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Beneath the Surface: Monkeys story

By doser_42

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness282
Humor2342.94
Graphics5942.77
Innovation5982.51
Theme6052.63
Audio6331.93
Fun6742.26
Mood7022.19
Overall7262.32

Comments

nelly 2014-04-28 22:33

It was really frightfully for me)

cosinep 2014-04-28 22:35

Why do I keep exploding randomly? Textures are a bit odd. Controls are awkward with Keyboard / Mouse.

devwouter 2014-04-28 22:37

Seems like a decent idea, but the fact that I'm forced to play with the joystick thing on the right doesn't make it an enjoyable experience.

lamphj 2014-04-28 22:38

Nice graphics and controls. There are a lot of mines so I didn't make it to the end :)

xtanner-danielsx 2014-04-28 22:38

Its hilarious having monkeys blow up left and right! Awesome game!

smilingcat 2014-04-28 23:36

Exploding monkeys are always fun, though I couldn't really use my powerups because my mouse cursor was tied up working the onscreen joystick.

tomcooper3d 2014-04-29 00:11

cant tell when im gonna explode ahah but it was a great effect

darkmeatgames 2014-04-29 00:13

I liked that you remembered where the mines were, but wished they were more spread out. Controls on keyboard/mouse weren't very good.

raiyumi 2014-04-29 17:05

Controls could use a lot of work. It seems more for touch-based gaming, but it's an interesting and weird game. (In a good way). :)

daandruff 2014-04-29 19:47

Would be nice to be able to have some kind of chance against the mines. And the controls is terrible. Why no arrow keys?

mclewis 2014-04-29 19:48

The onscreen controls seem like it would be great for mobile, but for PC it was slightly frustrating. Other than that I thought it was pretty fun, although there were a crap ton of mines.

mcburrobit 2014-04-29 19:51

With an otherwise finished visual style, the stretched textures really stick out. I also didn't feel like I knew what I was doing, it seemed that I just randomly blew up. Other than that, a very solid game, could easily see this for sale on mobile platforms with just a little bit of polish.

javifugitivo 2014-05-01 23:04

Looool! Nice red ass! Muehehehe Thats really fun.

0creds 2014-05-01 23:07

Thought the game was fun, but it doesn't seem as though there is a way for me to strategically estimate where the mines might be. Good Job.

nizar89 2014-05-02 11:11

As theire is no sign at all on where the mines are, I felt like random is everything here. I died more than 10 times on the first 5 sec.

Still, the special effects are cool!

lowcade 2014-05-02 14:56

That is cruel!
This is really hard to play the keyboard ...
But I liked the idea, animations and the pile of dead monkeys :)

cdk 2014-05-02 15:06

couldn't play as lack of joystick - why not add keyboard controls as well? to widen your audience?

zorfmorf 2014-05-03 08:44

linux version 404's

zorfmorf 2014-05-03 08:46

I just noticed that it's just two times the regular link in a row, so easily fixable

gamertaters 2014-05-03 09:01

Liked the explosions effect. I just wish I understood why I kept blowing up all the time. Controls were a little strange too. Interesting idea though.

doser_42 2014-05-03 09:02

linux link was updated

zorfmorf 2014-05-03 09:08

Played it all the way to the end! Lots of dead monkeys (around 30 I think). I definitely like your take on the theme.

- It would be more fun if you could have any indication where the mines are. Maybe a small red dot so if you pay attention you can avoid a mine?
- The controls are quite difficult.
- What do the other two abilites on the left do? I can click them but they don't seem to have any effect. Oh and it would be useful it the cooldown for jump would reset on death.

pietro-ferrantelli 2014-05-07 18:33

Love it ! I really enjoyed it :) Good job !

badpaul34 2014-05-08 17:57

Hmmm. It is very frustrating ! I like the monkeys ass ^^

martin_monosys 2014-05-08 20:53

Pretty bad you cant' really see the mines, that onscreen joystick had me running around in circles, too... don't know what else to say, sorry...

hermes 2014-05-17 16:20

Controls are pretty hard and a bit frustrating