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Last Rooftop Hero

By phoenix849

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics334.24
Audio913.62
Humor2483.00
Overall2823.48
Theme2973.81
Innovation3273.45
Mood3833.13
Fun3873.26
Coolness160544

Comments

thecoder15 2014-12-08 03:08

Great game love the art iso is the best :)

phoenix849 2014-12-08 03:12

Thanks! I've never done iso before, so it was a challenge to implement.

groydis 2014-12-08 05:20

I was stuck on a roof once, It was a daunting experience.
The game looks great, the music is banging. The gameplay isn't so crash hot.
I lasted 56 seconds with out jumping.
I lasted 30 seconds when jumping.
I could just really really suck though. I did get stuck on a roof after all.

jrap 2014-12-08 06:00

These are some top-notch sprites oh my god.

phoenix849 2014-12-08 10:20

Well, I am a real sucker for pretty pixels, so I tend to spend much time on my graphics usually. Just the hero is a last-hour addition, not so cool.

I was planning to add enemies, that require you to move around, like bombs and bullet-proof ones, but had no time to do that. Gameplay with just all these maggots is not so tense, you are right. Wish I could've balanced the shoot/jump mechanics. Maybe I'll continue in post-LD.

tinimations 2014-12-08 13:39

Survived a whole minute by just staring at the screen. Don't start the player at the center. It the optimal position to stand on!

Art and sound is excellent though. Would also like to see a way to jump a short distance without charging.

sfdnetwork 2014-12-08 13:40

Game looks fantastic, Audio is great. It's not buggy. This one made me laugh, I'll give it to you. I played by standing in the middle and not doing anything.

I survived for 41 seconds by the way.

phoenix849 2014-12-08 13:56

I wish I had just an hour or two more to add falling bombs to avoid at least. Now you can just stand in the middle doing nothing like a boss :D

Disabling shorth jump distances is intentional. The only tester I had just started spamming them, and I don't want it to play like that.

lexgear 2014-12-08 14:19

OH! I saw your post on twitter and now I've found your game here. However no mac or web version :( SAD

job_ 2014-12-08 14:24

Interesting mechanics. Awesome sprites. Great game.

andysolace 2014-12-08 14:26

Good fun! assets are really good, well done!

Like everyone else, I tested to see how long I could get away with not doing anything: 57.75 seconds was the result. First try with jumping? 8 Seconds. I jumped straight off the edge accidently xD

I also agree it would have been nice to start the player off at a random location. perhaps "the centre +/- 3 tiles" or something, just to stir things up a bit?

zettelkasten 2014-12-08 14:27

Cool idea and implemented very well with great graphics and audio!

sergilazaro 2014-12-08 14:37

Nice drum and bass there! The grunts make it even better :)

phoenix849 2014-12-08 15:04

Thanks, folks! I'll definitely toy with this some more in post-LD days. However there are lots of dirty coding in this version, but maybe I'd like to see a proper sequel on my Android some day.

I could not have my Game Maker: Studio to make a working web version. It has no sound and graphics are crippled as hell. So only Windows for now, sorry.

ghostbomb 2014-12-08 17:12

The artwork and sprites are all top notch and everything is super well polished. Everything's here to make a really awesome game, though like others have said, there's really no incentive to move anywhere so you're just stuck staring at the screen. Having objectives that spawn at random locations on the map or just having obstacles you can't shoot down would go a long way towards making this game really really fun.

endesga 2014-12-08 19:16

Aaawwww yeah, GM:S buddies! :D haha I absolutely love this game! Art is stellar my friend!

jupitron 2014-12-08 20:10

For start the screenshot is just awesome! You can sell a game that easy at least for me, incredible style!
Survived 56 seconds! Awesome game, would love to aim shots and jump.

redpanda_ua 2014-12-08 20:14

Amazing 1/10 -IGN

lionroot 2014-12-08 21:02

That was fun jumping and squashing, great job!

tiago-ling 2014-12-09 00:57

Great game, loved the isometric art and overall style! Good job!

kitch 2014-12-09 03:22

Wow, very well polished. Sprites look awesome, and music and sounds were great! Pretty fun gameplay too, after I learned that jumping helps a lot.

Good work! Thanks.

ddrkirbyisq 2014-12-09 15:37

Kinda cool aside from the fact that doing any actions at all is most likely detrimental to your survival. But gdi I just kept making the guy jump off to his doom over and over again because the groan sound you made is hilarious. xD

bygmalion 2014-12-09 21:39

I wish I had you FL studio skills, making music is hard,

I will probably kidnap a sound bro for my next LD.

ellian 2014-12-09 21:43

That is a pretty well made game!
The fact that you can move with WASD feels almost like a cheat, and the game quickly gets REALLY hard... but it's a nice concept and very well made execution :D

rnlf 2014-12-09 21:58

Looks really awesome! Nice one-button gameplay!

phoenix849 2014-12-09 22:12

Ok, guys. This is fuckup of EPIC proportions. I forgot to disable WASD, and thought everyone had a one-button game. I've NEVER used it during testing. I think I've just made then out of habit and forgot about it. Fixing this "typo" took me 5 seconds, should be a proper version without WASD now xD

Great thanks, Ellian! Now I don't really know how many have people found this.


As for FL Studio, I started around 2008, having not a single clue what I was doing. Just around 2013-2014 I felt that I'm any good and not ashamed of my music anymore. That's how you learn things: try it, and then don't stop.

lcssprogrammingclub 2014-12-09 22:37

Really Awesome game! The jumping sound got kind of annoying though. Overall, a really well refined and designed game!

mechamew 2014-12-09 22:41

Wish there were a mac or web build. Looks like my kind of thing!

lapskaus 2014-12-09 22:48

Really nice graphics. But jumping around feels useless, as many others i got my best score by just watching and doing nothing at all.

buzzjeux 2014-12-09 22:49

Wow very nice pixelart game here damn polished great job i love it !

cullencoyote 2014-12-09 23:06

Game looks absolutely sweet, graphically, gameplay-wise, the sound design, but it's not running correctly for me. Rather than drawing the player sprite, it only draws a red line in his pointing direction. Don't know if anyone else got this problem

boehrsi 2014-12-09 23:17

Nice art style and rather simple concept ;).

theomg 2014-12-09 23:22

Amazing art, man! A few power ups and maybe a death animation would have been nice, but great game nonetheless.

phoenix849 2014-12-09 23:36

@CullenCoyote no one reported this yet. Very strange. The red arrow is intentional, but so far no one complained to "no hero" bug. What are you running it onto?

bygmalion 2014-12-09 23:55

I downloaded FL studio two weeks ago, the road to become the next Skrillex will be long :D

mtanton 2014-12-10 00:00

Very nice. Really like the graphics. It definitely could use more enemies of some kind, but it's still fun!

ams 2014-12-10 00:07

Great game, specially the graphics. I would slightly change the way you jump, because you are helpless once you start jumping. On the other hand, I love you can jump to infinity and beyond, so a few humor stars goes because of that.

thopis 2014-12-10 01:36

Great concept and delicious art!

lynx 2014-12-10 03:20

This game looks beautiful, big fan of isometric and sci-fi too

managore 2014-12-10 04:00

It looks great and I really like the one button mechanic. Stomping on the bugs felt really solid!

asixjin 2014-12-10 07:32

I have to give mad respect for the sprites and audio. Pretty cool game!

andrejsklavins 2014-12-10 08:35

Great pixelgraphic, fresh concept, didn't like the controls, but its rooted in design and that's allright. Great entry!

rico-albe 2014-12-10 11:20

If charging a jump didn't stop you from shooting it would increase game possibilities while retaining the one button theme. Also, shooting could have a recoil, moving you from your static position in unwanted ways, that would be a way to force the player to jump sometimes.

Graphics are a bit too static, but they look good.

Rooftop industries is the best name for a company ever.

gungnir 2014-12-10 15:15

Excellent audio, sweet song.

The gameplay didn't make a lot of sense to me, jumping gives no meaningful advantage since the optimal position is in the center.

johnbrynte 2014-12-10 20:59

Although this game looks really sleek it is one of the most bizarre games I've played. I guess it's a combination of the context, the game mechanics and the hilarious falling sound. I really think you should take this further, it is actually quite fun!

tonasz 2014-12-10 23:58

When I saw this nice looking screenshot and later that one-button jump mechanics I was sure this game is super cool, but then... staring at monitor and listening to music turned out to be the most efficient way to play it. I hope you will polish this idea after compo, because I would definitely play something like this on phone :)

ryguydavis 2014-12-11 21:39

This is really well put together and clearly tapping into something interesting. Others have already commented on the gameplay so I'll just note that I agree that I had no reason to jump right now--but I really want to! Really worth the download. Great work.

code-medicine 2014-12-11 23:54

Art is good, audio is nice and game fun to play. Good job!

frump 2014-12-12 00:08

The art is good but the gameplay is lacking. The concept isn't bad but the charge to jump takes so long it's rarely worth doing. You kill very proficiently just staying in the middle and letting him shoot. It takes too long for the initial enemies to reach the roof as well.

pegigante 2014-12-12 23:42

Beautiful art

raiyumi 2014-12-13 17:38

Really nice graphics! Gameplay-wise it could use some work, but otherwise great job!

gfm 2014-12-14 00:38

Great graphics and nice sound!!
It was fun to try and avoid the bugs as things got more and more hectic. :)

apiotrw 2014-12-14 11:53

Great artstyle

instant-noodles 2014-12-14 17:59

Doesnt work here... I have windows 8.1, the game lauch but the building sprite is blinking and I doesnt see the charactere. (only the red indicator)
:'(

designernap 2014-12-14 20:23

Excellent entry! really like the style and sounds in this. Superb work.

pkenney 2014-12-14 21:32

Very interesting what you've done here with one button! Nice work, especially having nice art, sound, and music on the interesting mechanic.

An onscreen score while playing would have been a nice touch.

pvtroswold 2014-12-14 21:46

Love the graphics and unique mechanics! The crawlie thingies were well done and sufficiently creep-tastic! Good job!

nikteddy92 2014-12-14 22:10

wooooa cool control system!
I really like it! The pixel art is great end the sounds too.
Well done! :D

ludipe 2014-12-14 23:47

Simple but fun and hard to master. The art is lovely. How about a mobile port? The game mechanic is perfect for it.

hbocao 2014-12-15 00:03

Very innovative! Loved it! Yes, you should work on it. Think mobile!

tmpxyz 2014-12-15 11:12

great work, hope the start part could be faster.

georgebroussard 2014-12-15 18:12

Love the art. Not a great fan of move mechanics like this, but it was a solid, very well made game.

sirdorius 2014-12-15 19:55

Haha, I kind of the like the absurd controls. And the game is very stylish as well!

theexgenesis 2014-12-15 23:34

Not sure if the jump mechanic is the most effective, but was definitely interesting! Nice art too.

valandre 2014-12-19 13:34

great art style, love the mood

simonchauvin 2014-12-19 18:34

I had a lot of fun. This is very well done. Interesting mechanic too :)

seraphki 2014-12-22 04:21

Love the graphics, but it seems that standing still and not doing anything was to my best benefit. Game design could use a little spitshine. I did spend a few hilarious rounds jumping completely off the building and laughing at his distraught 'nuuuuuuu'. =3