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Run You Fool, You're Gonna Miss Your Train!

By tiagosr

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme1253.47
Graphics2683.35
Fun3672.73
Innovation4302.60
Overall4722.69
Audio4761.87
Coolness167226

Comments

megamasterx 2013-08-26 01:40

The train sound scared the crap out of me, but the graphics in this game and the pseudo-isometric feel are a nice touch.

archaeometrician 2013-08-26 11:39

Hehe cool gameplay, it remember me when I try to catch the subway ;) The train sound is a little bit scary !

kddekadenz 2013-08-26 11:46

Fun! But too short..
The graphics are ok, but could be better (regarding colors and details). I missed an explanation of the controls. The sound which is played when arriving at the train isn't satisfying me at all.

cubertoy 2013-08-26 11:48

Funny little runner, well executed. It's a one shot, well done. The isometric graphics are weird though and yeah, the train sound is scary !

josefnpat 2013-08-26 13:09

Nice job mate! A little more polish and more levels, and this could be fantastic!

tiagosr 2013-08-26 16:29

Thanks guys! Yeah, I want to add some explanation of the controls, some obstacles and more stages before the deadline. And about the train noise, it's surprising that it is scary, but I bet it's not even half as scary as the door-closing-notice horn that inspired it - the one in Rio de Janeiro metropolitan trains =) But I'll see to that!

leafo 2013-08-26 17:12

Great idea, wish there were more levels. I like the graphics.

hbocao 2013-08-27 01:24

I really liked the idea, but I think that the game needed more levels. Or people to push around.
The train sound make feel a Space Odyssey vibe and I thought that was going into a existential train trip. :P

ptsnoop 2013-08-27 19:17

What there is is good. But (like other commenters) I'd like to see more levels... will we be seeing a post-jam version?

tiagosr 2013-08-27 19:58

@PTSnoop - yes! I'm working on it right now, adding stages and some obstacles like other people and vending machines, and I'll post it up here pretty soon. Thanks!

shellfishgames 2013-08-28 09:43

Sadly, it neither works on my WinXP PC nor on my Vista Laptop. =/

kristof 2013-08-28 09:56

Well, that was short. Played it three times, just to be sure I didnt miss anything :D I like the pixel art. The beep of the train was horrifying! :P

pixelfan 2013-08-28 09:58

easy & short, i like graphics, dont have music and the sound of the train is bad :/. Good job about gameplay, intuitive and works fine. Good work

jupiter_hadley 2013-08-28 19:50

I wish there were different levels but I understand the time restraint. If you lose, you just sort of run over the area that the buss was at before it restarts... however, I featured it in my compilation video of Ludum dare 27 games, if you'd like to check it out http://youtu.be/PSym67k7zBg

tiagosr 2013-08-29 07:42

@ShellfishGames sorry about that - I packaged the Windows version with the standard version 0.8.0 of Löve (http://www.love2d.org), and the linux version is the .love package that runs in any of the OSes... Could you check if the standard install of Löve works with you?
@kristof, @Pixelfan Games - thanks!
@Jupiter_Hadley thanks for the feature! I'm sorry I couldn't fix it up in time for the compo, the stuff I thought would be quick to fix ended up not so. But I'm doing a post-jam version, I liked what I came up with and think there's a lot of potential!

tiagosr 2013-08-29 07:45

s/fix it up for the compo/fix it up for the jam/g
I guess there's some trouble with the character encoding in the text boxes, typing the o with umlaut does send the correct unicode character, but the site doesn't specify unicode encoding for it's text.

_alts 2013-08-31 19:53

Excellent premise for a game. Nice way to incorporate the theme. Can you actually collide with the stands? Only suggestions I can think of are a satisfying splat sound if you hit the train after the doors close, and maybe replacing the green tiles with slow crowds. Well done.

georgebroussard 2013-08-31 20:08

One level and no way to restart? :) Nice start. I'd work on it more. It has nice art and a great premise all can understand. You can add lots of things to dodge and jump over and have a really nice runner.

cardboard 2013-09-04 00:54

The graphics and player animations are wonderful. The train sound effect is interesting. I wish there were more levels to play, as it was quite entertaining to play and watch.