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Pressure Run

By philstrahl

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness356
Graphics364.36
Mood663.83
Humor1423.26
Overall1443.72
Theme2184.03
Audio2583.12
Innovation4133.25
Fun4633.17

Comments

reccy 2015-12-15 18:23

Fun little game, but a bit hard to get used to the valves. I love the retro Game&Watch aesthetic of it though.

exhidor 2015-12-15 18:26

great job ! i really feel like if I was playing a "pysical" Game and Watch ! The graphics is really nice !

ripatti 2015-12-15 18:28

Excellent implementation. I like graphics and the style. But the game itself is too simple to play for long time.

in3orn 2015-12-15 18:31

Pretty hard when steam goes to 4th level but I really enjoyed it! Great work!

tony-coculuzzi 2015-12-15 19:09

Very cool! I loved the look of it

dooskington 2015-12-15 19:10

Cool little game. I love the aesthetic.

beanallean 2015-12-15 19:11

I don't think I completely understand how the game works but I love the whole look and feel of it! Would be cool if the buttons physically pressed while holding the A or D keys.

ampera 2015-12-15 19:19

Neat but challenging game. It feels like a real game and watch.

philstrahl 2015-12-15 19:24

@Ben Allen: Thanks! Maybe I'll do a mobile port of it. The trick is to hold the key down when the little guy is 1 step in front of the obstacle and release it after the following tick so you won't deplete your energy.

taffaz 2015-12-15 19:42

This game is great, reminds me of a turtles game I had as a kid or my Mario watch.

retraffic 2015-12-15 20:21

I love the aesthetic and atmosphere. The gameplay however is a bit too harsh for me.

sorle 2015-12-15 20:32

Well you really nailed the game&watch looks. That game gave me nostalgic feelings. Good one!

terracottafrog 2015-12-15 23:05

Great ode to the game and watches of the past! It gets pretty hard!

gfm 2015-12-15 23:13

Great job! Even though I've never played in a game & watch, it really captured the feeling of playing in those old, low-res handheld games (we used to call 'em "mini-game", here...)

My two cents: I think the activation of doors and valves should had been sync'ed with the game tick. It would make a lot more sense, to me...

cynicalmonkey 2015-12-16 19:59

You have absolutely captured what it was like playing these type of games as an 80's kid, and i had about as much fun playing it as i did them then. its tough to grade it because you clearly nailed what you went for. but i can't say i enjoyed playing it :(

bobrocket 2015-12-16 20:19

This game is beautiful. Very awesome :D

hiki911 2015-12-17 18:54

after this game i have found my "elektronica" with game about wolf and eggs and spent a lot of fun time. but this game is fun too

manimal 2015-12-18 21:57

interesting idea, but not so fun to play, great visual...

konwlege 2015-12-19 15:31

Got error "not valid win32 application"

philstrahl 2015-12-19 17:59

Knowledge: What's your Windows version? Are you logged on as admin or standard user? Did the download finish? Game should be around 7 MB, so maybe just download again? Thanks for trying :)

darkgrisen 2015-12-21 19:52

It's a funny game and it would also be fun if you added more variation to the game. Maybe different maps or something.

Well done!

loxo 2015-12-21 20:51

Great work, the game looks and feels like it's real, only the animation of the buttons is missing. When I played the second time, the doors stayed closed the whole time (only the graphics).

hexagore 2015-12-21 21:14

Tricky game to judge because of the limitations of the game & watch things... but as a loving recreation and a new game of that type? This is awesome.

jod 2015-12-21 22:48

Great style choice, both in music and graphics!

gatechgrad 2015-12-22 00:52

Nice remake of the classic hand held games of the 80's.

dmitrix 2015-12-22 08:40

Nice Documentary!

freaknarf 2015-12-22 12:08

Very nice design choice :)
It reminded me memories of Bomb Sweeper...
The game becomes quite hard after level 10, especially when steam is getting higher... It's hard to go beyond level 15 for me :p
Great old school vibe !

kai20 2015-12-22 22:36

i want to be honest with you i don´t like the game maybe i am to stupid but i do´nt get it and this makees me cry anyway great graphics.-

galvesmash 2015-12-23 01:09

Good tribute game. Interesting mechanics and a bit hard to get the right timing.
I liked your initiative to revive an old game mechanics.
Great Job!

jupiter_hadley 2016-01-03 21:38

I think it glitched for me, but I like the feel of this game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/3B2_gBg5rhI

thingostudios 2016-01-04 22:12

On the one hand, this is a perfect recreation of a Game and Watch, with charming graphics and an obvious ton of attention to detail.

On the other hand, it's not very fun. I also wish the buttons for the inputs were A and L so that you had to use two hands like you would on an actual console, even though that would be kind of annoying.