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THE AXE GAMES

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness360
Audio404.00
Graphics714.33
Fun883.75
Humor1023.60
Mood2773.36
Overall2893.46
Innovation6112.87
Theme6563.38

Comments

cmdr 2014-12-09 08:30

Nice game. I laughed at the Xgames pun. I kinda want to see more of the background story. Also, it would be great to be able to play as the female character. :D

jsmtux 2014-12-09 12:54

The linux version points to the mac one

team-blucookie 2014-12-09 13:18

fixed! you should be able to download the linux version now.

finlal 2014-12-09 15:58

Nice game, fun music!

pixzleone 2014-12-09 16:45

Very fun game!

indie4fun 2014-12-09 16:47

fun game! I liked the fake 3D. It remindmed me to the old race games :)

groydis 2014-12-10 11:05

I Laughed. Great job.

tiagojdferreira 2014-12-10 11:07

Great game! Wish there was some way to track our progress, like an indicator of how far you went (in meters).
Also, the game seems to work fine in Safari.

sakergames 2014-12-10 11:49

Nooo way!! :D
Cool music, challenging, nice pixel graphics.
Gentlemen, this job is well done! Congrats.

drzanuff 2014-12-10 11:49

Great pixel art. I loved the style. A very Skryrim vibe.

sushidestroy 2014-12-10 11:53

Cool graphiscs and story concept but the gameplay is too limited.

gins 2014-12-10 12:26

Haha pretty fun interpretation of the theme, and the graphics are amazing. My only complaint is that the obstacles take far too long to disappear, so I often misjudged the right moment to move between lanes.

christopf 2014-12-10 12:49

Reminds me of the old racing games. The gameplay didn't take the theme so serious therefor the maincharacter :))
Female character +1

JFlegle 2014-12-10 13:45

I demand ramps and powerups! Great game, the music really sells the action.

threef 2014-12-10 18:29

Visuals are great, but it didn't bring anything innovative or fun.

tommyno222 2014-12-10 18:40

Awesome gameplay! I enjoyed playing this a lot. Visual and music are also great! Is there any finish line, or does it go endless? I also wish there were some info on screen such as distance or ranking.

adventureislands 2014-12-10 18:56

Great visuals and music, found the theme and setting hilarious. Of course vikings have plasma tvs.

I think stuff could have just vanished faster because it's hard to quickly see when it's safe to move to some spot, or stuff might be hidden behind trees. especially the middle lane can be very tricky.

runvs 2014-12-10 19:35

Hi there, really nice and fast paced game. Music is great, some really nice rock to get you running!

I had some problems to determine when an object on a certain lane disappears. so sometimes i crashed into one stone or tree horizontally. This might be to long fading times.

But nevertheless, great game, i enjoyed playing it!

puppetmaster 2014-12-10 23:24

It's a nice little game.
Wish to have a special mode to cut the tree down or take the wife with me. :-)

wertle 2014-12-10 23:31

I really enjoyed this game. The lane switching felt super satisfying and the whole theme was just fun overall. The only issue I had was that it was confusing how the different lanes seem to be moving the obstacles at different speeds (or inconsistent speeds?), so it was hard to determine quick enough which lane to be in sometimes. I like the music as it fit the game really well. Nice job!

franklins-ghost 2014-12-11 12:51

Fun game which reminded me of the old winter Olympics games. The art is great and loved the TV board, great humour.

flwns 2014-12-12 19:03

Music was intense.

dokthar 2014-12-13 00:53

Very impressive graphics with nice sounds. An objective or a score would be funnier. The lines on the snow are not really necessary.

carduus 2014-12-13 12:02

Gahaa Vickings surfing Rainbow snowboards, LOOoove it!

I think you reversed the zoom effects on trees and rocks, it should begin to appear slowly then go faster when it comes to the camera, like in reality :)

Fun! and the vickins animations are awesome!

spacedoubt 2014-12-13 20:19

This is so awesome! Love the METAL!!

gfm 2014-12-14 14:36

I think this is the only game I've seen so far that was able to use the theme in a non-direct way... I didn't even know it was possible!! Well, it was also a literal use, but not the one 99.99% of the participants saw...

I liked the game, but felt a lack of progression... The day started to get darker at some point, but then I hit something and it looked like I went back to the start...

Graphics were great, and somewhat reminded me of a stage from The Lion King for Mega Drive. The music was really fitting!

boxedmeatrevolution 2014-12-15 18:07

Liked:
- The graphics. Top pixel art, well done.
- The music. Perfect. Reminded me of 1080 avalanche (a gamecube snowboarding game)
- The idea. Making a two button left-right snowboarding isn't very original. Making one with a Viking though? Wonderful.

Disliked:
- How my snowboarder sprite blocked what was in front of him. Maybe some kind of "see-through" effect would fix this
- How much sprites slowed down as I passed them. The pace seemed unnatural, and made the game difficult in a frustrating way.

Overall I enjoyed playing though. With a few small changes this could be a very addicting little minigame.

riocide 2014-12-20 08:43

Finally something different! Nice!