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HellBlocks

By 8bit

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness358
Fun2253.52
Overall3893.41
Mood4503.26
Humor5012.41
Graphics5923.15
Innovation5962.85
Theme8142.63

Comments

8bit 2016-12-11 21:49

Any constructive criticism is very welcome.

realtutsgml 2016-12-12 01:23

Gameplay was pretty good. I kept getting a game over when I would restart the game because the player would immediately drop through a gap but I like the concept. You didn't do much with the theme though. It's just a simple room with blocks falling. Good job though I enjoyed it!

gironc 2016-12-12 04:16

Simple, but entertaining, good game!

jurgler 2016-12-12 08:51

I really enjoyed your game. Its very challenging (for me almost too challenging. Maybe showing a little idicator of a block that is about the despawn or so?!)
The Music was very fitting.
All in all a good game with a lot of room to grow.

starlight-glimmer-is-best-poney 2016-12-12 12:52

Works on Wine, but I think something is wrong with the gem counter. Nice and enjoyable gaem, quite challenging, but please do something with the instadeaths.

fishbrain 2016-12-12 14:01

Cute game! Nice tunes, nice game-play. Would be good to see it developed a bit further.

neonian 2016-12-12 14:46

Pretty hard game, love the music!

8bit 2016-12-12 15:25

All of your requests have been fixed! This includes the following :
1) Instadeaths are fixed!
2) Full controller support.
3) Added an indication to the blocks that are about to be destroyed.
4) Fixed gem counter.
5) Changed the pitch of the jump sound that made it sound like a glitch
6) Added gem counter in game.
7) Made more precise collision calculated for the player.
8) More gem drops (yay!)
9) Changed (a bit) the box spawning algorithm.

Thanks for playing!
Also, the music is made by Mortistar (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNrF2EMO1_JF0hvwGvFywHg) give him some love!

8bit 2016-12-12 19:20

New and probably the last update that I am going to push before the jam ends. Thanks a bunch for your support!
The update includes :
1) Fixed the anti aliasing on the letters.
2) Changed the player sprite (a bit).
3) Changed game over screen to display " press a to continue " on consoles.

thescragglyman 2016-12-12 22:28

Actually quite enjoyed this game, i found the controls slightly clunky and often the gems fell right through to nothingness, or were crushed by other blocks. not bad though could be adapted in to a full game i reckon.

icefallgames 2016-12-13 05:36

Nice atmosphere/graphics, but the rubies blocks came fast, so they are hard to avoid (or catch before they go through the floor)

juxipolo 2016-12-13 07:06

It's a little hard to tell whether a falling object is a block or a ruby. It would be nice if that were more clear so you could plan your movement. Perhaps some additional effect or speed change?

The "best" strategy to me seems to be to stay in one area and avoid falling blocks instead of trying to venture out for rubies, even though that's less fun. It might be worth thinking about something to force or encourage the player to use more of the playfield.

conradte3 2016-12-13 09:51

Probably the most fun game I've played so far this ludum dare, very difficult but also fair. It's not super unique, but it's well executed and presented.

8bit 2016-12-13 10:34

Thanks!

breno_m 2016-12-13 15:22

Nice game! I think there's a bug when the rubies fall in between 2 blocks. The player won't fall to collect it.

8bit 2016-12-13 15:52

@breno Thanks! This is actually not a bug, just the player is too fast to get exactly to the x position between the two boxes and just passes without falling. It should be easy to fix it by using acceleration.

archonthewizard 2016-12-13 20:26

Funny little game. Quite addicting. Felt myself improving quickly, which is always a good sign. The music really made it.

dietzribi 2016-12-14 00:41

Overall pretty good, but should have some more variation!

8bit 2016-12-16 20:13

Goddamit! The .exe got deleted. I reuploaded it...

superpokeunicorn 2016-12-17 03:21

Short and sweet. This is a simple concept well executed. The visuals are simple, but that goes with the simple gameplay. The music is also killer. Great entry!

bumblepie 2016-12-17 08:27

A really simple game, but it is challenging and complex enough to be fun. I found the controls a little unresponsive, I think it was because I was trying to jump slightly after I fell off blocks, it would probably be nice to let the player jump slightly after falling to give them more control. Also, because the blocks fall so fast, it might pay to give a flashing warning sign or something when they're about to fall.

avon 2016-12-17 08:37

Very challenging, but fun and addictive. It would be awesome if it had online high score(which isnt that hard to implement, http://dreamlo.com/ for example).

yami-no-tenshi 2016-12-17 10:43

Simple addictive little game ! I went up to 9 rubies also :p

Controls are perfect !

eruiz00 2016-12-17 12:46

Liked it.

karai17 2016-12-18 08:17

Easy to pick up and fun to keep playing. Add some progression and maybe a couple more basic mechanics and sell this on itch for a few bucks!

sekaru 2016-12-18 17:26

Nice and colourful, jumping physics felt a bit iffy but other than that it was alright.

mirta000 2016-12-19 03:27

loved the music, the game is addictive and the idea behind it is very fun! Could have done with a pause menu though, as I had to die to start recording and I would have loved a way to exit the game without killing the process. However, still very nicely done!

jupiter_hadley 2016-12-19 14:53

Simple, well made game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 37 games, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/uJPQ-kT6kvQ