michaelgrand 2017-08-01 07:16
Being able to move through the falling blocks is something I haven't seen before. Cool idea!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD39 → Tornado
By splashshadow
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 818 | 2.56 | 25 | |
| Fun | 773 | 2.47 | 25 | |
| Innovation | 452 | 3.00 | 25 | |
| Theme | 854 | 1.72 | 24 | |
| Graphics | 711 | 2.65 | 25 | |
| Humor | 135 | 3.30 | 25 | |
| Mood | 773 | 2.28 | 23 |
Being able to move through the falling blocks is something I haven't seen before. Cool idea!
Hey! I managed to build my own house! Thanks, tornado! It was fun.
A cute little climbing game! I had fun with this, climbing through a generated level was neat. The controls were a little loose - it was hard to make precision jumps. Other than that, it did exactly what it set out to do!
I think the controls needs to be polished, but the game is nice. I laughed so much when I saw the cow :D
Some things I liked: - The idea of the playing field being randomly generated over time is clever and interesting. - I really liked the visual polish, like the screenshake and the cows spurting blood when they die. - Refrigerators and cows falling from the sky is super funny.
A few things that could be improved: - There doesn't seem to be a purpose or goal to the game. I made it to the top of the screen, but nothing happened and the game kept running, which was disappointing because all I can do now is wait to drown. At the very least, I would have liked a "You won!" popup. - The houses fall down way too slowly. You could probably speed everything up 5x, and it would be a lot more exciting and more of a challenge. - I didn't hear any sound effects. Sound effects can make a game feel much more polished because audio feedback is very important, and they're not that hard to make, so for future jams I would definitely suggest adding them in.
I think this could be a really fun and exciting game if you had a greater variety of houses and increased the pace; right now it feels very slow, but I can imagine some hectic platformer where you have to plan ahead based on what's falling from the sky. Overall, nice job! Again, I really liked the visuals.
Thanks guys. I dont have enough time to realize some more features: side wind - blocks shifted to left-right, UFO - cath player and more room types. Thank you for feedback!
Yes, you right - no finish stage just endless drop, no sounds. Sorry no time left, just LD :D
Hahah I thoroughly enjoyed it! Nice and simple, didn't encounter any bugs, Cool graphics too.
really fun, I love the idea that you are actually able to move through the buildings which are falling. I did find the controls quite difficult as I could not control my character too well. It was fun though and the graphics were good. There was also no end goal, which was annoying since I was hoping for this to be an endless game, yet once you reach the top, there is nothing which happens
If you keep on working on this, I think it will be a great game. Good Job
Very fun. Good cow!
interesting idea...
A really fun idea! I enjoyed the gameplay, and found it really original - I can't remember playing anything similar before. The one thing that surprised me was not taking any damage after being hit by a falling cow - perhaps something to consider adding? Overall - nice job!
Liked the idea, I think the game is too easy, as one can just hide under the topmost roof and wait (until the next topmost roof), also some sound would be great!
Yeah but you die under water :D Agreed, need more game mechanics, more different working environment elements.
The idea is pretty mad, but needs more balancing, the art it's simple but it's cute! well done
Cows that can fall from the sky and kill you!? Only in Tornado! This is a funny game and I had fun playing it, but it would be much more challenging if the speed kept increasing instead of remaining the same. It's also shame there was no win condition.
Nice idea! I agree with other commenters saying it'd be nice if it sped up as time went on, but what is there is well done.
After Twister, you can't have a tornado without the obligatory appearance of a cow that alone "lifts" this game up... :smiley: Ok I'll stop. Liked the idea, the controls could use a little more polish. Good work.
Mechanically, the idea of using falling blocks to build a "house" of sorts so you can escape from the rising waters is solid, but it wasn't executed very well. The water level was too slow to rise, the falling blocks took too long to fall, and overall the game felt slow and unsatisfying. Not having any kind of win condition, without any kind of infinite gameplay (for example, the camera kept rising higher as you climbed higher) doesn't help either.
The lack of any kind of sound also makes the game feel very empty - even just adding the sound of strong wind in the background, cows mooing as they fall down and loud thumps as the blocks land would help immensely in this department. Personally, I used Bfxr for my game, it's quick and easy to use.
I also found the collisions to be very buggy, and I would often get stuck on walls and ceilings. Be sure to read up or find tutorials on YouTube about collisions for a platforming game, it would have helped you immensely in this game, and will help immensely in future compos.
On a lighter note, falling cows always makes the game funnier!
Keep up the good work, and you'll see your games improve as well! Good luck!
Oh no, the poor cows!
The concept is neat and could easily be expanded with more block types and some goal or score. It could then be a cool mobile game.
And as others said, the controls and the physic were not so good and it was a bit boring without sounds, but It can easily be fixed with more time.
Nice game =) It would be cool if there were more different things falling from the sky!
Good idea! Nice graphics! I got stuck :/ It's very difficult to jump, too fast here on Chromium. Keep working in the idea. I think it has potential... Thanks! Success!
Great idea, pretty well executed with attention to detail. Jumping is very hard though because it goes so fast. I could only survive because of a bug in the jump mechanics that allows you to float when next to a block.