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S0LB0T
By xaizil
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Coolness | 1 | 100 | | |
| Theme | 418 | 2.83 | | |
| Humor | 464 | 1.64 | | |
| Overall | 496 | 2.64 | | |
| Audio | 497 | 1.58 | | |
| Innovation | 518 | 2.33 | | |
| Mood | 529 | 2.07 | | |
| Graphics | 532 | 2.34 | | |
| Fun | 541 | 2.20 | | |
Comments
Nice game! Loaded and ran, but when I got to "press esc to run again" it gave me this error:
org.newdawn.slick.SlickException: Game.update() failure - check the game code.
at org.newdawn.slick.GameContainer.updateAndRender(GameContainer.java:669)
at org.newdawn.slick.AppletGameContainer$Container.runloop(AppletGameContainer.java:518)
at org.newdawn.slick.AppletGameContainer$ContainerPanel.start(AppletGameContainer.java:218)
at org.newdawn.slick.AppletGameContainer$1.run(AppletGameContainer.java:92)
xaizil
2013-08-27 01:40
Thanks! We've had that issue a few times with the applet version, I can't seem to find out what's causing it but will look into it further tomorrow. However if you download the zip file and use that you shouldn't have any problems! (runs much smoother too)
Web lagged my machine and then the applet crashed.
vvolis
2013-08-27 13:48
Nice idea, but the game seems a bit too difficult - sometimes the map generates with me in a hole and spider at the door, with no way out :/
yell0w
2013-08-27 18:37
Game run fine on my computer with no crashes, but i kept getting boxed in by creeps :D
thermite
2013-08-27 23:13
Good concept, but the game is quite frustrating when you get penned in by the monsters.
Great game.. would be amazing if it prevented monsters from bullying you ;)
Not bad, can get very frustrating though. I think it would have worked better as a "twin stick" type of game, with WASD controlling movement and arrow keys shooting in 4 directions. Nice attempt though!
jacic
2013-08-30 20:45
Nice idea, though I wish it didn't auto-start.
sdgusler
2013-08-30 21:17
The game seemed too difficult which made it hard for me to enjoy trying to play it. With some changes this could be a very fun game.
Was pretty fun, a little difficult though with the enemies. Also I noticed a bug which is if you die by the enemies and then restart the game, then the timer continues from when you died, making it pretty impossible to play properly. Also a bit of a wait when you restart the game, you may want to fix that to keep the player interested. Other than that I liked the art, the tiling looked nice and it was a decent concept. Nice one.
I never felt so weak against a dragonfly :) Hard but very nice game. Good job!
It doesn't open for me :(
awppy
2013-08-30 23:08
Lack of audio was disappointing and controls were a bit finnicky, but I felt myself drawn more into the game the more I played. I felt like the boss had too much health, but all the same, it kept me moving around and on my toes.
Then, that bit at the end.
Well, I'm not going to give anything away, but it got down to the wire. I mean right down to the wire. You've got some pretty solid design ideas in this little wonder.
hbocao
2013-08-30 23:45
Cool entry. The enemies were kinda hard. Controls were very responsive. I like that.
good job
ratking
2013-09-01 14:16
The bulltes should be a bit bigger or a twin-stick shooting would be better to properly hit the enemies. I also miss some feedback with the dead of the enemies. When they reach you in a bulk, I often shoot longer than necessary, because I didn't saw when they are dead.
To display the timer more prominently would be good, because of its importance!
I can't run it on windows7, don't know why. I tried on the web version and it worked a little bit - but it freezes the browser sometimes. I liked the interpretation of the theme but i can't play enough to make an objective opinion about the whole game.. Really sorry. I will retry later. :)
I was very confused as to what the goal was, and I kept dying very quickly, since I couldn't seem to get any new time.
murilo
2013-09-01 19:56
I tried to run the download version, but it loads a bunch of stuff on the console then it crashes(too quick to see message) after 'loading node'.
Windows 7 SP1, latest java (installed yesterday and other java games run fine)
jomomomo
2013-09-01 23:45
Couldn't get this to work. Too bad, I really wanted to help H0W4RD out.
klianc09
2013-09-02 09:56
Took me a while to realize that the sun-pickups decrease the rate at which his power drains. There is actually more content in this game than it at first seems. The controls could be a bit better, shooting down those bugs seemed a little bit tedious at times. But this game has good ideas overall.
Tough but nice, well done :)
The setting totally reminds me of one of the Asimov robot short stories. The procedural map generation, the crawly movement are all lovely little touches. If only I didn't die so quickly and it take so long to restart!
zyxer
2013-09-13 13:04
Great game and nice artwork. It would be nice if the game didn't have to reload after each death, though.