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Jim is Moving Out!

By stadoblech

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation184.31
Fun194.18
Theme14.80
Coolness369
Overall414.10
Humor1553.45
Mood2433.62
Audio3713.10
Graphics4933.39

Comments

drsnuggles 2016-12-11 21:07

Fantasic game, love it ++

karreg 2016-12-11 21:52

Very good game !!
The theme is really well operated, and the level design is good too.
Thank you for this game :)

omniorcus 2016-12-12 15:25

A brilliant piece of work. The simple but clear art style pairs well with the simple, but fun, mechanics of the game. There is a lack of audio feedback, but the overly epic soundtrack, despite the simplicity, make it a mute point. The theme is in-your-face strong, and while some levels definitely feel hard, they are all obvious in hindsight. That's the hall mark of a good puzzle game. Lots of fun, Great work.

dunin 2016-12-12 16:06

Weird but fun physic game!
The loop at the end is a bit frustrating...

khaotom 2016-12-13 06:54

I had the music climax at exactly the time I finished a really hard level that took me many tries. Felt good man! Great game.

squid 2016-12-13 06:58

Fun game. Great Concept.

versatilebox 2016-12-13 07:33

I loved it. Such an original idea! I finished it.
Please, keep working on it!

If you're interested in bug reports:
-Restarting on level 2 (not sure of the level, actually) makes you spawn way too high and that makes you lose 4%
-You can actually destroy the room after winning.

Not sure if the last one is a bug, but it was weird.

Once again, keep working on this game!

stadoblech 2016-12-13 07:44

^ thanks for info! I will look into it! :)

split82 2016-12-13 08:52

Very interesting game. Fit's the theme perfectly. Plays smoothly and looks good. Very nice job!

nusan 2016-12-13 09:20

Very good idea. The physics works perfect, and you can be delicate with a bit of practice. Levels are great, but a bit sad there is no ending, even a simple one. Music is a too heavy for this carefull gameplay, I think. Keep up the good work !

stadoblech 2016-12-13 10:34

^ okay... first i was confused. But then i checked whats wrong and i found bug... this bug is sending level 6 again at level 2. There is ending at scene 7... i will upload fixed version soon

grifdail 2016-12-13 11:00

I really loved how the music helped the game ! Nice job !

jarjarlhalla 2016-12-13 15:39

This game is awesome, I think mouse would be better control, maybe too op idk. I loved the experience! thanks!
Pease keep working on this game

kraftkar 2016-12-13 15:42

Really nice entry! Great idea, simple and funny

buckle2000 2016-12-13 16:26

Room twists 180° in mid-air.

palarus 2016-12-13 17:58

This is very, very interesting. Fits the theme elegantly and both visuals and gameplay work perfectly.

Congratulations!

dejvo 2016-12-13 20:14

Really good and solid entry. Well played on the theme. and the music fits perfectly

commodorekid 2016-12-13 20:37

Very good idea for a mechanic. I like the simplicity and theme-relatedness of this game but I think you could do something more with the environment. Anyway I enjoyed it a lot.

mental13 2016-12-13 20:55

Awesome game. The mechanic is cool and the minimalistic art style looks great. My OCD side spotted that the text at the start of the game has Jim and then Joe? so who is moving out?

stadoblech 2016-12-13 21:22

^ yup. In first version it was Joe. Then i decided that Jim sounds better. It looks like i overlooked it :) thanks for noticing it

andybrown 2016-12-14 01:07

This was a lot of fun! The difficulty curve felt rather polished as each level was progressively more challenging, but no giant spikes. The gameplay mechanics really worked well together to let the player strategize different movement techniques.

yolgie 2016-12-14 10:11

Very cool Game, mouse controls would be a gamechanger but i still would like them, music fits the theme perfectly, but what else can you expect of Master Tchaikovsky

radstar 2016-12-14 13:40

Cool game and take on the theme.
Really fun gameplay!

saurterrs 2016-12-14 14:41

That was quite fascinating.
especially love the music theme

2016-12-15 10:20

Really unique game! I struggled extremely on level 2! Honestly hope you make this into a full game with a story once ludum dare comp is over! Here is a little lets play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-k1dZk6cIc

Hopefully it's allowed! :o

stadoblech 2016-12-15 10:44

^ i think its allowed. Anyway thanks for covering my game :P and yes, im seriously thinking about making it into full game. I have few new crazy gameplay ideas so... will see how it ends :P

yami-no-tenshi 2016-12-15 21:28

I launched the game a first time and Jim was moving way to fast, I wasn't even able to finish the tutorial level since all furnitures got destroy because of Jim's high speed. Then launched the game once again and got a diffrent music, and Jim's speed was as it was supposed to be. XD The high speed seems to be happening when I put the graphics option to "Fast".

So for this second try, the game was absolutely great and well thought, really clever concept !!! Loved it !

thebrickanator 2016-12-16 22:15

This was a very fun and addicting game. The graphics are really all I saw that could have been improved, but my gameplay of it can be found here (its the third game I played): https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=XBEBBc-cfYc It would be cool to see some variations in room size/shape too but I look forward to playing the local multiplayer version. If you let me know when it's released I'd like to try play it again in another episode. Thanks for recommending your game!

paulloz 2016-12-16 22:52

Really fun to play, a bit too hard but definitely very entertaining! The game makes you want to play again and again out of frustration.

thebrickanator 2016-12-17 00:06

I just discovered I gave you the wrong video link by mistake, so here is the corrected one: https://youtu.be/XBEBBc-cfYc
Sorry about that ;)

stadoblech 2016-12-17 00:09

no prob i found it by myself :) i will upload coop version of game to itch.io so if you follow me here you will be noticed about it :)

mrhill 2016-12-17 20:02

NICE JOB!!!

yuigoto 2016-12-18 18:37

Nice take on the theme! Really nice and fun concept for "moving"! :)

The graphics style really fits, and clearly puts the theme up-front, when you first play the game. I really like the simple, silhouette-based, style, since it's quite easy on the eyes, the overall style also gives the game some kind of direct-approach, which I find really good!

I kinda miss some sound effects for the objects/room. The soundtrack REALLY does help bring some tension into the game, but I'd like to see how your take on some music would be. ;) The choice, though, was spot-on! :)

I kinda felt it was hard to go up, specially on the 3rd level, but overall I really liked the play style! I kinda wondered how a mouse control scheme would be for this one! :P

Cheers! Good job! :)

sinclairstrange 2016-12-19 12:58

Oh man what an fantastic concept! I really loved this game, great work!

jupiter_hadley 2016-12-19 14:53

Really interesting take on the theme! 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

mirta000 2016-12-20 01:40

dig the idea, but the tutorial even refused to recognize that I'm on the green zone >_<

stadoblech 2016-12-20 08:48

^ you have to wait few seconds with no movement. But i will change this behaviour

mirta000 2016-12-21 03:49

updating the review - got it to work, but it's a bloody hard game very few levels in :D

breno_m 2016-12-24 00:57

Always wanted to fly with my room while listening to Mr. Grieg. :D

Nice game, but the non-triggering bug is a bit annoying, though.

junber 2016-12-26 21:31

that's a great idea to use the one room as the player not the environment. the physics work great and the graphics are very simple but bring the gameplay more in the foreground
-Hisfantor

ema1ih 2016-12-27 20:47

I like the way you used the theme, interesting concept, I had fun

wowa_u 2016-12-29 16:12

Great use of theme! Simple, challenging, funny and ery well music choice!