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Superbman
By coomzy and Martzy
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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|---|
| Overall | 535 | 3.18 | 51 | |
| Fun | 378 | 3.20 | 51 | |
| Innovation | 535 | 2.87 | 51 | |
| Theme | 841 | 1.93 | 50 | |
| Graphics | 603 | 3.02 | 52 | |
| Audio | 544 | 2.27 | 49 | |
| Humor | 477 | 2.21 | 39 | |
| Mood | 594 | 2.86 | 47 | |
Comments
amrojjeh
2017-08-02 18:35
====Pros===
It is a pretty neat idea.
===Cons===
Windows Defender did not like this app.
Very frustrating. Not in a good way.
What makes it so frustrating is the fact that he just stands there for 5 seconds on the wall *not* falling whenever he jumps.
I have no idea where I have to go after a certain amount of jumps.
Long jump and short jump can get pretty confusing when they are just left mouse button and right mouse button.
======In Conclusion====
I had to quit after playing for more than 5 minutes, I just could not play anymore because of how frustrating it was. I kept pushing my self to play to see the whole thing but I just could not do it.
duskpn
2017-08-02 19:18
Very solid gameplay! It's a bit hard to get into, but once you understand how to use the different jumps, it becomes really fun!
Great gameplay, kinda iffy on the theme, but it is quite fun to jump around. Some of the jumps were not very intuitive and there are some random paths that made things a bit confusing, specially with the camera being so close I couldn't plan enough without going purelly trial and error (as an example, some falls I had to react to reaching a certain point, other than timing it, if this makes any sense).
A great entry. I tested your game. I love the art style black and red which add a tense atmosphere. The main gameplay is good, but I struggled hard to do something honorable. I guess that your project could be improved with other features. At first, you could purpose some easy levels. Well done. Thumbs up ++
PS : I was very impressed considering the size of the file - 100 Mo. It's just disproportionate :/
Honestly not too sure how it fits the theme, but the gameplay was great although I didnt get very far :)
hels
2017-08-03 08:46
Had a lot of fun repeating this over and over, getting a little further each time. Pretty addictive stuff
I don't really see the theme here (you say he's running low on power, but I it's kind of hard to see that), and the gameplay is rather hard with the beginning section being very hard to get past on your first 10+ tries, but I like the concept.
ramkey
2017-08-03 19:30
At first, I didn't really like it. But as I kept trying it, it got me really addicted. Cool one bro.
hav24
2017-08-03 19:34
I think it is a good game, I love the animation of the character... it is so "real". Protip for future players: Use the left click if you want to climb and the right if you need a straight line to pass on the other wall. Nice game! :)
Hello !
All I can say is this : neat concept ! It reminds me of super meat boy quite a lot, yet it is very different, so good job on that front.
The graphical style is pretty nice too. All I can say about it is that the red spots on which you die stand to be improved (maybe replace them with spikes ?)
Audio is the only thing I think this game does lack, but what the hell, it's LD. No time to mess around with everything at once. Definitly look into it if you wish to keep working on it, tho !
Overall, a good entry :) Good job !
Feel free to check our game out : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/berzerk-hunt We could also use the criticism !
Its Windows 64 Bit only? I have a 32bit Computer. Sorry I cant rate. :( But the Cover Looks great:)
surovyi
2017-08-03 20:05
Pretty straightforward gameplay. Enjoy that. Difficulty is hard but beatable. Some music would be nice. Anyway, good job! :slight_smile:
coomzy
2017-08-03 20:18
@thefunattic I wanted to add audio in and more polish all round, but sadly I had the flu all Ludum Dare and this was all I could push myself to do and couldn't be with my team member as much.
@mikomikisomi Yeah not really so much to do with the theme it was supposed to be in the story it sorta shows in the ending (but it's so hard I doubt anyone will get too), you're "Superbman" a blatant ripoff of superman except you've run out of power and can no longer fly, you're falling and have to wall jump to survive until you regain your power.
dirkinz
2017-08-03 20:19
Overall I really liked the game. The simple controls were really nice. It made it easy to get into the rhythm of things. You guys had an interesting take on the theme but I think it could have been executed a bit better. A quick cut-scene showing the hero loosing their powers perhaps? Or perhaps if you had made the level full of colour but left the hero grey-scale until they got their power back. Finally, I think a checkpoint system would be a huge boon to the game. In the available level even one checkpoint right before the second more close quarters part of the game would have saved a lot of frustration.
lamm
2017-08-03 20:31
great game, you did a good job
Nice graphics.
vulpem
2017-08-03 21:56
Well, seems i'm late... i don't think i can add a lot different of what's already been said.
The controls are great! They're really simple, what makes them really comfortable to learn and really intuitive to use. Although, the game wasn't easy at all, and presented good challenge! The graphics were clear, and allowed to see easily where you could and couldn't go. However... i'm not pleased with the camera. It was good enough... but with a game like this, i feel it could have been way better. Sometimes, it really felt i couldn't see enough where i wanted to go. I can't vote negatively for this, since the one it has works properly... but i feel it could have improved even more the game.
Overall, an interesting idea with an efficient approach! Good job!
Very simple gameplay, but it was surprisingly fun once I realized there were two different jump types (should've read the controls first I suppose). It was very hard, and I would appreciate some checkpoints (or maybe there were some, and I just wasn't good enough to get there haha). The sounds were really funny too. Good job!
kerdelos
2017-08-03 22:59
The idea is cool and could lead to some really nervous gameplay. However, the player currently stops 1 seconds after touching the wall and that in my humble opinion breaks the rythm. While I guess you did that in an attempt to make the game less difficult I would argue that i would be better to just slide as soon as you hit the wall. Not only would it feel more realistic but it would make form some great nervous playthrough where you don't even control what you do, you just react on the fly. The mechanic of this game definitely makes me think about super meat boy, in a good way, but it needs to refinment to be fully enjoyable. So keep working on it :)
Also I found the hitbox that you can hit with your head quite unfair.
The idea of the two kinds of jumps is interesting and have possibilities, although it could have been explained better in-game. Also, when you reach certain falling speed, the game start "ignoring" input. that make the already hard jumps almost impossible. Oan one last thing: HUT! HUT! HUT! OUGH!
silvae
2017-08-03 23:08
The game was quite fun and I played it a bunch. It doesn't really seem to tie into the theme at all, which is fine. From a gameplay perspective, I would have liked some checkpoints and would have liked fewer "leaps of faith". Overall, I still enjoyed the game though. Good job.
remzo
2017-08-03 23:26
Love the name! This game was really fun and I played 59 attempts before admitting that I can't do it. The two jumps feel great and the differences between them are just right. Minor suggestion is that because I am long-jumping more than high-jumping I would've preferred if the controls are reversed so that I press LMB more. The jumping animation was pretty smooth! Would also work as a mobile game.
Cool game but a little bit too frustrating. Had 28 attempts before giving it up. But i like the idea of it and the style of this game is pretty good :)
eggnog
2017-08-05 04:28
I love wall-jumping, so this was definitely my bag! Just a few suggestions:
It felt like the theme was tacked on with the line 'Oh no, I've run out of power!' at the start. The theme didn't affect gameplay, so maybe next time try to tie the theme in a little more!
The game was a pretty sizeable download, and a little CPU intensive for what's happening on the screen. My computer was chugging along just to keep up, so maybe it might be worth optimizing your art or sound assets a little bit in the future!
Other than that, I had a great time playing it. Wall-jumpers are always very addictive to me. :)
Doesn't conform to the theme of the jam except in backstory unfortunately. That said, i found this game very addictive; the controls were responsive and once you get used to the jumping, it feels great! The guy's animations were a nice touch. I think this game would make a really popular mobile release!
almax
2017-08-05 22:53
I liked the concept, but feel the controls could have been a bit tighter and the underside of the pillars should not kill you when you touch them. Visuals were good and it was an interesting idea.
Very neat visuals but quite a bit too hard for me to really get into the way the character moved. It is easy to lose any sense of direction, and restarting from the beginning also tends to get a bit frustrating.
gonutz
2017-08-06 18:25
100 MB is a very large download, this makes me skip this one. Maybe consider compressing your audio more, I assume that is the problem because the graphics in the screen shot do not look like the bottleneck here ;-)
johnnwfs
2017-08-06 18:30
Interesting concept but gameplay way too hard for my tastes. Art style was nice and smooth animations on the dude. Agree with @almax that it'd be a bit easier if touching bottom of pillars didn't kill you. Go with some of the feedback from all the comments from folks above and keep making it better!
tommy
2017-08-06 21:00
Hardly connected to the theme and very difficult, unfortunatly not in a positive way. The graphics of the man and his animations are very good and smooth, probably you should have worked similarly also on the red boxes of death.
diptoman
2017-08-07 08:06
Interesting concept! And I'd love to play the game more. But there's a point where you have time a jump almost too perfectly, owing to the character being super large(either die from the red on the "roof" or fall to the red on the floor)
I think the game would benefit from checkpoints. My only irk is that I don't find the relation the LD theme.
belga54
2017-08-15 22:12
This game was hard in a punishing way ! The animations was good. But, I didnt found the theme here. Otherwise it's a good game.
manumeq
2017-08-22 14:12
Very nice and fun game although a bit frustating and with some weird collitions