zedutchgandalf 2013-08-26 11:41
Nice, but rather short, game :)
I love the little pixelated Bolt guy doing his "archer" thingie :P
I think you should try to get some sort of Win/Unix version out... Mac only is a really small target audience...
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD27 → Usain Bolt's Super Shopping Sprint
By bekokstover
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme | 18 | 3.90 | ||
| Humor | 21 | 3.95 | ||
| Fun | 56 | 3.60 | ||
| Overall | 96 | 3.55 | ||
| Mood | 196 | 3.17 | ||
| Audio | 215 | 3.05 | ||
| Graphics | 243 | 3.45 | ||
| Innovation | 256 | 3.05 | ||
| Coolness | 1563 | 32 |
Nice, but rather short, game :)
I love the little pixelated Bolt guy doing his "archer" thingie :P
I think you should try to get some sort of Win/Unix version out... Mac only is a really small target audience...
Now with a Windows version, courtesy of Aran Koning! :)
Ha, this is a fun idea. Fits perfectly for "10 seconds" :P
Usain Bolt really likes guitars. Very nice game overall.
Pretty Fun :)
I laughed out loud.
Haha I have to love a fellow Usain Bolt related game developer! Even though I'm obviously biased, this is a really neat game, although a couple of extra levels could increase it's longevity. Nice gameplay!
Thanks! Yeah, I'd mostly like to add some more items. More levels after that. And some level geometry sprites. But 48 hours fly by.... :)
Thanks a lot for the windows version. The Idea is super-stupid-brilliant. Imagine the whole life of a sprinter works like that m)
This is a lot of fun actually, despite being so short! (Well, but otherwise they'd go bankrupt, I guess!) The graphics are charming, and the cheering fits the game so well that the absence of music is hardly noticeable. The sound effects work well.
Why are there three different screen switch buttons? From Restart Screen to starting the race, I have to press: R, Space and X. Since there's never really a choice between two options, all of these might've been Space.
My top score so far: 8068. There were a LOT of time bonuses in this level :D
Cheers mate, superb game! And congratulations on finishing your first LD entry!
PS: I found two "secret" passages! Not that they did me any good...
@TobiasW Thanks for the praise, dude. The whole game actually only has one background sound, ripped from a YouTube video. But it worked so well, I decided not to put any time into fumbling around with it :)
I guess you're right about the 3 button approach, it could have been two (not one, I do like the fast restart option). I will change this in the next version.
:) yes, there are 2 secret passages... and they can boost your time bonus! I hid them because them were confusing my test player about where to go. She failed to get to the finish. But this works for now, I guess.
It's fine to have a restart button, but it should be used to restart the game while playing - not to restart it from the restart screen. That's what I mean: One button to advance between the screens. An additional button to force a restart from the game is obviously fine.
I might try using the passages later to check how good they are. The first one seems rather useless though, there is no way you're gonna have enough items at that point to make use of the time bonus.
A wonderful idea! A bit short to play though. :)
Nice, played it through several times until I hit the big bucks. It ends up being mostly down to being lucky with what items spawn but it's still really fun.
Hahahahaha, very nice but short game. I'm really surprise that someone might grab the fact that Usain Bolt's time record would be a good use in the game. Great work!
Hehe, short, silly and rather fun :)
ahahaha!)))
super!
best game I've seen yet on LD27 )
Vet spel Sjors!
I think this is the funniest concept I've seen this Ludum Dare. Finding the balance between grabbing items and getting a good time bonus is fun!
Got a lot of clocks and some guitars one run, my best score was 8764 points.
Thanks Jaj! Means a lot, really.