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Grow Over

By nonentheless

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness282
Graphics1723.79
Fun2913.41
Overall2923.48
Humor3592.63
Theme3623.87
Mood4413.02
Audio5042.59
Innovation5912.98

Comments

sineglitch 2015-12-13 20:35

Really enjoy this one! Fast paced and cool art.

ianh 2015-12-14 08:01

It's really fast! The hitboxes are kind of finicky, but it definitely has that "just one more play" feeling.

malytimi 2015-12-14 12:55

Fast and fun game!
And you don't need more characters when you have buster sword. Grate Work! ;D

nonentheless 2015-12-14 14:52

haha true that :)
thx

deviousdeviation 2015-12-14 17:22

I'm going to waste so much of my life on this.

xwarzonex 2015-12-14 17:22

Fun but very difficult.

jynshi 2015-12-14 17:23

Really pretty! I love the simple style!

danielsann7 2015-12-14 18:08

SO FAST and fun! insane hardcore though i can only complete the first level :B good job!

nexust 2015-12-14 18:42

Very entertaining, fast paced game! I think it starts a little too difficult though- perhaps a more gradual difficulty curve?

geeitsomelaldy 2015-12-14 18:53

Slightly too fast out of the block, restarted about 5 times before I figured out what was going on. Platforming, on the whole, feels quite sticky.

dusho 2015-12-14 18:53

really fast game.. and unforgiving

muffinhat 2015-12-14 19:20

This game is waaaaay to difficult to start off with, but I love everything else about it. The sword feels over the top and great, and it makes the whole runner game seem more worth playing.

nonentheless 2015-12-14 19:23

Oh come on, our world got way too easy ;) Hard is good!
Also the restart was made quick to let you try again easily many times :D
Thx nonetheless!

fistmaker 2015-12-14 19:25

Fun game, a bit too fast paced, but still very fun.

icereci 2015-12-14 19:31

I couldn't beat the game, but it was really fun.

manusaiz 2015-12-14 19:41

Really fast and certainly fun game! Good job :DD

manusaiz 2015-12-14 19:42

Forgot mentioning that I like it but I still couldn't beat It ^^

torcado194 2015-12-14 19:46

Interesting take on both themes. I find the game way to fast and sudden, especially for these controls, and swinging the sword and stopping instantly is very jarring in between lightspeed running. The hitboxes are not correct sometimes, i literally could not kill the 2nd red guy multiple times.
I do however like how you represented the 'you can only kill things larger than you' system by both size AND weapon range.
Nice job!

trasevol_dog 2015-12-14 20:28

Very very fast at first but then you get into it and it's ok. Still very hard then though. But nice!! Minimal dark graphics fit the game well!

psychomonster 2015-12-14 20:40

Wow this is fast. I like fast paced arcade... but you should put a little countdown after starting the level :D The mechanic is simple and fun and the game is hard as hell :D Nice job. +1 for retro feeling :D

riftpoint 2015-12-14 21:26

The art is so simple but so beautiful! Very nice game

evannex 2015-12-14 21:59

Great entry! Very fast, but very strong feeling of "I can do better than that." when you die. ^_^

codecranker 2015-12-14 22:38

Very fast. I manage to reach few 100m on the right but I think it was pure luck. I was just pressing W blindly. A game with slower speed will be a little more enjoyable I suppose.

nunesbarbosa 2015-12-14 23:06

Hardcore game.. you die a lot! My best was like 5 seconds of gameplay.

mukult 2015-12-14 23:29

Super fast paced game...
Its fun though! :)

gerjj 2015-12-14 23:50

Maaaybe a little too difficult for most players, I really enjoyed it though - love the art style :)

miketsunami 2015-12-14 23:58

Fast paced and love the art style! Very nice!

teamross 2015-12-14 23:59

Growing theme a bit forced.

The best way to beat the game is basically to avoid all enemies until you grow two times. Then your sword is humongous and you can kill everyone easily!

Very hard to finish the game tho, having to climb all the way up in order to kill that last enemies was a bit annoying.

Awesome graphics!

jcmonkey 2015-12-15 02:13

for some reason i couldnt kill the green or blue mobs no matter what i did. so instead of attacking i just ran to get past them and completed the first level. then rage quit when i hit that first mob in the second level. :P

rhythmlynx 2015-12-15 03:12

Unforgivingly fast, but really pretty.

acerio 2015-12-15 03:23

Very challenging! Love it! I also like how it was web based, so I didn't have to go through the download process :(

piper82 2015-12-15 04:12

harder? getting old :€

lxxgarrisonxxl 2015-12-15 04:28

fun game and I really like the idea. Pixel art is really cool too

athenaofdelphi 2015-12-15 11:01

Nice retro feel time eater. Great job. Now... one more go... one more go...

jamaster96 2015-12-15 12:32

Controls would've been better inverted, but was really fun!

sadsmile 2015-12-15 13:50

Very good! If you want to keep working on this, here are some ideas:

- Some techno music in the background (80s action movie style)
- Special THings about the different characters
- Keep moving while attacking

local306 2015-12-15 18:00

Controls were a little finicky and I also ended up getting stuck jumping into a corner of an edge.

gamepopper 2015-12-15 22:55

Love the bloom. Hitboxes are awkward, as well as the jumping, but not bad.

jakob37 2015-12-19 19:47

Nice concept and mechanics! The gameplay itself became a bit frustrating for me - I had to try to memorize where I would die. A slightly slower and more forgiving pace (or, easy mode) would have solved this for me - but that could very well be a matter of personal taste. Overall, impressive entry. Well done!

sputnik 2015-12-21 18:22

Nice graphics. Maybe too fast at first but fun!