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It lasts longer when you're a genius

By darien

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Humor943.43
Theme3423.38
Innovation7022.77
Fun8322.59
Mood8382.36
Audio8591.81
Overall8782.71
Graphics9752.15

Comments

stepvhen 2013-08-26 06:33

You score big on humor for sure. Fun little game, a bit difficult.

darien 2013-08-26 07:10

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. This is actually the closest thing to a balanced game I've made yet; most of them are impossible to win. ;-)

amber 2013-08-27 04:45

So maybe I'm a little biased, but given that I know how much time you actually had to spend on this I think you did an awesome job. Hilarious as always!

ranf 2013-08-27 07:39

Nice funny title. That was an interesting interpretation of the theme.

khaotom 2013-08-27 07:49

Nice way to play with the theme, and great humor. Perfect difficulty and length for an LD game.

william_edwards 2013-08-27 08:30

Simple and sweet. Reminds me of Llamatron and Joust somehow, but that's a warm, fuzzy 20 years old memory :)

darien 2013-08-27 08:36

Wow, Llamatron and Joust? High praise! :-D

Thanks for all the kind words, guys!

drilltail 2013-08-27 08:43

Cool idea, and hilarious writing.

ratking 2013-08-27 13:29

Ice-cream cargo? m) Imagine Star Trek with that story! XD

dancingflame 2013-08-27 16:02

The story is interesting, I like it. You could add some powerups to the gameplay, such as speeds up or shield.

andrew-2 2013-08-27 23:13

Bonus points for relativity but everything felt so slow compared to how fast I was supposed to be going.

derosa 2013-08-28 01:27

Loved the instructions :D

nickw 2013-08-28 09:58

Haha pretty damn hard X_X. Sometimes you get so many UFO dudes going up and down in one area and it gets chaotic hah. Great take on the theme though 5 stars for that. Because einstein. ;)

cryovat 2013-08-28 20:21

6.74. Perfect run! :D

This is the first time I've seen Einstein implicated in intergalactic ice cream discovery. The writing is hilarious.

The gameplay itself was pretty fun too. Got pretty hectic at the end. I think it would have benefit from a rising tone indicating speed. Apart from that, nice work! :)

badgerpriest 2013-08-29 04:16

This is the best use of relativity in a game I've ever seen.

darien 2013-08-29 08:35

Grats, Cryovat! :-D

Thanks everybody for the comments and feedback! I'm glad you're enjoying it.

kazukishida 2013-08-29 10:38

Haha, loved the interpretation of the theme! Was moderately fun -- it would have been more immersive if it had more eye candy, or good audio. Still, great writing, great game! :D

muciojadpl 2013-08-29 10:41

Quite good! I like it.

naufr4g0 2013-08-29 10:47

LOL! The story is really hilarious! :)
The game is graphically very basic, but is more fun than it looks! :)

zap 2013-08-29 11:17

Once I had read the story and instructions I was in love
This is the first entry I've played that manipulates the length of 10 seconds - "because of Einstein" ha ha - great idea
My only issue is that it begins with a million things on screen, making it quite difficult right from the start.
It would be great to see this game worked on more :D

backwardspy 2013-08-29 13:05

Absolutely hilarious, I love your sense of humour. The game itself is pretty enjoyable, not hugely difficult but not too easy either. The idea seems relatively (heh) unique. Good job!

drkrunk 2013-08-29 14:57

Simple yet challenging, I love it.

ratalaika 2013-08-29 16:36

good job

flickta 2013-08-29 18:43

Congratulations! You've made a fun game with a great take on the theme. :)
Also, you said you could edit our dialogues a little bit (The Wrong Door) - here is a link: http://goo.gl/Y2xyBs to the texts.
Many thanks!

brotherst 2013-08-29 22:36

Yay! I beat it :) Lovely little game. Are you THE Free Radical games that made Timesplitters by any chance? ;P Sorry you had a hard time with our game :( We've added an invert y axis button thanks to your feedback! Cheers!

darien 2013-08-29 22:49

I'm afaid I'm not; coincidence, sadly. Thanks, everybody!

neo-blue 2013-08-30 04:26

The instructions were pretty funny. I successfully delivered the ice cream on my first run! Really clever take on the theme.

ossi 2013-08-30 09:42

That was super hilarious! Great writing for the setup of the story and the instructions! Your use of the theme is fantastic and very simple to understand. Love the cute little aliens darting around. Simple controls and challenging dodging gameplay is pretty fantastic! I wish there was more to the sound though, perhaps a warning ticker for the timer would give it more suspense. As well as the art could use more polish but it's really fun! Good job!

darien 2013-08-30 10:12

Yeah, better sound was next on my to-do list, but time ran out. Glad you enjoyed it, though!

withoutpillow 2013-08-31 10:35

good, polished game. challenging and fun.

timtipgames 2013-08-31 14:39

I am planning to move to the dessert planet ;)

terra 2013-09-09 03:33

Hehe, pretty cool! I like the idea, managed to beat it after a few tries. Fun! :D

jacob123 2013-09-13 01:39

Hilarious game! Hurtling through space at mind-boggling speeds to deliver ice cream! Genius! Although another thing Einstein stated is that once reach that said speed you are looking for in the game, then matter expands causing the vehicle to grow larger in size. Would've been awesome to incorporate that!

krasse 2013-09-14 21:00

Simple and fun but a bit challenging.
Nice writing :D

canvapps 2013-09-17 00:13

Instructions are great! We totally could have done better with ours so, I specially loved it :)
Great job!

darien 2013-09-17 23:46

Thanks again to everybody who played and rated my game! You'll all awesome. :-D