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TenSecWep

By designernap

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness371
Humor2302.93
Graphics3483.26
Mood3712.97
Theme4203.31
Audio4792.69
Overall5623.05
Fun6012.87
Innovation6332.85

Comments

archaeometrician 2013-08-26 11:37

The artwork is very nice !

designernap 2013-08-27 07:12

Thank you archaeometrician! I am actually fairly terrible at art so was please it was at least legible.. ;)

farfromsleep 2013-08-27 07:40

This is a bit great, for someone who claims not to be much of an artist it's got a really cool look to it. The puzzles are pretty fun as well (as far as I got at least, as I suck at these games). Nicely done!

crossbread 2013-08-27 08:55

I liked your art work. It would be nice if the bounding box on objects laying around the room allowed you to still walk behind the object instead of getting stuck and having to run around the bottom side.

designernap 2013-08-27 08:58

Thanks jay! :) I appreciate it.

vanderzwan 2013-08-27 09:22

I'd love to give this a try, but I think your version of GameMaker doesn't play nice with either Window 8 or my Intel HD card, so all the spirtes seem glitch out and it doesn't really start :(

Sound design sounds nice though, for the little part that I can hear of it :).

designernap 2013-08-27 10:00

@crossbread Thanks! yeah, collision in game maker is a tricky one. Coundn't quite get a "slide" instead of a bounce working on the collision.

@VanderZwan, I will take a look. Sorry about that! and thanks, most of the sound was done in the last hour at 1am! ;)

amour-maternel 2013-08-27 10:21

Nice game, it's a little frustrating to have to restart from first level when you die though.

designernap 2013-08-27 10:32

@annaGavaldaKedavra - yeah, I had planned to add a restart level on the game over, but it broke all my game logic so i need to spend some time fixing it. Couldnt get it in for the 48hr deadline. It is on my to do list tho so thanks for the feedback! :D

colapsydo 2013-08-27 13:20

I like the diversity of the puzzle and how you have to manage the oxygen.
It's so much fun slapping the Aliens, even if risky and not even useful, it always worth it.

designernap 2013-08-27 15:47

@colapsydo Heh, thanks! yeah the 1 frame animation makes the punching seem really vicious and comedy fun! :D

yetatore 2013-08-27 20:50

Interesting, really interesting. "All Is Good", really.

But I detach the balance achieved. The gameplay has the exact speed and the levels are well designed for a game jam.

Oh! Your artwork is epic, maybe you arent a epic drawer, but clearly you have good sense of art.
Critics? "We Need Checkpoints" when a level is completed!!

PD: My links were never broken, try again :D

Congratz! Have fun!

kragnir 2013-08-27 23:39

Like the idea, some puzzles and controls are a bit clunky and when I got to the final level I didn't understand what to do and only completed it by accident.

It did convey the running out of oxygen in a good way.

netmute 2013-08-28 06:21

Would love to rate it, the screenshots look cool, but I'm on a Mac and can't play Windows games. Sorry :(

designernap 2013-08-28 08:22

@yetatore - Thank you! :) I will try the link again tonight. I added a 3 retry system, new audio, polished the collision and made more of the ending.. but that was obviously after the deadline so cannot be submitted :)

@Kragnir - Thanks! The last room was designed to make the player panic before the ending is revealed. Not sure if it works ;)

@netmute - Sorry! I have no ability to export to mac and only have a laptop. best I can offer is a link to a playthrough - http://youtu.be/S08RRhX_sSo

vani77a 2013-08-28 15:46

So the alien's balls don't really hurt you? I enjoyed the game though :)

designernap 2013-08-28 17:21

well vani77a... that appears to be a bug. sometimes they do adn you die straight up. other times not... a bit of randomness there i guess ;)

starspell 2013-08-28 18:16

I like the graphics and the effort you put into the intro. I laughed when I read "metropolis of Guildford" as I used to live in Guildford, UK.

The collision detection at times was somewhat annoying. It would be better if the resolution of the collision detection allowed you to smoothly move past objects rather than getting stuck on them.

I also had no clue that you could move up into the room for a really long time.

Overall an interesting game, nice one.

tammilion 2013-08-28 18:38

I'm on Windows 8. Somehow I can't play this. In the beginning there's some text about playing with a controller that's overlappen by some image. Then there's a scene but graphics roll over it, then I just see space, then the scene again and then space and the music stops :(

just-tom 2013-08-28 19:09

Surprisingly well rounded experience, the end genuinely had me panicking. The graphics and perhaps the dip in difficulty are the only real weak points, but the whole thing comes together with that rather than in spite of that.

The game play and theme fits together really well, the music was fitting and atmospheric were it was present and the whole game came together nicely, genuinely had fun.

doonay21 2013-08-28 19:15

Nice entry. Original graphics. Good job!

catmoo 2013-08-28 22:48

To VanderZwan and TammiLion if you're running computers with an Intel HD 4400 series card I've found an issue with playing game maker games. Sadly it's only something that can be fixed if the file is re-exported to force vertex processing (although it's not really something that's advised I don't think). I've sent a bug to yoyogames about it though.

designernap 2013-08-29 10:19

@Starspell - Thanks! :) I think that was actually my downfall in the end as i found it easy to make levels quickly so didnt concentrate on them enough. Guildford is my home town! :D
@tammiLion, Yeah as Catmoo says, there are some windows 8 machines with 4400 series that wont run game maker games :(
@Just Tom - glad i can entertain and amuse! thank you for your kind comments.

@doonay21 - Thanks! everyone seems impressed with the graphics so i had better take it as a compliment. :D

@catmoo - thanks for the info and sharing!

ianmartin 2013-08-30 02:36

Interesting game and nice use of the concept! I got to the alien shooting at me and I guess I was supposed to shoot it? Would be great to have a continue feature so I wouldn't have to play everything up to that again :)

haloflooder 2013-08-31 11:13

It's a nice way to use the theme as the amount of air you have left.

reheated 2013-08-31 11:24

Great concept. The combat/puzzle combo is fun. Nice art too.

designernap 2013-08-31 13:20

@ZeroKelvin - totally agree with the continue/restart. I have added one since but obviously cannot submit it for the entry :)
HaloFlooder - Thank you! It is also used later in the game when you get a weapon that fires ten seconds at the enemies... the Ten.. Sec... Wep... ;)

@Reheated - Thank you. I would have liked to balance it a bit more but the time crept up on me.

hbocao 2013-09-03 02:53

The art is good looking for sure! Don't be too harsh on yourself! Easy controls (nice touch including controller support) and very fun to play. I liked it!

designernap 2013-09-04 18:28

Thanks @hbocao! I will keep trying! :)

imef 2013-09-15 10:41

Cool game! I liked the graphics and the puzzles are interesting.