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Infinite Island

By andrewjamesadams

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness275
Innovation1163.82
Graphics1393.91
Theme2123.66
Overall3083.44
Fun5173.06
Humor6062.37
Audio7042.48
Mood8222.69

Comments

madjackmcmad 2014-04-28 02:56

Pretty cool! The "press Q and E" instructions were off the bottom of my screen the first time I played, all I could do was click blocks and make them go away! Once I figured it out I had fun.

kevincorrigan 2014-04-28 02:58

Nice, after I played for a bit I was messing with the menu and was able to get all the cubes on the menu to disappear.

stevesalmond 2014-04-28 02:59

Awesome job! Love the concept, and great presentation too. Stirling work.

atomic_swerve 2014-04-28 03:01

Love the idea, just wish the controls were a little tighter. Try setting velocities directly rather than using that super gradual addforce.

jugglerrob 2014-04-28 03:01

I like the fail messages :)

It took a minute to understand, but the concept is good and fun. My only two complaints would be that the controls feel a little bit slippery and enemies don't die when they walk on lava.

I think the isometric camera angle works really good in this game.

joeprogram 2014-04-28 03:05

I loved your style, but I had a hard time understanding which blocks I could remove. As best as I can tell, it's the blocks that are rotated to be at the top of the screen. If you could make the game screen a little smaller too - I missed some of the instructions because the Unity Window was larger than my browser window.

minism 2014-04-28 03:11

Fits the theme really well, love the innovation and the style, the only downside is the lag on the controls. Really nice work.

ruerob 2014-04-28 03:16

Good job, the only two things I could complain are the the screen resolution and the slippery controlls. But I think I could get used to that.

skencer 2014-04-28 04:01

fun game, however, the momentum to move and while moving left me feeling a little bit helpless.

andrewjamesadams 2014-04-28 04:14

Thanks everyone. I'll address the issues immediately.

careforceone 2014-04-28 04:14

I loved it.

brian-corr 2014-04-28 04:23

I had a problem playing the web version. The textmeshes are not displaying properly and the browser slows down. Sorry but I couldn't get it running on chrome.

nanolotl 2014-04-28 07:18

Really liked the simple graphical style.
It seems like it would have been fun if not for the incredibly slippery controls.

paperblurt 2014-04-28 08:27

This really impressed me.
Both gameplay wise and when it comes to pixels!

primaerfunktion 2014-04-28 09:51

I really like the concept and the visuals. The movement feels really off though. Anyways: That's a great game you've made here!

glint-games 2014-04-28 11:18

I find the controls slightly unresponsive, I think the friction on the player is too high. Which is frustrating because it is difficult to avoid the bombs. It would be more fun if the player could move quicker from a standstill.

priorblue 2014-04-28 11:27

Nice art stile, but the control is a bit imprecise.

split82 2014-04-28 12:40

Very cool concept and execution.

conormn 2014-04-28 12:44

Great idea. Would really love to play this with tighter controls. Keep at it :)

hypnohustla 2014-04-28 13:14

Really really cool game. I wish the controls were a bit smoother but I just learned myself that it's easier said than done. :D Love the aesthetics. Beautiful design!

andrewjamesadams 2014-04-28 15:11

##BUG FIX UPDATE ##################
Fixed
- resolution issues with the web / build versions being too large. The game now runs in 640 squared (not 1024 squared)
- instructions should now be visible in all builds
- removed latency issues with player controls and tightened player movement.

matthias_zarzecki 2014-04-28 19:17

Well this is marvellous. Love the 3d-setup and the mechanics, and all the different types of block that come up :)

dreii 2014-04-28 19:51

Really nice and interesting idea! goes for some immersive gameplay! also allways love that low res 3d style!

huruey 2014-04-28 20:06

Love the 3D projection style and animation. Nice work!

increpare 2014-04-28 23:04

liked the look of this

lostautumnguy 2014-04-29 01:17

Great presentation, controls are a little stiff, but otherwise great concept!

edibletoaster 2014-04-29 09:03

Pretty cool. Controls were a bit tough to work with. Is progress tracked by number of coins collected? Maybe it should track depth?

romankornev 2014-04-29 09:39

Very cool art style and blocks variety! Although not a lot of things to do. Try making levels finite and set some sort of goal or challenge or achievements.
There is some strange delay in movement. I think it's due to the fact that you compare keyboard axis input to 1 instead of zero.
Good work after all!

mflux 2014-04-29 10:06

Not sure what I'm doing but the instructions at the beginning really threw me off. The controls felt a bit sluggish as well. I enjoyed the aesthetics a lot, they were simple, although with the exception to lava, didn't really play into the game.

danidre14 2014-04-29 11:19

Had not really to do with the theme. But I guess you tried.

mandlebar 2014-04-29 13:40

Really cool concept well executed and looks great too! Well done!

soupwithbits 2014-04-29 13:41

Looks so fresh and clean! And I love the gameplay!

kragnir 2014-04-29 13:56

Controls are quite unresponsive and overall the game is lacking content. It looks great though.

superyoshi 2014-04-29 14:12

Loved the style and gameplay, had me replaying for a while! Only problem I had was enemies being pushed around by sand blocks right below them, and killing me while I expected they'd stay in their location for a bit.

tannernetwork 2014-04-29 14:59

Pretty good!

simon_simon 2014-04-29 16:01

[Pyrofoux]

I found the global style of the game (cubes, art, gameplay) very lovely. I have the feeling that this could be something really great.

kristof 2014-04-29 16:55

Very nice minimalistic art style. The game is pretty hard, but I had fun playing it.

botreats 2014-04-29 18:29

Nice graphics, a really cool idea, and I like the way in which the controls were presented. The controls themselves felt a bit finicky (had to press space a few times before the game started, movement didn't always happen) but I liked this game a lot.

martinysa0311 2014-04-29 22:01

excelent art. I really enjoy playing.

mrx 2014-04-30 08:28

Really cool idea and a lot of fun to play, but the movement could definitely use work. I ended up accidentally scooting into lava way too many times. This could be a really fun, multiple quick sessions kinda game.

charimation 2014-04-30 15:22

A really cool game! :D Took me a few minutes to get used to the controls, but as soon as I'd gotten those figured out, I really enjoyed it :) The fail messages are brilliant too xD

detocroix 2014-04-30 16:36

Controls were a bit floaty and rotation didn't feel very useful or essential. Very nice entry overall, really liked the graphics and it was fun to play :)

slader16 2014-04-30 16:54

Kind of like Starseed Pilgrim, I like it!

saintheiser 2014-05-01 06:33

Inspiring concept, man!
It working pretty slow for me. And sometimes glitchy. But if you polish this game, it will be cool!

_rilem 2014-05-01 07:43

Cool game with a great graphical style. It was pretty hard at first but I kept getting better. But oh how I wanted a jump button. xD A bit lacking on the audio but that's completely understandable. :)

gamertaters 2014-05-01 09:59

Really cool game. Loved the Bomberman vibe I got from playing it. A little frustrating when the tall blocks pop up out of the ground, obscuring your movements in behind them. Other than that small issue, I had fun messing around with this one. Nice look and presentation too. Great idea for the menu system. Solid work.

thegrieve 2014-05-01 15:00

Beautifully presented, simple to pick up, and fun to play, but a little fidgety in movement. Would love to see it expanded upon.

caranha 2014-05-01 16:02

That is a very cool concept, I liked it! The controls were a bit "Sticky", which made it difficult to play, but if you can solve that, this would be a great game. Also some calming music would go nicely with this game.

Thanks for the game!

seconddimension 2014-05-01 17:03

Really nice design and game mechanic, love the visual style. Just didn't totally understand how to play it.

frickajr 2014-05-01 20:04

interesting mechanics. . . but the delay in the input is bad

petrih 2014-05-02 08:08

I like the concept! Love the graphics, looks professional.

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-05-02 20:26

Love the concept and the art but not the execution. Controls are frustrating and the game lacks rythm. A bit of polishing and you'll have a great fun game!

mventurelli 2014-05-03 01:52

Incredibly cool core gameplay idea you have there, you should definitely develop it further. Very stiff controls and the worst sound ever does not hinder what is an excellent entry, congratulations :)

ehtd 2014-05-03 15:06

Nice game, but I was not sure what is the end game goal if there is one.

lightsoda 2014-05-04 20:17

Looks really nice, not entirely sure what the goal is.

If you put down bombs as fast as possible, you can consistently dig yourself into a hole.

rincewind_cz 2014-05-05 14:08

Movement is bit weird, and that sound when you rotate the cube was very irritating :) Otherwise it's nice to have 3d-bomberman style game!

cakencode 2014-05-06 01:44

Pretty rad game! Nice concept, and I had fun playing. The controls felt a bit stiff, and it took me a while to figure out how to start playing the game. Everytime I pressed "Space", nothing would happen. I soon figured it was because I was selecting the wrong block, but I wasn't really sure how I knew. Otherwise, I think it's lovely and looks great!

catman 2014-05-08 16:54

Cool idea, nice novel tak on the usual mining gameplay!! Good job!

zeh 2014-05-09 19:21

WASD movement is strange. Felt a bit clunky (too smoothed out?)

Regardless: what a beautiful, beautiful game. I'm impressed. Brilliant idea, and execution. This has promise. Well done!

minibutmany 2014-05-09 23:03

This is really awesome, 5 star mood. The movement was a little bit glitchy, but other than that everything was perfect.

georgebroussard 2014-05-10 13:19

Interesting idea and very very well presented. I would certainly keep working on it and see where it goes.