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Vacuum Hero

By evgis

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme114.38
Coolness373
Overall344.05
Graphics524.20
Fun973.77
Innovation1373.77
Mood1813.47
Audio2023.36
Humor2203.39

Comments

flygamer101 2015-04-19 20:42

Very Nice Game!

siryakko 2015-04-19 20:49

Cool game concept :D

ouro17 2015-04-19 20:59

Nice game, with a great start, cool graphics and good music loop. How can I open the purple door?

louki0101 2015-04-19 21:04

Amazing you finished that in 48h! Congratz dude!

evgis 2015-04-19 21:51

Thank you! Ouro17: You open the purple door by putting rocks on the square buttons, there is also one of these in the entrance of the level.

dannorder 2015-04-19 23:56

Very cool. Weird that I can't vote yet. Will have to remember to come back and do it later.

littlephil 2015-04-20 01:29

This is such a great idea :P The visuals are awesome and the game is very polished. Good job !

0x0961h 2015-04-20 06:13

Oooooh, I like it! These sprites are adorable and the core mechanic is great. Nice job!

handkor 2015-04-20 06:14

Very complete. The pixel graphics are pleasing and it control well.

fireslash 2015-04-20 06:15

Love this. The execution is wonderful and it's well polished as well.

ironleonem 2015-04-20 06:16

Very well executed title!

paperblurt 2015-04-20 06:21

I wanna be able to stuff like this too god dammit!

naphier 2015-04-20 06:27

Really quite good. Controls are good. Level design is nice. I enjoy the puzzle aspect and the vacuum zoom in!

noxuma 2015-04-20 06:46

Very polished, love it, 29:33 min to beat.

sanojian 2015-04-20 06:52

Intro music was really great. I like the powerful vacuum effects when you use it. Nice job!

armanky 2015-04-20 07:11

Cool idea! I like how the camera zooms in when you're sucking. Overall, I'd say this game really sucks. ;)

mrvanderpants 2015-04-20 07:12

Love the graphics! It's a really cool take on the vacuum games.

ossi 2015-04-20 07:12

This is incredibly well executed and it has a good challenge to it without being too frustrating. Great job on the graphics and good use of the theme! Great job!

shyupuff 2015-04-20 07:14

Really polished, well designed. I got a bug where I couldnt fire anything out of my vacuum, Great job!

modoc73 2015-04-20 07:29

Very awesome. Love the idea of the vacuum, love the graphics. Well done!

gafblizzard 2015-04-20 07:34

I liked the player-friendly mute option and restart counter. Nice graphics and lots of content. The low vision range was a bit restrictive though. I liked the zoom for the vacuum.

Unfortunately, infinitely-respawning enemies is one of my host hated game mechanics. :'( Having to walk up the really slow stairs for the boss every time was also saddifying.

I probably killed myself many times by getting locked into the wrong direction. It would be neat if you could change directions while holding the vacuum. I finished it though.

How did you reproduce the AIM noise or whatever so accurately? That sound effect is spot-on. Also the music is nice, but one tiny extension at the end could make it loop more seamlessly I think.

evgis 2015-04-20 07:42

Thank you for a thorough comment!

By aim noise, do you mean the sucking/vacuum noise? I made that with my mouth and edited it slightly in Audacity. I actually made most sounds that way, I just recorded them on my phone then edited them. The music was hard to get to loop properly, yes. I tried for quite a while then just gave up and decided to work on more content instead.

I made the vacuum stay in its direction while using it so that you can move backwards from an enemy and still protect yourself, it would've made certain parts of the game (the boss!) more difficult if you couldn't.

Thank you for your feedback!

onel3gend 2015-04-20 08:21

Very awesome idea, was quite fun to play

dragonxvi 2015-04-20 12:59

Nifty little idea, could do with the suction being a bit higher, specially when trying to grab enemies. Love the visuals too!

eregaia 2015-04-20 15:44

nice love it

balbinoaylagas 2015-04-20 18:51

I really liked the game, it was slow and with good design, the controls are easy and smooth, the gameplay is fun. i admired alot the graphics, wow. Overall Excellent Job!

headmade 2015-04-20 20:24

Very nice game! Nice graphics, nice gameplay, nice sounds, everything is really polished. Well done.

My only gripe is that while the weapon is unconventional, the enemies are not. I would have like something more creative than a slime.

I did not finish the game as I just couldn't beat the room where the guns are introduced. Either I'm too stupid or you have a bit of a difficulty spike there. Maybe introduce the guns, without throwing infinitely respawning enemies at the player?
Still a great game though!

esayitch 2015-04-20 21:20

Great, solid entry. Everything from the graphics, to the music, to the gameplay. I dig the usage of the theme because it affects gameplay.

Good luck!

ruka 2015-04-21 07:33

Some task feels too repetitive and cumbersome (the stones thing). Overall I had fun playing this game, even though I can't beat the boss, only managed to damage him twice. Great job!

stevesalmond 2015-04-21 09:12

Super cool dude! You and I have a pretty similar interpretation of the theme - great minds and all that, eh :) Loved the zoom-in effect when you start hoovering.

nysten 2015-04-21 21:20

Pretty cool game, I really like the feel of it!

suppi 2015-04-21 21:58

fantastic! great graphics, very nice polish, fun gameplay and a really nice idea.
I think the audio could be somewhat improved. it was a bit gloomy and repetitive.

nonentheless 2015-04-22 19:03

Great entry, nice audio, graphics work, I love the Vacuum Zooom :). neat idea and nice execution, hell of a work dude :)

lolshouse 2015-04-23 03:30

Pretty inventive, very nice idea!

agirreb 2015-04-23 11:08

Love it.

seconddimension 2015-04-24 19:01

Really enjoyed this, very polished entry. Good graphics and music.

somnium 2015-04-25 10:13

Excellent game! It feels very polished, and I really enjoyed the graphics, as well as the interesting take on the theme :-)

It is a bit annoying with infinite spawning enemies in the "puzzle-heavy" sections though, since you have to start over when dying.

codecranker 2015-05-02 01:20

awesome sire, quite unique! love the ambience in the game that you put together.