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10 Sec Away From the Earth

By dancingflame

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio1063.44
Mood1963.17
Graphics2133.58
Fun2283.07
Overall2363.23
Innovation2393.09
Humor2532.54
Theme3852.89

Comments

cschwartz 2013-08-26 19:26

Game does not load (too high bandwidth usage).

plu 2013-08-26 19:34

Downloading the game and running it seems to still work.

dancingflame 2013-08-26 19:37

cschwartz:
I think the link of Web is fixed now.
Thank you for your reminder.

tombsar 2013-08-26 19:52

A solid puzzle-based platformer. The graphics are very nicely presented, with a few glitches (probably my system). I can't help but feel that the 10s restriction is more of an after-thought to an already strong game concept, and it got in the way many times. Very nice though!

rmatey 2013-08-27 04:14

I really like the graphic style and really creative use of 10 seconds.

badger 2013-08-27 08:59

Cool game

qrunchmonkey 2013-08-27 09:23

I got stuck after the first level. It just keeps cycling through the characters (who have all gone through the portal)

Sweet graphics and music though.

timtipgames 2013-08-27 09:25

I really like the concept and how clever usage of characters strengths is needed to proceed. The 10 second switching seems kind of not needed because you can switch between characters whenever you want. It doesn't anything to the game other than me pressing shift a few more times. The characters graphically do not fit with the tileset in my opinion. Overall a really nice experience :)

dancingflame 2013-08-27 09:52

qrunchmonkey :

Did you pressed the "Next Level" Button?
When stuck, please "Retry".

And if some character within pocket carried to the exit, it is not counted success.

Thank for your playing~

dancingflame 2013-08-27 10:01

timtipgames:

Thanks for your comment :)

We admit that ten seconds limitation is sort of useless and confusing. At first we planed to implement a multi-player mode, each character have the same ability, so that in their turn they can teleport objects to block others away, and each player compete to reach goal as fast as they can... but we have no more time to do it. Maybe implement it in post-jam version. Thank you :)

pixelfan 2013-08-27 10:14

Lol, you can kill your friends? hahaha i love the graphics and the idea. But i feel so strange with the camera. I think its so high, but anyway awesome game, good job :)

farfromsleep 2013-08-27 11:15

Super-cute game with a nice degree of polish, looks and plays great. The three-character setup reminds me a little of The Lost Vikings, but that's never a bad thing :). Excellent little puzzle platformer.

darien 2013-08-27 11:25

Really fun overall, in a Lost Vikings kind of way. It might be nice if the aliens didn't despawn when reaching the exit, though, since sometimes getting one guy (usually blue) to the exit requires using one of the others as a stepping stone, and if they've already left you have no choice but to restart.

minionstudios 2013-08-27 15:43

Fun gameplay and really well done! Love the characters

bitdemon 2013-08-27 16:15

Great concept and graphics.

snemanden 2013-08-27 16:15

Nice game. Very cute graphics.

The gameplay had some minor hiccups, especially when switching between characters. Great entry, though!

dancingflame 2013-08-27 16:30

@Pixelfan Games: yes!! you could leave your friends somewhere through the wormhole~
@jay griffin: I have never played The Lost Vikings,I'll try it, thanks your comment.
@Darien: Good recommendation, we'll take it into consideration :)
@MinionStudios
@BitDemon: Thank you ~
@SneManden: Thank you for point it out, we knew there are some minor bugs in switching but have run out of time to fix it. Thank you anyway :)

larb 2013-08-27 19:21

Fun game. I do feel the 10 seconds mechanic is a detriment. Sometimes, I want to stay on my current character, and not cycle through the other two.

Beside that, great jam entry. Nice cute graphics, cool music, cool mechanic. Really enjoyed it.

kbm0 2013-08-27 19:54

Really cool and fun little game. I love the fact that you did not use pixel art like 99% of the other games ;) Great style and concept, 5/5, good job!

esayitch 2013-08-27 19:57

Liked this but felt it was a bit too easy from what I saw (maybe I just didn't see enough but it's pretty late here :P)... I think it could have been better if you made it so that when the 10 seconds run out for a character, it needs to go back to the beginning... right now time has no real factor in it (get somewhere, change character, return to all character, and you got 10 more seconds).

Loved the graphics and the soothing mood and sound :P

Good job and good luck!

ravine 2013-08-27 19:59

Great game! I did somehow get the green guy sucked up in his own wormhole pocket...

blizzil 2013-08-27 20:16

Nice idea and a adorable presentation, loved the music.

ratalaika 2013-08-27 22:25

Nice work! Good graphics and music too :)

asc3nsion 2013-08-28 04:12

I think its cool how the family needs to work together. I felt kinda sad when I one of guys fell in the hole... ;D

roguenoodle 2013-08-28 08:39

Cool - it has a Thomas is Alone kind of vibe, but less "rectangular" ;) Great job!

truiton 2013-08-28 09:57

Cute graphics :)

kbm0 2013-08-28 10:35

This is such a cool idea! + I love your characters! The leveldesign is great, too. But your bigger texts (success announcement and countdown) are way too blurry.

Unfortunately I cant get to level 2, because it loops the countdown over and over at the end of level 1.

reaperguy 2013-08-28 11:41

Opening the web version is crashing my browser

dancingflame 2013-08-28 11:57

@kbm0: I updated a bug-fix, hope you can complete all 4 level now :)
@Reaperguy: Sorry, you just probably play it while I am uploading this bug-fix version. Thanks for your comment, give it a try plz.

dancingflame 2013-08-28 12:08

@larb : Thank you for playing and commenting. We should polish the switching mechanism more.
@esayitch : Have you played through level 4? Most feedback we have recieved tell us many players think it's so hard if they are not using warp gate.
@ravine : It's an interesting bug, we fixed it :)

@Blizzil:
@ratalaika:
@asc3nsion:
@rogueNoodle:
@truiton:
@kbm0:
Thanks for your appreciation, we are like to get some feedback so that to make a post-jam version, hope you could complete all 4 levels and give more feedback, thank you :)

unixxnova 2013-08-28 12:22

Not bad Game good job

fgielow 2013-08-28 12:59

Like the concept and the game play of each character.
Well made for 72 hours =)

n0_named_guy 2013-08-28 18:06

Will post video review when ready.

almax27 2013-08-29 17:12

Cool game! Nice one :)

n0_named_guy 2013-08-30 01:11

Video review here: http://www.twitch.tv/n0_named_guy/c/2840401

crazi456 2013-08-30 03:15

Awesome puzzle platformer, very fun!

jupiter_hadley 2013-09-02 05:48

Pretty sweet use of theme, nice idea, though there is a bit of bugs here and there, like if one of the characters lands ontop of another, it glitches out... I featured it in my Ludum Dare compilation series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6xfnRK2Anw

dancingflame 2013-09-02 15:45

Thanks for you all for these comments, we will fix bugs and enhance gameplay in the post-compo version :)