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Surface Tension

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness354
Mood793.83
Graphics914.06
Fun1093.69
Overall1163.76
Audio2023.39
Innovation3203.41
Humor4152.64
Theme6763.13

Comments

millerman 2014-04-28 07:31

Simple, but effective and fun to play :) I got a score of 974.

druid 2014-04-28 11:42

Pretty relaxing game :)

mugwort 2014-04-28 12:04

this is my favorite game so far. beautiful pixels, atmosphere and style. a game, distilled.

allurious 2014-04-28 13:12

Loved this!! It's simple but pretty addictive and relaxing. The graphics were nice and loved the ambient soundtrack-- great job!

reinkout 2014-04-28 13:12

This was great, imagine that a guy throwing rocks could be this much fun!

zedutchgandalf 2014-04-28 13:13

This is a simple, beautiful game. I felt like an idiot after waiting for twenty seconds at the start because I thought something was going to happen (because of the "Press UP to skip") :P

darkflamejam 2014-04-28 13:13

Simple, Fun, Releaxing. Brilliant game!

jools64 2014-04-28 13:15

Very atmospheric and relaxing game. I really like it. The graphics where beautiful and the sounds fit the game perfectly. The game-play was a little simple but solid.

Great work!

gagapete 2014-04-28 21:30

Very polished game, after playing a bunch of minimalistic games it is nice go see such a detailed pixel art. Currently at 213 meters but I will work on it.
The skip sound is a bit to loud, had not heard the ambient first since I had to turn volume down.

sugarbyte 2014-04-29 02:36

This is lovely! Great choices on color palette and sounds, just pitch-perfect and beautifully simple.

rnlf 2014-04-29 08:58

580m :-)
5 perfect skips right at the beginning made my stone fly off-screen :D

It looks really beautiful as well. Only point of critique is that there is no real progression in difficulty (or none that I could detect at least). One of the coolest games for me so far!

benjamin-soule 2014-04-29 10:40

My best is 158. It's getting easier when you realize you can focus on the collision with your reflect instead of the collision with the surface.

Also I think it would be better if you scroll your parallax in reverse when you go back to your position. Even if you dont go through all the real distance. Just a bit would work great.

karmalis 2014-04-29 11:25

Really simple concept, yet entertaining by loads. Very solid work, loving the subtle sounds and graphics as well. I liked it. Really. Though it seems I'm not as good as other people. Got a 186 with 4 perfect skips. Well, there's room to practice.

Jeremias 2014-04-29 11:28

A fun and addictive game. My highest score was 227. Visuals and audio fit to the relaxing gameplay. Well done!

pixel_3 2014-04-29 23:10

Relaxing and addictive is a funny combination but it works well here. I only got a higbscore of 156 but with a perfect x3 combo I feel pretty good about the score. I'll be sure to work on it though.

~AlucardX60

dustoutgames 2014-04-30 05:23

Oh man, this was great. I love seeing an entry that isn't afraid to be simple. You picked a thing, and you did it really really well. This was so relaxing, I'm keeping it in my "kill some time" folder on my desktop.

frozencow 2014-04-30 09:27

Simple but very well executed. The ambient sounds give it a great chill atmosphere and the graphics are nice and consistent.

gamepopper 2014-04-30 16:39

Neat, very simple and effective. I'm much better at this game than skipping stones though.

jonapulse 2014-04-30 19:54

Great. Simple. Clever. Fun. Relaxing. Adjective.

papygaragos 2014-05-01 11:46

Nice entry! I love small scope games that feels complete and polished like this one. Bookmarked

ithildin 2014-05-01 15:37

Great job! A simple, fitting concept that works wonderfully, very polished.

Congrats!

mintarcade 2014-05-01 18:41

Great game, well made considering time limit. Nice visuals.

aaronjbaptiste 2014-05-01 18:51

So relaxing, felt like I was really there. That feel when you get perfect - oh yeahhhh.

lost-king 2014-05-01 22:25

An actually neat idea for the theme. Could totally see myself sinking way too much time into this just to get a really bad high score.

anglerteamgames 2014-05-02 19:37

The mood and theme here are excellent. Everything ties together in a simple and elegant fashion to evoke the experience of a fall day in the woods. It left me wanting more.

I would have liked for the 'skip' sound effect to better match the ambient sound, though, as it took me a little 'out of the zone'.

jupiter_hadley 2014-05-03 05:09

Simple but great game! Love the graphics. I included it in part 10 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/vjBlRj2wHy8

tanner101010 2014-05-09 04:31

Absolutely wonderful game! The visuals, audio, and gameplay are all well done.