-style backtracking at the beginning. Very effective means of teaching me what the green blocks do. Really liked your use of minimal lighting to indicate where I should aim myself.

Maddeningly difficult in a very good way, though I do agree with the sentiment that checkpoints would have been helpful. I would have definitely played it to completion with them!

tonic 2013-04-29 16:50

Thanks for all the comments!

About checkpoints: I was thinking of them when developing, but since I only have this one level, I thought maybe I won't add checkpoints to make it a bit more challenging. But, I guess there should be 1 or 2 checkpoints, so that it wouldn't be frustrating to go through the same start again. :)

PS. Did anyone find the sort-of-easter-egg location? :)

morbidbuilder407 2013-04-29 16:55

Very awesome keeps you on edge.. Good game..

psenfilip 2013-04-29 17:04

Controlling the ball is all cool, except when it is either accelerated or bouncing high. Feels odd to keep on fine controlling it.

Also, I feel sad when you get into a pit and have to go all the way back. Overall very fun experience!

vladimirdlc 2013-04-29 17:10

Fun game, I like the mechanics a lot and its simplicity.

stqn 2013-04-29 18:38

Nice but having to restart from the beginning is a bit annoying!

michaelhaii 2013-04-29 19:16

This is a great game, looks stunning, and actually really fun to play. It's a bit frustrating though.

finefin 2013-04-29 20:30

this game is great! but please add checkpoints...

rafaelsales 2013-04-29 20:50

Great game!! Very innovative and addictive :)
I believe that a well done bouncing ball could help to solve some challenges.

lightsoda 2013-04-29 21:26

Hard to tame that bounce at times, as it should be I guess, feels good trying to game the system though and just bounce-breeze through it.

Nice choice of colors.

McFunkypants 2013-04-29 21:29

Amazing. Frustrating. Love the lighting.

jlauener 2013-04-30 07:19

Very nice game. The first time I see a platformer without jump button :) The game gets really difficult once you can die.

hadyn 2013-04-30 07:28

You pulled off the simple style well with some nice lighting, and gameplay is quite unique! I think you could have benefited from having damp walls - walls which don't cause you to bounce back - in certain spots where you need to fit through tight spaces, and there was one part in particular where I got stuck a few times because my bounce height got messed up. A trampoline or an easier method of self-destruction (such as a large pit to fall down) may have helped! Still you made a fun game that's on theme - nice one =]

attagcatc 2013-04-30 08:58

Cool game. I felt that the bouncing off side walls had a bit too much force, which led to loss of control.

tonic 2013-04-30 10:17

Thanks to everybody for comments and feedback. Much appreciated!

peggiosoft 2013-04-30 13:22

A good example of the equation simple = fun

redwater 2013-04-30 13:28

Cute game! It felt a bit too bouncy and checkpoints would be nice. Kinda got frustrated always falling out in the same place.
Would love to see a graphical makeover. Great use of light though!

jhrrsn 2013-04-30 14:20

This game NEEDS checkpoints. But yeah, really cool! And I kept playing it even though I had to restart a few times to win. Good job!

jolle 2013-04-30 14:56

Bit hard. I like minimal controls, but I don't like having minimal control -- I felt like I was fighting the ball more than controlling it. Otherwise good.

edocentrique 2013-04-30 16:47

That's tricky but when we're in control it's really fun !

thatwhichis 2013-04-30 17:40

I did not find the easter egg. :'-(

girlflash 2013-04-30 18:05

really liked it, up until I died and had to start from the very beginning, it's hard to justify to myself to keep playing when a game is that cruel :P

badger 2013-05-01 09:42

У

rialgar 2013-05-01 16:42

Very short and simple, I like that. I could imagine a ton of levels utilizing only the mechanics you showed allready. Some sort of "Sonic the Hedgehog" - like rolling with these ramps for example. Great!

hopps 2013-05-02 19:41

Very simple (fits the theme obviously) but great game. I would have loved to have checkpoints though.

tankete 2013-05-03 07:43

Fun game. I wish the camera was pulled back just a bit. Seemed too close at times.

klianc09 2013-05-07 22:23

If you mean by easter-egg location, that small block with a wall floating to the left of the beginning, then yes, I found it. Really liked the physics in this one and the music was really refreshing.

siondream 2013-05-08 06:26

Minimalistic and it delivers, good job!

minionstudios 2013-05-08 14:56

Fantastic game! The mechanics are so simple and work so perfectly!

iamorim 2013-05-08 20:58

Only missed a checkpoint system. I had a lot of fun playing it ^_^

split82 2013-05-08 22:22

Very interesting concept, but very hard (playing on keyboard)

phocker 2013-05-09 05:15

kinda cool -- interesting concept -- nice effort!

someone 2013-05-10 17:42

Nice game.
I think I completed it. Unity doesn't seem to render fonts for me on Linux so all the buttons are blank.
Think I found your hidden area too.

superdisk 2013-05-11 04:20

We won. Good game.

sebastian 2013-05-11 18:25

Pretty tough, but lots of fun to play around with.

messiano 2013-05-11 20:44

Nice game, but somehow I got some bizarre acellerations.

colapsydo 2013-05-14 15:01

I like being a bouncing ball.

zkenshin 2013-05-15 15:39

Fun entry, just a bit frustrating falling to your death with no checkpoints as others have pointed out. :P

erunaamo 2013-05-19 17:16

Very neat idea. To me it feels like it needs more tuning to be truly fun: it's hard to steer where I want to go. Part of that is the fun frustrating challenge of a tough unforgiving game, but part of it is...just plain hard to steer. Also bouncing off corners of things seems to change your energy unpredictably.