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Escape Of The Red Gem

By 97percentawesome

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness288
Innovation5502.83
Fun7392.50
Humor7571.57
Graphics7602.38
Theme7712.39
Overall8512.53
Mood8562.15

Comments

kefir 2013-12-18 14:43

Really interesting mechanics! I never sow anything like this before. Good looking graphics. It was pretty hardcore!

bananaandgames 2013-12-18 15:03

Got to a point where i could'nt figure out how to make the jump. But i like the jump mecanic :).

seantheartist 2013-12-18 15:20

very original movement, I liked trying to figure out how the gem moved and what it's jump capacities were. I also like the feel of the art and colors.

mortl8324 2013-12-18 15:25

Movement was a bit slow for my liking, but the game definitely works. :)

tobbez 2013-12-18 15:34

Short game, it never really got difficult. It seems like you have to use the go into blocks thing to make some of the jumps. It would have been nice with something to make the game more interesting like a boss or some spikes.

rnlf 2013-12-18 16:24

At first I though, wow, only 14.7K, the download must be broken! But in fact, it worked. Astonishing.

I like what you managed to do with only so small a download. Also difficulty was a bit high for my liking (tried twice and failed miserably).

Two annotations: First, what others have pointed out, you can move into blocks if you approach them in an unfavorable direction. Second, if you hold the space bar, you don't regain magic charge nor does your descent slow down, while, if you only tap the spacebar in mid-air, you can almost (but not quite - nice balancing btw) hover. It'd feel better to me if you regained charge even when holding the space bar (and then spending it directly on flying again). But that's just my opinion.

cakencode 2013-12-18 17:05

Despite the movement overall being a bit slow, I've never played a game with this kind of control. It actually felt pretty cool to go off a ledge and then fly up later on to reach a ledge far off or to tap the fly button and hover at a fixed height.

Incredibly rewarding game. Well done!

lolshouse 2013-12-18 17:56

Movement was a bit slow, but the platforming was great.

teamflare 2013-12-18 18:08

pretty hardcore, but funny ;) i wasn't able to collect the red pixels, or aren't they supposed to be collected?

coleslawgames 2013-12-18 18:08

I really like the jumping mechanics in this! It's pretty unique, and it'd be cool to see it expanded upon further. The art style is really nice as well. I like how the background changes color as time moves on.

I think there's a point that I can't get past, though. The dots lead me to a platform that is to high for me to jump onto, and there's no other platform that I can get on to help me out.

Otherwise, pretty neat game!

nelien 2013-12-18 18:53

The idea with the charge for going up works well, but there isn't enough diversity in the content. It does require some cool platforming thinking though.

sknoslo 2013-12-18 18:58

I really liked the art style. Interesting platforming mechanics, that really made me concentrate on my timing. Good work.

calciumtrice 2013-12-18 19:20

I liked your level design, it was fun making my way around the castle and there were some good little platforming segments. The guide dots were a nice touch.

Quite an odd jumping mechanic, I wasn't sure if I was using it right or sort of glitching it some of the time and the movement was maybe a little slow and floaty for my liking?

The way you used the sun in the background and the sky colour changing to show the day passing and the time limit coming up was cool too.

chiguireitor 2013-12-19 13:35

Nice flying mechanic. Loved how the sun passed on the background so you could see the passing of the day. I suppose i lost because the whole game turned black and i couldn't continue.

vamflax 2013-12-21 18:45

Really cool. I got stuck, but that's just me!
Nice work! :D

gaspard_ 2013-12-21 19:20

Cool little game!

cbeed 2013-12-22 14:34

The game has so much potentially. Double the resolution, use less aggressive colors, add some basic sounds and add acceleration to the gravity.
This would be so litte work and would double the fun.
Also the sun could move fluid.

occash 2013-12-22 14:35

Nice mechanics! But I couldn't jump from on level on the wall to another, becuase there was really big gap between them. But overall-it's very good idea!I like it!

zuige 2013-12-22 14:57

Very simple. There were some physics issues with the player getting stuck in walls and framerates dipping quite low for such a simple game. Good effort!

glovecat 2013-12-26 11:07

Good concept but it needs some work. Nice platform design but I feel that it is a little slow. Good job!

stvr 2014-01-06 23:31

Surprisingly fun but a bit frustrating. Got stuck fairly early on, which was a shame.

serialvelocity 2014-01-06 23:36

Felt that the motion was way too slow and the jump mechanic made some parts of the scene pretty difficult but a good start none-the-less :)