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Downfall in Polarity

By danielsann7

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness275
Audio5852.79
Humor7502.17
Innovation8742.57
Mood9182.50
Graphics9242.45
Fun9392.57
Theme9552.93
Overall10222.64

Comments

alexiseshford 2015-12-14 16:15

Fantastic music, and very interesting gameplay mechanic. I love it!

reisen 2015-12-14 16:46

Control doesn't work as advertised.
LMB : Hold to move and set polarity to blue
RMB : Hold to set polarity to red

Which simplifies this game to "Hold LMB and dodge red stuff".

justinooncx 2015-12-14 16:47

The hitbox is a bit odd, leading to quite a few deaths on the first level. And Level 2 is just straight up bonkers. And you have to restart on death...

goffmog 2015-12-14 16:49

Really liked the sound and the gameplay idea is solid. However the controls seemed to let me down at odd times, once I figured out you actually have to move the mouse to move (otherwise you can only move left) I found that once I'd used the polarity switch once, the controls seemed to drag to the left. The only other gripe I have is that it got frustrating having only one life and having to return to the title screen and replay the story to get back into the game.

nonentheless 2015-12-14 18:18

Nice music. And it's always great to have story even when the mechanics are simple. Like your "drawings" as well. Good entry :)

otiose-ent 2015-12-14 21:27

I really like the parallax background

cake_catastrophe 2015-12-14 21:37

Liked the story and art, hated having only one life. Level 1 is slow and boring compared to the others, and they all seem to go on for a long time. Got as far as level 3.

The central mechanic is a nice idea, but the control implementation feels awkward.

elizeu-nrj 2015-12-14 22:02

I enjoyed the soundtrack, I am from Florianópolis and also spent the weekend working hard to join, great job

hoqjed 2015-12-15 17:53

Cool concept! SO the menu has "history mode" which confused me, as I think a simple "Play" would do better.

Also, i got to the second level and just got destroyed right away. i think there needs to be more time for the player to react and there was too much on screen at the start.

Otherwise well done!

rocketship 2015-12-15 18:01

Takes a bit of time to get used to the controls and the hitboxes but when it gets faster and you feel at ease with the controls it's a lot of fun. I maybe would have still preferred that the character simply followed the mouse, it's still an interesting control scheme.

redzero 2015-12-15 18:11

Awesome game!

loxo 2015-12-15 21:28

Interesting idea. At first I didn't know how to start the game, because there is no play or start button. I tried History Mode and found the game.

crucknuk 2015-12-15 21:34

The music is a little bit too repetitive, the gameplay is simple but efficient. Well done :)

randomhuman 2015-12-15 22:26

Graphics are simple but nice, and the music is great, but you can kind of just coast through a lot of the first level, and where there is a challenge it involves deciding whether to change polarity while still half-way through an obstacle. I like the idea, but I think this game could have been improved if it was twitchier, and more positive about its collision detection.

elizeu-nrj 2015-12-16 20:21

Entao, eu nao sei tbm o que ta rolando, eu sou usuario de mac, compilei pra windows apenas para poder postar no LD, eu so tenho uma maquina com windows e nao estou conseguindo testar direito, se puder me ajudar entra em contato elizeu.nrj@gmail.com a versao android acredito que esteja funcionando né?

nuggetteam 2015-12-17 00:00

I wish the game has a way to restart directly without passing the intro, but it has a good story and the gameplay is original. Nice one :)

sugarbyte 2015-12-17 01:02

I liked the sound, the story was great, and the game design is really unusual and fun. I agree with other commenters that more lives and a faster restart would be great - it took me a bit to learn the controls and I just wanted to dive right back in after game overs!

pjimmy 2015-12-17 12:00

cool game, very simple but engaging, well done

monetai 2015-12-17 13:35

A good idea, i like the sensations !

jeroenwimmers 2015-12-17 13:50

I get the idea and how it works with the theme. but really I can just hold LMB and dodge the red objects. too bad, cause I think it could've been fun changing colors around

commodorekid 2015-12-17 19:38

I think it would be better if the color change was permanent. Also a checkpoint at the start of a level could be nice. I failed the second level immediately. Graphics and sound need rework. Also colliders were off I think. Expecting better next time!

josearias 2016-01-03 18:15

Nice game! Simple and challenging