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In search of an Artist

By suurin

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness360
Audio1823.48
Humor2972.76
Fun3882.97
Graphics4653.15
Mood4872.86
Overall4913.00
Innovation5062.70
Theme6292.55

Comments

v26 2014-04-29 12:26

Really like the animations in this, reminded me a bit of 2D version of one must fall. Monsters also looked awesome but they didn't shoot / move fast enough. Nice look overall.

archaeometrician 2014-04-29 12:28

Nice ! The animation of the character and enemies are beautiful ! The music is awesome too :D Thanks for the soundtrack link :)

zeta 2014-04-29 13:04

That is one hell of a technobeat! The animation on the character is really nice and well executed

franklins-ghost 2014-04-29 13:06

Liked the simple designs and the run animation was done well.

starfeesh 2014-04-29 13:11

Great animations, especially the run animation. Platforming was a bit hard at times with collision, but overall it had a really nice look and feel.

baykush_figtree 2014-04-29 13:11

So, i really like the visuals and the whole pointing and shooting mechanics, i think it would suit really well for a megaman-like pc game.
That said,
- the "run" button was unnecessary, running should be the default movement since there is no need to walk slowly during the game
- besides the turret, no enemies ever did me any harm
- returning to the starting point as a punishing mechanic only works if you force the player to repeat the same steps (even tough usually i'm against this kind of stuff, but it's a design decision). Making the player walk every single pixel again just because he lost, while all the quest items and enemies are gone is just a boring thing to do :(

Oh, and i like the music. Kudos on that one too.

aomeas 2014-04-29 13:28

Well, it's beautiful and it has a good music, but platforming is really hard with that stick man.

pinktreeleaf 2014-04-29 15:37

like the line art style, but that first jump was impossible for me.

radmars 2014-04-29 15:44

great start! i like the characters. Their animations were great. I think my only major pain point was the controls, movement is a bit too sluggish and the jump is too floaty. nice job.

wheelsx 2014-04-29 15:51

This is a pretty awesome game. The line art is awesome, and the sound is good. The story seems pretty decent (given the short amount of time to write it). However there are a few flaws, the biggest being the controls being a little clunky and non responsive. Running should be default, and holding to right click is a bit pointless.

cirrial 2014-04-29 16:44

Really liked the style going on here, sparse graphics animated well looks stylish as hell. Music is good too, gameplay a little clunky though. Everything feels a bit too... clunky, I guess? Too physically real, almost.

aaronjbaptiste 2014-04-29 20:22

Cool story and unique art style. The controls were a bit tricky (shift to run and space to jump), up (or W) for jump would have probably been easier on my fingers. Well done bro!

dustoutgames 2014-04-30 05:20

Great music, and interesting graphics. I didn't quite see the need for 2 different movement speeds, but the game was a fun playthrough.

yword 2014-04-30 12:58

The music is pretty cool! But the controls is quite difficult, and faster movement will be better.

infectionteam 2014-05-01 10:59

Very cool work on the run animation and general art-style. Pacing of the gameplay and controls needs some finetuning however. Pretty cool overall!

smilingcat 2014-05-01 11:04

The visuals were nice, crisp and stark. I agree with what baykush_figtree said about the inputs, in addition, it took me a while to figure out I had a double jump (I see it in the instructions now, but had just glanced over them before playing).

konrad-zegis 2014-05-03 13:52

I really like stickman sprite, and animation. It reminds me of rayman :)
Some thoughts
- Too bad that first enemy just pushes me around, but cannot make me fall from platform or sth.
- I think that puck-up button is unnecessary. After all I must pick up all parts...

matthias_zarzecki 2014-05-04 06:45

Ha, love the artstyle!