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Descent Alpha

By myachin

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness278
Mood1413.33
Fun1463.29
Audio1873.16
Graphics1913.64
Theme2033.31
Overall2303.24
Humor2622.50
Innovation3962.71

Comments

oxysoft 2013-08-27 00:44

Interesting game, A little too difficult after the 3 first planets though :(

jackw899 2013-08-27 00:46

Fun game! Pretty difficult past level 2. I like the art style and it incorporates the theme very well!

soulrot 2013-08-27 00:54

An in my opinion frustrating 'game'. In the sidescroller part of the game you can only complete the last 2 planets if you have a lot of luck, because as far as I could tell there is no way to aim your weapon. The controls in that part of the game also feel unresponsive, which adds to the frustration (when I press 'jump', I would like to actually jump! No run into those annoying purple stars).

The audio and visuals are OK-ish. I don't like the art style but at least there IS an art style.

jimanzium 2013-08-27 10:41

The difficulty spike was a bit steep. The graphics were impressive and the gameplay was fast paced and fun. Good job overall, not that I got very far

yoni 2013-08-27 10:43

Pretty fun game, even though the difficulty increased a lot on the second planet.

hypnohustla 2013-08-27 10:46

Quite nice. Reminded me of the old Sega Genesis/Megadrive games. It gets a bit frustrating quick with the unresponsive controls and the lack of checkpoints between segments. But it made me feel nostalgic so good job :)

mekuri 2013-08-27 11:02

Damn, this game is frustrating. There's no discernible strategy past the 2-3 first levels, it just turns into run, shoot and hope for the best... well at least it did for me :P Eventually I beat the game though. The space part was nice. It was difficult enough to keep you focused, without being too frustrating.

I really loved the graphics, it sold me right away.
All in all I liked the game, but the last few levels were way too difficult in my opinion.

bisk8s 2013-08-27 14:35

Well Done! Amazing Game!

roseninja 2013-08-27 14:35

nice game, like the idea good work

mventurelli 2013-08-27 14:37

After the first 3 planets the part where you need to plant the bomb gets too random. Could be an amazing little game if the "blast aliens" part was a little more polished. But really cool overall, love your graphic style!

dumasflo 2013-08-27 14:37

Nice gameplay ! had some troubles with the purple ennemies blocking me XD The retro gaming like sounds good too ! Good job !

lemontree 2013-08-27 16:42

Cool game! But too hard for me. I can't finish level #3.

almightyzentaco 2013-08-27 17:57

I dig the style.

syawqy 2013-08-29 08:22

i like your drawing

manuq 2013-09-01 04:00

I love the art style and when everything starts to tremble! I was a bit frustrated trying to control the character through the terrain.

canvapps 2013-09-01 10:04

Great game, I was just missing a weapon which could shoot the way down while jumping.
I loved this game though!

exergy 2013-09-01 10:59

Hard game. Really good one!

withoutpillow 2013-09-01 11:03

great work with the artstyle but to difficult.

savethejets1 2013-09-11 05:55

Very Earthworm jim-ish. A+ on the graphics!

The controls were a bit wonky, I found I got stuck on some of the collision. Which led me to many a death.

Over all really cool

alink 2013-09-12 11:17

The jump is a bit weird and the enemies too annoying, but I I loved the idea and art style.

pickensincorporated 2013-09-16 16:31

Good concept, platforming was waaay too unstable though i'm afraid, and put a large dampener on what was otherwise an enjoyable game :)

01rafael 2013-09-16 16:44

cool!
but to hard for me ) maybe, if you expand the time limit it will be more useful)
mood***** )

jonathang 2013-09-16 17:15

Very nice retro style to the graphics and music! The camera shake as you're escaping is great. It does get difficult though, and the stunning mechanic is frustrating.

Good idea to extend the gameplay beyond 10 seconds without straying from the theme, by including multiple sections.

antonijn 2013-09-16 17:29

Good game, a bit short though! ;)