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Ripple Runner

By ddrkirbyisq

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall24.55
Fun34.44
Theme24.30
Audio24.84
Mood174.23
Coolness357
Graphics694.20
Innovation863.94
Humor1993.12

Comments

7soul 2014-04-28 04:29

Sweet game mechanics and music ;)

sakuyan 2014-04-28 04:32

<3 I love your music <33

kino333 2014-04-28 04:44

I absolutely loved it. Five stars all around! <3 You should definitely think on more level designs, and more pushing the envelope for making this a real game! :3

nxt 2014-04-28 04:47

This game is really good! It sounds great, it's got a really nice design, and it's a really good interpretation of the theme. One of the best I've played so far.

dustoutgames 2014-04-28 04:52

This is. . . This is so good. Can we have more?

asixjin 2014-04-28 04:57

I love this game and how the music is handled is amazing! Kudos sir!

ddrkirbyisq 2014-04-28 04:59

Thank you for all the positive feedback so far! I'll be working on a post-compo version with more stages, so please stay tuned for that!

huruey 2014-04-28 05:44

Really great music! :D

hampa 2014-04-28 06:21

Wow, great game!

papygaragos 2014-04-28 09:32

Of all the games you made, this is my favorite by far! great job!

I couldn't find a way to pause the game, was that done intentionaly to keep us playing? :D

kepamun 2014-04-28 15:27

Just finished the 3rd stage.
Phenomenal! I do not believe I have ever played a Ludum Dare game that was this good. I love that you make the player be part of the music, and it still sounds great!
The levels have a great difficulty curve. My only complaint is that there is not more of them.
Seriously consider a full commercial release.

hernanzh 2014-04-28 22:31

Wow this is amazing! I love the music! Best game I've played so far.

dannyg59 2014-04-28 23:52

Absolutely fantastic! really love this, favourite game so far. Great job on audio!

adonaac 2014-04-29 01:09

Best game I've played so far, really really good job.

gfm 2014-04-29 01:25

Man, I just love your music! It' so friggin' awesome!

The simple graphics were a great choice for this game. This, with the ripple effect on the "non-current side" and color swaps made the game beautiful!

Gameplay is really fun! The music matches up perfectly with all the obstacles and this, together with your great music, made this so enjoyable.

Can't wait for the post-compo version. =D

pinkmonkeyhead 2014-04-29 03:01

Awesome music! The controls position are weird

ddrkirbyisq 2014-04-29 03:49

@pinkmoneyhead: What would you suggest?

You can also use F and D if you'd like, or V and C. You can even use Ctrl and Shift, if that floats your boat :)

syawqy 2014-04-29 04:49

the music and the level design feel really match

crazi456 2014-04-29 05:26

Wow you've outdone yourself! Awesome music as always, very fun gameplay!

lonewookie 2014-04-29 12:17

WOW! This game is fantastic! I love everything about it!

gwinnell 2014-04-29 21:26

Lovely little game. I made a runner game with the same flip mechanic once but it was nowhere near as good as this. :)

glowingsnail 2014-04-30 01:18

It is perfect!* I'm loving it!

It's simple (a runner game) but original (E&R mechanic). It still looks like something quickly made for a game jam, (I mean, not like those discouragingly good entry from pro dev that manage to pull a complete polished game in 24hr), yet super good because you had just the right ideas and the right chemistry.

I guess you already know how delicious your music is, considering you put ingame jukebox + download links.


* except that sometimes my pressing of space is ignored.

edibletoaster 2014-04-30 06:19

I'm a fan of music based games. Solid mechanics and some really good audio.

kill0u 2014-04-30 10:39

Loved it!

ruerob 2014-04-30 12:36

What a great game. I will come back to play this again and again. what a soundtrack. Really thank you for that entry. awesome. My favourite by now.

elforama 2014-04-30 20:15

Fantastic game, loved it. I'd love for this to be on a phone somehow, I'd get it =]

rnlf 2014-04-30 23:20

Really cool game. Love it almost as much as the music :)

sonnybone 2014-05-01 04:31

Ugh. Just an ounce of your musical power. That's all I ask for. JUST AN OUNCE!!! This is easily one of my favorites this time around. It's just so wonderful in every way. Really, really, really tight and responsive runner that sounds better than anything else out there... all in just 48 hours. POST COMPO PLEASE! 5/5

thorig 2014-05-01 08:01

Wauw... People who want to know how to make a good runner should te notes.

2014-05-01 15:28

The graphics are so stylish and music is really nice. Good job!

aaronjbaptiste 2014-05-01 19:55

ARGHHH OMG So frustratingly addictive. That last level made my fingers sweat. Incredible.

badgerpriest 2014-05-02 02:56

So good. Def needs a pause button though.

xaychru04 2014-05-02 15:37

Awesome game, I love rythm games! The changing atmosphere is excellent, the musics fit perfectly the game, I want more! :D

wertle 2014-05-03 16:47

The beat synching and sound effects on this are really great! I love the color shifting at checkpoint, too. Sometimes I struggled to map when I should ripple and when I should jump under pressure, maybe consider some extra feedback for which one you need to do (platform shapes or colors or something?) Otherwise it was fantastic!

geekdrums 2014-05-03 17:16

Great! It's perfect for me. I was also surprised the way you put sound effect into music and musical element into sound effect.

I wanted to play better, but I think some more level will helps. I mean I want to play more!

raiyumi 2014-05-03 17:38

I think this is my favorite LD entry so far. Great job, and fantastic music. I'm a sucker for rhythm games. :D

lyje 2014-05-03 23:43

Probably the best sounding endless runner game in the world

tobiasw 2014-05-04 01:35

Wow. Wow! I was prepared for the awesome music - after all, I'm still sometimes listening to the Hyper Furball soundtrack. I was NOT prepared for this perfect blend of gameplay and music. The endless runner genre is sometimes a bit stale, but your mirroring mechanics work well, and the additional mechanic in level 3 adds a lot more difficulty. Oh, and regarding difficulty: Well paced, I liked the steady increase, although some some parts could've had more checkpoints in my opinion. Add to this: Stellar sound design and simple graphics with an adorable main character, and you get this game. Amazing job, really well done!

petey123567 2014-05-04 06:25

Awesome awesome awesome! Best in audio!

muciojadpl 2014-05-04 08:56

Amazing work it's very rhytmical and I very like chip music ;] I want play post-compo version, good job!!!

thingostudios 2014-05-04 16:59

Ladies and gentlemen; the best game of LD29.

I wish I could give this game's soundtrack much, much higher than a five.

lightsoda 2014-05-04 20:47

The switch up on the level with the music is really cool.

Quite hard with the mechanics to get used to in such a condensed time frame. The ripple mechanic is a pretty good use of the theme.

Looks and sounds great, good job!

flopster 2014-05-05 06:10

Wooooah, I am blown away.
How do you make such amazing music? TELL ME YOUR MAGIC D:

mortus 2014-05-05 09:53

Impressively well made and polished game! Music is great as always, gameplay is so much fun too. However, while new mechanics are great and assuring that the game won't become dull and boring, I've started to be confused with controls on level 3. Maybe moving E button action to Down Arrow button instead could help it, as it's much farther from R and more intuitive perhaps.

daveloper 2014-05-05 10:11

A creative and well presented idea. The use of sound as feedback for executing platforming correctly works well and makes the experience more engaging. Excellent work :)

wdebowicz 2014-05-05 11:48

Good game, great concept and well done tutorial.

zkenshin 2014-05-05 12:38

Outstanding. Great work. :D

moosefly 2014-05-05 13:00

Really awesome what you managed to make in 48 hours. It looks good, it sounds good and it also plays good. There's a good amount of different mechanics and the difficulty was also spot on thanks to the generous placement of the checkpoints. And ripples are cool http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130104190712/jjba/images/8/83/Joseph_using_Ripple.png. I think @mortus is on to something about the controls, even if inverting with R might make them somewhat counter-intuitive if they were bound on the arrow keys for example.

Anssi@MooseflyGames

yword 2014-05-05 13:53

Innovative gameplay accompanying with incredibly great musics! The overall mood is fantastic, and I like it very much.

albertosm 2014-05-05 14:33

Very cool game! Apparently it's not Chrome friendly, since the framerate is kinda jumpy.

flavio 2014-05-05 15:47

Really nice entry !
I like the mechanics and the graphics !
The tutorials works very well too !
Good job

frozencow 2014-05-05 20:34

Like always, really good uplifting music. The synchronized music+gameplay made it especially awesome. It made for a really good mood through all 3 stages. The tutorialization (is that a word?) was nicely put together and the new mechanics kept keeping things interesting. 3 stages was a good length for me (were you planning on adding more mechanics too?)... Anyway, awesome game, very very good job on making it all fit together.

sestren 2014-05-06 02:55

Holy crap, this is such fun to play! I love the music, too!

rahazan 2014-05-06 05:34

Very awesome, 5/5. A better bit trip runner.

miwuc 2014-05-06 20:24

The level of awesome is hard to describe. One of those games that you can't believe are compo. Loved the mechanics, the music, the changing colors, how you restart without skipping a beat after dying... And of course it's tons of fun to play. Great job!

matt_j 2014-05-07 21:01

Incredible polish. Excellent tutorial. Excellent job!

radmars 2014-05-08 00:59

Ahhhhh your music is always so good! Love the music, love the unexpected long jumps, love the melody changing as you hold E... this is amazing. My only complaint is that I think having all the controls effectively on the same hand makes it a bit hard to get used to, splitting them up more (or controller support!) might make that aspect a bit better. One of the best games I've played this LD. Bravo!

2014-05-09 16:14

You have been featured in today's episode of Ludum Dare to Believe! Check it out! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBrlCkST2es

lukbebalduke 2014-05-12 01:50

Omg. Awesome game m8 ! Nice !

joe40001 2014-05-14 11:29

Great gameplay, amazing music, all around great entry that fits the theme quite well. :)

idovingx 2014-05-16 03:40

oh man, so fun and the music was great!

erkberg 2014-05-17 17:39

Wow, what an amazing game! Nice visuals, great gameplay and even greater music and sounds. Awesome overall!

iamspencer 2014-05-17 21:55

Holy flying biscuits this game was stupidly difficult... but still amazing. The graphics were cute, nice music, and overall great game, great job!

nightshadow0 2014-05-19 16:19

Wow, i did not expect something like this in a game jam. It's very impressive how the audio is perfectly synced, especially considering the checkpoint breaks. Great work!

2014-05-19 18:23

I created an account just to say: THIS GAME IS AWESOME!

gfm 2014-05-19 22:31

Just played the post-compo. (v1.2.2) =D

The new backgrounds are really cool. And the new songs are great!! I specially liked that jazzy one (fourth stage).
Level 4 and 5 are somewhat harder than the compo ones... but level 6 took the difficulty to another level. I almost did rage quit. XD

Oh, and by the end of level 6 I got some noticeable choppiness on the camera... Since I only got that by the end of the level, I can't help but think if it's because of float point accuracy...
That or the game is running at 30 fps, and the players/stage was going too fast...

Anyway, it's really fun! Great job! =D

georgebroussard 2014-05-19 22:59

Fantastic game! Amazing music (best I hear in 100 entries, probably), nice art and mechanics. Really well done.

teamflare 2014-05-19 23:41

fantastic game!

pitzik4 2014-05-20 04:03

This is absolutely stunning. You should port it to Android/iOS, I bet it would be quite popular!

niculistana 2014-05-20 06:40

Love the way some of the levels had music that went with how you play the game... you can really tell the game was well thought! Great job man! Now make millions :)

dragonxvi 2014-05-20 08:17

Nice! I've made 48hr rhythm games before and it's no easy task! Excellent music and great spin on the ol' Bit Trip Running idea. Congrats! :D

binary_girl 2014-05-20 13:05

well done man ..love the music sync :)

stqn 2014-05-20 21:09

Fantastic! In two days you made a game 100 times better than Bit.Trip Runner 2.

mrbenjaminbowman 2014-05-21 16:07

I expected it to be something lame... I was so freaking wrong. Epic game man.

shasharala 2014-05-25 03:36

This is really impressive. I love the use of sound/music in response to the user's actions.

2014-05-27 11:14

i cant say anything because this game + music is awesome :D

ddrkirbyisq 2014-12-08 03:52

Attention! The URL for this game has moved:
Post-compo version is now at http://goo.gl/fZm4DK.
48hr version is now at http://goo.gl/ymfok0.