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Watch Your Step

By derevensky

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness357
Overall433.97
Mood693.86
Graphics764.18
Fun773.80
Innovation1573.70
Audio4192.97
Theme5373.29
Humor6172.35

Comments

ehtd 2014-04-28 04:15

Very cool graphics

shire 2014-04-28 04:15

This was a really cool game, I loved the throwing mechanic and the controls were really tight

conormn 2014-04-28 04:19

WOW! Really well done. Hats off :)

madhoe 2014-04-28 04:24

Great game. Great graphics (I really love em!). Pretty cool and fun overall! I think when a spider creeps out, it'll get exponentially difficult, especially in the later parts of the game, and it'll FEEL like you can't turn the tables, which may cause frustration. When I've played 6 minutes into the game and died, I never wanted to play again and try and win.

halbernacht 2014-04-28 04:27

I really enjoyed the gameplay and the presentation, though I'd sometimes the game would get really choppy, which made things hard to play.

dustoutgames 2014-04-28 04:36

I love well executed minimalism, and this game is the perfect example. Every individual piece is simple and well crafted, and they all come together to create an experience that is very engaging.

emberkirk 2014-04-28 04:42

Really cool! Some small camera pops in the beginning there, but great tutorial and great everything else!

derevensky 2014-04-28 04:45

@madhoe yeah, like in all my games, this one requires a bit of strategic progression. You probably fail because of lack of endurance! Try pick different upgrades!

tater_hater 2014-04-28 04:54

I love the feel of the game

arthurmaker 2014-04-28 04:55

I think this was awesome 9/10 maybe this could have had something more to do with the theme but else this is awesome.
CHECK OUT MY GAME!!!

oye-beto 2014-04-28 05:13

Pretty fun and I like the pixel art.

javadocmd 2014-04-28 05:36

I love this. Very well done. Original concept!

zanenga 2014-04-28 05:44

Great game. Love the dodge animation and mechanic.

monsterkillu 2014-04-28 05:57

Cool and lovely pixel art. Fluid controls. excellent action. Neat game mechanics. Soundtrack would've been nice i think.

8bitpimp 2014-04-28 08:44

Very nice atmosphere and the idea is really cool. Great job!

tomboogaart 2014-04-28 09:35

great color palette

sojabird 2014-04-28 09:57

Niiice

xhunterko 2014-04-28 10:32

Well done. Fairly difficult, but well done!

zyper 2014-04-28 17:56

Addictive gameplay! I like it :)

raulincze 2014-04-28 20:10

Amazing mood, enchanting game world, lovely gameplay.

2014-04-28 23:16

Really cool game, it looks good and is fun! But it lacks some music or ambience noise.

craigsmye 2014-04-29 01:13

This seems very cool and complete except every time I stack it says "Miss" and I get nothing for it.

liens 2014-04-29 03:34

Great style and graphics. I was surprised that I couldn't put minerals in at point blank though

georgebroussard 2014-04-29 05:04

I - LOVED - THIS - GAME. Everything from the art style to the mechanics. Very very well done, imo. I had trouble with the game at the start and thought it was broken. It wasn't clear I had to dig on the rock pile, so the horse wouldn't move and I kept spamming keys. Make that more clear. I really loved the sci-fi nature of it and the art. Best LD game I've played. Just my sort of game.

rylgh 2014-04-29 05:56

man i just played that for a long time... very addicting

zanzlanz 2014-04-29 19:32

These gameplay mechanics are perfectly balanced and are really fun to play with. You are one genius designer! xD

ioboi 2014-04-29 20:48

This is such an awesome game!!!
Thank you for this "time-eater" :)

tacs 2014-04-30 16:42

All around very cool.

romko_pidstryhach 2014-04-30 21:45

Great mood!

xk 2014-05-01 07:19

Pretty cool artwork, this game fits together really well!

saintheiser 2014-05-01 11:05

Wow. Cool game =)
Very fun system with money throwing.
Game getting pretty hard after 3-d shoop...

moonmagic 2014-05-02 05:52

Really enjoyed Creep Moon and other Graphical Friends. Spiders! Spiders are so good, making sound, emerging, scuttling. Throwing ore is a good feeling. Ten minutes is a long time.

alvarop 2014-05-02 18:27

Enjoyed the game but got a bit repetitive after a while. I would have liked to see a bit more variety in the enemies. It's a great game, don't get me wrong, but I felt like something was missing.

jrap 2014-05-03 04:38

My favorite entry so far. I would have liked some upgrades to firepower and running speed, so hat I was more powerful, not more efficient.

makatak 2014-05-03 20:22

Amazing game, five stars on all fronts. Very fun and suspenseful, great art and reward system.

baykush_figtree 2014-05-04 15:13

YES I DID IT \o\\o//o/
Ok, this one wins for me. For one side it's total ludum dare candy, but on the other side it's SUPER FUN.
- It follows the #1 Roguelike rule IMO: "Hard, but if you die, it's your faul."
- Marvelously color-coded. You always know who is who and what is what.
- TIMING. F*cking, timing. Generous pauses, upgrades and time to breath and take a cup of water between raging waves of spiders.
- Controls are absolutely responsive. I know what i did and why i did it.

Above all, it's FUN. FUN DO YA HEAR ME. I would absolutelly pay for a longer / multiple-staged / co-op version of this game on Steam. It feels absolutely badass to shoot while digging and throwing resources at the camel

For me, mate, you win. Big time.

To be fair, my critique:
- The intervals should be more spaced: getting inside one of those stations should A) Clear the enemies B) Enemy spawning should cease as soon as the station appears in scene.
- While inside the stations your life should be displayed. Sometimes i was unsure of how many hearts i had. It would be good to know how much i've upgraded other stats as well.
- There should be an alternative way to gather the resources. Example: Keeping "C" Pressed while close to the camel would transfer resources, two points/ second. Throwing should be a faster, but alternative way (more risky).
- I believe more enemies would add a lot to the gameplay. That considered, i believe player and enemies should have different colors.

Kudos mate. Kudos.

lightsoda 2014-05-04 20:21

Once the carriage started moving it got a little harder to keep up, I ended up cornered by a couple of spiders and got pushed off the screen.

Looks good and controls decently.

mventurelli 2014-05-04 21:31

Wow, one of the best I played in a LD, really excellent work there!

dector 2014-05-04 22:20

Great! One thing to improve, I think, is shooting. Sometimes it doesn't hurts spider if it's very close.

calvinsm 2014-05-04 23:31

really nice

ddrkirbyisq 2014-05-04 23:31

Interesting...not bad :) I think the throwing mechanic was unnecessary, albeit interesting.

baykush_figtree 2014-05-05 00:44

Hey! Watch Your Step is featured on my "favorites" post

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/05/04/my-favorite-ld29-games/

tchem 2014-05-05 01:48

Excellent work,,, the graphics are awesome,,, the great game in LD29, congratulations in all.

mechabit 2014-05-05 02:07

good stuff

pinkmonkeyhead 2014-05-05 02:34

Nice mechanics! Very original

managore 2014-05-05 02:43

Fantastic look and feel. The digging was a really nice mechanic! Great game overall.

ethankennerly 2014-05-05 04:15

The spiders scared me. Managing to dig a coin while worrying about spiders kept me alert. If you continue to develop this, in the beginning, I didn't know I was supposed throw the coin into the wagon, so I felt confused.

savethejets1 2014-05-05 04:40

Sweet Game

snoother 2014-05-05 12:13

The mechanic is really fun, especially with the upgrades. And that graphic style -- just the right palette.

erkberg 2014-05-05 23:56

Great pixel art, really cool gameplay, I like it!

dreii 2014-05-06 02:17

Very cool, love the old western feel to it. nice gameplay too.
like the throwing mechanic.

anglerteamgames 2014-05-06 17:17

The graphics are excellent - really help to nail the mood and theme of the game. Controls and mechanics were spot on.

Lasted a fair bit before feeling overwhelmed by the large number of enemies and not being able to do too much about them. Really well done!

thorig 2014-05-06 18:16

Cool game! That's quite some kickback on that gun

idovingx 2014-05-06 21:13

really solid and fun

mcapraro 2014-05-08 00:37

looks really nice

invisiblewonder 2014-05-09 05:14

I had Atari 2600 flashbacks. Good job!

sheepolution 2014-05-10 13:59

A really cool game. Very challenging, maybe a bit too hard, but overall just great.

gre 2014-05-12 17:20

Sweet graphics. Smooth controls (especially the Dodge).
I love the in-game instruction at the start :D

Robust start of a game. Game mecanism may be a bit limited and the concept is hard to catch so may need some explanation.

chuigum 2014-05-14 06:48

Believe it or not I really like the graphics, good job!

gfm 2014-05-14 22:52

I don't know exactly how I feel about being able to buy health when I've got no golds... still, this was fun! Except for the ten minutes things... this was way too long for me. >_<

pansapiens 2014-05-20 00:17

This is super fun ! You've managed to milk a lot of atmosphere out of so few pixels. It feels quite original too - lots of elements from side scrolling runner / shooter genres, but assembled such that it's not quite like any I've ever played. The in-built tutorial is really well done too. Excellent excellent entry.