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LightRunner

By ryebread761

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness350
Innovation4623.19
Humor4982.52
Mood5303.00
Audio5782.74
Fun6412.93
Theme7743.00
Overall7982.93
Graphics11102.25

Comments

move127 2014-04-28 02:36

Great game! It's really interesting having to dodge things when you can't see your character.

fuzzywuzzie 2014-04-28 02:37

Super hard!

saiato 2014-04-28 02:41

Very funny game. The idea for the mechanic is very clever, but if you can't see the character at all it's frustrating to play (maybe this was intentional?)

kevincorrigan 2014-04-28 02:45

Interesting Idea, and indeed hard.

terraco 2014-04-28 02:55

Idea was a nice reversal from the norm. Stay away from what you'd normally seek in a cave.

Should the character have been something that would avoid light, like a bat or monster?

iamspencer 2014-04-28 03:50

Good job. Usually games make you BE in the light to stay alive, so I like the nice twist on this one. :)

rincewind_cz 2014-04-28 09:28

I had same idea (avoid the light) implemented in my entry :) I think that falling should be faster. It's slow even in insane.. Reasonable speed makes the game looks dynamic :)

nushriell 2014-04-28 13:28

Liked the concept.

ryebread761 2014-04-28 23:26

@terraco Yah, a bat would have been a good idea.
@ricewind_cz, yah falling probably should have been faster.

nonentheless 2014-04-29 13:30

Hehey, in my game you also cannot see a character (after two warm up levels) sweet coincidence ;)

mess110 2014-04-29 13:31

30 sec on insane. nice game

raroadkill 2014-04-30 02:51

Had to fight every gamer instinct to stay out of those lights

lukbebalduke 2014-04-30 02:53

Great game , but very simple. Funny graphics ! :D

sfdnetwork 2014-05-02 20:18

Loved it, super fun. Great concept. Graphics needs a little work but other than that, 5/5.

gamepopper 2014-05-02 21:07

I really like the idea of avoiding the light. Best idea to practice with pixel art though, the character design looks really rushed.

thorig 2014-05-03 14:34

Funny little game. Most of the time I just keep left or right. I really like the idea of this game.

chaoseed 2014-05-05 12:09

Interesting. Kinda fun...It's difficult to learn how your character moves because usually you can't see them! Hm, what if it started out dim so you could see your character a bit, and you dodged stuff for a while...then it got dimmer, so things were hard to see, and then eventually it was completely dark except for torches? That would give the player a chance to learn the moves. Anyway, you got something playable in 48 hours, which is an accomplishment. ;)

chuigum 2014-05-07 05:42

Very innovative!

kevinworkman 2014-05-12 16:32

This is an interesting idea, although like you said, I was almost constantly losing health despite still being in darkness. I think this mechanic could be pretty interesting if you polished it up a little!