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The escape of the red panda

By chispalbc

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4953.5225
Fun3373.5624
Innovation8202.8824
Theme7473.2125
Graphics1924.1525
Humor2
Mood6143.2222

Comments

muumeroinen 2017-12-05 22:13

Fun little game. I made it to wave 9 in first try. Face in monitor is nice touch.

wilco 2017-12-05 23:18

Cool idea! I didn't get to play very much, as I kept getting the game over screen the instant a new wave would start. It happened 4 times in ~7 sessions. I like the art style and the movement felt good, but I couldn't really judge how well the theme was implemented as I didn't last very long.

chispalbc 2017-12-05 23:41

@wilco i honestly don't know how what could be the problem, i have tested it many times (html and windows) and it works fine :( . Basically you keep stacking upgrades until it gets hard to control

talia 2017-12-06 00:19

wow it's a really fun game. The basic jump feels pretty good. The red panda is cute! and the animation is lovely. Can I free the other pandas in the background? =)

adrenallen 2017-12-06 00:34

Fun quick game. I wish the obstacles had more variety, but the ones there did a good job. Movement felt really solid, and upgrades felt effective.

exezin 2017-12-06 00:44

Nice game, the oldschool variable jumping I think made it a lot better than it would have been without it, it adds a lot of fine-control to the game :)

criggles 2017-12-06 00:47

Fun game, really nice graphics. Would have been nice to have the option to upgrade mana as well!

chispalbc 2017-12-06 01:00

@criggles in the first version there was a mana upgrade and the basic mana was 3 but this made everything too easy as every upgrade has to have something bad :smile:.

thanks @talia @adrenallen and @exezin , it seems that everyone likes the jump xD

fluidvolt 2017-12-06 01:23

Cute! I love the panda sprite. Jump is nice, and it fits the theme well. Good one :)

ponker 2017-12-06 22:34

Nice game! I like the art and music!

The boom sound was really loud though, I got really scared the first time I heard it, haha!

arkia 2017-12-06 22:41

Fun little game. Solid idea. Not sure why there's an option to skip taking an upgrade though since it lets you completely avoid the premise. The player can just choose not to take upgrades and the game doesn't seem to get any harder.

nardandas 2017-12-06 22:45

Really tight controls! I thought you fell a bit fast when letting go of space, it was really hard to control the height of your jump. I loved the art style as well. I wish there was a bit more complexity as you progressed through the waves, it got a bit stale after a bit. Really nice game though!

chispalbc 2017-12-06 23:57

@arkia skip upgrade = -1 life

wilco 2017-12-07 09:58

@chispaLBC I can reproduce the bug now: It has something to do with the game cache, this is how i can reproduce it reliably: In the html5 version, clear your cache and start a new session. Get hit twice in the first round, choose skip upgrade (you will gain a life), then lose on purpose. Then play again (don't clear cache!) get hit once, skip upgrade (you'll lose a life this time), lose on purpose. Then play again, get hit once, skip upgrade, you'll instantly lose (0 lives remaining)

What seems to be happening is this: Skip upgrade sets lives to: "amount of times upgrade skippped". But it keeps this data in the game cache or something, so it doesnt clear after you lose

I could record a video if the explanation isn't clear :)

chispalbc 2017-12-07 11:47

@wilco Thank you! the skip upgrade is supposed to set your max health to 2 (the first time) and to 1 (the second time). It's fixed now :smile:

eric-florio 2017-12-08 00:47

Very clever! One of the best interpretations of the theme that I saw so far.

And the art style is cute!

Great work!

danielhart 2017-12-08 13:19

A really good take on a very simple concept. Nicely executed and very nice art! I loved the background of the game, adds a lot. Was the music an electronic version of A-Punk? :P

sanpincha 2017-12-08 14:05

Very cute style! I enjoyed playing. I also like the concept. Great job!

louis-denizet 2017-12-09 09:53

Nice use of the theme, love red pandas, slow jump got me killed several times :( good job anyway :D

boorik 2017-12-20 19:16

Simple and efficient concept. Well done!