avox 2015-04-20 20:30
I find it quite hard (or I'm just bad at it), other than that, I like it :)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD32 → Hitchhiker's Tales
By flickta
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 2 | 76 | ||
| Fun | 155 | 3.62 | ||
| Overall | 176 | 3.64 | ||
| Theme | 206 | 3.79 | ||
| Humor | 223 | 3.45 | ||
| Mood | 257 | 3.43 | ||
| Graphics | 262 | 3.79 | ||
| Innovation | 322 | 3.38 | ||
| Audio | 473 | 2.87 |
I find it quite hard (or I'm just bad at it), other than that, I like it :)
@wintermute Yes, it's a little bit on the hard side... again :) We thought of optimising its difficulty for 5-minute-sessions typical for Ludum Dare voting process (people are trying to rate lots of games, after all), but it's so difficult, because then it will be... easy?!? Victory should be deserved, right? ;)
One tip for people who will want to beat it: use precisely aimed double-jump throws, they are an aoe weapon. As well as various objects, when used on tightly packed groups of aliens.
Wow, really fun! I liked how you could just pick up whatever was next to you and chuck it. :) Great job!
Fun game, I like your art style. Nicely done :)
I played your game and laughed. I threw away all UFOs and finished them with a rock!
25 is my best score. Controls are a bit stiff. I want to land, pickup and jump again right at the same moment, but never been able to.
Anyway, the game and looks great and plays very solid.
THAT POOR GUY!
Loved it. Really a lot of fun, and a very funny concept.
Only one minor thing I wished was that the audio was a little more fleshed out.
But that definitely did not detract from the enjoyment, and it was really great. The art! So good!
Hulk smash! This is quite an interesting game, well made.
Unconvetional weapons everywhere! The mechanic was well designed and difficulty ramp up was reasonable, although some concept of waves could probably help pacing - once you do a mistake or two, there are just too many enemies to kill and more keep coming.
Very nice pixel art and innovative gameplay. It would have been nice if it had a smoother difficulty curve because it becomes hard very fast and you get overwhelmed, but I liked it overall :)
I like the colorful low-res graphics. The controls are accurate and it's fun to play. Throwing mechanics could be improveda bit, when I'm throwing while I'm falling downward the object is just smashed into the ground.
Maybe I just suck at this game, but it seems almost impossible to beat. On my best tries I still have ~30 aliens left when I run out of stuff to throw.
The first playthrough was a little tough, but after figuring out how the game works, the game was really fun! I really appreciate the pixel art and the details like the UFO in the background :]!
I think one of the most difficult parts of the game is getting used to the throw trajectories. It not only changes with your height, but also with your momentum. I wasn't really able to get far in the game until I realized you could grab the aliens themselves, double jump, and instantly kill them on the drop! For me, that kind of rendered the whole "pick up objects and aim them" thing obsolete for me, because now I was just throwing aliens wherever and killing them one at a time.
I really like the idea of throwing the things around you, though. It would have been nice to see objects thrown from a higher distance have a bigger AoE impact on the ground, or be able to see projected trajectories of objects, or even just the ability to throw objects straight down beneath you!
That said, I really appreciate how smoothly all of the action happens. From the movement to the object throwing, the physics of the game are really nice feeling! Also, I was really hoping there'd be chihuahuas for me to throw at the aliens :b
Nice work you guys :D Love the game!
Great artwork, fun gameplay. Rock hard just how I like it :D
Cool game. But it's difficult to hit things, and if you miss a few, the aliens start stacking up
Great interpretation of the theme!
Very pleasant game.
I like being able to grab everything, even though the most efficient way of killing them was to grab one, double jump and throw him back to his fellow friends.
The graphics are good, especially the background. The whole stuff is polished.
One little minus though: You don't really know at the begining how you're supposed to kill the ennemies. I spent like 10 sec trying to figure out what was the key to fire a gun, and then I realized there was none.
Good job :)
leuk man
A fun, challenging game once you get a handle on the controls. I liked the pixel aesthetic as well. Nice entry!
quite good, but I can grab the alien but cannot kill them by throwing them;
Hey, this plays really well. It strongly reminds me of old arcade games the way you have everything contained on a single screen: instructions, HUD, and marquee graphic. The art style inside the play area is really cohesive. I like all the SMB2-style picking up and throwing of things.
It took me a few plays to figure out that staying in the air as much as possible was key. Pick an alien up, double jump, throw to kill. Try to take out another alien if you can. This is a game that knows what it is and does it well. Good job!
Nice gameplay and nice graphics, i like
Yahoo! That's so funny! Well done! Finally, yes, your post-jam version fixes all the problems that I had with the previous one:D
A very hardcore, but also very well done game.
Overall it feels polished, and it was fun to kill those pesky aliens by throwing just about anything under hand at them. Can't get beyond "38 aliens remaining" though.
I'd suggest the following : Throwing aliens themselves should kill them in one hit just like with other objects. And even with that it would still be unbeatable methinks.
Good luck with this entry.
It would have been great if throwing aliens at other aliens damaged them. Aside from that, nice mechanics :-)
It took a couple playthroughs for me to appreciate all the details that went into this game. Nice work!
Nice game overall ! Fun gameplay and lovely artstyle, combined with a good interpretation of the theme. Great work !
Pretty tricky! Why can't alien's be thrown into each other? The difficulty ramp was such that recoveries from mistakes are too hard- multiple levels might be able to help with that.
Nice graphics and the UI has a a wonderful retro feel to it.
Very nice work! Pretty challenging -- took me a while to realize you could pick up the UFO's, and even then, took me a few tries after that to beat it.