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Project Nether

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme4083.43
Graphics4283.35
Mood6812.87
Fun8072.74
Innovation8962.61
Overall9712.74
Coolness154745

Comments

thepattybeast 2014-04-28 02:04

does not respond to input - space does not launch rocket
Windows 8.1
Java 1.7.0_40

unixxnova 2014-04-28 15:30

Keys are not working

syben 2014-04-28 15:58

Windows 7, Java 1.7, keys not working too

smikulcik 2014-04-28 16:29

Had to press space to start rocket before doing anything else or the rocket never started. Once underground, controls were ok.

I like the 'refuel' as you dig part. The lava patches came up quickly.

The score did not make much sense if you just burrow back and forth near the surface, you gain a ton of fuel and lots of points.

Linux - Ubuntu 13 - open jdk 7

cr2crstudios 2014-04-30 00:52

No glitches here. . . good job on the game! :D

eugman 2014-05-01 00:50

Unresponsive to keys, windows 7, java 1.7.0

dreii 2014-05-01 03:49

No bugs that I could see, but there diddn't seem to be an end goal? Liked it otherwise, nice graphics and controls!

exergy 2014-05-01 18:16

I got the bug that if you change direction of your rocket before launching it would not work, other than that, no bugs that i could notice! Good work.

druid 2014-05-02 08:53

does not respond to input too

td1801 2014-05-03 10:03

Nice game without the bug described above. :)

zorfmorf 2014-05-03 10:18

Worked fine on archlinux.

spaceoff 2014-05-03 10:37

Love the concept, collecting the fuel and gems was pretty satisfying too. The magma really forced you to slow down though, slowing the pace of the game.

Also, the input ignored bug occured to me the first time I ran it, seems to do with unfocusing the window, it ignores input after that.

greatbigjerk 2014-05-03 11:45

The game doesn't do anything on OSX. It just sits there with the drill animation playing.

fox_in_sox 2014-05-03 12:27

Sadly, I can't play either. I have Windows 7, 64-bit OS.

fgm 2014-05-03 13:47

Pretty cool. You might want to limit the angle to somewhat downward because you can actually just go horizontally. Also maybe an invert option? lol I kept going the opposite direction.

konrad-zegis 2014-05-03 14:22

On windows 7, and java 1.7.0_03 it stops responding to input keys after clicking on game screen. Doesn't matter when I clicced - just after starting, while digging - it always blocks input. Only restart helps.

Some thoughts:
- Score should grow only when you go deeper underground.
- Short tutorial would be great. At first I didn't know what should I hit to regain fuel.
- More tiles! Ex. water that slows down ;)

And although I don't like this kind of games, I think your idea have potential as mobile.

delca 2014-05-03 14:26

A nice little game, which could be even better with some audio. I understand that the lack of time can be quite limiting though. Good job!

danbo 2014-05-10 12:03

It's a shame about the input bug, but at least you know about it and flagged it up.

Fun little game. You seem to have given some thought to the general progression, a consideration not usually given to LD entries. You start out with a lot of fuel lying around so you can really get into things quickly, then eventually lava starts to appear in small amounts, eventually ramping up.

Good job

jaj 2014-05-10 16:23

This is a good start! The game looks good already!