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Beneath the Trolls

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness357
Overall563.92
Fun723.81
Graphics724.19
Audio1033.64
Theme1573.75
Mood2493.41
Humor3682.73
Innovation4233.25

Comments

superdolfy 2014-04-28 00:23

Nice pixel art and music

kevinvdburgt 2014-04-28 00:29

Wow, nice art !

filecorrupted 2014-04-28 00:35

I love the Art, Music is great, Its Super Addictive, and the movement is smooth. This is probably going to be my favorite Ludum Dare entry this time around

nerdybirdy346 2014-04-28 00:50

Ahhh now that was fun! I love the art in this!

skencer 2014-04-28 00:54

Awesome game, I love the click to dash mechanic. after I got the rockets I decided to try to get through levels without using them. Boy was that a challenge.

conno1234 2014-04-28 01:00

Great game, i like the movement and how fluid the gameplay is.

pete_h 2014-04-28 01:12

Really enjoyable experience! Simple and addictive mechanic combined with a really nice art style. Music is fammiliar though ;) Good job!

tamik 2014-04-28 01:17

Really Cool! I like the flying movement! =D

weebeez 2014-04-28 01:24

Pretty solid! I had a lot of fun with the jumping. I would always make sure that I had a stylish finish through the end of the level with a jump/dash. Totally got stuck in a rock one though. I was falling through one of the red platforms and one of the enemies stepped on the button pushing me into the wall. I was able to dash out of it, but figured I'd let you know.

karmalis 2014-04-28 01:28

Really impressive, I didn't even notice myself going on with level by level. Nice one!

pyrogames 2014-04-28 01:29

Why does he faceplant when he jumps?

zeh 2014-04-28 01:30

Very well done.

rogberth 2014-04-28 01:55

Very well done, fast and easy to understand. Nice graphics and music. You will probably be a finalist. Congratulations.

meishijie 2014-04-28 01:55

Nice game.

zanenga 2014-04-28 01:57

Great game! The art is pretty nice. Music and sound as well.

halbernacht 2014-04-28 02:01

Really enjoyed myself. Really dug the graphics and the music. The jump mechanic was a little clunky, but considering the time frame that's really impressive.

jeffalisk 2014-04-28 02:09

Amazed by the graphics, music and number of levels you've managed to squeeze out of the 48 hours. Really impressive stuff!

shivanhunter 2014-04-28 02:09

Audio, graphics, and gameplay play well together. Very fun and replayable.

Bactopiad 2014-04-28 02:10

I liked the music and the art! Gameplay was great as well.

gresponapps 2014-04-28 02:10

Awesome!!

clinthoney 2014-04-28 02:10

Love it! Have not played a game like this before.

deadarius 2014-04-28 02:14

Art is amazing!

eskivor 2014-04-28 02:14

nice game.

tater_hater 2014-04-28 02:15

love it

evildan 2014-04-28 02:16

Nice game - I dig all the polish. It runs really nice

archaeometrician 2014-04-28 02:19

Good concept. I liked it!

conormn 2014-04-28 02:25

Very nice style.

trueyomic 2014-04-28 02:26

Pretty fun game! The biggest flaw though is that music... is an arrangement from a Warcraft2 and WoW (pet battle) theme...

imer 2014-04-28 02:27

Wow!
Really impressed by this one - gameplay works really well and art as well as sound is wonderful

chuigum 2014-04-28 02:32

Love the art! Good job, fun

matthias_zarzecki 2014-04-28 02:37

Lovely jump'n'run! Gameplay feels really good.

tiffi_gaming 2014-04-28 02:51

Just wow...

supermsp10 2014-04-28 03:03

great game lots of fun!

ix 2014-04-28 03:04

Impressive art and levels. The difficulty really spikes around Level 15!

musket 2014-04-28 03:18

Very cute!

javierecf 2014-04-28 03:24

Level 12 is a bitch, ahem.. nice music and overall good game.

fuzzywuzzie 2014-04-28 03:31

This game is SLICK! Wonderful art, lovely sound, tight controls, great gameplay! Well done!

fuzzywuzzie 2014-04-28 03:33

Yup. My favourite game so far!

detective-pixel 2014-04-28 03:58

Cool concept. A little unforgiving in the later levels. Good Job.

huruey 2014-04-28 04:25

Impressive amount of content for 48h! :o

somfunambulist 2014-04-28 04:33

Love the art style

dustoutgames 2014-04-28 05:00

It's very pretty. It's very smooth. It's fun. I like it.

dreii 2014-04-28 05:13

Great art and music :)

bnjguy 2014-04-28 05:39

Not a bad game, especially in 48 hours.

suese 2014-04-28 05:40

Excellent, well polished. Great entry.

wilpel1234 2014-04-28 05:41

I like The game, The art is awesome!

alvarop 2014-04-28 05:42

Really nice mechanics and art. The split screen impressed me!

gafblizzard 2014-04-28 06:06

This is my favorite Ludum Dare 29 game I have played thus far. Not only is everything super polished, but there are a ton of levels.

I especially liked all the little design details. One level didn't have enemies shooting when it would have been too frustrating. The switch mechanics were varied. The enemy bomb indicators are a good idea. The instant air dash mechanic is awesome.

Pretty much my only complaint was that the very last level (17), you briefly get a final score screen, and clicking resets to the start of that level rather than showing you an overall final score/congratulations screen.

Great job, I'm very impressed this was done in only a weekend.

xangotrick66 2014-04-28 06:06

Very nice! At first I thought it was just an other mario-like, but in fact it demands a lot of hand eye coordination! Very nice!

colorvade 2014-04-28 06:23

Feels like quite a complete package. Good stuff.

orangepascal 2014-04-28 06:32

Really nice!

yozz 2014-04-28 06:33

As a pixel artist to a pixel artist: you`re good, keep working on this style.

iamspencer 2014-04-28 06:41

Really great game! Loved the pixel art, the idea was nice and creative, sound was good, dashing mechanic was effective, and I loved how the player spun while jumping. Great job! :)

kulomin 2014-04-28 06:48

I had a problem with my screen being too small. I needed to zoom out in the browser to see the full game window. Otherwise its a fun game and nice art

flam 2014-04-28 07:25

That was fun. Art, mechanics and graphics played very well together. Nice entry!

huder 2014-04-28 07:26

Nice game, i have nothing to complain

oal 2014-04-28 08:00

I really liked this one. The graphics and music is good, and the gameplay works well too.

morcosan 2014-04-28 08:01

the dash idea is what dashes me crazy
awesome idea :)

morcosan 2014-04-28 08:03

well done :)

sojabird 2014-04-28 08:07

Haha so much fun good levels. I stopped playing so hard at the point where lot of balls fell down :D

very fun~!! Cool feeling with the jumping flip.

clearlyspam23 2014-04-28 08:27

Very fun game, also pretty hard

hypnohustla 2014-04-28 08:43

Really polished game! I like that you took the time add threat indicators to the screen edges. The dashing mechanic worked nicely. Overall a really solid entry :)

cdk 2014-04-28 09:16

looks great, is really addictive and got a really good learning curve.. And it worked on Ubunut! Enjoyed bigtime! :)

caryoscelus 2014-04-28 09:17

Great game. Really polished and fun too!

donan 2014-04-28 09:50

One of the best games i tried. Good sound, good art and really really fun to play. Good work!

rnlf 2014-04-28 09:51

The pixel art looks nice, but the music makes this game great. Nice level design ideas with trapping the trolls so they push buttons for us :-)

Best entry I played so far!

monaarc 2014-04-28 10:04

The controls are strange but graphics are good

unixxnova 2014-04-28 10:07

Nice art + fun to play good game

2014-04-28 10:43

Nice art, nice game i think the jump delay is a little bit too long.

marcellus 2014-04-28 11:45

Great art and music, game is fun to play, this is a very nice entry

thomz12 2014-04-28 12:03

Awesome game! love the fluid gameplay! Good job!

zell2002 2014-04-28 12:15

Excellent. Art, gameplay, sound controls. feels really tight !

jamcount 2014-04-28 12:41

Nice game. I like the graphics.

enigmaraigne 2014-04-28 12:43

Awesome!

okeyboy99 2014-04-28 12:52

Well done. Would have liked different buttons for shoot though, I died a lot because I was trying to dash after picking up ammo.

2014-04-28 13:05

Excellent game. Best entry I played so far!

allurious 2014-04-28 13:10

Great art and epic music! The levels were quick but engaging, really enjoyed playing this.

marcus_siactro 2014-04-28 13:24

Great work! I enjoyed it a lot. Also I really like the graphicstyle.

mat4dor 2014-04-28 13:27

Loved the Music and Graphics! Fun! Well done! 5/5

robert 2014-04-28 13:31

What a game ^^

filecorrupted 2014-04-28 13:53

I love this game! its just so much fun! The art is great for 48 hours, same with music, and it fits the theme nicely! 4/5

zyper 2014-04-28 13:53

Wow! Very nice graphics. I like the movement too.

neithr 2014-04-28 14:07

Nice gameplay and assets ;)

belingo 2014-04-28 14:12

Fun game and nice art.

idovingx 2014-04-28 14:25

nice work! really impressed with how complex it got after a few levels.

pixlwalkr 2014-04-28 14:34

I enjoyed playing it. Nice pixel art also

lkpridgeon 2014-04-28 14:37

Great Game looks and feels nice just it is missing something...

havacore 2014-04-28 14:56

This is great! Your level design is really good at teaching you the game. Love the art and the music.

otrorainteractivo 2014-04-28 14:56

Nice, I love the artstyle!

pietro-ferrantelli 2014-04-28 14:57

Very fun game ! I like everything ! Great job !

whitewolf93 2014-04-28 15:21

Really addictive, it was a bit laggy for me, i dont know why, maybe because i have lots of tabs opened lol. This one could be one of the games of the Top 10 for me. Graphics are really nice, it's fun, it's a nice way to interpretate the theme and it's addictive. Music is a bit worse than the rest, with that I mean, it can be better but it is not bad! Maybe desktop version will be great!

hyoga-3d 2014-04-28 15:24

Nice puzzles and art :D

fyberoptic 2014-04-28 15:26

Some great artwork went into this. The dash mechanic could certainly make for some interesting puzzles compared to simply jumping. Nice audio, too. Good job overall!

43iscoding 2014-04-28 15:27

I enjoyed graphics, but the music is a complete ripoff from WC2 ;[

lorniebear 2014-04-28 15:44

I like the graphics and the music! The gameplay is fun too, but I find the monsters a bit scary

bvanschooten 2014-04-28 15:45

Seems very complete and well presented, impressive for 48 hours. However, I got stuck soon. The first 6 levels were all too easy, then I got stuck at level 7, which I found very frustrating. First I have to make a split second jump because the jump cooldown takes so long, and then I am supposed to avoid and shoot at an enemy I can't see. Difficulty balancing is often a problem in LD48, such a pity. How about having the player start at any level?

tannernetwork 2014-04-28 15:47

I like it!

jacksendary 2014-04-28 15:49

Really fun little game the basic gameplay and controls makes it simple yet very enjoyable! without doubt a masterpiece!

mintarcade 2014-04-28 16:23

Nice. I like your style

kratorspore 2014-04-28 16:53

Absolutely top notch graphics and sound and a ton of levels. This was wonderfully planned and scoped. Great work.

d_0o_d 2014-04-28 17:10

Really cool game, nice music, nice art, nice gameplay I like it.

craigsmye 2014-04-28 17:25

Nice controls/mechanic. There should be separate ratings for soundFX and music. One "audio" score often leaves me feeling conflicted.

designernap 2014-04-28 17:54

Great work all round on this one. Really appreciate the quick restart and addictive nature. Great visuals and sound, top fun from me!

longshorts 2014-04-28 18:00

Very good on all levels! Very charming :)

abajur 2014-04-28 18:07

Solid! Nice mechanic and amazing pixels! A great use of the theme!

thresh 2014-04-28 18:32

Great Art, and Concept.

sam101 2014-04-28 18:39

Really impressive, the game is smooth, efficient, the levels are quite nicely made, well done !

tingham 2014-04-28 18:39

Really tight final product, well done!

wakka 2014-04-28 18:46

very polished game, was a lot of fun

xsiimoniix 2014-04-28 18:55

Very good game, I liked it alot!

2014-04-28 18:58

Huh game is nice... but look on his entries... he is using same engine evry year... That makes this game week i think :C

mogwai 2014-04-28 19:02

Awesome music and nice pixel gfx.

2014-04-28 19:11

nice game although I find the music to be less then original as it feels like a slightly modified (and faster) version of Warcraft 2 - Orc - Harpsichord And Chorus song.

eufrik 2014-04-28 19:21

very neatly done! awesome job!

angryloaf 2014-04-28 19:26

I've seen a lot of people thinking "the only the I can do is put my game underground" and a lot of them are similar, but you do it very well. I love the art and the music! Great job!

dector 2014-04-28 19:31

Like your game!

littleball 2014-04-28 19:52

Amazing, well done!

bombjack 2014-04-28 20:04

very fun and original game! Great job!

pawegio 2014-04-28 20:13

Great art and very stable game.

logun 2014-04-28 20:53

Nice graphics, nice gameplay. I want to try a speed run ! :D
A overall, something I can't say often for LD games, awesome camera !

jotson 2014-04-28 21:00

Nicely done. Like the music and the art. Would be nice to see the early levels teach the player the dash mechanic.

markusfisch 2014-04-28 21:08

Good looking, fun to play and even hard levels. Well done!

gaming_ray 2014-04-28 21:10

Wow. This is pretty great. Nice work!

prudiiarca 2014-04-28 21:13

Nice job. I love this art style and the music builds up atmosphere very well...

udvaritibor 2014-04-28 21:16

Lots of fun this one is! Love the "fluidity" of the gameplay if that makes sense

shubshub 2014-04-28 21:33

I Liked this game and thought the Graphics were pretty cool and it fits the theme well :)

seraphicmedia 2014-04-28 21:43

Awesome game! Liked that there were lots of levels :)

caiustsm 2014-04-28 22:07

This is great!

shubshub 2014-04-28 22:25

I Made a Video about your Game https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=qTifAlLjt_w

gamepopper 2014-04-28 22:26

Nice pixel art, neat and simple idea. Music could've hand a bit more work.

liamtwose 2014-04-28 22:27

Great little game. LOL was playing it for ages not realising there was wasd move, with just the grapple lol. Teaches me not to read the instructions! Love the graphics.

katamori 2014-04-28 22:32

THAT JUMPING ANIMATION!

I love this game BTW, maybe the best I've tried so far. A truly beautiful and enjoyable one!

garygreen 2014-04-28 22:35

Very nice graphics & clever movement system.

awanegenebayo 2014-04-28 22:50

Nice music and art!

ninjacharlie 2014-04-28 22:54

Really fun. I like the dash mechanic a lot.

bob_fish 2014-04-28 23:39

This was pretty fun!

noorstudios 2014-04-28 23:52

Loved it!

lonewookie 2014-04-29 00:30

Very fun puzzle/platforming mechanics. Great music and art too!

seraphicmedia 2014-04-29 01:07

Amazing pixelart!!!!! I liked the overall theme. Great game!

mortl8324 2014-04-29 02:17

Great game. I love how many levels there were, and the variety of things that slowly get introduced.

managore 2014-04-29 02:44

Very nice art and sound, and an interesting jump mechanic!

kunonooni 2014-04-29 03:28

This is a game I'm coming back to play once the rating is over. Good job!

danidre14 2014-04-29 05:50

It was fun. But I kept dying so I did not advance very far.

thijsku 2014-04-29 11:16

Very nice! I really enjoyed it. The graphics are great and the length of the game is really nicely done.

recursor 2014-04-29 16:17

The dash ability was a bit jarring until I got used to it. Nice job.

paperblurt 2014-04-29 16:36

Friggin nice pixel work!
Sick how some people manage to create cool stuff in just 48 hrs.

jaredsartin 2014-04-29 17:07

Cool concept, seams a bit easy.

udrian 2014-04-29 17:30

The graphics and music was really good. The puzzles could be a little bit better, they were a bit repetitive

jurnacsr 2014-04-29 17:49

Thanks for the inspiration - this is the kind of game I'd love to make. Nice graphics, and the sound is great. Great concept, great execution.

ryebread761 2014-04-29 18:59

Liked the style, quite happy mood. Very smooth game with nice mechanics.

ceosol 2014-04-29 20:27

I love the jumping and dashing. Very nice look and feel to the whole thing.

bebopbraunbaer 2014-04-29 20:44

great game! loved how it got harded at lvl 10 and kept getting more and more awesome. Super cool music and art (- : i realy enjoyed your game and hope to see more from you in the future!

5/5

afal 2014-04-29 23:08

the dashing mechanic is great. would want to try this with a controller (although I'm not sure how you'd aim the dashing that way)

1samuel4111 2014-04-30 00:53

Cool music!

xbcw 2014-04-30 04:27

Really nice, polished game.

lacaranian 2014-04-30 05:26

Took me a while to realize the dash was also an attack, not just rockets. Great pixel art! Nice work!

thorig 2014-04-30 09:30

This ia great and good use of the game mechanics.

jonochrome 2014-04-30 10:26

Being able to see the surface before you reach it is very snazzy, and the way that's utilized is also snazzy. I didn't understand why my upward mid-air dash didn't have a consistent height though, and Level 12 is just evil.

bzizi 2014-04-30 15:00

Very nice art!

nightshadow0 2014-04-30 17:31

Fun! The Blink mechanic is awesome, LOVE the music.

jedeen 2014-04-30 23:47

This was easy to pick up and very fun to play!

gnerkus 2014-05-01 02:43

This is beautiful! The art and music are top-notch.

I had a little bit of a problem with the controls at first then I figured it out.

saintheiser 2014-05-01 05:13

Very good entry!
First level I beat obly with teleport ability, because I thought It's feature and I can't move regulary. But further I need to move. It disappointed me a lot. Bit anyway this still a good job =)

davedx 2014-05-01 06:10

Great little game, controls took a bit of getting used to but fun!

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-05-01 09:06

Super fun!! Smooth controls, nice mechanics and a lot of content for 48hrs!!

soupwithbits 2014-05-01 09:23

Addictive, and I loved the dash mechanic

techblogogy 2014-05-01 09:24

Really good looking game

madflame991 2014-05-01 10:31

+ nice art
+ engaging music
+ interesting platformer and dashing mechanics
- most trolls don't bother you at all
- the first levels are a bit too easy

arthurmaker 2014-05-01 11:35

Really good, one of the best i have played !!!!

tomvert 2014-05-01 12:21

Very smart level design, impressive amount of levels (I reached level 11). The music indeed made me think of warcraft (maybe faster). To be able to see the surface is a good idea.
Just a little thing I noticed, sometimes I just didn't see an enemy because it was green over green floor.

godsboss 2014-05-01 14:35

Awesome, just wow! This game is very addictive.

I recognized the WarCraft-inspired music before I read it in your description. :-)

2014-05-01 15:47

Fun uplifting music (no pun intended), nice style to the characters!

aaronjbaptiste 2014-05-01 18:40

That teleport though, soo sick. Loved it

makatak 2014-05-01 18:41

Really love the mechanic, it's super fun, and the perspective effect is awesome! The graphics and audio are awesome too :)

themorfeus 2014-05-01 19:10

I really love the split-screen and dash technique!

kikaz 2014-05-01 23:01

Wow, it's really amazing, nothing to say, except bravo ! Congratulations, It's a great game, a little frustrating when you die in lava when you got close of the end of a long level but, very addictive, well designed, good idea for the helping 'aim/opp shot' indicator. Nice pixel art & good music ! Cool job !

zerocreativity1 2014-05-01 23:09

Delay in dash is abit frustrating at times

joe40001 2014-05-01 23:34

Liked the game a lot, the victory screen could be a tiny bit more obvious but otherwise great great game.

priorblue 2014-05-02 01:43

Wow, so much levels respect!

f7f5 2014-05-02 10:34

Well done! The jump and dash mechanics take a bit to master, but in the end they work great. Very nice art!

jhrrsn 2014-05-02 14:07

Great little game, with some fun mechanics. Good job!

2014-05-03 03:58

Awesome

rujomarco 2014-05-03 17:18

awesome graphics, one of my favourites in this compo

catman 2014-05-06 18:26

Cool entry, the mechanic is novel and fun! Nice implementation as well, good job!

deathray 2014-05-07 05:43

Very impressive for 48 hours!

phocker 2014-05-09 01:42

perfect game - awesome!

gre 2014-05-11 16:23

The game mecanism is quite interesting and innovative. Great music and graphics. Congrats

pinkmonkeyhead 2014-05-15 23:16

I love the way how you jump