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Scan Lines

By killedbyapixel

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation154.38
Coolness361
Theme274.41
Overall473.91
Fun583.82
Mood1303.53
Graphics2023.71
Humor3632.79
Audio4802.85

Comments

kraln 2014-12-08 02:43

The difficulty ramps really quickly after level 4, but nevertheless fun :)

bkgh 2014-12-08 05:55

Very interesting concept and interesting implementation!

paperscraps 2014-12-08 19:46

I really like the idea behind this. The scan line mechanic is super clever. Being able to see a transparent copy of the next scan added a lot to the game. The difficulty is somewhat high.

the-arrival 2014-12-09 02:12

good idea, good style. I don´t like the level design, but maybe it´s just to confusing because of lack of sleep :)

odra 2014-12-09 02:16

Clever idea, interesting game.

I don't know if it's because my computer somehow can't handle the graphics but the controls felt really sluggish. I wasn't able to beat a level because it needed me to jump with precision I didn't have. I was able to enjoy the game until then, however.

Excellent presentation.

lonewookie 2014-12-09 02:23

I love the concept but it's a little slippery and hard after level 4.

catchthefloaty 2014-12-09 02:26

great job

killedbyapixel 2014-12-09 02:45

Thanks guys! I hear you on the difficulty, I need to tighten the platforming mechanics and improve level design. I was really rushed especially with level design. I'm still kind of wrapping my head around how to make best use of the primary mechanic.

killedbyapixel 2014-12-09 07:30

I noticed a pretty major bug with keyboard controls that may be causing players to have a worse experience. I mostly tested with a gamepad. I put up a link to an enhanced version with hopefully somewhat better controls.

mrshoestore 2014-12-10 01:32

Very Clever game. Im a fan.

chuigum 2014-12-10 03:17

Great innovation! It gets pretty difficult but it's still fun. Good job!

zakchaos 2014-12-10 03:20

amazing use of theme well done, graphics were simplistic, but very well used, brilliantly done!

lynx 2014-12-10 04:13

Creative and unique idea! Way to get a lot of levels on one screen!

jaloko 2014-12-10 06:33

Enjoyed playing this game, very fun.

crefossus 2014-12-10 07:18

Excellent job with the theme and great game design. I love the forgiving checkpoints that don't make you needlessly redo puzzles you have already solved. Extremely rewarding to play.

The particles and lighting are very well done. I love the graphics consistency overall, although the snowman does stand out a little. I think he fit better as crisp pixels instead of the AA.

The audio is probably the weakspot, but it's not too grating.

sanchitgulati 2014-12-10 10:29

windows only :(
watched the youtube video. feels awesome.

instant-noodles 2014-12-10 11:51

Very hard but definitively cool !

zkenshin 2014-12-10 20:37

This was quite neat, and pretty difficult but fun, nice job!

nusan 2014-12-11 12:31

Good concept and interesting levels. Keep up the good work

gemberkoekje 2014-12-11 16:39

Bloody hell this game is hard. I also didn't like that it's a bit about premonition: You need to know in advance what's gonna happen, cause if you respond, you'll be too late. That said, I found it really innovative, nice concept, decent graphics.
For me, you could've made it a little easier and a little slower paced, but other than that, nice effort and very unique~!
(Check my entry too! it also has scanlines! :P)

glaze_96 2014-12-11 19:40

Awesome in every way!
I don't think that the difficulty is a problem because of the quick resets of the levels.
The only thing I didn't like was the controls. I like my controls a bit more responsive, but every one has their own taste.
Hope you had a fun time making the game! :)

Really interesting concept btw!

ciaodavinci 2014-12-12 01:25

Hey interesting concept and great execution. I found it hard to understand why I was dying at the beginning (especially when it was because the scanline had destroyed the pellet). I found the controls a bit slide-y and the jump seemed somehow delayed.

intersectiongames 2014-12-12 03:26

Really like this one. I'm a fan of platforming, especially on the trickier side. This one wasn't super punishing, which was nice. Sometimes you couldn't react until after you've seen the scanline play out, but there were places whre I saw you indicated future platforms and things, which was cool. Maybe try and make that more obvious.

thopis 2014-12-12 18:10

Funny character and good controls!only thing that's missing is music.Great overall!

pjimmy 2014-12-13 19:33

love it, it's challenging, awesome visuals, solid gameplay, well done :)

cakencode 2014-12-16 07:23

Love the idea, it's new and it's brilliant. I think shoehorning in the snowman was a bit awkward, but the game itself has a lot of promise, I think the only difficult thing is being able to properly preview when a section is going to go away, it was really hard to see.

I really hope you take this mechanic and keep pushing it. I think it's got a lot of promise :D

rabbit 2014-12-17 03:43

Awesome game and one of the better ideas from this jam. It needs a little fine tuning, and it would be nice to know where the blue square would spawn in before hand so you can sorta plan your path to it. Its mostly trial and error right now.

leaghorn 2014-12-17 04:11

Thats really great. Would be awesome if there was a full length game like that. Make more levels, upgrade graphics and sell it!

kirbytails7 2014-12-17 04:55

Ha! Level 11 can be skipped!
Very fun, and a good take on the theme. I like how it escalated at the end.

kaa 2014-12-17 07:20

Canot run, but saw video game play. This game looks fantastic! Game design, level design, whole idea is very interesting

ghostonline 2014-12-17 07:39

Really love your take on the theme

gins 2014-12-17 09:02

That was a ride! Really cool use of the theme, and I finally beat it! Only thing that bugs me is the weird physics where the character acceleration and deceleration don't match up at all, which makes it very hard to time your jumps. That may come down to preference though, and the rest of the game was still brilliant.

larzan 2014-12-17 10:56

This is the best theme implementation i have seen so far, very good, love it! Great visual style too, level switching, puzzles, all in all a really great game, you should add a few more levels and publish it big time.
Oh, and +1 for the snowman of course ;)

exoddinary 2014-12-17 11:19

To be honest, I might do not know how to play the game if you didn't post the animated gif version. And yay I finished the game with just 73 tries

fede3751 2014-12-17 12:50

Really cool game! Liked the whole idea! Really hard to finish it but i managed to do it after 60 deaths! :D

Great entry! :)

kovalsky 2014-12-17 12:57

Your game awesome

tifu 2014-12-17 15:05

61 deaths! Made it! That was awesome, great use of theme, really challenging! Great job!

nosfer 2014-12-17 17:19

Fun. Dificult, Irritating, but fun :) Finished with 80 deaths :)

sestren 2014-12-18 02:35

This is my favorite take on the theme thus far. The timeout-related deaths confused me at first, but everything else was easy enough to understand. Pretty difficult, but very fun.

arcturusdeluxe 2014-12-18 20:08

Very cool idea, nice take on the theme. Love the presentation - the lighting effects and stuff are really cool. Fun gameplay too, even if sometimes its a bit tricky to parse whats going on with all the platform changes, and the insta-deaths when you take too long are a bit confusing. Nice job though!

depp 2014-12-18 23:49

Fantastic, simply fantastic game.

P.S. Your game will be in my next video (episode #4).

little-burrito 2014-12-19 21:51

I recorded while I played the game: http://youtu.be/_wJdWK9gO-U

Really, really cool game. For some reason the controls took some time for me to get used to, but the idea of the scan lines is soo good! I think it could be worth investigating letting them be slower, so that there's a bigger chance you might figure out what to do on the first try, because like this it almost became like you needed to die once just to have an idea of what would happen on the next level. On the other hand, this speed gives it much greater replayability and I'd love to see a speed run of this! Very, very well done.

taviandir 2014-12-19 22:43

nice concept but i couldnt get past level 4 no matter how fast I was :(