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Terra Kata

By jmborden

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Humor8881.83
Mood11041.84
Innovation11561.98
Fun11602.07
Graphics11801.71
Theme11982.06
Overall12022.12

Comments

fonserbc 2014-12-08 06:53

Javascript :D! AND SO MUCH COMMENTS ON THE SOURCE WAAaaAa!
There is some issue playing here on the ld page. Definitely working better on the web link.
Nice work!

kitch 2014-12-08 07:05

Ditto the above.. play in the web link, not the embed!

Nice work! Some of the playtroughs gave me a little too much starting terrain, if you know what i mean :)

But overall, was a good time.

Thanks!

raincole 2014-12-08 07:35

Props to pure javascript implementation.

davidlv 2014-12-08 07:40

The theme is Entire game in one Screen, this game isn't in the theme.

mokosha 2014-12-08 07:46

Interesting idea. The controls are a bit clunky. I can tell that your levels are procedurally generated. Good job!

madlee 2014-12-08 07:50

Good job! I think i got into the 500s for score.

jmborden 2014-12-08 07:59

@DavidLv - Every element of the game is on one entire screen at one time the whole time, save for the Game Over menu and perhaps a few straggling terra tiles just off screen to the left. The tiles are just moved from the front to the back in an endless cycle. The "pits" or gaps between tiles are just tiles that aren't active at the moment and thus aren't visible.

tater_hater 2014-12-08 08:29

Good job, but some jumps are impossible. Don't find them all the time, but there are some that

wandersenus 2014-12-08 09:08

nice game!

stray 2014-12-08 12:54

It was cool

Nice job dude

nielz 2014-12-08 20:10

Nice! ^_^

jelly 2014-12-08 20:54

I really like the colors and the yingyang :) My only criticism is that some of the tile combinations end up being really annoying, and if they were more deliberate it would vastly improve the overall experience.

I like it though!

jmborden 2014-12-08 22:05

@jelly
Thanks for the feedback. The colors were sampled from Super Mario Bros =). I changed up the tile scheme generator in the last few hours and was working hard to get more deliberate combinations, but... deadlines!

arcturusdeluxe 2014-12-09 16:46

Very simple game, but its fun enough. The fact its in Javascript is pretty cool. I didn't quite see the point in having a specific run button instead of just making the player that fast anyway, but otherwise good stuff.

alendro 2014-12-09 20:11

Good job. Needs something that makes it unique.

tater_hater 2014-12-10 00:08

We played your game in our first LD game review!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKO6wvKJawA
Loved it

jmborden 2014-12-10 00:45

@Tater_hater
Thanks for including me in your video. For the lazy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKO6wvKJawA#t=743

hitchh1k3r 2014-12-10 03:24

It took a while to get the hang of it, but I got 690! I feel that a lot of this was up to chance though, some times it would go from a ramp to a high cliff, and I had a really hard time jumping up... other times it was mostly pits that I could jump easily. Maybe you could figure out a way to generate progressivly harder terrain. Nice job on this, the gameplay is simple and fun.

alobker 2014-12-10 20:27

Here we get to see all the advantages and disadvantages of procedural generation. Nice game overall though!

warboys 2014-12-11 01:36

Wow this is super tough! Nice idea though, it's just a shame that half the time the terrain generated isn't possible to pass (or I'm just shit at the game haha)

zkenshin 2014-12-12 15:44

Jumping was a little difficult. Nice once you got the hang of it.

barryrowe 2014-12-14 02:59

Nice mechanic. I like not having a control to go backwards. It adds to the difficulty nicely. Many times I died because I tried to go backwards. I wish the terrain generation was a little more forgiving. There seem to be some spaces that spawn while you're in the air and you just have no where to go. Maybe I'm just bad at the game.

ynots 2014-12-17 13:37

nice..

hippolyta 2014-12-24 12:32

Nice game and it only uses javascript. The controls are imho a bit too clunky.

But I liked it and I wish you a happy x-mas!