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The Hero's Journey (or get the treasure and run)

By ludipe

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness354
Mood2863.10
Fun3623.16
Humor4112.52
Innovation4393.13
Graphics4982.97
Overall5483.06
Audio7742.10
Theme8612.81

Comments

zetsaika 2013-08-25 22:20

Realy liked how everygame cicles on a new one. This reminds me of the last game jam i entered, the theme was Ouroboros.

Also like the "around the world" movement. Gives a good heads up on Campbell's Monomyth.

kaldrick 2013-08-26 07:38

I liked the feel of running in a circle, and the movement of it. I absolutely hated the music ;P

andrewves 2013-08-26 07:38

Quite hard but definitely the best game I've seen so far that uses the spherical world mechanic.

netgrind 2013-08-26 07:39

That was cool. Each level was definitely longer that one rotation right? Not sure if going crazy. I really enjoyed the circular style.

ludipe 2013-08-26 07:59

@netgrind haha, you must be going kind of crazy, each stage was exactly one rotation

kirbytails7 2013-08-26 08:20

I think the pseudo-educational part of it is a great concept. I could see quick games like this being really useful.

rave-radbury 2013-08-26 08:40

I'm always a fan of games that teach in small ways through theme and design. Good job! The biggest weakness for me was the lack of sound effects; I expected to hear them at certain points (jumping, monster spawn, death, treasure opening) and was shook out of the experience a bit when they didn't happen.

pestodesign 2013-08-26 08:45

I like the idea to make the runner game on a circle, and how these circles are repeating! The graphics were too gray and boring for me though. Good game, good luck!

ludipe 2013-08-26 09:18

@kirbytails7 I've always wanted to design a few educational games but being original; I wouldn't call this a totally educational game, but it motivates people to understand the hero's journey.

@Rave Radbury I always have issues with sounds/music. Music is really bad and there were some sounds before. I removed them because I was going a bit crazy hearing them all the tiem, maybe it wasn't the best choice, I don't know, I was a bit tired.

pikkufighter 2013-08-26 09:50

good game maybe a little short but still good.

orangepascal 2013-08-26 10:02

nice amount of challenge and content squeezed in there!

yaru 2013-08-26 11:27

A bit hard but very fun

aquilicoco 2013-08-26 14:03

Good idea!! endless fun :)

acrimiens 2013-08-26 14:13

I like graphics, and fun!

lalanl 2013-08-26 19:16

Difficult, but a great idea!

obscuremoon 2013-08-26 20:20

I loved this game! I wish I was better at it and it had sound effects though :P

cakemonitor 2013-08-29 07:38

Nice idea and quite challenging. I would have liked a restart button - while getting used to the controls I died a few times on lap one and although the game appears to restart all the obstacles were already active from the previous go.

folmerkelly 2013-08-30 08:57

Quite enjoying the graphics and the mechanic. Also, props for attaching the semi-educational game aspect to it.

hd408 2013-08-30 12:28

Humorous one. Maybe lacks some sounds, but well done. Nice style, too.

canvapps 2013-08-31 18:28

endless mode is a crazy thing. The circle effect is the coolest thing of this game.
really loved it!