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PET RUN/STOP

By ludonaut

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Fun184.03
Coolness292
Audio374.03
Overall1073.66
Mood2093.44
Graphics2243.75
Humor3202.70
Innovation6082.49
Theme7581.58

Comments

dramentiaras 2014-04-28 15:01

Fun to play and the graphics feels great. So does the audio!

sknoslo 2014-04-28 15:29

Love the use of ASCII for the graphics. A lot of fun too. Really great work.

hypnohustla 2014-04-28 15:38

This game has a really good feel. Love your graphic choice. Really good job! :)

primaerfunktion 2014-04-28 15:48

It's really fun to play and feels really satisfying to blow those enemys up. Great game!

2014-04-28 16:04

I guess you can say, he just wanted equality.

adamswaggoner 2014-04-28 16:10

This is awesome, the ASCII characters made it really cool to look at. I loved the retro.. ness.

mrshortee 2014-04-28 16:28

Controls are tight, graphics & UI look and feel really nice, gameplay is fun and quite challenging. Not 'Beneath the Surface' but an awesome game!

samoatesgames 2014-04-28 16:36

Very much enjoyed that, great work.

nonentheless 2014-04-28 16:36

Pretty nice looking, love the color switching

pht59x 2014-04-28 16:39

Nothing to do with the theme. However, it is a good arcade game remake.

fserb 2014-04-28 16:39

I had lots of fun! :)

framematt 2014-04-28 17:14

It is really fun to play! gotta agree with MrShortee

sensenmann666 2014-04-28 18:05

nice arcade shooter. thanks for creating :)

move127 2014-04-28 18:06

Fun on a bun!

skymen 2014-04-28 18:07

Really fun to play and addictive. Too bad it hasn't anything to do with the theme.
The audio and graphics are really good though

lacaranian 2014-04-28 18:10

A Construct 2 game- don't see a lot of those! This one hits some pretty good vibes- swooping around and avoiding the somewhat neo-digital foes. And everything shakes! Fun.

snooze82 2014-04-28 18:10

yeah, fun to play - love the music <3

lamphj 2014-04-28 18:17

Really loved the game! Graphics are cool and it's fun to play.

szrapnel 2014-04-28 18:26

This ROX!
Super cool game! I wouldn't change anything.
Add features, levels, port to all devices and profit!

victordoval 2014-04-28 22:27

vibrating and stylish!

dylanigan 2014-04-28 22:51

The audio just made it amazing! Love the graphics too!

mattv 2014-04-28 23:00

music is sick, was gonna ask how you made it until I saw you didn't! And yeah not on theme at all, but a fun little game.

taocayo 2014-04-29 00:57

Ok, this was waaaaaaay more fun than I was expecting. The music was in tune with the mechanics. Love the ASCII. Great work!

makatak 2014-04-29 01:29

The controls are so tight and fantastic! It just feels "right". The graphics and VFX are all great, and really give it a great retro arcade feeling!

acehk 2014-04-29 01:31

Yesss. This kind of game is perfect for jams. Fun, fast paced game that anyone can play first try, but there definitely a good skill curve.

shalskar 2014-04-29 01:44

Awesome game, simple but fun and smooth. Well done.

conormn 2014-04-29 03:17

Great style!

theundeadwarrior 2014-04-29 03:39

Wow Amazing audio and graphics! :) I felt like the controls weren't as tight as they should be but I really enjoyed it!

magicrat 2014-04-29 05:34

I definitely like the look of the game, and it feels very retro. Overall, it was a job well done!

snickersnacks 2014-04-29 05:52

Really solid entry, fun to play, the controls feel right. Good job!

invisiblewonder 2014-04-29 06:35

Just rename it geologic explorer and you'll fit the theme! Nice camera shake. Or seismic activity, that is.

tomvert 2014-04-29 11:05

A simple yet nicely polished game, keep up the good work !

bombjack 2014-04-29 11:11

Yeahhhh! Very fun and full of nostalgia. Great job!

hermes 2014-04-29 11:50

Very interresing use of ASCII and I love the music!
Can I ear it somewhere?

kmakai 2014-04-29 12:39

Great game, nice job making the kills feel weight-y.

siewart 2014-04-29 13:17

Awesome graphics! Nice! Audio idem! Easy but fun gameplay :)

theengineers 2014-04-29 13:47

I love ASCII so much.

rnlf 2014-04-29 14:21

Can't stop playing :-) As you say, it doesnt have much to do with the theme, but still a whole lot of fun :D

plasterphantom 2014-04-29 14:38

Smooth controls, I like that.
Like the graphics, Simple bit fit their purpose and that makes
a good balance and a good choice.

But I guess the could have pushed inovation a bit further

mat1er 2014-04-29 14:57

Wouhou! I love it! *favourite*

detective-pixel 2014-04-29 16:05

I like it a lot. I wish there was more variation and maybe some powerups, but other than that, it is great!

eufrik 2014-04-29 16:23

I liked the audio and the art and everything. You did a good job!

beavlgames 2014-04-29 17:58

Tight controls! Autoshoot option maybe? Perhaps spawning indicator make it to easy at the beginning, less time there might heat things up. Nice game overall and fun! Congrats. And hey, that description: “It really has nothing to do with the theme”. Love your honesty, man!

raiyumi 2014-04-29 18:09

I think this is one of the best entries I've play so far gameplay-wise. Super slick and nice controls!

linuus 2014-04-29 19:38

Very nice game! Had a very nice polished feel to it. The graphics were great!

kuchalu 2014-04-29 20:10

The music is fantastic and the gameplay is really fun!

runvs 2014-04-29 20:29

Great game, graphics and sound!

mnemusyne 2014-04-29 22:41

Music was nice, solid game.

jake_cohen 2014-04-30 01:05

This was awesome! The retro graphics and sound, along with the tight gameplay makes for a perfect arcade experience. I really enjoy the way the enemies spawn with a warning, allowing you to exercise your short term memory and multitasking. Fun!

dreii 2014-04-30 07:16

Nice fun gameplay! love the ASCII stuff too, felt like i was back in an arcade!

valandre 2014-04-30 10:15

5 stars in fun!

saintheiser 2014-05-01 06:02

And where is the theme?

fritzendugan 2014-05-02 10:07

Nice bullet hell shooter, plays a lot like geometry wars with ascii graphics, which is fine by me. Really like the visual style and the graphics were executed very well. Music was good, too. Not really seeing the theme in any of this though.

Got pretty repetitive after a while. No power-ups or anything, and seems like there's only 2 types of enemies. Background probably changed colors a little too often.

Solid entry, though! Good job

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-05-02 20:22

Nice little game! Super smooth controls and really nice look and feel. Cant say I see a relation with the theme though....

zerkruemler 2014-05-06 17:28

Nice retro style game. The graphics is cool, but probably because it is only retro-inspired. Sound fits the fast gameplay.

TaoPhoenix 2014-05-08 15:05

Yeah well when fellas go Retro, you "lose" all those million dollar CGI renders but you go back to the games that made us as children.

Especially in a time limited compo/jam, it's a clever trick that can save an entire day if you can polish it enough. I think I'd wish for more than one life here.

But I was slightly too late for pure PET goodness. I'd seen notes about it all here and there, but I grew up on a C128 which was a C64 packaged with a top-layer of easier Basic. But I screen-shot'ed the opening intro! Commodore lives again for one weekend!

TaoPhoenix 2014-05-08 15:36

I will post a different comment that the mere mention of "PETSCII" sparked a 14 page excursion into Wikipedia! I only knew the C64/128 "as is", and except for a couple of times I peeked at all this, I didn't know much of anything about the earlier models. My father had a choice on what to buy, he was smart enough to know "computers are the future", but he waited to buy a pair of C64 and later C128.

actionremix 2014-05-09 19:55

27159 - world record! : O

jorgemoag 2014-05-14 13:46

I love this genre, very arcade-style! The graphics and audios work very well.

rincewind_cz 2014-05-19 13:43

Controls are fine, nice graphics and it has overall quality.. Next time try to include the theme into your entry and it's gonna be really good ;-)