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Ascent

By sstrandberg

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness353
Innovation1283.78
Fun1893.52
Overall2783.47
Mood3523.22
Graphics4623.30
Audio6262.63
Humor9241.90
Theme11992.02

Comments

greg-anims 2014-04-28 01:11

ay yo dis is sum ballin ass game son! just 2hard4school if u feel me

benmcnelly 2014-04-28 04:06

The learning curve is high, but it was a lot of fun once I got a few runs at it.

conormn 2014-04-28 05:03

Neat look n feel. Controls were a bit hard, but I didn't mind it.

perry 2014-04-28 09:51

So I think I'll be one of the few who actually finished this... Twice. So that says something about the game. The design was really good, level design was pretty darn great, I took a run at doing some sections in reverse and they're a lot funner going down than up. Going fast in this game felt good, I've told you this already, but I have to emphasize it. If you ever revisit these mechanics I think they'd make a decent "Descent" game.

mrpiglet 2014-04-28 12:23

This s really interesting, but I really need some easy intro terrain to get a feel for the controls, it's just toooo weird.

zazibar 2014-04-28 16:22

Like others I had some issues with the controls, very interesting entry though.

kmakai 2014-04-28 16:26

This was fun and interesting, you might want to double check your FPS controller, turning in the air caused me to have a (somewhat) permanent "roll" rotation, which was cool in the air but seemed odd/hard to work with on the ground. Good job!

chris-mondok 2014-04-28 16:29

This game is really cool, but it could use a less technical course. As a beginner, it was not an ideal environment to grasp the controls / feel.

evilion 2014-04-28 17:03

Very good feeling in this one, the flow is efficient and hard to master !

sstrandberg 2014-04-28 18:41

Thanks for the comments so far!

kmakai: this is intended behaviour. you can use Q and E to correct the roll.

Jonathan and Chris: You're absolutely correct, I just sort of ran out of time and chose to make the course I made as interesting as possible instead.

kyledaudio 2014-04-28 18:59

The sounds communicate information really well in this game. It's also really cool and fun! Great job!

designernap 2014-04-28 19:11

Had fun with this game until I got stuck. Hit a wall and couldn't seem to get past it. I would love to spend the time mastering this so will come back to it once I played some of the many other LD entries! Great execution though and looks awesome.

crawler-studios 2014-04-28 22:17

Controls are pretty different than most games, but that's awesome. Very fun game and very challenging. The game has great ascetics but low geometry, but that doesn't take away from the fun. Great job with this, really enjoyed playing it.

seraphicmedia 2014-04-28 23:13

Wow, it was super hard at first but really awesome!

cosinep 2014-04-28 23:56

Love the style, REALLY COOL mechanic. Really fun. But. So. Hard.

darkflamejam 2014-04-29 08:17

Quite a difficult game! But teh gliding mechanic is quite fun... the take off needs a bit of work

pitoum 2014-04-29 09:18

Everything is cool in this!
Thanks a lot for bringing me some challenge right in the morning :D
The feeling is so neat!

martinysa0311 2014-04-29 10:47

great game & excelent idea.

martinysa0311 2014-04-29 13:20

great game & good comcept.

saintheiser 2014-04-29 15:38

Very and very strange controls...
Can't find any links with theme...

gnutek 2014-04-29 18:22

Very challanging! There should be more red plates near the start :) Overall a nice fresh runner game :)

meedoc 2014-05-01 12:47

The best physics I've seen for a while! It's impressive how you embrace the avatar after failing several times!

romankornev 2014-05-01 12:48

Amazed by the game! So unique and innovative! The idea of conserving momentum while still trying to turn is very challenging! You should totally develop this concept more!
The only thing I dislike is that the gameplay feels kinda slow. It has to be more fast-paced.
10/10 anyways!

chronodrax 2014-05-01 14:28

The feels :
1) wtf I'm falling
2) how am I supposed to do this ???
3) Oh ok this is how it works... ouch damn wall
4) wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this is so much fun !!! oh I missed that platform. oops.
5) nailed it ! 16 min >_<"
I've tried to speedrun this again today and finally got a highscore of 06:15:79 !
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?attachment_id=358795
This game is the best race-style game I've played in years! Thank you so much !!

chronodrax 2014-05-01 16:03

There's a sortcut near the beginning which can make you gain like 20 seconds : instead of going through the 4-5 successive holes turning to the right, use your speed to go directly up and on the right, on the last platform used to gain speed and reach the far inclined platforms :) you may lack some speed if not done correctly though :p

rincewind_cz 2014-05-01 17:21

Wow! Great racing game here! Too hard for me, but still .. i was trying at least for 20 minutes.. Good job!

baykush_figtree 2014-05-02 00:55

Where is the "Trippiness" field for apropriate rating?
I might need a few pills.

moonmagic 2014-05-02 04:15

KSHHHHhhhhhaaaaaaaa during the first banked turn through gateways is a tremendous feeling, sound in ears when Success Jump is exhilarating Dream Feeling. Played for too long.

guimonpa 2014-05-02 16:32

Really tricky at first, but great fun once you get the hang of it, nice concept!

mintarcade 2014-05-04 20:38

Strange controls, but I like the ambiance of the game - very promising.

withoutpillow 2014-05-11 11:31

okay, this was a bit tricky, and hard, and i can't say i got very far, but it's an innovative runner/platformer.

derosa 2014-05-19 13:45

Pretty fun but a bit frustrating sometimes. It took me a good amount of tries to get past the first zone!

5elephants 2014-05-19 14:35

It took me some time to understand the gameplay, it's a little bit difficult to get the point of the controls, but the game shows lots of potential and imagination! Congrats!