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Space Beards

By gjarble

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Humor583.90
Innovation1673.65
Theme1914.05
Fun4273.25
Overall5843.25
Graphics8842.60
Coolness185736

Comments

schizophrenicghost 2015-12-16 01:57

Cool idea, but the ship is really hard to control.

gjarble 2015-12-18 17:14

@The Merge Conflicts: Thanks! Do you have any suggestions for how I might improve the controls to make them easier to use?

imagossoftworks 2015-12-27 02:14

Hilarious. Flying in space as a politician blowing up various beards and hair styles is absolutely awesome!

davidcmcdonald 2015-12-27 04:25

ahahhaahaha LOVE it!!!

mike-cullingham 2015-12-27 04:48

Very amusing. Really liked the mechanic for making you stay close to the thing that can kill you. Nice job.

urbanhelsing 2015-12-27 20:28

Fun, but the ship is difficult to control. Sometimes it locks in thrust mode

gjarble 2015-12-27 21:08

@UrbanHelsing: Oh! I was not aware of that bug. I wonder if that's the problem that The Merge Conflicts was having, too? I can't get it to lock in thrust mode- it there some situation in which it consistently locks up for you?

synthetic-entropy 2015-12-27 21:43

I laughed, I cried... I got eaten by a beard. Good times.

dayko 2015-12-28 21:25

Haha that was epic, i loved the setting and realization was very good. The grey skin and moving eyes add a nice touch to the creepy atmosphere :D

The fact that you can't fly through the head itself makes the controls quite hard but as i went to the end i suppose that it was not too difficult !

_benhumphries 2016-01-02 01:23

Cool concept, but the gameplay itself is kind of dull. The movement is hard to control, but I like how the eyes follow you around and I like how you thought of the shaping idea with the outline.

killedbyapixel 2016-01-02 03:25

Funny idea but execution needs work. Controls don't seem to fit the game at all. The green bar at the bottom is confusing. I am stuck on the second level for the second time after resetting and still don't know how to progress.

aurel300 2016-01-03 11:01

Very fun. I guess this is what being a barber feels like! I liked the beard growing effects, too. Kind of scary when you got really close. And there's a lot of polish to be done, but I guess you know that :)

schizophrenicghost 2016-01-04 04:09

@Gjarble: The main problem for me is just how "slippery" the ship is. It seems like whenever I move in one direction then try to stop or turn, I keep going in that direction with a ton of force for a long time. I would just decrease how much the ship continues to move in it's current direction after the input is ceased or changed to a new direction. Hope that made sense :P If you ever change this, let me know, I'd love to try it again after adjustments.

johntherobot 2016-01-04 18:26

Fun! Gameplay is a little tricky, but I love the art and the concept!

decayconstant 2016-01-04 18:29

Ha! Never thought I'd play a game about growing/shaving a beard via spaceship. Nicely done! :D

gjarble 2016-01-04 22:58

@The Merge Conflicts: Yes, that's an excellent description. Thank you!