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Volcano Dave

By acehk

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness350
Graphics1983.79
Humor3432.78
Fun3723.25
Overall3723.36
Mood5303.00
Audio5342.81
Theme6593.15
Innovation7832.74

Comments

dustoutgames 2014-04-28 03:36

I see a lot of potential here. Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I couldn't seem to get past that first switchback.

danman9914 2014-04-28 03:37

Very difficult right off the bat! Nice graphics and animation

acehk 2014-04-28 03:46

It is extremely difficult. I was low on time so I knew I wouldn't be able to make a long game with lots of levels, so I went for 1 really tough level. You know what they say: Difficulty over Quantity. Anyway, it is beatable. I managed to beat it after about 25 failed attempts.

teampurpledolphins 2014-04-29 01:22

Good feel, though the controls are certainly tricky to master. Excellent animations and graphics. Enjoyed the 3D side-scroller format.

jayemjee 2014-04-29 01:33

...oy. This one's rough. The overall look is very well done, however, it's really, really hard. *Too* hard. Controls are a little stiff, and there's no indicator as to how long you can stay aloft.

sugarbyte 2014-04-29 01:39

First game to make me laugh out loud with joy! So much fun, nice job :)

vdogamez 2014-04-29 01:43

This game feels really nice to play, even though I keep missing the jumps. The game's very hard. The graphics have a charm to them.

acehk 2014-04-29 01:47

@jayemjee: agree on all the criticisms. I had very little time to actual test the game. I spent most of Saturday night trying to get swinging rope physics to work, then gave up and swapped to jetpack on Sunday.

phobos001 2014-04-29 02:07

Very difficult, but so satisfying when you do beat it. I don't know why you made an idle animation though, because if you stop for even a nanosecond you DIE.

perfect-victim 2014-04-29 19:57

HARD but verrrry addictive!

stepperz 2014-04-29 20:03

I tried and failed about 30 times. It's impressive how addictive a difficult game can be!! I might just go and play it again :)

tacs 2014-04-29 20:07

Found it very hard but still fun to play :)

javadocmd 2014-04-30 08:00

Haha, tough, but fun. Very nice graphics. Adding a glow effect to the lava might help to make it "feel" hot.

rylgh 2014-04-30 09:02

christ that's tough. better too tough than too easy, though

gamepopper 2014-04-30 16:37

Well animated, good graphics. Fun simple platformer right here.

2014-04-30 18:45

Fourth try! I do feel like beating it was an accomplishment, though.

shatley123 2014-05-01 06:54

hilariously awesome

clearlyspam23 2014-05-01 14:00

"Found it very hard"

bentog 2014-05-01 23:52

After about a thousand tries, I completed it! Maybe you should make it gradually become more difficult and have a bigger level. I mean, you have to play for a long time to win as it is, but the time you win takes less than a minute of playing. The graphics were impressive for the particles and the fact that the character has animation. Would be a lot less frustrating if the character had no friction. Hey, we both made platformer games where you have to escape a volcano!

acehk 2014-05-02 01:32

@bentog - Woo Volcanoes! I wish I had more time to make multiple levels or a longer level with a difficulty curve. As far as friction goes, I don't even know how, but there is 0 sliding in Unity, yet the web player, the ground feels a lot more slippery. No idea why tbh D:

acehk 2014-05-02 01:33

in the web player*