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What The Sock

By spierek

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Humor293.88
Graphics414.14
Theme813.72
Overall843.70
Audio1233.34
Fun1693.40
Mood2203.21
Innovation2233.35

Comments

somfunambulist 2013-12-16 04:12

Stellar graphics, decent music, cripplingly hard.

braindx 2013-12-16 04:19

Great concept. Beautiful game. Very difficult to know if you'll be seen or not. I had a lot of fun.

spierek 2013-12-16 04:26

Thanks for the feedback! I'll be tweaking some minor issues (like the visibility collider) on Tuesday, so feel free to request some changes :)

nickworks 2013-12-16 04:26

Well-put-together! It has a great aesthetic.

dynad 2013-12-16 04:28

This game is so much fun, I wanted to make it to the end.. needed some tries.. didnt expect this at all.. great work!

endesga 2013-12-16 05:03

Incredible graphics! Absolutely brilliant!

nicotuason 2013-12-16 13:29

Not hard once you figure it out. Short and sweet! Great art and loads of character. I feel for you Bob.

hypnohustla 2013-12-16 15:20

Nice change from pace. :) Even though it was a bit hard in the beginning, it made me stick till the ending. Liked the music too :)

djts 2013-12-16 18:39

The game has a great overall feel! Much more amusing than I thought it would be!

cwkx 2013-12-16 18:39

Yes! Best use of theme ever :D 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5

coblynau 2013-12-16 20:27

Excellent graphics and audio, brilliant use of the theme and very original gameplay, well done!

jillytot 2013-12-16 20:27

Great graphics, and funny concept. I had to come back here to read about what was going on, but once i understood i had a good time. Keep it up.

christian-s 2013-12-16 20:27

Looks beautiful. Sounds great.

jago 2013-12-16 20:29

I just maxed out every category! Really, really great game. Graphics are absolutely fantastic and the overall feel of the game is very polished!

badlydrawnrod 2013-12-16 20:30

What an excellent idea! Love the 8-bit graphics.

doctor-broccoli 2013-12-16 20:31

Really fun idea, I really love the graphics and audio. It's really really hard though.

q7204k 2013-12-16 20:46

Really like it =)

chamberlainpi 2013-12-16 20:48

Really good fitting title. I was caught right away when I started. But thinking back at the title, I looked... OH! I have a missing sock. So I started to use the signs. Really cute animations too (with the pretending-to-tie-the-shoe action). Ending is funny. Not too challenging, easy to skim by most of the side-walkers, but just enough to keep playing until you reach the end.
Good job!

parapup 2013-12-16 20:53

Nice Graphics and the music wasn't bad at all I enjoyed plying it.

timtipgames 2013-12-16 20:59

Liked every single thing about it - including the difficulty level.

pavelzuk 2013-12-16 22:04

This game teaches one valuable lesson, don't care what anyone thinks and keep walking straight forward, at least that's how I won, simple game and enjoyable graphics.

latfoued 2013-12-16 22:21

Very funny and addictive game, it makes you greedy though got caught twice two steps of the office. Good game.

sonnybone 2013-12-17 02:35

It was pretty easy once I figured out how it works. Pretending to tie my show helped when no signs were around. Standing behind signs was great for ducking mobs without having to deal with the standing animation pause of the pretend-tie. Good balance!

There isn't much to it, obviously, but what's here is really solid. Great spriting, innovative idea, imaginative use of theme, and a rockin' tune.

spierek 2013-12-17 15:16

I've updated the game (fixed colliders, corrected timescale, etc.) and added the "How to play" section at the bottom of the page :)

toureiro 2013-12-18 00:01

Really funny premise. Perfect fit for the theme and translated in a great mechanic. Awesome look and music. Well Done!

roguenoodle 2013-12-18 10:15

Until today, I didn't realize I was missing a sock-based stealth game from my life. Thanks Spierek!

primaerfunktion 2013-12-18 11:27

Awesome idea. Had a lot fun playing it.

ninjacharlie 2013-12-18 17:36

Nice graphics, fun story, lots of polish, but it was a little slow and difficult.

lewischaplin 2013-12-18 19:18

great game realy fun

ultravisitor 2013-12-18 19:20

This is awesome. I hope you win!

drkrunk 2013-12-18 19:24

What are the chances that we both make a game about socks? lol. Very nice graphics and gameplay. It was a very challenging task.

senordiablo 2013-12-18 20:14

brilliant funny and entertaining. beautiful graphics. Awesome interpretation of theme. Loved it

mase 2013-12-18 20:20

The difficulty was somewhat uneven due to the apparent randomization. After a few unsuccessful attempts I was able to win by just holding right.

Still very fun and an amusing use of the theme.

sknoslo 2013-12-18 20:22

Very comical take on the theme. Was extremely difficult, but I really enjoyed the graphical style and the music.

sheepolution 2013-12-18 20:22

That was great! Awesome animation and use of theme! Funny too!

khahem 2013-12-18 20:28

Beautiful game. Excellent idea ! It's fun and the risk/reward balance works well.

keithe 2013-12-18 20:37

soooo hard! Really funny concept and well executed. Controls felt a bit sticky when I would transition between tying my shoes and moving forward, got me caught a few times. Love the art, great job!

somepx 2013-12-18 20:38

Fantastic entry, beautiful art style and gameplay! Bravo!

zephyr-raine 2013-12-18 20:57

Goddamnit. Loved your game, dude.

sytech 2013-12-18 21:04

Funny idea and great graphics!

thegamemaker 2013-12-18 21:11

Awesome everything! Great job!

dmitrix 2013-12-18 21:25

Awesome idea!

carduus 2013-12-18 21:26

Corporate Metal gear Socket !
luv-it !

ghostinthesoft 2013-12-18 21:28

Only one sock, nice idea :) I like the art and the music too

jacques_le_lezard 2013-12-18 21:30

Good idea! ^^ (and polished game too)

ointment 2013-12-18 21:37

Meh. Pretty repetitive, at least it's got some humor in it. Also I might add that I really dislike that graphic style.

ithildin 2013-12-18 21:59

Brilliant idea! It manages to combine the theme with humour perfectly well. Graphics are also awesome. Overall, an amazing entry. Great job! :)

nezzhil 2013-12-19 11:35

Cool art and great music. But the gameplay is a bit shallow, I replayed it some time and the randomize location of the enemies made the game really easy in most of my plays, (usually I only needed to crouch three or four times, the rest of the time I only need to advance).

But cool concept and great music!

_zulli 2013-12-19 13:06

Awesome graphics and music. Very good idea and really well done. Great job!:) Very challenging.

If you have time, please consider rating my game! I would really appreciate it. :)

korwegian 2013-12-19 21:27

Got it after a while, If you act casual and hide only at the last minute you're good.

careless 2013-12-20 02:00

Beat it pretty quickly but a great idea, my fave so far of the many I have played

javifugitivo 2013-12-20 04:49

Great dea! Thats very nice! Grapics music, everything! 10!

evilseanbot 2013-12-20 08:06

Its like you took my life and put it on the screen!

venks 2013-12-20 08:25

Very good quality given the time constraint. Amazing stuff!

alanzucconi 2013-12-20 13:05

Pixel art in Unity is very hard to achieve, especially if you are aiming for THAT pixel perfect effect! :)
I am officially reading your code hahha! :)

john_conder9 2013-12-20 13:15

This game is great, I think I might love everything about it! Fantastic submission. I usually try to provide constructive feedback, but in this case I don't really know what I could say. Good job!

snutidesign 2013-12-20 23:36

Awesome concept, really enjoyable game and music and art fitted perfectly. Poor Bob though, I do hope he gets a new sock soon :)

potomak 2013-12-21 13:44

Great concept! Super fun! Top game!

threef 2013-12-21 18:59

Theme and humor at finest! Background is amazing, but I would like to see more variety on street and maybe special sound when loosing?

spierek 2013-12-21 19:18

@Threef - if only I had more time :)
@AlanZucconi - phew, now I'm glad that I formatted the code during the compo and that it's not that bad :D
@everyone else - thanks!

archaeometrician 2013-12-22 02:22

Haha nice game ! Congrats on the graphics, they are amazing ! Great music, catchy song. Excellent implementation of the theme. And challenging :) I like it!

johnnysix 2013-12-22 03:52

Love it, art is wonderful, and the game polished and well thought out. I have had one of those mono-sock days - I only wish that I'd had so many things to hide behind. :p

diptoman 2013-12-22 08:18

Simple, clean and fun! Really well executed. And man, that face in the end xD
The pixel art is really cool, and clever use of the theme!

van-noctar 2013-12-22 12:46

Good game! Innovate and cool :)

gfm 2013-12-27 01:42

Haha, but at least he's wearing both shoes!

Amazing game!

pinkmonkeyhead 2013-12-27 08:51

Much fun, so short.

bradleysmith 2014-01-04 21:26

Hahah I love this so much fun and such a hilarious idea, rated highly. ^_^

namakemon 2014-06-07 01:24

just a headsup, somebody is selling something like this project in Unity's Asset Store:
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/publisher/6446
http://www.reddit.com/r/ludumdare/comments/27ijju/ludum_dare_games_being_sold_on_unity_asset_store/