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Robot Karma Joe

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio2223.28
Fun2913.38
Graphics2933.52
Humor3042.90
Mood3563.16
Overall4593.28
Innovation7072.93
Theme11962.09

Comments

kraln 2014-12-08 03:11

I love it. Totally dig the music, and the game I eventually figured out. Note: You can shoot after you die...

fachexot 2014-12-08 03:28

Woah. Nicest game until now! Super nice zooming animation in the beginning. So it matches the current theme :D I love the tentacle enemies.
Will play that more often :)

stevehb 2014-12-08 03:32

Neat game. Surprisingly polished and creative for a 48-hour entry. But how does it fit the theme? :)

fanttum 2014-12-08 03:32

Cool game but i have no idea what is going on, haha, but still fun.

psyduckfreak 2014-12-08 03:34

Yes nice stuff man

csaunders 2014-12-08 03:42

Visual effects in this are great. Music is really solid too.

The hitboxes need some tweaking though, it felt like I was getting hit was too early.

endesga 2014-12-08 03:51

Music is sweet, and I love the game overall!

croze 2014-12-08 04:13

I was generally confused but that's an impressive game!

insality 2014-12-08 04:14

OOh, i love it! so sweety! Perfect one, from music to idea and gameplay ;]

mrsun 2014-12-08 04:16

This is awesome! Graphics are great, gameplay feels really good. The only thing is that it doesn't really fit the theme :/. Otherwise great work!

quarterflip 2014-12-08 04:42

The death sound made my ears bleed. The graphic style reminds me of McPixel for some reason.

nuclearnapalm 2014-12-08 05:46

Great platformer! I didn't read the controls description, so I destroyed all eyewatchers without single shot lol))

woodecker 2014-12-08 05:49

Were is the theme? I like the graphics.

tkf15h 2014-12-08 07:22

The "expose your soul" mechanic is pretty neat and fun, but I guess it kinda defeats the point of a platformer. Don't feel like facing all the perils along the way? Just send your soul. And the Z key isn't really intuitive for shooting, for a long while I thought the gun was just decorative.

daviosmash 2014-12-08 08:04

Love your style!

megamasterx 2014-12-08 14:26

This. Game. Rocks. The graphics are really well done and the sound lends itself to the overall concept. Great concepts, great game!

logun 2014-12-08 14:43

Just for the anim of the Big monster, it s awesome :)
And that walk anim :D
Arts are cool, game is fun, well done.

tasteslikefuture 2014-12-08 15:48

Very cool. Awesome blend of traditional and experimental mechanics. One of the more polished games I've played so far. Great work!

gfm 2014-12-08 20:49

Great intro!!

I found the game both cute and funny. :)

tudd 2014-12-08 22:37

I didn't really like how I could just send my soul through everything and skip having to defeat most of the monsters. Fun game though, the music is bumpin' and the story is really funny :D

zanaku 2014-12-08 23:50

Awesome stuff! I love how peculiar it is, really put a smile on my face!

I thought the zooming in on the brain for each eye hit was really cool. Not sure why, I guess you just don't often see that sorta jump cut in these sorts of games. (Or I don't, at any rate..)

komjaur 2014-12-09 00:17

i helped that big guy by killing lots of people :D

groydis 2014-12-09 00:39

Great job on the art, the sound is excellent as well, Wasn't sure if I should be a murderous prick at the start and shoot everyone. Did it anyway! Once I got inside the monster (i'm assuming that's what happened). The game really came to life and I had a bunch of fun! Great job.

anachron 2014-12-09 00:50

The soul mechanic is really cool, and would be an awesome foundation for a larger game! Congrats on your entry :)

rabbit 2014-12-09 01:19

Cool game.

Doesnt really fit the theme, and the graphics get really cluttered as time goes on.

error031 2014-12-09 02:38

Reminded me of old good games. Nice soundtrack.

somfunambulist 2014-12-09 03:04

I really liked this game! Even if the karma system doesnt effect anything, I thought it was a really fun touch!

rmc 2014-12-09 03:14

The game is great, but missed the theme.

fatkarate 2014-12-09 03:33

Nice polish and graphics.

ruthiepee 2014-12-09 03:38

Yay, I won! I loved the sound the monster made at the end, like slowly letting the air out of a balloon... Nice audio and I love the intro-- both make it feel like you're playing an old-school arcade cabinet. In awe of all the excellent graphics you created in such a short amount of time. Really nice work.

cbear_wallis 2014-12-09 03:49

This was really really cool!!

panda 2014-12-09 04:15

Awesome intro, very impressive! The game's good too, and the "soul" mechanic is interesting. I don't know why I should put my soul on the eyes, though. Is that how I win? The game just restarted after I got a bunch of eyes, not sure if I was doing the right thing.

spacedoubt 2014-12-09 04:39

This game's got style!

mtinkerhess 2014-12-09 04:54

Nice graphics! I tried three times. The second and third time I hit all the eyeballs but died trying to platform up to the brain.

benmcnelly 2014-12-09 04:55

Nice one, keep it up!

landosystems 2014-12-09 05:28

Very cool game, goofy good art, fun sounds. Nice work!

ferraware 2014-12-09 05:57

Really nice game, you might want to turn down the volume of the sound effects though, as they blew my ears :P

Don't see how it fits into the theme though, but nicely done!

interface 2014-12-09 06:12

The camera got stuck at some point, not sure what I did or what happened. Overall good entry though.

oranebeast 2014-12-09 06:40

I like the music, and the graphics, although, if you move imediately after falling, you'll teleport to the platform.

lissar 2014-12-09 07:44

That was pretty neat! The music sure made it intense.

alendro 2014-12-09 07:50

I like the mix of mechanics. Keeps it interesting. Great job!

vidsneeze 2014-12-09 07:59

Good game! i really enjoyed the chiptunes!
(was a bit confused when i could start jumping though xD but it was a pretty cool surprise!)

aomeas 2014-12-09 08:24

Good music, but I don't manage to find a link with the theme.
The camera is sometimes not following the player after having been in Spirit mode.
Pretty good little game :3

kirbytails7 2014-12-09 08:48

I really like the intro sequence. Good job getting smooth cutscenes in! I don't see how the karma part fits in to the gameplay, though.

littlethor 2014-12-09 09:11

Even if it doesn't fit the theme, it's a very fun game with nice graphics, audio and humor! Good work!

psychomonster 2014-12-09 09:15

Haha this really good... like the start... cool Artwork and smooth gameplay. But there are much more screens as the theme allows... Great fun to play but missed the theme a little bit ;)

lordkawaii 2014-12-09 09:18

I thought it was really fun, but I wish there was more to the Karma stuff, but its a good base that I think could become an amazing game.

valandre 2014-12-09 10:02

good game nice graphics!

vicious_br 2014-12-09 10:05

Wow, greate game

manou 2014-12-09 10:16

Good intro and overall mood.

kk 2014-12-09 12:11

I like the background stroy and the evil icon when you kill people.
I think the instruction that tell player to press space appear too early, I mean when this instruction show up there's no big eye nearby, it would be a little hard to know what to do next.

The art style of that monster is great, looks like the old-school cartoon.

And I notice that this game seems not fit the theme I though?

hippolyta 2014-12-09 12:58

Cool game with nice music!

broivula 2014-12-09 14:15

Loved the pixel art and the animations. Specially that opening scene! Didn't quite get how this fits the 'One Screen' theme, though. But overall really nice job!

cabezotta 2014-12-09 14:50

Great entry! Good luck! go duval! :D

hypnoticbytes 2014-12-09 20:04

Cool game. Nice graphics and music. I'll play more after work :)

boaheck_artgent 2014-12-09 20:22

Wow great game. I really liked the background textures. Also the DOTT tentacles were cool. The audio was great. I also really enjoyed your take on the theme. Overall very good.

kunonooni 2014-12-09 22:30

I liked the "Soul" mechanic. Being able to kill the innocent bystanders as you made your way to the robot was pretty cool. I really like it. Perhaps its me but I didn't get any music. I played it on GameJolt.

mr-greenhat 2014-12-09 23:26

Nice little game! The fact that you can go into the giant robot is a pretty cool idea. I didn't really get the eye/ghost thing at first, but eventually I got it and killed the robot! Yay!

wertle 2014-12-10 21:56

I love the intro sequence and how you kept everything to one screen via the zooming, etc. I see what you mean about the soul mechanic, how right now there's nothing to keep you from just wandering around as a soul and getting all the eyes, I think if you figure out a way to make it necessary to take the risk of moving around in your body then you could do some interesting stuff with it. Also I accidentally shot a dude in the beginning and felt terrible about it :( Please mind our colorblind friends when you pick your feedback for which eyes have been activated already. Occasionally the background was really busy with the game objects, but you could address that in a number of ways, a little desaturation on the backgrounds might be the simplest way. Good job!

evergreen-games-ludum-dare 2014-12-11 07:18

very polished. interesting mechanic although you don't need the guy except at the end

cxsquared 2014-12-11 19:17

Great music and graphics. Digging the pixel art and chiptunes. Great work.

thopis 2014-12-12 12:33

Cool game!

pjimmy 2014-12-12 15:04

very cool and creative game, makes me want to replay those old 90s DOS platformers :)

mak 2014-12-12 18:39

Really good game! Also, really weird: destroy the inner eyes of a giant robot in order to eliminate the shield surrounding its brain and kill it while dodging tentacles? Brilliant!

frondeus 2014-12-12 20:26

Whoah! Audio and video is amazing! I'm still trying to win this game but... even now I can say: "Good job!"

mrexcessive 2014-12-14 09:39

Hi there. Like the pixelart and sounds. Couldn't get past the first set of steps.

chuigum 2014-12-16 02:28

Great innovation and great graphics, loved the music too. Great game!

asobitech 2014-12-16 14:34

So this is what Green tentacle has been up to these days.
Fun game, great game intro.
Not sure how it fits the theme though.

Lucariatias 2014-12-20 16:41

I wasn't too keen on this - the physics were a little broken, the soul mechanic felt unfinished, the karma mechanic didn't seem to do anything, and when you died it didn't feel like it was your fault. The graphics were lacking some polish, and mismatched with each other. The theme interpretation was pretty good, with everything appearing on the screen at the beginning and then you having to go and explore inside the thing. The level design was decent.

jupiter_hadley 2014-12-28 15:31

Love the background graphics. Really interesting concept! I Included it in part 19 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/hTIxzyGfxwg

intogamesuk 2014-12-30 01:19

Not *really* in keeping with the theme but who cares? Shine on you crazy diamond! Loved it!