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Constellation

By aglavra

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Humor7432.07
Theme8482.78
Audio9851.48
Graphics10592.23
Mood10742.14
Fun11012.25
Innovation11172.19
Overall11412.42

Comments

cultofmonkey 2014-08-25 13:23

Nice idea & good level design. Controls a bit floaty, but good game

retr0spectrum 2014-08-25 14:04

I think I found a typo in the X-Gun description "It kills people and does no harm to people."

stephan_h 2014-08-25 14:06

Nice game. Good effort.
Movement feels very sluggish.
Graphics could be better, but the colors are nice.

elkiwydev 2014-08-25 14:08

Good idea with constellation and stuff but bad gameplay

owyoow 2014-08-25 14:08

Nice game. I could not get past the second level because I did not know where to go after I got all the parts. I could not go where I came from

ninjascript 2014-08-25 14:09

Good effort! I only ended up using the z gun, didn't find much use for the x gun.

jharler 2014-08-25 14:10

The controls could use some polish, but overall well done. Interesting take on the theme. Well done!

egdob 2014-08-25 14:11

A lot of game for a 48 hours compo - level design is good, and the change in graphical theme is nice. The controls weren't brilliant though, I could get around the levels just fine, but the deceleration on landing felt a bit too severe and the "air time" felt a little too long.

mcfood 2014-08-25 14:12

Really nice artwork and designs. There is quite a bit of content here, and a its a nice idea to respect the inhabitant enemies of other worlds.

dimir 2014-08-25 14:14

Nice background. Good moving floors relative to the background. I do not understand how to attack enemies. Nice game.

drcicero 2014-08-25 14:15

"X-gun kills people and does not harm people" of course -.- I mean no harm, only want to kill you :) What use is the x-gun anyway, you only need the paralazer, do you?

Its not really fun because of the loose controls, instant right and left and moving a little bit faster would probably feel much better. If you dont know how to draw good tiles/characters, try to either draw them very lowrez (like 4x4 or 8x8) or just use a solid colors, that would look much better.

mrexcessive 2014-08-25 15:27

Hi there. Nice platformer. Two gun concept worked well.

rantt 2014-08-25 15:49

Nice game, I like the art and the levels were interesting. It glitched on me where it was showing the people I stunned lying on the ground but I was still be shot by them. I enjoyed the game, nicely done.

mataguiris 2014-08-25 16:59

Something strange movements, lacks a bit of agility, but not bad.

tannernetwork 2014-08-25 19:00

Good game!

kunonooni 2014-08-26 01:30

nice game mechanic and an interesting take on the theme.

waynaul 2014-08-26 06:03

Fun game. I think the constellation idea is a great and novel approach to the theme. Seeing the constellation change after each level was rewarding.

pythong 2014-08-26 10:14

the movement was kinda strange, and i only used the blue gun. btw, don't use x & z for shooting keys, because on german keyboards, Y is next to X instead of Z

syawqy 2014-08-26 12:38

it's hard to move around

jomomomo 2014-08-27 02:53

Interesting...

alvivar 2014-08-27 05:55

Good for a first game! Adding more sounds will probably help you a lot to improve the game.

jod 2014-08-29 17:52

Yay, restored the connection!

phocker 2014-08-30 04:27

Very good idea for using star constellations and connecting them. The graphics and gameplay need some work, nice job.

snapdragon 2014-08-30 21:02

"X gun shoots common bullets. It kills people but does not harm people." What is that supposed to mean?

dancingmad 2014-08-31 17:57

the game is quite fun, but the controls are horrible. Also, i didn't see the point of using the X-gun. Nice graphics too!

kingbolonzo 2014-08-31 18:15

really like the levels and theme nice work

bluesky 2014-08-31 20:20

Nice entry, well done.

bluesky 2014-09-01 17:23

Good job!This is actually very entertaining,

albertosm 2014-09-02 12:37

Doesn't have any music and the game is not really engaging...nice interpretation of the theme though.

frogcheese 2014-09-02 16:43

Nice take on the theme, though the controls are difficult to work with. I never saw reason to use the lethal gun - maybe if you put in some situations where it would be a lot harder to get through by just stunning natives, or gave the player less life so you can't afford to be hit by someone waking up unexpectedly.

mechanicmoon 2014-09-02 20:48

Great color on the maps! Nice concept!

mechabit 2014-09-07 13:10

it's cool that you have multiple endings for a compo entry

jukimv1986 2014-09-08 18:58

Controls were a bit clunky and the game was a quite slow, but at least it was fun to play, had enough levels and variety so that made it refreshing and interesting to get to the next level. I liked the number of enemies and the different backgrounds very much. Well done!

depp 2014-09-10 08:27

I like the framing (story) but the controls feel sluggish.

cardboard 2014-09-15 04:09

The controls are wonky; I don't think the player's horizontal momentum should be reset upon landing after a jump or fall, and the horizontal acceleration was too slow for my liking. It was still easy to adapt to the controls, and I managed to beat the game cleanly. Some of the colors you chose for the foreground/background have too little contrast, making the platforms too hard to see. The premise of this game is rather interesting, and I like the sprites. The level design is good, and I enjoyed the game.