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SWIM HARD

By spierek

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness289
Fun1243.65
Graphics1303.93
Humor1703.23
Overall1853.62
Innovation1933.63
Mood3243.26
Audio4152.98
Theme6233.19

Comments

conormn 2014-04-28 04:48

Really well done. Switching up the controls like that is a really interesting idea.

mrexcessive 2014-04-28 04:58

Only tested solo, which kind-of misses the point so apologies for that. I like the twister-style mechanic, have recommended to my son and friends to try playing at school - they love keyboard mashing in groups ! Good job!

gikdew 2014-04-28 07:24

The graphics are so good, really nice concept!

primaerfunktion 2014-04-28 07:25

This is really cool. I'll try this again later with some friends.

manabreak 2014-04-28 07:47

A fun approach to the theme there! The switching keys is an awesome catch, I can imagine playing this with friends and frustratingly pushing others away while trying to reach the keys. :)

honcho 2014-04-28 07:50

Loved the mechanics. I certainly felt like I was swimming hard.

liens 2014-04-28 08:21

Nice graphics, I like the way you customised the unity web player especially.

lucienpro 2014-04-28 08:25

I liked the graphics, the sound and pretty much everything else, really fun but I wish their was AI to play with... Good job! buuut it's a bit loosely tied around the theme

neilo 2014-04-28 08:31

Tested solo too, but still a fun concept. Very nicely presented game good, clean and simple.

lars-faust 2014-04-28 08:56

B-but i have no friends to play with.

Lovely clean visuals though, and i like the key randomization. I would assume that is a good chance to break all your friends fingers.

hypnohustla 2014-04-28 08:57

Really nice graphics. I really like these kind of games where you kinda don't know what to do and just start smashing buttons. Creates some really nice competitions. :D

spotco 2014-04-28 09:31

tfw no friends to play with ;_;

would have been 20x better with some sort of computer player

excellent graphics though, could barely tell it was a unity plugin! (If only you could reskin the unity preloader too)

allurious 2014-04-28 09:38

This is SO NEAT. I'm a huge fan of local co-op so it's great to see a game that does something interesting around it. Switching the controls is a great way to keep engaged and the game itself looks really clean and polished.

kbm0 2014-04-28 11:11

wow! this was very well done, very polished! i really liked it, shame I couldn't play 1-player mode, though. great job!

zebi24 2014-04-28 11:30

Really cool game! My poor keyboard tho... ;)

lorniebear 2014-04-28 15:54

Fun, I played this with my mum

cr2crstudios 2014-04-28 15:56

Cool. :)

paperblurt 2014-04-28 15:59

I myself is a swimmer, and do enjoy a casual swim.
So multiplayer game made in 48hr?
More than impressive.

Like this simplistic style too.

Fantastic work!

ijohnf 2014-04-28 21:23

Wow this is super polished! The music / style is awesome. Good stuff, cant wait to try this at a party

split82 2014-04-28 21:32

Superb! :) Nice clean visuals. I love how you put unity player on the website.

crocantidepollo 2014-04-28 21:45

Excellent presentation! The changing controls were confusing at first but it's fun as a party game

pinkmonkeyhead 2014-04-29 03:37

I love multiplayer games on jam!!
the graphics are well polished. even details like the background matching the page background. really cool

statman 2014-04-29 08:46

I love this multiplayer game, so funny with friends !

spierek 2014-04-29 09:55

Thanks for the very positive feedback :)

One pro tip for winning the game (and losing friends): you can drown other players if they're not suspecting it.

copain 2014-04-29 10:28

really nice, really good graphics, really fun...

(but, we don't have immediatly understood how "dive" works... after that, really cool...)

cakencode 2014-04-29 17:01

Not super tied to the theme, but I really like these kinds of games where you coordinate button presses. I was a bit clumsy picking up on the effect of the two buttons at first, but slowly got better! Like others said, wish there was an AI to work with since I didn't have anyone around at the moment to play with. But it was fun to pretend that my two hands were two people! :P

linuus 2014-04-29 21:27

Visually stunning, and the random control thing was a nice addition to the gameplay! :)

fserb 2014-04-29 23:18

Really enjoyed. Good job! :)

njvas 2014-04-30 03:14

I always love local multiplayer! Pretty fun if you try to mess each other up too :)

rylgh 2014-04-30 08:01

flawless polish... especially liked how you made the page background the same colour so there was no clear border

pierrec 2014-04-30 09:05

Nice game. The control switch makes all the fun I think. I didn't really get how Dive worked.

rezoner 2014-04-30 11:34

Thank you for adding Linux version. Pretty loved the aesthetics and the music with dorkly "yeah" in the background.

nesis 2014-04-30 15:23

A nice game that's scoped well and pretty polished for a jam. Really fun :)

zkenshin 2014-04-30 21:09

Solid entry, good job!

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-05-01 10:24

Nice little concept !! The execution is perfect, great work!

papygaragos 2014-05-01 11:19

I feel that people who are able to keep the scope of their games small are always the ones to deliver the best entries. Good job!

ehtd 2014-05-01 21:26

Nice game, I still prefer a solo game

jujule 2014-05-03 21:27

Hehehe, real good fun. I just played for 10 minutes with my wife. Very fun concept and very properly inplemented.
Extremely fun. I wonder how you could port it on a tablet. That would be awesome as a 4 player games around a table.

rico-albe 2014-05-04 22:25

Really great use of local multiplayer with the randomized controls.

bekokstover 2014-05-06 07:13

Love it! The controls are really funny. Great looking and playing game. Diving is not all that useful though.

lowcade 2014-05-07 04:19

Two player game? It's Rare nowadays.
Nice commands, it's fun with friends (a virtual competition but real violence)
Good game!

pereubu 2014-05-07 22:11

Soooooo friggin cool concept. I was also trying to find an idea about multiple players battling on one keyboard. Strong entry :D

garethiw 2014-05-08 14:47

Cool idea, nice art! Only played solo but can definitely imagine four players getting interesting... if you could even four four players around a keyboard!

miltage 2014-05-08 16:23

Simple, fun and well implemented. Well done!

stvr 2014-05-09 18:48

The halfway switcheroo kills it. This game is awesome.

yword 2014-05-10 13:06

I like the graphics, simple and clean. The randomized buttons mechanic has made it becomes more challenging! Well done!

striwx 2014-05-13 15:26

Very cool concept !

juniorus 2014-05-27 15:32

Pretty cool neat game^^