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Spread The Positive Vibes

By doubstract

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics1793.68
Audio2603.15
Fun3743.27
Overall3973.29
Mood4013.00
Humor4922.13
Innovation5073.05
Theme7602.86
Coolness141644

Comments

yarharalc 2016-04-17 18:17

Hey, uh... You don't have a game.

doubstract 2016-04-17 22:17

@YarharALC I have uploaded it now, game description said it's work in progress

menderleit 2016-04-18 09:16

Like the art style. Very difficult though. ;)

jollyserpent 2016-04-18 09:24

Very difficult, but in a good way. You have to get used to dashing at first, but then it's just a cool challenge :)

nopogo 2016-04-18 09:28

Holy... what a difficult game. Very nice artstyle. Felt really unnatural to use space for anything other then jumping. But once you get into the flow of things it really plays amazing.

persimonn-pomelo 2016-04-18 09:40

Nice looking game, very tough. Might want to ease up on the learning curve, it's always tricky to judge because you get so good and used to playing your own game.
I'm to old school for WASD, arrow keys would be nice.

gafblizzard 2016-04-18 10:46

Super tough. I found myself using double jump and not dashing very often, since dashing gets you killed easily. I got up to 16.

Sometimes the random block placement seemed to make jumps impossible even with dashes.

Nice art style.

madball 2016-04-18 11:25

I like the obscurity of this game. When it said "play a note", I expected everything but what actually happened. I like the simplistic graphics and special effects. And this game can be really addicting. I got a score of 173.

However, there are things that can be improved. Controls and collisions feel a bit weird. Character not stopping upon releasing left and right keys got me off guard, and it makes landing on vertical pillars extremely difficult. Restoring double jumps isn't perfect; sometimes you stay on the very edge of a block and you can't jump at all, other times you dash into a pillar and you can double jump again. Also, I think there are too much different buttons; I miss some button presses because there is so much finger coordination required.

The music is kinda weak. Games like this, based on skill and speed, need an energetic soundtrack that keeps your attention up.

The slow motion at each milestone is annoying. It can be helpful, but it needs to disable on its own, not after a jump. I often find myself dashing against a pillar and wondering why does it take so much time to disappear, and I already used my double jump, so I can't stop that slow-mo. By the way, repeatedly dashing towards a vertical pillar makes you hover.

I don't think I like "Game will restart in 3.. 2.. 1..", I think you should've made a "Restart" button instead.

Finally, the lava seems to lose its waves when it chases you down at great heights.

In conclusion, it's a very fun game, but a portion of that fun is lost to aforementioned overlooked details.

doubstract 2016-04-18 11:28

@Madball Thank you for your feedback, I will try to be more considerate based on your points next time (or even if I decide to improve this game).

inateno 2016-04-18 11:41

Very hardcore, but I enjoyed it !

mrnannings 2016-04-18 11:42

nice style! the game does it well in all segments. Maybe a bit hard

sndr 2016-04-18 20:03

This is the kind of game that looks quite hard at the beginning, but then you start getting used to the mechanics and it becomes less hard (still hard, though)
I might be wrong, but I felt like one of times I had to restart a level, it was completely impossible to get to the next one. But I died a lot, so maybe I was just being bad at it.
As said above, music should be more energetic to accompany the good vibe of the game. :)

jupiter_hadley 2016-04-19 23:30

Lovely idea! Quite challenging! I included it in my video compilation series of Ludum Dare games, if you’d like to check them out :) https://youtu.be/F-G7DKrQW4g

mintarcade 2016-04-23 09:14

Nice platformer.

2016-04-23 15:22

Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description

mukult 2016-04-23 18:46

A good game! looks polished and neatly done!

geckoo1337 2016-05-01 21:41

Interesting concept for a game on mobile device. It seems to me too hard, but enjoyable. Well done ++