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Mechanical Madness

By thermite

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Fun313.73
Overall963.55
Humor1632.92
Mood2333.08
Audio2582.94
Innovation3122.94
Graphics3872.89
Theme3962.88

Comments

anjack 2013-08-27 14:43

This game is awesome! I just kept laughing. The combination of level design and powerups makes for a challenging and fun game. Great job!

cthulhu 2013-08-27 15:27

Wonderful game, very polished. I like the fact that there are so many different power-ups. The levels are also very well-designed.
Great work.

mental-atrophy 2013-08-27 15:27

Really liked the variety in level design.

thermite 2013-08-27 15:43

Thanks for all the great comments so far, we really appreciate the feedback!

mr-greenhat 2013-08-27 17:19

Wow, that was a pretty lengthy and fun game! Good job guys! Loved the images that were hidden in the levels :)

tomcooper3d 2013-08-27 18:04

very cute game cool powerups

daoyster 2013-08-27 18:24

Very fun. At first I was like, just another platformer. Then I got to my first power up and then it got even more fun. Awesome power ups and level design. Very lengthy for a ludum dare entry also.

Spotline 2013-08-27 21:42

Very fun, the character's a pleasure to play, good level design :) well done !

kebabskal 2013-08-27 21:42

Platform controls are great. The theme feels a little forced. But sorta fun game :)

rylgh 2013-08-27 21:47

Damn, great job. Solid platforming mechanics, some cool level design (liked the falling spike tunnel one a lot), very polished.

triplefox 2013-08-27 21:50

I don't like the "high def" because it made me force the browser to full-screen to fit everything on this laptop display.

arcturusdeluxe 2013-08-27 21:52

Fun little game with decent graphics, and the variety of powerups keeps things fresh. The link with the theme seems a little tenuous though.

beerman 2013-08-27 21:53

Nice. Level design gets evil pretty quickly :)

jimmydelaney19 2013-08-27 21:53

The game was very fun. Good Level Design!

delca 2013-08-27 21:59

A great platformer! The idea of "not all powerups are good" tickles my OCD-sense though (I gotta get them all).
I like graphics, especially for the powerups.
I did not played through it all, but it seems like you also have plenty of levels, which means plenty of fun is still waiting to be had. Good job!

pinktreeleaf 2013-08-27 22:11

Made it to level 19. this game is hella fun, and i'm suprised you made all these levels in such a short amount of time

thermite 2013-08-27 22:16

Thanks everyone! BTW, if anyone can finish level 19, post a screenshot please! We managed each individual section but we haven't seen anyone manage it in one go. It's designed to be a killer!

teamalpha 2013-08-27 22:22

Amazing game, deserves 10 stars for Fun.

01010111 2013-08-27 22:23

Awesome game, cool powerups, and so many levels! You did an awesome job!

conflictivelabs 2013-08-27 23:21

Nice level design. Some "powerups" where infuriating.... in a fun way!

alwaysinbeta 2013-08-27 23:55

Really good fun. Loved level 10. Great power-ups.

nickw 2013-08-28 01:34

Solid mechanics and good animation!

murilo 2013-08-28 01:52

Best one so far!! The power up combinations is a lot of fun! The controls were good too. Congrats guys!

jellycakes 2013-08-28 02:05

Was really cool, never seen so many powerups in my life. Good job on excel sheet thing too, never heard of that either. Overall really nicely done. Good job.

snoringfrog 2013-08-28 04:19

http://s21.postimg.org/5a0a313mv/screen.png

Well, we got to level 20 and beat it, but we might not have got there in quite the expected way...if you catch my drift. I won't explain what we did here so that it's not ruined.

I still want to go back and beat 19 though. That sick, sick torture chamber of a level.

2013-08-28 06:34

Great mechanics, and so many levels for a short time! I had loads of fun with this! nice way of expressing the theme! Addictive!! :D

thermite 2013-08-28 07:30

It's great to see so many positive comments, thanks guys!

@SnoringFrog you can blame Bob for that level, I actually had to persuade him to remove a load of fast time powerups that made it even worse!

2013-08-28 13:30

the game was smooth and creative! one thing to point out is that you get smashed under platforms XD i think that's a feat in its self. you should check it out :P

nddrylliog 2013-08-28 20:18

I don't know what to say that even though it has the typical tropes of a platformer it was really enjoyable. Keep going!

deanoc 2013-08-29 09:53

Awesome, loved it!

ratalaika 2013-08-29 16:34

good job

netmute 2013-08-29 21:21

Nice platformer. Lots of levels, which is awesome. I wish it had checkpoints, though. Some of the deaths right in front of the exit where very frustrating ;)

entity2d 2013-08-29 23:11

I love the power-ups you've used for this game, and I also like the pixellated parallax backgrounds. Great game, guys!

andrewshouldice 2013-08-29 23:27

I had fun! Nice use of powerup combinations for interesting puzzles.

blackbulletiv 2013-08-29 23:44

That was a really nice platformer. I really like the way you intertwined the strange powerups theme with 10 seconds.

ossi 2013-08-29 23:45

Great level design and tight platforming controls! That was a pretty challenging game and using powerups as difficulty shifts is a nice mechanic. Super fun to play!

theholychicken 2013-08-30 01:15

Nice one! Reminds me of Rayman. Haven't seen the likes of a shrinking potion for years. Great bit of nostalgia :]

nerlin 2013-08-30 02:28

Well done! Great gameplay!

ianmartin 2013-08-30 02:56

Got to level 15. The variety of powerups and different things to do is great! This one could have worked for the "strange powerups" theme too (or whatever it was called).

thermite 2013-08-30 03:30

Ah, level 15, or as we called it "The Macerator" :)

Thanks for playing!

ghribacki 2013-08-30 03:42

Come on, man! Up to level 18 was OK, but 19 is just devilish!
I liked this game a lot! I like how music switches on certain levels and how some sound effects are changed when using certain power ups. =)

marccspro 2013-08-30 06:04

Very nice game :D good job !

mollymus 2013-08-30 15:36

Great twist for a platformer! I enjoyed it!

finnegan2100 2013-08-30 17:02

Cute game! Very clean level design. Just please don't make someone do those jumps at the very beginning. Loved the music.

p4nurge 2013-08-30 21:28

Lovely variety of levels and mechanics.There is scope here for a really interesting expanded version, perhaps with some more interesting hazards and enemies. Good work!

gravyhands 2013-08-30 22:44

Nice controls. Lots of content!

xaizil 2013-08-30 23:30

This seemed so complete! Great ideas, works really well

sengi 2013-08-31 15:40

Level-design is awesome! Fantastic abilities! Good job!

christina-nordlander 2013-09-01 16:56

Not extremely original (though short-term power-ups are a neat idea), but a very good and substantial version of those extremely-hard puzzle platformers. The retro graphics are nice, especially the background. Cute title screen. Well coded and all around polished.

Turned out to be a bit hard for me, though: I gave up on level 19. Also, the controls seem a bit floaty (even if you haven't got the Low Gravity power-up). Nevertheless, very good work.

brejlounek 2013-09-02 17:49

Wow! Thats really fun... Great leveldesign! Got to level 19 quite into the insides, didn't finish yet, will return to it. Levels 17 and after are H.A.R.D. :D

phocker 2013-09-04 03:41

adding to my list of favorites -- great job

colapsydo 2013-09-05 08:38

All this power up, this is great.
Good job on the level design, when you start mixing the PwUp, it becomes really fun.

seconddimension 2013-09-06 20:35

Nice, solid game play and really fun. Well done.

gfm 2013-09-10 21:15

Nice level design.
Also, being able to stack power-ups felt great! :)

My only complaint is the screen size... it's way too big... but that's only my opinion. xD

sink 2013-09-14 15:10

This game is extremely engaging! I really enjoyed the level design and how all the power ups worked. The music was pretty good as well. The only thing is that the graphics are a bit boring, but animations are nice and smooth.