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Smugglers' Cave

By androniq

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Theme2953.60
Innovation4213.34
Humor5482.34
Audio7392.34
Fun7392.84
Overall8562.91
Graphics8972.54
Mood9292.53

Comments

dx724 2014-08-25 14:56

Doesn't seem to work in the browser for me. Gets stuck at the controls screen with the last output in the JS console "sound4: Using HTML5"

trickfishpie 2014-08-25 15:24

Same as above - doesn't seem to respond to key presses. Hope you get it sorted :)

goutye 2014-08-25 16:04

Works pretty well!

Bugs list :
Spamming S => Multi box pop on the right
Spamming espace => MMMMEGA Jump

Nice little game ! Well played

androniq 2014-08-25 17:30

Thanks for the comments. The browser game should work now. I've changed the link directly to the index html file.
I know what's causing the box spamming, but I don't think it's within the rules to fix that now, so have some free points I suppose :)

ramori 2014-08-25 20:39

Web version didn't work on Opera and Firefox for me (white screen, no message).
Man, this game is hard, I like it :D I would personally add some friction on the platforms, because they are too slippery.

dvanderaart 2014-08-25 20:43

Original. Quite tricky but fun idea.

yodamaster 2014-08-25 20:47

Works fine and is quite fun. Very hard to play, couldn't get more than 2 points at all. Maybe start slower and build up the difficulty. I also would make the player more controllable (less sliding).

petegrammarman 2014-08-26 05:02

Liked the concept (as it is pretty similar to the one I used, but I'm not biased or anything), although you seemed to have done it in a better way.

ponywolf 2014-08-26 14:06

Nice concept. Would have loved to see what you could have done with more time.

shivafang 2014-08-26 14:09

Nice game. Only real complaint is that the jumping character falls too slowly. The water catches up while I'm waiting for him to land on platforms. Is he on the moon or something?

robert_steiner 2014-08-26 14:44

High score 5 :)

colapsydo 2014-08-26 18:47

I had some trouble with the physic on the plateformer part which render the game maybe to chalenging alone.
I give it a try with two players, it's much easier but still fun.

arhpositive 2014-08-26 20:43

Concept is good and gameplay is challenging. I played 5-6 times and I have a high score of 6. This game, if enhanced properly with more features, can also act as a 2 player game and remain challenging. Nice idea and decent implementation.

I too, have encountered that spamming S results in multiple boxes on the right side.

Other than that, I've noticed a slowdown of the game as you keep going higher, I don't know if its only in the web build or every one.

jellycakes 2014-08-27 16:59

Pretty cool, liked the idea! Played well too. Nice work.

isaacl-balogh 2014-08-27 17:00

The controls for the platforming half felt very floaty like I couldn't control him well enough to play the game. Its an interesting idea having to maintain both sides of the game though.

umu 2014-08-27 20:31

Interesting. Also very difficult. Perhaps it would be easier if the platformer was on the bottom and the ship was on top? the player is usually looking up in a vertically moving platformer, so the boat would be in their vision already. When the boxes were dropping down the player would be able to quickly spot their general location because they eye is attracted to movement.

hippolyta 2014-08-27 23:43

Very challenging game - highscore 8
Will come back for more! ;-)

scriptblocks 2014-08-28 02:09

neat

alvivar 2014-08-28 04:37

love it!

i think you can improve the walking on the platform side by decreasing the slippery a little.

juakob 2014-08-28 05:56

I like the mechanics, really related with the theme. Congratulation for the game!

esayitch 2014-08-28 16:48

Pretty nice 2 player game. I would have made it so the movement was a but smoother; sometimes it's very hard to control and you feel you lose unfairly.

In addition, why is it that when I go to the edge of the screen I appear on the other side :( Would have preferred if there was a solid wall there that collided with me and kept me there.

The sfx were pretty sweet and fit the vibe. Reminded me of an old dos game where you were a ball that bounced on platform. Don't remember the name.

Graphics are suitable too :) Good entry overall!

shatterhand 2014-08-28 21:53

Very cool concept, it could use better controls in the platform side, since like it has been said, the character floats a lot. Also, like it has already been mentioned, the game could have started slower and then speed up with time.


The spam S key to render multiple boxes actually makes the game more fun , don't ever fix it :)

cudabear 2014-08-29 00:01

Interesting little game. It was pretty difficult balancing the boat on the right and the guy on the left. I found if you spammed s when picking up a box you could spawn multiple on the other side. Other than that, well done!

integershift 2014-08-29 00:14

I could see a local multiplayer game coming from this idea, very cool!

pixelmonkey 2014-08-29 08:33

Pretty cool! I imagine it would be a lot easier with 2 players, since it takes all my concentration to simply play with the platformer. The physics are a little momentum-heavy for him but the game is quite creative overall!

conflictivelabs 2014-08-29 19:40

This is really difficult! I need to split my mind in two.
Nice concept. I really enjoyed the fact the you had to different games connected.

grayhaze 2014-08-29 21:27

Starts off at almost Flappy Bird difficulty, but as with that game this just makes you try again until you succeed! As a one player game it's insanely difficult, as you're under too much pressure in the platform game to pay any attention to the position of the boat. As a two player game it has potential. Overall a good entry which could be improved upon to be a really solid game.

mach60kas 2014-09-07 14:57

Hey, good game. I liked the challenge of a divided attention task, but I found you could generate up to 5 or so boxes depending on how fast you could press s for a single box.

romandtom 2014-09-13 17:08

It was a nice idea, but too hard in my opinion :)
You should make it harder as you progress, and not starting when it is too hard like so.

jojocanard 2014-09-14 23:27

Fun concept but very hard<

jukimv1986 2014-09-15 08:34

Tricky but very nice! I got immersed quite quickly, trying to get all the boxes in the boat. Great job!