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Collateral

By mklee

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness362
Fun903.74
Overall1553.62
Graphics1693.77
Theme1883.83
Mood1923.43
Humor4752.68
Innovation5882.80

Comments

dosmaen 2015-08-24 01:49

Great job! I loved the explosion and particle effects, and it ran very smooth!

jharler 2015-08-24 01:56

Wow, very cool! I killed 109 people. Not sure if that's good or not. I liked the take on the classic snake game. The sound effects got a little tiring, but other than that I have nothing bad to say. Well done.

robodylan 2015-08-24 02:03

Great idea, it was very fun to play. One thing thought is eventually I went off the screen and couldn't see the snake but kept killing people and couldn't get it back.

terracottafrog 2015-08-24 02:03

Great game. Is the number of humans killed supposed to be part of the score, or is it just there for show?

pushpindersingh 2015-08-24 02:06

it was good with very nice art but lacked kind of gets repetitive due to how long it takes to ramp up in difficulty

jaegerpicker 2015-08-24 02:06

Nice! that's very cool.

ybalrid 2015-08-24 02:11

I like it, A lot!
The graphism are great, that's the kind of pixels I want to see; its fun.

It's not "super original" but it's really really cool :D

heyitsleo 2015-08-24 02:13

Controls are great. Graphics are great. Challenge progression is kind of slow. I need reason to eat more humans.

patvanmackelberg 2015-08-24 02:14

110 Killed - Satisfying! Loved the blood, cool colour pallet!

The sounds were pretty great too - the music really set the mood. Good stuff!

Doug: "Hey Jane, lets go play in the field where the bombs are dropping!"
Jane: "Yeah Doug! Heard there's a giant eye worm thing, that would be great to check out!"

steve 2015-08-24 02:14

Aaiiieea! Loved the audio when a load of people get splattered by the beam :)

suese 2015-08-24 02:14

Yummy. That was a lot of fun, very responsive. Lots of feedback. Should put it up for Audio, the Audio is good. Would be better with music. Mood / Humor not so much.

lonkost 2015-08-24 02:15

I like the explosions.

mrpiglet 2015-08-24 02:16

Nice stuff. It felt a little like I was more at the whim of the RNG than my skill, not sure. Some variety in scream sound would be *very* appreciated.

(I think FreeSound samples might be technically outside of compo remit, but *shrug*)

endingchaos 2015-08-24 02:25

This game is amazing! Fantastic atmosphere! Very engaging!

aeveis 2015-08-24 02:35

Very dystopian! I really like how the blood adds to the confusion with bombs. There's a really good balance with the gameplay.

jaywoody 2015-08-24 02:41

I liked this very much.

Simple, yet effective and executed with grace!

Very nice work sir!

avultima 2015-08-24 02:56

Extremely satisfying game to play! Short and simple to understand! Art is crisp and easy to look at. Great work!

timeloopedpowergamer 2015-08-24 03:11

Very nice. Classic feel with great assets. Sound effects really sold it.

conormn 2015-08-24 03:12

Cool art and color scheme!

rob 2015-08-24 03:16

I love how you've managed to create a really creepy vibe with such simple graphics and audio. The background ambient sound is really well done.

It's also a nice touch that you can lose segments of your body in the blasts.

I did find the targeting reticules started to blend together with the blood pools, making it hard to tell them apart, but maybe that was the idea.

Also, technically, the game ran really smoothly, and difficulty curve was just right.

Great entry.

downsouthsoftware 2015-08-24 03:33

Solid game. Well done. Didn't realize that going off map wrapped you back around to the other side.

Soulzbro 2015-08-24 04:12

If the snake from the classic snake game had a baby with the Eater of Worlds from Terraria you would get this game. Simple but bloody satisfying!

mactinite 2015-08-24 04:32

That was pretty awesome. The ambient sound made the whole thing kinda creepy lol.

whalebot 2015-08-24 04:57

I really like the health of the monster being shown as the segments. It has the side effect of making the game a tiny bit easier as you die :) Great job! My only criticism would be to start the game with a keypress rather than a mouse click since the gameplay is only key presses.

nickfrushour 2015-08-24 05:37

Very cool. There are times when I thought I was in the clear with the blasts, but I got hit. Maybe if I ate enough people, i can grow not only longer but fatter :)

frokes 2015-08-24 08:21

Really like the "snake" style gameplay. The graphics are nice and I did not encounter any control issues. Something that i would like to see is the ability to regain "bodies", maybe every 20 kills or so.

lubos 2015-08-24 09:17

Sounds are hilarious! Great game overall.

peterkirk 2015-08-24 09:17

I liked when the laser was introduced but I was hoping for more ways of being attacked. The art style and colour scheme a brilliant. It’s a great entry all over.

nicotuason 2015-08-24 10:11

Simple but very effective! That eyeball thing is creepy. I only wish you could grow longer again by eating more people.

raducumiczzz 2015-08-24 10:39

Very Cool Game, i really enjoy the life system and how smooth the monster walks, love the blood effects. I enjoy it.

hurlenuit 2015-08-24 10:56

Good job, blasts are really cool !

kirilllosev 2015-08-24 11:52

Good remastering of snake.
Sounds of humans a bit annoying. Everything else is good

increpare 2015-08-24 12:27

Not much challenge, I though - I'd have changed the pacing a lot.

leuthil 2015-08-24 12:28

This is really well made. As someone else has mentioned the human sounds can get a bit repetitive after a while but the graphics are consistent and the gameplay is fun. The laser coming in to pump up difficulty was a great touch. Overall great game!

tfrodrigues 2015-08-24 12:42

Very good! The idea for the monster was very interesting (although very similar to the traditional snake game), the design was very good!

kewleus 2015-08-24 14:51

fun game, two suggestions. 1. prevent looping back over yourself similar to snake 2. loop the player around with screen wrapping or prevent the player from leaving the screen.

scriptorum 2015-08-24 15:29

At first I thought you were going for a "snake" style game. Pleasantly surprised to see it went a different direction. Fun to play, good risk/reward dynamics.

parahunter 2015-08-24 15:35

Very good game. My highscore was 139 for anyone who wants to beat it ;)

baykush_figtree 2015-08-24 17:20

Fun arcade title! But good lords my eyes hurt after so many camera shakes.

Looks really good! and plays nice. It gets really easier as you loose body parts, and the targets are really hard to spot after the bloodbath. Good entry overall :)

benko 2015-08-24 17:34

Nice atmosphere!

wilson 2015-08-24 17:44

Cool game, managed 113 eaten by me, 210 from collateral damage. Nice FX, I liked how your body chunks were HP.

manou 2015-08-24 18:34

Nice art, creepy atmosphere !

oxysoft 2015-08-24 19:03

Cool game, I made it to 175

ruthiepee 2015-08-24 19:05

Surprisingly fun twist on the classic snake type game. Once there gets to be a lot of blood splatter and explosions, things really get chaotic. My favorite thing about this game was that it had so much juice-- little animations, screenshakes, and a zillion sprites on screen all at once. The game felt really balanced too. Nice job! My score: 83

evandaley 2015-08-24 21:02

Nice job! Good idea, and good implementation. As you progress past 50ish kills the game gets too "jarring". The explosions and lasers look really nice on their own but I think the camera shaking and brightness should be toned down when there are so many on the screen. Really nice though. I like the graphics for the snake/eye.

oskardevelopment 2015-08-24 21:22

Really a "You are the monster" themed game! Nice work, though made me feel quite like a evil monster at the end when I noticed I was competing with the bombs to kill humans! Nice gameplay and fun game!

lonelyvertex 2015-08-24 22:05

Nicely done! I really enjoyed particles and sounds. Aaai!

Perkovec 2015-08-24 22:09

A good analogue of the snake, the idea of explosions is quite amusing)

terracottafrog 2015-08-24 22:24

The best game in the compo, as far as I've seen.

pampattitude 2015-08-24 22:57

That was the best snake game ever. I felt like super evil and loved killing all these people, and loved even more hearing their voice while suffer.

Shina69 2015-08-24 23:13

Loved the simplicity, sound and particle effects on this horrific snake game remake. We totally should keep an eye on this one.

kunonooni 2015-08-25 00:18

Simple yet elegant entry. Only killed 71 people :)

khaotom 2015-08-25 05:57

Snake's gotta snake. But did the government really have to go kill everyone? Damn this goes right to the top.

cowboycolor 2015-08-25 06:41

Super fun! Probably the most unique snake-like in the galaxy. Also i love haxe-flixel and really like the art style

sydream 2015-08-25 09:21

Fun and addictive. Though the monster can go outside the boundary of the screen which I guess it's not intended, you can get easily lost in there and never come back. Love the laser beam and hectic pace

peterthehe 2015-08-25 10:46

Good work! It's like snake but MORE fun! 5/5

danger 2015-08-25 12:33

Nice idea and great execution, it feels great to play!

mventurelli 2015-08-26 02:22

Amazing! I love the look and feel. Would give you 5/5 if only for your logo vignetter and sound :)

The fact that the blasts kill more people than you do is a genious touch

justinooncx 2015-08-26 04:14

Pretty cool game, although the humans are better than killing themselves than I am...

THEY'RE the true monsters!

martinfernandez 2015-08-26 04:45

great game, good idea representing health as part of the monster. 249 killed

roaringcatgames 2015-08-26 23:58

This is really fun. The ramp up in difficulty seems about right for a highscore game like this, and the controls feel really good. The people sprites are also great, along with the explosion animations.

xhunterko 2015-08-27 06:59

Loved the idea!

vikingpotato 2015-08-28 18:19

Great game for the Jam duration! Loved how people were just walking around the city in midst of giant massacring monster and the bombings :D Solid entry

inbetweengames 2015-08-29 07:05

The human military killed more than me!
WHO'S THE MONSTER NOW!?!? (_)(_)(_)(_)(◉ื)

jupiter_hadley 2015-08-29 15:46

Quite the fun little game! I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/L1fCW_I8xho

Biruts 2015-08-30 13:17

Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy.

regisfrey 2015-09-03 02:50

Solid game execution. Gfx, sound, mechanics, and theme come together well. I particularly liked the difficulty variances: more blood makes targets harder to spot and shorter snake makes it easier to dodge blasts. I did find the addition of the side laser too sudden the first time.

6downstudios 2015-09-06 03:03

Even the most efficient monster could never cause as much damage as those that would destroy it by any means necessary.

Solid metaphor for a solid entry. Gameplay is fun, and the elegance of theme and design is mirrored by the art style which, despite the limited palette and contrasting colors, is quite cohesive. Subtle graphical effects like the sprite variation, shadows, particles, and the bobbing of the monster pieces really bring the whole thing together.

Forgoing any narrative details and letting the art tell the story was the right choice. The premise poses the questions: Where are we? Who are the people? The crosshairs arrive on the scene before the people do...Why are they hunting the creature before it has any confirmed meals? Who's the *real* monster?
I don't know whether the monster's hue was a thematic or artistic choice, but it's exactly what I would have picked, and here's why: The green shades of the background imply grass, and the semi-chaotic nature of the pattern suggest a wilderness setting, as opposed to a metropolitan one (say, a park).
The green monster seems more at home in this environment than the blue people...Who's doing the intruding? Indeed, the starkest contrast of all is in the bright reds and whites of the unrelenting barrage, shaking the earth, scorching the ground, and spilling the blood of man (and woman). The haunting drone punctuates the explosions and emphasizes the screams of the dying.
To sum up, you hit the nail on the head for Theme and Mood. Kudos.

gfm 2015-09-06 20:30

Man... by the end I wasn't even the worst monster... Humans are just too good at killing them selves. I got a score of 207/442.

Nice little snake-y game. :)
Graphics were really nice, but all the blood splatters made seeing the targets on the floor quite difficult, after a while...
The audio was great at setting the mood!

derevensky 2015-09-09 21:38

Pretty fun little game. Loved graphics theme, kinda stylish though it was a bit hard to distinct explosion marks from blood dots. Well done! Also kudos for using haxe.

bombjack 2015-09-12 15:23

simple but fun.