Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD27 → Tower To The Sun
By ianmartin
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 2 | 75 | ||
| Theme | 65 | 3.86 | ||
| Innovation | 235 | 3.45 | ||
| Mood | 458 | 2.85 | ||
| Humor | 582 | 2.19 | ||
| Overall | 596 | 3.02 | ||
| Graphics | 726 | 2.60 | ||
| Fun | 730 | 2.71 | ||
| Audio | 864 | 1.80 |
Really really cool concept, but you might want to make a deadzone or some kind of warning When you're about to die because I keep accidentally blocking myself off from my tower because I die in the middle of a button press. I love the game though.
Just realized you can destroy blocks, so nothing really wrong at all, I'm just an idiot.
Yeah, I little pause after you die before you respawn would be a good addition :)
Just uploaded a new version with a little pause after you die :)
New version (23), minor bug fix to stop making a block when reborn when the player presses the key while dead.
New version (24), win screen screenshots now working correctly :)
Cool.
Very innovative representation of the theme.
This is really good. I love the little aging animation in particular, it's a cute touch. There are a few "ten-second lifespan" games out there, but this is a more interesting use of that mechanic than most. Nice work!
Thanks guys! Glad you liked it! :)
A neat take on the theme while still being time-based. Didn't feel like I was accomplishing much or making interesting gameplay decisions while playing, though.
I made it to the sun! I loved that you're presented with a monumental task up front and you slowly build your way up to it. The different lifetimes gave the game some extra meaning. Nice job!
Doesn't seem to work for me - getting a black screen with a large cursor and pressing anything on the keyboard will close it. Looks interesting though! Am using an Acer Aspire 8943g laptop with i5 if that's any kinda help.
its a good theme but not really enjoyable. a bit repetitive
Heh, definitely takes some time to make a nice tower like the screenshots, fun though!
@JHollands, did you extract the entire archive before running it? What OS are you running on it? Win XP, Vista, 7, 8?
standing on the shoulders of giants. Good concept!
I enjoyed this, a bit of a puzzle element to it too.
Thanks for all the positive comments! Glad people are liking this :D
Great game idea! Simple, but quite addictive. Of course, once you found the optimal strategy, it's really easy. ;) Made it in 39 generations.
The idea is nice but the game is very repetitive. When I alt tabbed to lower the volume almost one hour had passed in game before I got back.
Cool game :3, would have been nice to have had several levels.
@Kragnir, by an hour passed, do you mean the character had died hundreds of times?
@lurkingshadow, maybe I'll see what I can do post compo? Maybe if people are really interested it could be expanded :)
@Zer0Kelvin
Yes they died 260 times I believe.
@Kragnir, heheh, it must have been running in the background. Sound like it was running quite fast too! :P
*Sounds
Interesting idea.
Took me 36 life times. The last bit is nasty, since you have to block yourself to reach the sun.
Lovely concept and really enjoyed figuring it out. Tricky little puzzler with a nice idea. great stuff! :)
Nice game. Needed 27 lifetimes to reach the sun. :) Wasn't too easy figuring out a strategy to actually reach it. But I did, Bam! And enjoyed it despite the obvious repitition involved. Also, I like your TL;DR text. :P
I really like the puzzle. I just had to play through this. Addicting!
It more hard than it looks. Nice entry!
I didn't find this all that fun, but the message and use of the theme are really good!
I like the game it was fun to play :D
Nice idea, but it's pretty simple. Variable terrain, or something like that, could make it more interesting.
Apparently, this game doesn't notice (or doesn't have) the frame limit, so it runs with insane speed on my machine. I've got more than 300 death before stacking only the 5 levels, and it's going too fast.
Still, there's a good idea over there.
@HD408, the game runs at 60 frames per second. Can you give me more info about your computer system so I can figure out what might be wrong?
What OS are you running, etc.?
Anyone else having this problem?
Love the rapid aging. :)
Love the sprite aging, very nice idea.
Interesting entry, it would be good if there was a little bit of challenge. I like the concept of a 10 second lifespan, I'd like to see the idea developed further.
@SecondDimension, did you finish it? The last bit can be quite tricky, at least for most people :)
The story that the game tells is interesting, and is a good take on the 10 seconds theme. I can even interpret the game's repetitiveness as part of the story (have patience), but I think a little more depth to the game could make the story more compelling.