wskilljoy 2017-12-04 12:24
Doesn't work. All I see is a floating present once I hit play. What did I do wrong?
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD40 → Christmas Present
By jons-games
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 17 | 4.17 | 67 | |
| Fun | 48 | 3.97 | 67 | |
| Innovation | 1 | 4.64 | 67 | |
| Theme | 194 | 3.73 | 67 | |
| Graphics | 182 | 3.71 | 67 |
Doesn't work. All I see is a floating present once I hit play. What did I do wrong?
This game is great! It's a very interesting concept i've not seen before. The only thing letting down the gameplay is a wobble on the game screens while you're moving but you can oversee that.
It is a little lacking for the theme though. I'm guessing the idea is that the other santas get in the way when you have a lot but I feel like getting bigger only helps you.
@wskilljoy A popup launches when you press play with the game in it. It might have popped up behind the main window? Some browsers do that by default.
I really love this game. The idea is very cool and I love the animations and sounds of santa. I did get stuck though. Good game.
@Jjons-games Ah yes! Thanks.
This is a very interesting idea, but I think it needs a little more work. As Kieran said above, the theme here is a little lacking, and after the first level I seemed to be stuck? Or maybe I missed something? I'm not sure if you were supposed to be able to resize the window, but that also made it a lot easier. Good job though!
This is incredibly imaginative, and very, very, fun! Cute art as well. However, it doesn't really fit the theme.
Really cool concept. Its a bit hard to get your head around it first though.
But nicely executed. Great art and overall nicely done.
Wow, that's actually really cool. It's great to see innovative interfaces here.
Very cool! It took me a few minutes to grasp how to play, but then it's awesome :D
My favourite entry so far (It's only the second game I play, but it's very cool anyways ;)). I had some problems with my dual-monitor setup at first, but it worked after I put all windows on one screen manually. Innovation: 5!
Wow! Really cool concept executed brilliantly. I loved having to use Santa's from other screens to get a leg up on a jump.
Very innovative idea that matches the theme perfectly. Going to have a dig into the source code to see how you pulled this one off! Very fun.
Wow, pretty cool concept here. It took me a minute to figure out how to use the multiple windows but once I did it was pretty cool. Good job.
@benhumphries If you got stuck on the second level, try moving the two santas closer to each other. Santas can exist in the same space as eachother and help each other out.
Very different one in terms of gameplay. Good work.
Really cool idea!
A clever idea and a really cool way of representing multiple characters/environments.
Wow really neat - and super impressive in 48h!
Amazing and I like how the characters can colide, What engine did you use, I really like the idea of moving the window
Very nice idea, big up!
@game-coder28 its built with Phaser, but all the window movement and syncing is custom and not part of the engine.
Ok Thankyou
This is such a great idea, I don't know how I've never seen it before. Good animations, good art and sound too. There's not much to the game but, honestly, it doesn't need anything else. Great job!
Wonderful! Unique, interesting, and fun. Probably my favorite I've played so far.
Holy cow! This was nuts with dual monitors. Well done!
Wonderful graphics and concept! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUur4iynK94
Really cool! This was super innovative, blew my mind playing it. I totally ruined it by resizing the windows, however. I like them graphics.
The graphics were really nice as were the sound effects. The concept of this game is awesome and I loved the idea of each window showing a different level. One thing I thought was amazing was the idea of being able to jump on top of the other characters. That blew my mind completely and was REALLY clever. Well done
At some parts, I felt there were too many windows. Maybe only have up to four? It gets really cluttered otherwise.
Overall, whilst I was expecting a rip-off of "window frame" I got one of the best games I've played this LD. Congratulations.
This is so cool! I loved it. Great idea! I definitely will come back to this. Thank you!
It was awesome ! Neat idea, brilliantly executed ! Also, thanks for the source code: I always wondered how people manipulate windows to get to this result !
So much fun! Love the fact that you can use the santas from other windows as a platform.
Quite good execution of a cool idea! Really well done!
The bad thing about this kind of experiments is that there are a lot of things out of your control that can break the game. For example, at some point, I got an empty window instead of a window with a Santa on it. I don't know if that's normal. You can also close a window by mistake and I couldn't see a way to spawn it again.
Anyway, congratulations for being bold with that. The result is quite amazing!
Impressive! Screens were a little shaky when you walk but I think there's nothing you can do about that. Awesome idea!
@hurlu Thanks! Its certainly A way to do this! I'm just lucky javascript has a native way to move and resize windows easily.
This seems like a fun and clever game, but I couldn't get it to work on MS Edge 41.16299.15.0: after finishing the first level, I get "click to continue", a second window pops up where I can move the santa, but the first window just keeps showing "click to continue" and that doesn't seem right. I tried using Chrome, but the popups keep getting bigger and bigger all by themselves. Also doesn't seem right.
Too bad, I would've loved trying this!
@racso yeah theres a few things with browser compatibility and how most browsers actively try and block popups in certain scenarios that make it a challenge. I might try and release a post compo version with a few more bugs fixed, such as resizing and empty windows.
Thanks for the feedback!
Amazing!
@bart-huylebroeck oh thats interesting. What version of chrome are you using? Havnt seen that behaviour at all!
WOW ! A true revelation for me ! Honestly one of the best ideas I saw in action on the jam. You attempted to do something like really well, it's clever, well made, easy to handle... I was at first impressed by the web window following you, but asking myself what was the point in gameplay matters of doing that. Then I saw what you could do with your past self... It's pretty awesome ! And as you gave the code, I can now see how you've handled this, because it's impressive !
Big kudos to you guys, you deserve a true 5 on innovation and fun. (even if I got stuck 2nd level, but that's because i'm a moron ;) )
awesome idea ! very creative
Very different and impressive. But I think I enjoyed the concept and execution more than the actual gameplay. Also, accidentally broke the game by maximizing one of the smaller windows. Maybe add a button to reset the window state?
Wow, just amazing! Very innovative, challenging and engaging. Graphics are super cute too. I don't know what the others user have been drinking, but to me, this is one of the best use of the theme so far.
Awesome game. I always love games where the window moves around and exposes different parts of the map. It was sometimes quite tricky to solve the puzzles but also very interesting.
super innovative! challenging, fun and well-made. good work!
@jons_games using Chrome 62.0.3202.94 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Windows 8.1
As I checked the version, Chrome updated to 63.0.3239.84 (Official Build) (64-bit) so I tested again, but still the popups grow in size.
Huge respect as someone who also made a window-moving game for a previous (Super Resizer). The motion is very smooth and the gameplay gimmick of jumping on santas is very simple but provides interesting difficulties. It took until around 4 screen for me to really feel the theme, but it definitely worked well to add to the confusion and difficulty. Only problem is I closed one of the windows and as far as I could tell, couldn't get it back.
Once you get you the second to last level, sometimes the windows will freeze up for me. Other than that, it's a really great game!
@bart-huylebroeck I'm running the same version, just on mac. I will investigate!
Incredible concept ! I had some problems with some window size wich where unstable but that remains a really good experience.
Really cool project! So satisfying watching those windows appear and change size without breaking the alignment with the level! :)
Fantastic idea of a puzzle platformer! Its really satisfying to find the solutions to each puzzle
Really interesting and innovative concept. I loved how you had to use the santas from other windows to reach certain presents. Really great job!
Very innovative~!
Really cool idea and innovative! When I tried changing screen sizes, the game gets a bit jerky. Otherwise I had fun playing it :D
very clever indeed - really interesting use of the theme and the effect is great - nice job
christmas theme jammers UNITE! well done, innovative and great fun! a little background music or sleigh bells would have tipped the scales further :)
The idea behind this game is great! I hit a bug on level 3 where one of my santa wont stop to go left, other then that great game!
Nice idea haha! I saw a game leveraging windows as well few LD's ago. Been wanting to make something like it but i didn't even know you can do that on the browser O.o. At some point, there were just too much windows for me and it confuses the heck out of me. Also, the browser started lagging and made the movement feels laggy. So there's that. But overall, very nice concept and execution :D
Great theme using! Very innovative! Like this meta-gaming with different windows. Awesome job, man!
Very fun twist on the classic "control multiple characters simultaneously" puzzle category. I've seen games that take advantage of browser window control APIs in the past, but it remains novel every time. Definitely a game for those with a lot of RAM though!
Such a unique fun concept. Liked the way you interpreted the theme and used the windows to make it part of the gameplay.
I love it, that's 5/5 innovation, I always like to see new types of puzzle games and it fits to the theme as well.
Such a great idea, definitely takes the gold in innovation. A great puzzle, interesting gameplay. I for one downloaded your source code and will be checking out how you did the magic. The graphics were cute too.
The only downside was knowing which santas already picked up a present. The more santa's the harder it gets to know who caught already. Don't know if that was really what you intended, in connection to the theme. If not, adding something to identify that would be really nice.
Overall, great game, really innovative, I was really impressed. Congratulations :)
This is great! Really innovative--I don't think I've seen any platformer like this before. I do wish that it was easier to tell which presents belonged to which Santas, or at least, which Santas already had collected their presents. Once I was hitting more than 5 presents it was getting overwhelming to get any of them, though of course that fits pretty well with the theme. Overall, really good work!
!!! Brilliant idea. I'm really interested in how you implement it!
https://youtu.be/SQCJrr4uBaw