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Sideline

By vandash

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness287
Innovation504.03
Fun723.81
Audio933.64
Overall933.79
Graphics1333.91
Mood2963.30
Theme6963.06
Humor7762.00

Comments

altourus 2014-08-25 03:04

Was very difficult to figure out the game, but once I did I loved it

powerspark 2014-08-25 05:05

Ridiculously fun but difficult at the same time. One of my favorites so far.

snuux 2014-08-25 07:35

Very hardcore! But I like This! Thanks!

honcho 2014-08-25 07:39

I love the minimalist style. Took 3 tries to figure out how to play. Interesting concept and was fun discovering techniques to win. Hard to see enemies and had a tendency to run into the circle enemies.

akurn 2014-08-25 07:39

Amazing.
Really hard, but looks stunning and plays brilliantly.

joshk 2014-08-25 07:40

Very difficult but also a lot of fun to play :)

43iscoding 2014-08-25 07:41

This game is incredible! I really loved the mechanics! I even don't know what to criticize ;D

acidave 2014-08-25 07:41

This is fun. Very hard at the beginning, but when you get the idea... Great!

frr171 2014-08-25 07:45

Cool idea - the direction in which you move actually changes the rules. Found it to be very challenging!

joshua_s 2014-08-25 07:48

I love this game, music is great and the speed effects are really cool. Only two nitpicks I have are having to use the arrow keys and mouse wasd for movment would have been nice, and bullets not wrapping like the ship seems odd.

wolfmother 2014-08-25 07:51

Beautiful graphics. Fantastic use of lighting.
Clever mechanics. Reminded me a little of Braid.
Well-developed gameplay with a variety of elements and mechanics.
Perfectly appropriate sound and music.
A+, no criticisms.

bazld 2014-08-25 07:51

I was slightly confused about the abilities, but I think I got it now. Very clever, really good use of the theme. Excellent gfx and audio.

igizzy 2014-08-25 07:55

Overall I really enjoyed the game, was just difficult to get a feel of at first. I also was not fully sure how this fit the connected world theme as your always in the same space.

briangtria 2014-08-25 07:59

I thought shooting is automatic when going up. haha! :p
Maybe this is clearer:
1. Move up to enable guns
2. Left click to shoot

Nice game! :)

ahmedmohi 2014-08-25 07:59

Like the art style and the concept but very hard :D

cmayhem 2014-08-25 08:14

Difficult but fun. Very good use of effects.

nicotuason 2014-08-25 08:17

Well polished with great art, but only being able to shoot while moving upwards is a bit frustrating.

lars-faust 2014-08-25 08:17

Really good, all aspects of it.
Great fun.

The only thing i felt could have benefitted it was some extra lives on the ship, so you can take some bullets before dying. But maybe thats just because i am bad at it.

hoothoot 2014-08-25 08:27

Cool idea! I really enjoyed it!

bronaldplo 2014-08-25 09:24

Wow what a great game! I think it's so cool that you have to find this balance between upgrading and attacking! also the music an how it responds to your actions... GREAT!

vallar 2014-08-25 09:28

At first I wasn't sure about the game. I am really bad when rules get too complex all of a sudden and not ease me into the game.

Yet, this game did a pretty good job of explaining through the gameplay (and the instructions) I went in knowing exactly what I should do and how (albeit it was a bit vague that upgrading is done overtime over how long you press down).

While I don' have a score that would award me a gold medal (highest is about 86 I think), it made me feel good as it got better with time (as mentioned you'd need about 15 minutes to get used to the controls. I started with a score of 7 then went to 86 finally).

All in all, great game. I liked the music and definitely liked the sound effects.
Very well done.

vandash 2014-08-25 10:36

Hey guys thanks for all the feedback really appreciate it :)

vururia 2014-08-25 11:43

Great game, great idea. Very nicely done!

thenumberguy 2014-08-25 11:59

Is fun, only I die very soon. Maybe the game could be easier with lives or something like that. Or upgrading ship would also upgrade defense. But apart from that, good job!

doubstract 2014-08-25 12:01

That music is so good! Graphics are neat too!

grifdail 2014-08-25 12:50

So great ! Very polished ! You rock !

Julien ! Du meet up parisien !

mess110 2014-08-25 13:27

really fun. gj. love the fact that the gameplay goes with the music

yodamaster 2014-08-25 14:27

Very interesting concept. A bit hard to control, if you don't have the dual sticks. I like the asteroids-style vector graphics.

silentlamb 2014-08-25 20:31

My favorite game from this LD so far. It's very hard but that's why I enjoy it! Great audio & visuals. I love it.

thegreentie 2014-08-25 21:45

Once you figure it all out it's a genuinely good.
Loved the theme implementation.

huruey 2014-08-26 01:26

Love the music and concept. It took me a while to figure out.

metalchouchen 2014-08-27 21:13

Beautiful and very difficult :) Nice game !

matthias_zarzecki 2014-08-27 21:31

Great idea! This is lovely :)

mrexcessive 2014-08-31 14:59

Hi there. Looks gorgeous, sounds great. Love the colour change on direction and the different effects for directions. Only seeing enemies while moving also clever. Found it impossible to play though. Good job - but needs to be easier for humans... ;)

moi93101 2014-08-31 17:49

Beatiful and fun, I like it !

simonchauvin 2014-09-02 19:51

Pretty crazy idea! I love it.

brookman 2014-09-12 16:02

I'm a big fan of geometry wars. Your game rocks!

sephyka 2014-09-12 16:08

It is very difficult to control the ship at the first time. It needs some time to be good. Nice idea and challenging game. Graphics and audio are really immersive. Great art direction.

tbamberg 2014-09-13 03:34

Would have loved just a touch more space, but great overall

yword 2014-09-13 06:12

Very unique and innovative! But I think the control is quite hard if the player want to shoot and avoid enemies at the same time. Well done!

apiotrw 2014-09-13 14:12

A bit hard to figure out but fun

moosefly 2014-09-13 14:51

Damn that was hard, I have no idea how you managed that 45k score. My best run ended with a score of 546 or so :(. I would've probably liked it a bit more if I didn't always die so soon. Maybe have each hit take off one upgrade or so, so that you could effectively keep regenerating. That might make it too easy, but some variation of the idea would maybe work.

Anssi@MooseflyGames

zeppelincaptain 2014-09-13 22:25

Took me a while to figure out how things worked, but once I realized what was going on, I exclaimed to myself: "Oh, that's genius!". Really liked the concept, although I was a bit disheartened after seeing your personal best...