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Volcano Charge

By vururia

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness356
Humor1683.41
Innovation3293.22
Audio3333.00
Fun3873.13
Mood6452.70
Overall6452.94
Theme6483.10
Graphics6512.72

Comments

xwarzonex 2015-08-24 00:38

I really like the concept! The game has really nice art, great gameplay, and a humorous feel to it! Good job.

merrak 2015-08-24 03:25

This was pretty challenging and fun to play!

peterthehe 2015-08-24 10:05

Love the groans at the end!

colozz 2015-08-24 10:08

First, the sound really scared me x) (Good point)
The music is a good choice but of course it's a very simple game.

vururia 2015-08-24 10:14

Yea the sounds are supposed to scare you haha

vururia 2015-08-24 10:14

Are you sure you went through all 5 levels? :P

ireal 2015-08-24 10:28

Fun!

tlansdale 2015-08-24 11:20

Funny audio! Quite hard too :)

raducumiczzz 2015-08-24 14:35

Fun to play but also challenging:D The sound is great. Love the feel from the artwork on the side. Gives a nice visual for the eye. I saw that you used stencyl too:D that's great to see a fellow stencyler. Keep up the good work

wavertron 2015-08-24 14:41

Interesting little game. Screen res was a little small, hard to see on my small screen laptop. The charging mechanic was quite nice, needing some practice to judge the distance and not slide off but also not fall short and get hurt.

cudabear 2015-08-24 14:45

Very awesome! You took a solid mechanic and made a pretty fun game out of it. My only complaint is that judging the distance of a charge was very hard, perhaps it could be something you can hold to go further?

The graphics work well for the game, though sometimes it was hard to tell what an enemy was or if it was safe to attack it.

I love the sounds of the dinosaur! Got some good chuckles out of me.

Nice job on the game.

azakhary 2015-08-24 14:50

Was a bit weird at start, but then I figured it out, and it was fun. not really sure why it does what it does, but dis is my island! Dat sound though...

ceosol 2015-08-24 18:16

The volcano level was pretty sweet. I really like how you have the same concept for all of the levels, but charge one tiny game mechanic to create a completely different atmosphere. I hope you continue working on this post comp. I think you could have it as a mobile game since the controls are fairly simple.

tullyhansen 2015-08-25 04:34

Took me a while (without reading explainer text) to figure out how to kill the… sheep? But once I got it, I enjoyed it – it's like Angry Godzilla, and nicely challenging! Also laughed aloud the first time I heard the monster charge.

unept 2015-08-25 04:56

Ya, nice concept. I can see the seed of an interesting mobile game in there. The death howl hurt my ears w/headphones on. :)

digiman572 2015-08-25 05:56

Cool game, I liked the charge mechanic a lot!

vikingpotato 2015-08-25 14:56

Nice sound effects :) Gameplay is challenging. I often die due to missed charge attempts. Good entry.

t4u 2015-08-25 17:52

I dont really feel connection to the theme.

The gameplay could have been better.

On the main screen instruction is difficult to read(color). Waves in grass level are stealing too much focus.

ethproductions 2015-08-25 20:56

The gameplay is challenging, but maybe a little too restrictive. I kept running off cliffs while trying to ram the enem- *uuh* good guys off.

The art is nice, but could be more descriptive. I could not tell what the enemy in the second level was (although from the sword-shing SFX, I'm guessing it was a samurai or similar).

I also think the "Press P to restart" should actually restart the level, not take you to the menu first. I love the SFX. 3.5/5 overall.

P.S. You can get rid of the border around the embedded game by using this URL: http://static.stencyl.com/games/31927-0.swf

vururia 2015-08-26 02:20

@t4u You don't really feel the connection to the theme? It's quite literally the most literal connection to the theme there is. You are the monster, you are the bad guy etc. I'm not saying it's the best approach to the theme, I myself would rate it 4/5, but it's the only way you can't be wrong for sure.

jnyknn 2015-08-27 05:39

I like the relaxing music.

lmt 2015-08-27 15:33

That was surprisingly tactical and enjoyably weird. Well done!