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Byte's Socks

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness292
Fun723.52
Graphics814.10
Humor823.29
Overall953.54
Audio983.46
Mood1173.38
Theme2042.98
Innovation2133.02

Comments

kayelgee 2013-12-17 02:34

Very nice art and music.
It feels like a standart platformer. I feel like the game wouldn't have been any different without the sock mechanic.

peripheralgames 2013-12-17 11:27

The game looks lovely, and its an interesting take on the theme

moist 2013-12-17 11:28

The "dirty sicks" mechanic is really fun. The game feels very polished, I love the artstyle. Well done!

bitserum 2013-12-17 11:29

A nice entry, really good display of artist skills in such a short time. It feels good, it looks good.

headchant 2013-12-17 11:31

Almost the perfect LD game: fast and fun! Nice music, great graphics and the mechanic is simple but fun. Only cons: the movement might almost be a bit too fast and the levels are quite hard. Still: great game!

lyje 2013-12-17 11:31

Couldn't launch it on OSX 10.6.

lissar 2013-12-17 12:24

I loved the art style you have here, and I thought the dirty sock mechanic was an interesting way to create a potential fail state without making it an instant fail state.

venks 2013-12-17 15:54

I really like the art style for this game. I've never played anything similar to this style. Great stuff!

diptoman 2013-12-17 16:00

Love the artwork! Weird take on the theme though, and the mechanic is... interesting, to say the least.

strangelander 2013-12-17 16:09

Worked fine in OS X 10.7.5. Fun game, nice mechanic.

sdgusler 2013-12-17 16:30

Interesting change to the normal platformer, when is dirty underwear coming out?

cakencode 2013-12-17 16:36

Sometimes it felt weird when the socks got dirtier by jumping through the air but overall it had enough challenge and was silly enough to be entertaining and fun. Plus, robots. No more need be said.

shaunlebron 2013-12-17 18:12

Cute game. My favorite things are the subtleties: sock's red band on health meter to signal the dirt limit, kicking around in the water to wash your socks faster, and robots not caring about wet socks, haha.

anvoz 2013-12-17 18:14

This is really well made. Great use of theme.

Why does his sock get dirty while he is jumping? :)

ihateatmfees 2013-12-17 20:43

A robot with dirty socks. This is exactly the type of irreverent game I look forward to every LD! Only gripe would be no gamepad support!

matrixbai 2013-12-18 09:09

A robot wears socks, that makes me laugh. Really like the art style.

zorfmorf 2013-12-18 09:33

Sadly wouldn't run for me on linux. Just opens up to a blank white screen.

chrismingay 2013-12-18 09:37

Great all round feeling to this one :) Really smooth game play and engine and it's a game about a robot who doesn't want to ruin his only pair of socks, so you can't go wrong there.

javifugitivo 2013-12-18 10:06

I like the art and graphics, it has a good personal touch. Good job!

john_conder9 2013-12-18 10:09

All around one of my favorite entries! Simple, enjoyable, fantastic to look at, fantastic to control, fantastic to play. The *only* complaint I have about this game (besides not enough content, I really enjoyed it and would like more!) is the sock mechanic is not something I particularly enjoyed. It was cool since it made me make sure each jump was precise, but it took forever to clean them! Eventually I realized I could run against a wall to make it go a bit faster, but, I really think it would be better if you just dipped in the water and they got all the way clean. Also, maybe not dirty them up when you are jumping over water? :D

Anyway, absolutely great submission, wonderful job!

windwalkerranger 2013-12-18 10:46

I really wished while on air your socks didn't get dirty... But I guess there are enough germs in the air to contaminate them :D Nice mechanic, I liked the graphic style and music. Very well done.

sebastian 2013-12-18 17:07

This is a very nicely polished entry mate. I like that the bar could have been something generic like energy, but you chose dirty socks. It made it all that much more enjoyable.

jgpicatoste 2013-12-18 19:28

An overall great game. I enjoyed it, and found the socks mechanic puzzling and interesting. Keep up the good work!

psychomonster 2013-12-18 23:59

Very fast and smooth feeling platformer. Very cool idea. Nice main character. Enjoye playing this.

pele 2013-12-20 00:54

Nice artwork. Funny interpretation of the theme. The rigid/tight controls made me wanna try to finish the levels with the socks as clean as possible!

billythecodingkid 2013-12-20 00:56

Really fun but i could only jump once and once i started going forward it didn't stop

tomski 2013-12-20 05:26

Really nice work, I need to go clean my socks now. Good job all around!

andrew-wagoner30 2013-12-20 05:37

Nice music and art.

vikingjonathan 2013-12-20 05:42

Fancy graphics, tight controls, and interesting gameplay. I like it.

mutt 2013-12-20 05:44

Very polished. The art style is great, I love the rocks with swirl's on them (in particular, for some reason.) Music is really good, and the run and jump physics are good. Really good all around. And the whole sock thing is a pretty brilliant take on the theme. A good reminder to take an extra pair of socks with me next time I go into space.

hyde-wyvern 2013-12-20 05:57

This game is flawless, the idea is sooo original! I had a lot of fun playing it and i must admit that I even left the window open after I finished to keep listening to the background tune! I loved it, you should upload the soundtrack to YouTube! Perfect 5/5 ^^

nightshadow0 2013-12-20 17:40

There's a little bug where the socks get dirtied/cleaned if you're standing on the edge of a platform right next to a stream of mud/water, threw me off a bit at the beginning. (http://i.imgur.com/kkRA1wh.png)
Fun game, though! I love the smiley face haha

brighterorange 2013-12-21 20:21

Cute idea, I played it all the way through. Art and music are great. The sock mechanic was basically just a timer with save points; I thought the puzzles could have been much more interesting. (For example, I don't feel like my socks should get any dirtier when in the air or standing on clean-looking concrete?)

samh 2013-12-22 12:06

One of the most polished entries I’ve seen so far. As mentioned by others, the mechanics are sometimes a bit too punishing (socks getting dirty while jumping) and having to wait for the socks to clean themselves in the water kinda breaks the fast pace; they could be cleaned instantly.

Other than that, it could really become a fully featured game, maybe with some level design improvements: I think the closest water spots should always be visible, maybe by making the screen larger, or through other visual hints.

jprogman 2013-12-25 07:41

Very nice game. I don't know why a robot wears socks but that doesn't matter. I love the graphics and the "atmosphere."

potomak 2013-12-26 14:04

Nice game even if I got stuck at third level.

garethiw 2014-01-03 10:06

Fun take on the theme, and feels great to play as well!

gfm 2014-01-06 02:00

Great game! The animations are good and so is the music! The levels were also well made and fun.

My only complaint is: why does jump dirty the socks as much as walking on the floor? XD