FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD28 → The Last Acorn

The Last Acorn

By geoisgame

View on Wayback Machine

CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness357
Theme2372.84
Humor2832.29
Fun3552.64
Innovation3942.50
Mood4402.35
Graphics4462.52
Overall4562.58
Audio4611.63

Comments

archaeometrician 2013-12-17 13:04

Hi ! It seem there is an bug on the execution of your game, the jar start then close immediately. If it can help, I have windows 7 64bits Java(latest version) please let me know I would like to try your game :)

venks 2013-12-18 03:24

I have windows 8 and can't seem to get the game to load up either. I really like the art style though. Very unique.

robinerd 2013-12-18 03:46

It works for me. Running Windows 7 and Java version 7 update 40. Interesting concept :)

chiguireitor 2013-12-18 03:48

It is very hard to make that acorn go through that maze :) could evolve into a great game

berzee 2013-12-18 03:50

I beat the sun! I mean I beat the acorn! I think? Anyhow. =P It was basic, as you say, but also fun enough to replay until I was victorious, and with probably the best story I've ever read about sun-worshiping squirrels.

jejeboy 2013-12-18 05:21

Pretty fun but hard to control.

john_conder9 2013-12-18 05:22

This was cool! My big complaint is probably that I didn't know where the sun was, so I was just bouncing about for a while before I stumbled onto it by luck. It might have been cool if you started with a super-zoomed out version that zoomed into your slingshot? I guess it depends on what you were going for.

The first few tries I thought I had to get it right with the original sling, so it was really hard. After that I realized how useful the arrow keys were and I made it by just bouncing a bunch, which was pretty enjoyable. Good job!

pitoum 2013-12-18 06:36

Simple game as you said. It was pretty nice to play it, but I'd rather like a twist in the gameplay, something new and challenging or unexpected :) that's what I'm looking for in LD games. Anyway, good job!

louis-denizet 2013-12-18 07:39

Haha ^^ At the beginning i understood NOTHING but after a few tries I understood, honestly I liked it ;) reminds me of a game with golf potato :p

fenixin 2013-12-18 07:48

A fun game! I enjoyed playing it.

dremelofdeath 2013-12-18 07:54

It seems pretty easy once you get to the first trampoline. You don't really need to restart. Had fun playing this one, thanks!

scoopsy 2013-12-19 01:20

On OSX - a shame, as I'd love to play!

jaymeemak 2013-12-19 04:20

Interesting concept and pretty good physics, but the gameplay seemes overly difficult, especially since the player can't see most of the map and has such limited control over the acorn.

diptoman 2013-12-19 08:16

It was a while before I figured out that I needed to mash the arrows continuously instead of holding them down. Interesting take, one acorn to reach the sun. The gameplay need to be more precise and solid, though.

_zulli 2013-12-22 21:14

Cool idea and execution! But mechanics are very hard to get used to! Sometimes the acorn would just go right for no reason :P Nice job :)

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

ViliX 2013-12-28 17:55

I love you made it easy to play (only one *.jar file) and I also apreciate programming in Jave :)

mcapraro 2013-12-29 06:13

still not working in the mac: Sat Dec 28 22:12:34 PST 2013 ERROR:Could not get the JAWT interface
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Could not get the JAWT interface