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Run with the Revolution

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness296
Innovation2653.39
Fun5082.98
Audio5792.50
Overall6602.96
Mood7262.50
Theme7262.98
Humor8331.78
Graphics8572.38

Comments

tomk32 2013-08-26 07:51

yay, that's fun! Not so great controls (fell of a platform instead of jumping) that's just my opinion.

local-minimum 2013-08-26 09:56

Thanks, I know the controls are an issue but I didn't have time to figure out the built in character controller. If I would fix one thing, it would be controls. And more deliberately designed levels

joekinglake 2013-08-26 18:06

Reminds me of Super Monkey Ball. Nice, original idea and well implemented. I think some kind of confirmation that i'm jumping would improve it a lot; A sound or higher jump for example - at the minute it's very difficult to tell. The game also has a very nice feel to it.

zappi 2013-08-26 18:06

I feel soooo dizzy! But it's cool, actually, thanks for the feeling I've never experienced playing FPS-games before :)

beardbotnik 2013-08-26 18:09

That is a great game, the controls were a little floaty, but it worked pretty well overall. The concept is fantastic and works well, pretty addicting and it fits the theme well too. Great job!

thirteenwb 2013-08-26 18:10

Interesting game, love the gravity shifting. Straight forward enough, I liked it! :)

xaychru04 2013-08-26 18:11

Ithink the graphics can be improved a lot, but the game mechanism is original. Good job!

lazyeels 2013-08-26 18:19

I died so many times! But, once you get in to it, it was fun, reminded me of Monkey Ball on the Wii (if you don't mind me saying). Good effort for a first 3D game, I'm still stuck doing 2D (and not that well).

ghostik 2013-08-26 18:23

Good concept!

local-minimum 2013-08-26 18:29

I never had a console in my life, but I guess I gotta check out that Monkey Ball thing then now that several of you have mentioned it!

autlos 2013-08-26 19:00

It's fun and I like the idea. But I felt the controls a little weird.

Nice graphics/music ^^

local-minimum 2013-08-26 20:26

Btw, if you didn't make it on to the in game high score, it's still a good chance you made the top 100... http://unknownincubator.com/local_minimum/RunWithTheRevolution/

f345an 2013-08-26 22:11

Interesting concept, I like it :)

vavassor 2013-08-28 00:08

Had good fun with this game. It did remind me of super monkey ball and that's definitely not a bad thing! Physics were a little weird; it felt like your move speed changed a lot depending on the slope of the ground and the jumping is a little mushy. Didn't really cause me too much trouble, though, got to the end just fine.

kazukishida 2013-08-28 02:44

sweet mechanic, man, but the controls were a bit wonky for me -- I couldn't quite get the hang of how fast or slow you went, and I had difficulty judging when I'd fall or not. Still, though, the mechanics were nice, and the integration of a scoreboard was a welcome addition, as it made me strive to get the highest score (but couldn't :P) nice game! :D

keithe 2013-08-28 19:10

Cool Idea. I had trouble getting past sections that required precise platforming, I'm not skilled enough for your game. :) Still really well implemented. Great Job!

nickw 2013-08-28 20:05

Haven't seen such rotation as this yet! The game over screen is a little disorienting but the game's still there. Good work!

udo 2013-08-28 21:12

Power-Uppp! Great idea, like walking the branches of Yggdrasil :)

nddrylliog 2013-08-28 21:13

Same as the others :) I think better controls would really make the game a smoother experience. Otherwise, I like the concept. Well done!

mboaj 2013-08-29 17:37

I don't like unity controls for 3d they are very reactive. You should check the lighting in the menu since it seems that the frontal or environment light is missing. In addition, I would avoid such long scrolling and use more scenes.

roybatty 2013-08-29 17:42

Fun; I made the leaderboards! GO ME! \:-D/

-thatwhichis, team RoyBatty

mark_ffrench 2013-08-29 17:52

Pretty good fun! I thought the platforming might be easier with a narrower FOV, its currently quite hard to work out your exact position. You could even give some lee-way by allowing jumps for a short period after the player has technically moved off of a platform. It sounds like cheating, but will feel fairer.

From a level design perspective it would be really cool to allow high-risk shortcut dives between the different levels. And having hard-to-reach powerups is more fun when they don't interrupt the flow of each level - (so less backtracking to get them and more tricky platforming).

Great work!

ellipticaldoor 2013-08-29 22:41

Nice idea and really fun to play!

xrm0 2013-08-30 11:53

Nice concept

tigerj 2013-09-01 04:17

Like super monkey ball on steroids. Really really fun entry. had me playing longer than most.

Good work!

mrspeaker 2013-09-01 16:04

Nice game - I felt like if you hit the 10 seconds, and the world rotated, you should have a chance to "fall" into the next level and continue - that'd be awesome!

local-minimum 2013-09-03 21:50

@mrspeaker my first reaction to your comment was that it won't be possible given the way the world rotates around its centre. But then you got me thinking and I realized I could just as well rotate around some other point (e.g. where the pad that activated the rotation is located). So we'll see, maybe I'll include it in the next version.

@Chinchilla thanks for the tips. Many of them already in the next version. I'll see what I'll do about alternative paths as it puts more requirements on level design planning and difficulty balancing (since everything centers on gaining points, simply skipping a level wouldn't benefit the player). It's still a nice idea. Maybe even more so if I add some parts of the world that stays put and don't rotate.

And every one else. Thanks for your comments.

shellfishgames 2013-09-07 09:23

Interesting concept, I was quite surprised by the gravity shifting/rotation thing. :)

almax27 2013-09-08 09:53

Cool idea, I felt the jump was too unresponsive to get into the rhythm of the game, got quite frustrated. That said it's a niggle and it's your first 3D game and pretty impressive.

Nice one :)

martin_monosys 2013-09-13 20:28

Very nice! I'm not quite sure what it is I'm running around on, but I like it...! :)

cardboard 2013-09-16 22:35

The concept is cool. It was tough to play on a laptop, but I still enjoyed it. The game is pleasant and the music is nice.