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Hero Mate

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness370
Innovation334.07
Overall544.02
Theme634.14
Fun833.80
Graphics1084.30
Mood2283.53
Audio2593.39
Humor2873.25

Comments

rein1 2015-08-24 06:38

Very cool concept! Just little short!I wish i can play more levels of this game in future!

nicotuason 2015-08-24 07:01

Beautiful art! The characters are very cute and the world has lovely colors. I think the concept is interesting, and a bit sad because the monster has to die so that the hero can reach his goal. Would love to have seen more levels and content!

lolfrad 2015-08-24 10:33

This game is awesome. Really cool concept, really great graphics, great music.

bombjack 2015-08-24 16:24

I've been surprised that the monster had to help the hero. But why not? pretty fun.

felipeberquo 2015-08-26 01:42

The art style is very nice, remember me the old N64 games!

team-tiger 2015-08-26 01:48

Amazing. Very clever to make you the monster in the game but also that you want the hero to survive. very well done.

arg410 2015-08-26 01:53

Great Game. Never would've thought of a monster helping the hero..... what if all this time the koopa troopers they can fly. Go up and down in one stop just waiting to help somebody across the unjumpable gap!!!!! MIND BLOWN

superpokeunicorn 2015-08-26 02:02

Fantastic! Amazing interpretation of theme and very interesting puzzle gameplay. Good job!

khahem 2015-08-26 02:04

Good idea, the multi-monster control and stacking is really cool and intuitive.

During the first level I was sometimes tricked by the orthographic perspective, I wasn't sure if it was below or in front of something else, not a problem though :)

Thank you princess !

dwemthy 2015-08-26 02:07

Great game. Solid graphics, neat concept that was developed well over the levels.

antonybaasan 2015-08-26 02:23

Wow lot of work here. Good job.

pkenney 2015-08-26 02:28

Ha! This was a really clever take on the theme, I liked it a lot. Nice graphics and controls, too. Well done!

cowboycolor 2015-08-26 02:32

Cute to death. I was expecting a role reversal "kill the player" type deal, and was pleasantly surprised. Great art and I love that jump sfx

alexpgilbert 2015-08-26 02:35

wow wow wow. You won me over just with the innovation. I love your take on the theme. Way to think outside the box!!

Great game! Good job!

crazi456 2015-08-26 03:01

Very fun little game! Loved the levels, great work

jacob-peltola 2015-08-26 03:03

Mind bending and different< a very fun twist on being the monster!

sicilica 2015-08-26 03:06

Ha, makes me rethink so many classic games

benmcnelly 2015-08-26 03:06

Ha, I didn't read the instructions and just started playing. I was so confused. Figured it out, and I love it. One of the best plays on theme, stellar graphics, multiple levels. Hands down one the most solid entries so far!

rulrite 2015-08-26 03:06

You did a really fantastic job with this game! I was pleasantly surprised by the concept, and I love the puzzle element - it's really well done, especially considering you made it in three days. You should be proud of your work!

powerspark 2015-08-26 03:12

Great game man! This is so well made!

mooncalf 2015-08-26 03:14

Great visuals and audio! Poor monster, better be getting cookies for making the hero look good.

dydx 2015-08-26 03:14

This is great! Cute, clean graphics and fun puzzles. I loved the final level :)

taleengineer 2015-08-26 04:14

Great concept, great art, great mechanics. A fantastic game all around!

rafaella 2015-08-26 05:06

Very nice entry, bro!

martinfernandez 2015-08-26 06:09

Really great game!

saucygames 2015-08-26 06:22

Amazing job, gg

simonaiso 2015-08-26 06:39

Nice completed game. Haven't seen this concept before, original, clever and fun!

rocketship 2015-08-26 06:43

Very nice take on the theme and interesting mechanic. Levels got progressively harder which was nice design also. Well done!

tmpxyz 2015-08-26 06:50

Really a Great work!

tuism 2015-08-26 07:02

Great concept, it works really well mechanically, even if narratively it makes no sense... It's dying for some writing around it :P

The music is grating! But other than that it's pretty polished, it feels like it could use a bit more... fine tuning (movements, animations and such) but it's great for a jam product :)

Well done! :)

piotrek 2015-08-26 07:03

Nice concept for theme using, graphics looks nice and levels was fun to play

jod 2015-08-26 07:10

That was surprisingly cute!

Very well executed and polished. Loved it!

Oh, if only the hero knew of the purple slime's love for him...

cosmicadventuresquad 2015-08-26 07:14

Fantastic execution! Really creative use of the theme, and I felt the art, music, and gameplay all worked really well together.

fullmontis 2015-08-26 07:31

Excellent use of the theme! To me it was not obvious that I am controlling the monster, I thought that it was a platformer on rails or something like that. I thought this because I saw the hero in the intro and I thought I was cotrolling him. Anyway, the gameplay is quite nice and clever, I really like it!

azure_kyte 2015-08-26 07:46

This is awesome! I really hope you continue this game, I had a lot of fun with it!

exoddinary 2015-08-26 08:02

Very great concept, hope i can save the lovely princess :'(, more level in world 2 (if you expend) please , the best game that i play so far in ld33 , great job!

lancemaker 2015-08-26 08:14

nice game, lovelly art.

arnage 2015-08-26 08:33

Great concept, great art, great levels, just great :)

reckhou 2015-08-26 08:35

First five star rate. Well done!!

solifuge 2015-08-26 08:38

Monsters helping an incompetent auto-scroller hero is a really clever take on the theme, and I appreciate it a lot! Love the cute style, and the surprising variety you got out of just movement and jumping. Short and sweet, but a definite favorite from this LD!

freaknarf 2015-08-26 08:43

Cool game mechanics!
That's original to help the "hero" rather than trying to kill him... Graphics are super cute and well done, and the game itself was a bit easy, yet nice to walk through. Game's end was quite fun :)
Good job !

ghostbomb 2015-08-26 08:48

Very cool

leom 2015-08-26 11:21

Nice concept ! Good use of the theme !
I sadly didnt succed to finish the last lvl... :'( I always miss the last jump, but was fun anyway.

pereubu 2015-08-26 11:21

nice level design and art :>

ovenchips 2015-08-26 11:36

Spectacular. You are very talented. This is the best game I've played so far.

gengiskhan 2015-08-26 11:47

A really good idea, and well executed

dell 2015-08-26 13:45

Wow this is great! Such a good use of the theme :) Well done!

qkerguelen 2015-08-26 15:41

Very cool game with sweet graphics and audio. Good job!

sergi-montaner 2015-08-26 15:58

The mechanic is original and nicely implemented.

bytegrove 2015-08-26 16:19

Really cool concept and really well executed! Super nice work! My only complaints are:
The music, it was really annoying.
The level with the large squid. The jump timing and hit areas are too unforgiving, combined with the music and the fact that you have to clear the gap 4 times, made me give up.
But all in all one of the best and most original entries I've played so far, really nice work!! :D

ferpess 2015-08-26 17:29

cool game,amazing concept and cool old school gameplay!

robinerd 2015-08-26 17:48

Congrats, you got my best ratings so far, and a really nice game for sure! I really like the use of the theme, and I can't really see anything bad about this. Great concept and a great execution! Thanks for letting me experience this.

shackhal 2015-08-26 19:01

The game is well executed. Cool level design, nice graphics and sound. And the controls are very responsive. One thing I notice is the annoying "hero" that want to splash every single mob, so he goes backwards, ruining the run. Also, the "adeventure" at the end xD

Overall, is a very good game. Well done.

donni11 2015-08-26 19:14

Wow ! Cool game ! I love the graphics !

shawn42 2015-08-26 21:35

Very neat. I liked the twist here.

smotko 2015-08-26 21:49

Excellent! Nice clean graphics and a really cool game concept. Well Done.

eric777 2015-08-26 23:16

Fantastic game. I really liked the cute theme and visuals. All around an amazing job!!!

mach60kas 2015-08-27 00:34

Great use of the theme and visually very well handled. Great work!

yuigoto 2015-08-27 10:29

Whoa, beautiful! The art style is cute and the game is really challenging. :D The polishing you did on this game is really worth it! :)

I wouldn't be able to do even half of the 3d work done here. :P It would be nice to see something with the monster not dying, like being a slime block on Minecraft. :P

Controls are nice and responsive and the audio/ost fits the game pretty nicely. :)

It would really be nice as a tablet/mobile game. It's also really friendly for children, save for the "monster has to die" thing.

Congrats! :)

taaboo 2015-08-27 10:44

The polish is amazing. Geting the hang of the gameplay was abit hard at start with no directions but after that it was prety good to play it. (I had the idea i was controlling the hero constantly)

dregamr 2015-08-27 10:55

Jajaja!! The princess is helping hin...obviously !! XD
Very good game, congratulations for so nice work.

justinooncx 2015-08-27 12:00

Holy shit, great game and concept. Very well polished, too, can't wait for World 2!

eddy93 2015-08-27 12:46

Like everyone else said: this is a very nice concept! You can see that you've put a lot of work in this game. Like to play it too!
Only thing is: I'm not a fan of the music in the background.

glimaleite 2015-08-27 13:31

Interesting concept! Very cute game aswell. I just thought the monster was too slow. Still, great job!!

mase 2015-08-27 13:46

Good quantity of levels. The interactive title screen is also a nice touch.

duzduz 2015-08-27 21:03

Really good concept! I loved it

tth2x 2015-08-28 08:30

What a amazing idea this game and the level design are pretty cool!!~
Smooth music and the Colorful visual presentation is sunny and full of young atmosphere!
At the game beginning ,When i recognized that i was the little monster(not the hero) i was so shocked, How genius it is ~!
Boss-Level is prettycool,so profound and strong gameplay and challenging level design,not too difficult ,but also not easy to stage clear .

remember that i may chanllenge it for more than 15times for the final level,and it seem has a small bug may in the Boss's collider? it appears at when i fallen into water after the boss was killed first time ...when the level reload because my death, found that i couldn't attack the Boss anymore... ToT..

this was be found when i first played it at the day before yesterday(sorry for forgot reply that time) i am not sure Whether the bug is still here, i just quit to the mainmenu and reload it to solve it just at that moment~~

in a word ,this is a totally genius game~! Hope you create more cool game next time! Best wishes~~☆゚

inbetweengames 2015-08-28 12:40

Very nice gameplay focused interpretation of the theme based of classical Mario tropes and perfectly executed as well.. but don't me I'm just the squishy purple monster. *sigh*

riftpoint 2015-08-28 12:48

Its the best looking game of this ludum dare!

derr 2015-08-28 14:07

Wow that's the most innovative game I have played so far. Fun concept, you should develop this further post-Jam!

danialias 2015-08-28 14:14

Wow, very good one! Probably my highest rating so far. Waiting for the jam has been a good decision, it can compete easily against games made by groups. Congratulations!

voidstar33 2015-08-28 16:11

Very innovative idea. Game play is fun. The graphics are really cute.

gfm 2015-08-28 20:57

If I'm a slime... and a monster... and monsters have captured the princess... why am my going again my own people to help that hero bastard who wants to oppose us? .___.

Nonetheless, interesting idea! The graphics are really cute! =D

arche-san 2015-08-29 13:05

Very interesting concept.
I love the way you interpret the theme. :)

commanderstitch 2015-08-31 00:21

graphics are fine. Found it kind of annoying that you are helping the hero to get to the end of the levels. :/

crafteverywhere 2015-08-31 15:24

It looks really nice, good job!

chuckeles 2015-08-31 15:25

Interesting idea. First game I played that wasn't about killing the player. Nice!

bthedestroyermc 2015-08-31 15:26

Great game, but I'm not sure if you qualify for Audio if you're using audio that other people made :/

shaunlebron 2015-08-31 15:46

beautiful art in this game. nice little mechanic too. the dialogue at the end made me laugh

spotlightor 2015-08-31 16:31

@BtheDestroyer Win & lose sfx are bought on Unity AssetStore, so I think I'm qualified to use them :)

veoviscool12 2015-08-31 16:47

This reminded me a lot of the Yoshi sacrifices in Super Mario World. Love it! It's a great little game with a fantastic art style, and I enjoyed the puzzle elements. Overall, excellent job.

denis347 2015-08-31 17:41

Nice concept and cool graphics. Great game!

colindoody 2015-08-31 21:33

sweet idea!

guoboism 2015-09-01 08:36

Great game! Innovation as the monster helps hero...

parahunter 2015-09-01 09:39

Good art and gameplay. It was a bit difficult to figure out where to stand and movement of the monsters felt a bit sluggish. A reset button on the keyboard would have been nice since you sometimes had to wait for quite a while for the hero to drop down in order to play again.

donutttt 2015-09-01 14:08

Awesome idea! Very original, and a clever interpretation of the theme. Fun to play as well. The graphics and audio were really well done, really impressive.

walsh9 2015-09-01 15:06

Great concept and the progression of the idea as you go through the levels kept things interesting. I liked the boss level.

dcolgan 2015-09-01 16:11

Awesome use of the theme!

clurect 2015-09-01 18:20

SO GREAT!

daydreamcorgigames 2015-09-02 03:42

Good concept, feels like Kill the Plumber.

bloomingbuds 2015-09-02 10:42

Very nice concept and style!

dickpoelen 2015-09-02 11:40

Nice game, but why are the blobs helping the hero? :)

treeman 2015-09-03 16:53

I love the idea!

bender 2015-09-03 21:53

It's crazy how good the graphics are and how polished the game is. Really good game and interesting take on the theme

block97 2015-09-04 17:44

really creative and fun puzzle platformer!

drauthius 2015-09-04 19:54

The monsters are always under-appreciated. :( Very nice entry!

wooltech 2015-09-04 22:33

Hah, great stuff! I was pretty confused at first - I though I was playing the hero for the first few levels, then realised he was on auto pilot, and finally noticed the controls moved the purple monster.

Nice puzzle game, highly polished.

valid4life 2015-09-04 23:52

The stacking of audio somewhat is obnoxious but overall a great entry!

spotco 2015-09-05 01:08

Very original concept and polished!
Wish there was a keyboard reset button.

jofra 2015-09-06 13:20

Very cool concept! very fun game :D Awesome art and very polished game. A 5* game for me.
Awesome job

boardtobits 2015-09-07 23:34

Cool idea! The hero death music was a little long after the first couple of times, but I liked the innovative use of the monsters.

crucknuk 2015-09-09 12:00

Polished graphics and slick gameplay :)
it is a really nice little game, the art style you choose suits the game as it is.
Kudos :)

demy 2015-09-09 19:18

Awesome game and the game design rocks!

pierrec 2015-09-11 07:21

Really clever, innovative and pollished! congratulations!

stanov 2015-09-11 18:30

Wow man, just wow! You are simply pro. The best game I've played on Ludum Dare ever. Great job, great graphics, great level design, ... great everything!

Btw, did you also make the music by yourself?

resonious 2015-09-12 01:02

I love the concept. Makes for some really neat puzzles.

spotlightor 2015-09-12 13:26

@StaNov Music was generated using software. I can't make music.

jupiter_hadley 2015-09-13 16:50

Cute, fun game. I included it in part 29 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/s8htp2RZS7I

ludipe 2015-09-14 17:06

Wow, this game is great! Liked the take on the theme and the level design. Art was also very cute. My only complain is that sometimes it's hard to guess what the hero is going to do, so it'd be super helpful to have some kind of indication that hints when he is going to do each jump.

thebrickanator 2015-09-14 21:28

Perfect :D I loved it! please build more levels and make a larger game with this concept ;)

dancingmad 2015-09-14 22:29

Your game is AWESOME !
Excellent controls, great artistic direction, innovating gameplay, polished game.

There is only one little problem : isometric view isn't always easy to understand, you could add a shadow under the player to correct it.

I'm happy to discover your game before results.
Great work !

zccc 2015-09-14 23:03

Nice take on the theme, only the levels don't have much variety!

wademcgillis 2015-09-15 00:19

great game. spent too long on the last level and couldn't beat it.