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Sandworm Rampage

By bchan

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Fun1893.52
Theme3763.46
Overall4593.27
Humor4832.53
Innovation7412.81
Audio7572.35
Mood9522.53
Graphics9722.52
Coolness154745

Comments

drmelon 2014-04-28 06:11

Interesting variation on the classic Snake genre! :D

colorvade 2014-04-28 06:12

Oh man I love sandworms. I thought this was quite enjoyable, the simple rules and the way the action picks up consistently make it easy to get into.

ky533541 2014-04-28 06:13

Some nice modifications on the classic snake formula, I liked the little +10/+30 text things that fade out. I also liked the little red projectiles. Nice job!

fasox 2014-04-28 06:23

Nice game, sadly the controls doesnt responds always at time...

bchan 2014-04-28 07:01

Yeah, I am throttling the input very slightly. The intent was to reduce the likelihood of the worm colliding with itself when the player does a U-turn. Not sure that was the wisest decision!

gikdew 2014-04-28 07:07

Lol that worm is really big! :)

joeprogram 2014-04-28 13:54

Great take on the game of snake! The burrowing mechanic feels good - it's really fun to sneak up on one of the purple shooters and jump out of the ground at the last second. I would have loved something that helped to establish the mood of the game - maybe some rampaging death metal in the background, screaming or fleeing people, a close-up shot of the worm for a title screen, or something along those lines. Nice work!

papygaragos 2014-04-28 17:07

That mechanic is a great addition to the genre, I am surprise I never saw something like this before. +1 for innovation :)

georgebroussard 2014-04-28 21:28

This is great! It's super fun to manage the purple shooters with the health and eating people. There's a great game and mechanic here for sure. Could see something like this doing well on mobile. It's the right size. This is a great effort for LD and 48 hours. Very complete experience. Nice ramp up in difficulty, too.

tentativedibs 2014-04-29 02:23

That's fun bchan! I like the flow / powerups / and bullets. You could make the time underground limited to make it harder / shorter..

xhunterko 2014-04-29 08:50

Nice implementation of a classic!

mrleeperry 2014-04-29 21:04

Dig it... I always LOVE a game that operates of different levels like that, with submarine type "leaving" of one plane of play. That was really really cool. I could see that as a prototype for a full game easily. Reaaaally nice!!!

mrleeperry 2014-04-29 21:04

Also, can't really do more for the theme than that was!

thorig 2014-04-30 13:46

Nice idea and a good follow up for snake.

minism 2014-05-01 05:52

Really solid game actually, I like the combination of guys shooting at you within the context of snake. Nice job

dustoutgames 2014-05-05 01:08

This was good! It's been a long time since I've seen someone make a reference or variation to Snake. You took something old, and gave it a very effective new twist. I'd say this was a great success.