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The MillionWood
By frogcheese
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Coolness | 2 | 98 | | |
| Fun | 184 | 3.54 | | |
| Audio | 233 | 3.29 | | |
| Theme | 239 | 3.68 | | |
| Overall | 241 | 3.55 | | |
| Graphics | 380 | 3.38 | | |
| Humor | 548 | 2.34 | | |
| Innovation | 602 | 3.10 | | |
| Mood | 604 | 2.93 | | |
Comments
malf
2014-08-25 09:24
I've tried executing in windows 8.1 with Java 6, it gives me the following exception (cmd:'java TheMillionWood.jar'):
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: TheMillionWood/jar
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: TheMillionWood.jar
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
Could not find the main class: TheMillionWood.jar. Program will exit.
@malf Thanks for the heads-up. I'd accidentally built the .jar for Java 7; it should be fixed now.
It works well for me :) . The idea is very interesting and the levels are nice. The major problem was the size of the window, which is too high ! I could'nt see the bottom of some levels and so I had to stop playing because of that...
@Quetzakol Yeah, I knew that the window size would be trouble - you can blame this on poor planning on my part. I'll see if I can put out a scaled down post-compo version eventually for those running on smaller screens.
Turns out that adding multiple screen size support was a really minor addition code-wise, so I'll add it as a bugfix to the existing version. The default resolution is now 800x600, and you can toggle between resolutions using the R key.
I will freely admit that I am incredibly spoiled regarding screen size when it comes to computers, but with this I hope those of you with less ostentatious setups can play without any more trouble. : )
Uh, I liked the game, and concept of adding new world after each few levels, but music and that 'beating' light in background were too much for me :( especially after adding 3rd world: those little sprites were very tiring for my eyes.
On the other hand the way you connected levels was nice, difficult but not insane, and sprites are really nice!
ccglp
2014-08-27 17:32
Very nice game, one of the bests so far, is so well built together :)
aglavra
2014-08-27 17:33
I liked this game, although the jumping seems to be working a bit strange. This makes some levels more difficult. But otherwise very nice game - idea and design.
kristof
2014-08-27 17:34
Strong Game! First levels i thought.. yeah, connceted worlds? ... but the first split-screen level got me hooked. love it!
Great game!! I love challenges like this one, got stuck at the last level for about 30 minutes, but when I was about to quit and said "ok, this is the last try." I made it, pheew!
miwuc
2014-08-28 08:58
Awesome game! Fits right in the theme, trippy graphics and music, and good level design. I haven't finished it yet, but I might try again later. That (last, I hope?) level where the top left guy must drop to a stone platform below then hop on three black things is just diabolical.
It always amazes me how some people can code a game and produce so much level design, in 48 hours.
I loved your LD29 entry as well, keep up the great work!
This look like an Amiga game!
in a good way.
Nostalgic...
I liked how the number of worlds increased, and the music was very jolly. The different colour schemes worked very well, making it quite atmospheric. Nice.
Good move, I like the music and the way you dealt with the theme
Nice Job real fun
Great game, very enjoyable. I'm not a big fan of the controls, but they worked. Liked the trippy graphics :)
Game was a fun challenge!
Nice! This reminds me of Electronic Super Joy. It get's pretty difficult, but I really like it.
Well done! This is a lot of fun, and I could see this being expanded pretty easily as more levels are designed. Great job.
very clever and challenging! Well done.
I never did manage to beat it, but aside from the level I got stuck on being ridiculously irritating, I loved it.
Great game that's strong across the board on fun, theme, graphics and audio. my only complaint is the strobing backgrounds are quite a strain on my eyes!
goerp
2014-08-31 16:10
Well executed theme, like the title and story. Man, it got pretty complicated after a while.
The music really grew on me, I liked it better after playing for a while, that's great for a puzzle game.
Did you synchronize the flashes and beat programmatically?
(nice touch by the way)
@goerp Thanks for your comment! The song plays at 120bpm - two beats per second - so I set the backgrounds to pulse twice per second starting at the point where the music begins. Since the looping doesn't seem to be completely perfect to my admittedly untrained ear, this should mean that the beats will fall out of sync if you let the game run long enough.
And I'm glad that the music drew you in! The reason I put the pulsing in there in the first place is because I thought it'd blend the song and game together much more firmly than if I just put the song in there by itself.
pusheax
2014-09-02 19:55
It's nice to see action game for this theme. Very challenging and now I understand that action type of game like this is hard to make good.
Good game for a 48h compo but it's hard ^^.
bobombe
2014-09-02 20:23
Waaaa, your game design is amazing !!your four worlds are very well linked !
whalebot
2014-09-02 20:27
I think I may have been on the last level before I rage quit... This game is really well done, the music and everything works so well together. And something about the way the spiders moved I really liked. That being said, holy crap some of those levels are hard.
aomeas
2014-09-07 11:09
I went to the third level with 5 screens before I quit.
Nice game! The music is really cool, and with the graphics, they're setting a good mood.
Clever concept, nicely done, and with many levels, that's great :3
Good idea, I really liked it!
Good game!I like the way you connected levels, learning curve is good and the game gets along well with theme. It has quite a lot of content, even if some levels were reused by combining themwith others. The way you used colors, reminded me of the times of good old spectrum.
endurion
2014-09-07 14:39
Sorry, no Java.
Had to stop at the third or fourth level with 4 screens. Top notch level design. Simple idea, brilliantly executed. A great overall game that captivated me from the beginning until frustration of 20 or so deaths in the same level. :)
Thanks for all of your comments everyone! The common denominator here seems to be that the game is super hard. ^^'
This is most likely because I got a bit blind to what was and wasn't hard by having to play through the entire game dozens of times and tweak the design until I was able to finish the game myself.
Fun fact - there are six screens in total, spanning 24 levels. Oh, and I used to not be able to clear the final level, so I kept making both that level and a few others leading up to it easier until I could. At that point I got worried that I might have made the game *too easy*, because by then I could reliably finish the whole thing in less than 10 minutes, no sweat. Boy was I wrong...
I guess the lesson here is test your game on other unsuspecting victims before releasing it into the wild. And if you can't do that because you're taking part in a 48 hour competition and it's 2 AM, take the time to realize that your players do not have an ingrained muscle memory of every level from rigorous playtesting. :P
kiwiboi
2014-09-07 19:57
At first I was confused as to why was supposed to be challenging but the difficulty really ramped which is great! Definitely fun, adictive and the mood was set really well with graphics and audio. Solid entry!
bluesky
2014-09-08 05:06
Good job.
jprogman
2014-09-08 18:32
When I got to 5 screens, I had to call it quits because it was too disorienting for me. Hearing that there at 6 screens maximum, I would have been killed. Good game, but too challenging for me.
klianc09
2014-09-08 19:37
Really awesome game, the idea is nothing new, but boy is this one well executed. The level design is tricky, but not impossible, controls are a bit floaty, but I quickly got used to it. The same is with the flashing background, it distracted a lot at the beginning, but by the time I finished it, I did not even realize it was there anymore. (Still I would suggest toning the flashing effect a bit down.)
The music is really superb, (I have the game still running in the background and keep listening to it.) it has a lot of variety, so that it doesn't get repetitive.
At first I thought it would end with 4 worlds, but then there was a 5th and I thought that was a bonus round and when the sixth appeared I was like "Are you f... kidding me?"
But overall I really enjoyed it, keep making games^^
And I'm sorry for killing 468 little Grobles >:)
cstudios
2014-09-08 20:43
Hypnotic! The music and the flashing made me to star into the game...
Very nice. Past 4 screens things definitely get interesting. I like it!
davisan
2014-09-14 23:38
Cool game! Loved the level design, music sync with the bg and the sprites.