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Mantis breaks the Rules

By gaspard

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness356
Humor1233.36
Audio2993.13
Mood5772.91
Fun5813.06
Innovation6702.97
Graphics8312.67
Overall8502.91
Theme10263.09

Comments

wandersenus 2014-12-08 09:21

what a good game!!!

binary_girl 2014-12-08 14:49

haha.. good job man.. i liked the particle effects.. i couldn't get past the mantis tho ;p

gaspard_ 2014-12-08 15:02

@hobieV if you don't beat the mantis, you have not seen the REAL game.
Hint: time your dashes, you can use them in mid air.
Dash just after you got hit!(So that you don't suffer the knockback...)

msaul 2014-12-08 17:10

I really don't understand what to do (and i wait the message at the begining) so i didn't rate it. Good audio !

stephan_h 2014-12-08 17:21

I am not sure, what this is, but I enjoyed it. Thank you.

msaul 2014-12-08 18:19

Ok, i get it. Hard time to understand what to do at the begining. And WTFFFFFFFF happens omg. I got the icecream don't know if it's the end x).

gaspard_ 2014-12-08 18:23

@PhDAA The ice-cream is nearly the end!(Kinda is IMHO)
The screen still has to be shattered once again to get the end message, which basically tells you to quit.
You haven't missed anything :).

harley77 2014-12-08 19:13

Wasn't sure what to expect with a 120MB download. Good action, and the progressiveness was a nice addition. Good job!

snemanden 2014-12-08 20:21

yo
finally.

Haha, I am not sure what I just played there! A very, ehh, psychedelic experience for sure. Actually managed to win the game? (I got that icecream). Despite that it was quite hard. Really liked the mantis-eating-you-amimation ;)

kitch 2014-12-08 23:59

I got icecream and eaten by a mantis. Would play again.
(liked the piano jam in the background... got pretty heavy when the mantis came in :) )

gaspard_ 2014-12-09 00:03

@kilch Thanks for the compliment, I recorded that!

lazerbreadgames 2014-12-09 01:41

I was quite a fan of the background, as well as the piano serenade. The bouncy little green thing was also really fun to kick around and had interesting interactions with the character, but I never really could figure out what it was that I was playing. Again. Thumbs up for the piano.

shellfishgames 2014-12-09 12:17

I don't know what this was, but it was cool! Quite a neat effect when the screen suddenly fell apart. And is it true that there is no actual lose state? I didn't do very well but didn't seem like I could die. Which is nice! :D

rene-damm 2014-12-09 20:04

A psychedelic experience with bouncy physics :) Got eaten by the Mantis twice. Fun graphics and gameplay. Combat felt a little too bouncy and imprecise, though :)

bkgh 2014-12-10 05:03

This is, um, interesting.
I love abstract games like this,

haslettj 2014-12-10 14:47

I couldn't make it past the mantis. I didn't really understand what was going on, especially at the beginning.

HelkeGames 2014-12-10 20:10

Good job! Nice concept and great game overall!

grabengroup 2014-12-10 23:32

kick the frog to accomplish your mission!
11/10
would play again!

zncatlaw 2014-12-12 06:07

Woooooow this was way cooler than I initially thought. I couldn't figure out how to start the game for a while. For those of you who, like me, were lost at the beginning: kick the frog (green thing) into the snowman.

I didn't beat the Mantis, but oh man was the death scene cool! Thanks for this strange surreal game!

ddrkirbyisq 2014-12-12 06:21

wat the actual fuck

acuity 2014-12-12 06:46

I can't tell if I won or lost. Music was pretty nice!

madmaw 2014-12-12 23:01

If only the scoring went higher than 5

ddrkirbyisq 2014-12-13 03:50

Thanks for your feedback! I've patched my game with a hotfix for the issue you experienced on the second stage by adding a switch on the right side so you can no longer get into an unwinnable state for that area.

gaspard_ 2014-12-18 16:32

I'm the author, so as to confuse no-one,the comment above has nothing to do with this game.

01rafael 2014-12-20 19:09

Nice graphics!