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Time Ball!

By mort96

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness368
Audio3232.95
Overall3473.27
Fun4043.10
Innovation4583.10
Mood5662.71
Theme7003.00
Humor8531.74
Graphics10681.98

Comments

reevezy 2013-08-26 03:01

I love the time reversal!

anjack 2013-08-26 03:02

Very cool! How did you implement the rewind mechanic?

thethirdone 2013-08-26 03:04

Great game

dcolgan 2013-08-26 03:05

Your game made me oo and ah at the rewind thing. This is a nice take on the endless runner thing. At first I wanted you to be able to rewind out of death, but then I realized that the game would not be a game then - so it's like a reaction game but also gives some forgiveness. Very cool! Polish this up and stick it on Kongregate!

oxysoft 2013-08-26 03:09

Very interesting game. I found that the best strategy is to just old on the jump key and as soon as you notice you're about to take a dip in the lava, rewind and delay your next jump slightly so you can make the jump. It would of been interesting to have a rewind timer go down when you use it and make it go back up as you progress. Have it go back up slower so you can just rewind forever.

megashroom 2013-08-26 03:15

Though it took a while to grasp the possibilities of the time warp, the game was really fun once I got it.
Zooming along levels and probing and jumping was quite enjoyable.

2013-08-26 14:47

That's a good simple game, you should make it available on mobile devices soon! I like the rewind option, makes you "unscrew" yourself, thumbs up from me!

the-jack 2013-08-26 17:42

Still a better narrative than Braid.

Nice work.

choqaae 2013-08-26 17:44

A good simple game. I think it would have been better if the music didn't restart every time you die, but just keep playing.

apaneske 2013-08-26 17:53

Neat! Really like how you used the 10 second theme. Had some trouble getting the jumps to be timed correctly. Enjoyed trying to get better and beat my own high score :)

kayupla 2013-08-26 20:10

impressive, but very difficult to play.

mase 2013-08-26 23:25

Nice twist on the endless runner formula.

gravyhands 2013-08-26 23:25

Very cool.
I kept having long stretches of land and then I would start to think maybe there won't be any-
*LAVA DEATH*

tork 2013-08-26 23:26

Wish the jump responded better

bugninja 2013-08-26 23:26

29330 - I feel ok about that :) Considering how many times I had to play to figure out how early I had to jump. I think if the controls were more spot-on when I tried to jump it would have been a bit better.

jimmakesgames 2013-08-27 12:44

There's a great sense of speed here, although I sadly lack the skill to react quickly enough to avoid falling into the stuff before I can reverse time. A cool concept and the random level generation is a good thing, so you can't beat it by memorising.

And of course, thanks for watching the stream. I'm surprised you found the time to make an entry and watch mine being made.

raggy 2013-08-27 17:20

The ball movement and rewind felt very satisfying, but I only wish the jump was a little more forgiving.

frozencow 2013-08-29 12:29

Fun concept. I really liked the time reversal, it would be pretty cool if I could use that more, but often I died faster than I realized. Still had a good time. Thanks!

berkano 2013-08-29 12:31

Great music and a cool concept, nice job!

finnegan2100 2013-08-30 17:54

I love fast-paced runners like this. Frustrating, but kept me playing! Music was charming.

zzforrest 2013-08-30 21:51

Really cool, if only it was slightly more functional, cuz most jumps were impossible, the friction was too low and boy did your character speed any which way he wanted.

manuq 2013-08-30 22:54

Excellent! Goes to favourites :) I never needed the whole 10 seconds through, with two or three it was ok.

hayawi 2013-08-30 23:27

I loved the reverse mechanic, such a great idea :D

latcarf 2013-08-31 17:24

It takes too long to jump, so often it doesn't jump even though I pressed W before the red part.