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Snake Charmer

By fakeyou

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2763.4833
Fun3593.2233
Innovation5012.8033
Theme1733.7933
Graphics1173.9033
Audio4472.4833
Humor4722.1730
Mood4442.8731

Comments

scott-r-howell 2017-12-03 23:08

love the visuals!

mikuzune 2017-12-03 23:45

SNAKE! That's genius it fits the theme so well and this is a great take on the old classic.

The only thing I'd ask for is to be able to change the speeds of the snake. One of my favorite parts of playing snake clones online, was being able to play at triple speeds, to make the game more difficult and fun for myself.

Overall, I really realllly like this game. 1) because I'm a sucker for snake games 2) because It's a done in a way which really gives life back to the classic.

Check out my entry here if you can: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/toy-hero Play as a heroic robot hiding all the other toys away from mum's constant cleaning.

ronanrory 2017-12-04 04:44

Like the person above said, the idea of using the Snake format for this jam is very clever, and the snake itself looks good from an artistic point of view.

The only issue with this game is that the controls are slightly janky. There have been several occasions where I press a button and the snake doesn't move in the direction I want it to.

Overall, considering how much you had to strip down, I'd say that this is pretty good.

adam-coles 2017-12-04 17:12

Probably one of the best iteration of snake i've played

matthias-schedel 2017-12-04 17:13

Great Idea - but the controls are a little bit slow - it doesnt feel very fluid but besides that I think its great

2017-12-04 17:14

I enjoyed it, and it ran very smooth on my phone. Seems like it would be a lot of fun if it had more content, so I'd say you did a great job in 48 hours

johnnygoy 2017-12-04 17:17

I really liked the concept of being able to shape the next room with the snake. Added a new dimension of planning.

Visuals are really nice, if the snake would have been animated/smooth I would have been a 5 :)

generalvivi 2017-12-04 18:03

Nice take on snake! The only problem I had was the characters grid like movement. It caused me to run into quite a lot of things on accident. Would suggest making the movement more organic :)

benhumphries 2017-12-04 19:12

This is such a great idea! Executed very nicely as well! Amazing job!

quaternius 2017-12-04 19:18

Great idea, loved the little snake and the controls felt really tight, great work!

eraleis 2017-12-04 19:28

Snake is a good idea to fit the theme ! The game is overall really polished, the controls are a little cluncky though, they didn't respond some times

6smith 2017-12-04 21:41

fun take on a classic game! could use some music and maybe a little more visual variety. also this can happen: oopsnake.jpg

talia 2017-12-04 21:41

It's a classical game that fits perfect in this theme. The snake looks like made of light that is pretty nice.

kroltan 2017-12-04 22:00

Kudos for making a web game with a _proper_ UI, leveraging the native browser stuff instead of bonkering an immediate-mode directly in the canvas!

bradleysmith 2017-12-05 03:11

Super polished and clean visuals. Awesome work! Love the camera shake too! :)

mattdahepic 2017-12-05 04:15

Well polished, but the death sound effect is quite jarring compared to the silence.

fakeyou 2017-12-05 07:04

@6smith I knew that could happen but I never actually encountered it myself. Let's just say that you could have prevented it by shaping your snake differently in the previous level :upside_down:

gwinnell 2017-12-06 21:08

The top down 3d perspective is nice, and the blocks, lighting, colours and palette all fit together really well. The snake in particular looks great! Like other/s have commented I did find sometimes my key presses were not registered properly -- perhaps this is the case if it receives it on the same frame as when the snake moves? Not sure. A touch of audio here and there would really have been the icing on the snake (read: cake). Good work!

jeffchen 2017-12-07 02:39

I like the visuals,and the idea of snake dungeon is great!Just the control need to be improved.Nice work!

zenmumbler 2017-12-07 17:38

Great look and feel, esp. for a compo entry. Sadly the level generator had a habit of making impassable sections for me… Well done.

tvance 2017-12-07 22:20

Fresh take on snake! This is well done. I like the look of it but the sound could use some work. I know this is just the way you coded the snake to move but it looks like I'm playing at a low framerate. Sorry I don't have any suggestions.... I did enjoy the game though :)

ambi 2017-12-28 10:08

Cool game. Cool graphics. Works very well in browser. Seems I can't progress anymore because the levels are randomized and there are pillars blocking all routes?