Super Square Dodge XLII

starhacker 2018-08-14 18:05

The game does fit the theme perfectly. Quite challenging and fun. The graphical and sound feedback is well done but could use a bit more polished to make it even more clear what you cannot touch. For example, at first I wasn't sure if the lines were dangerous or if the dash made you temporarily immune to the blue objects. The controls could use a bit more smoothing to give the player more precise control to avoid objects. Overall I think its a great little solid game.

drums 2018-08-20 21:33

Perfect for the theme and felt smooth. Super difficult, almost to the point where it's complete random or guaranteed that you are going to get hit a bunch. Maybe make more places to make the screen bigger again, or the longer you don't get hit, it slowly enlarges again. Overall it was pretty nice.

awesomealliterationalliance 2018-08-20 21:53

I really really liked the mechanics and the overall feel of the game but some levels are waaay too hard. It feels like the levels are randomly selected but with a missing difficulty curve. With a bit of polishing on that, this could be easily one of my favorites this Ludum Dare. Theme, style and sound are great nonetheless!

pepelumen 2018-08-20 21:56

Very nice, the only downside is that it is very difficult at the bullet hell, it all happens too quickly to react, I had no chance to beat it (I tried twice but no luck). The sound design and production is very good! The whole game looks polished and made with confidence and elegance.

gerox 2018-08-20 21:57

I liked the Graphics, and the Gameplay was fun, Nice Game.

benn-ends 2018-08-20 21:59

Really cute and polished looking! I found it difficult to tell when I was invincible during a dodge, and couldn't make it past "Turn up the heat" but it was fun! Fits the theme really well, and looks great!

erikiene 2018-08-20 22:13

Extremely fun game!! It's so good, even failing is fun (really liked the audio, especially when I was wrecked by scraping against one of the long running fat beams). Visuals fit perfectly to the type of game it is and the soundtrack definitely did its job. Really cool entry, thank you for the experience!

huvaakoodia 2018-08-20 22:19

A dodge'em up dexterity challenge; a welcome diversion.

I quite fancy the dotted lines designating movement outside the playable area. Stylish and useful. Their practical value would increase if the size of the upcoming projectile was also communicated, not merely their position and speed.

At times the projectiles are too fast to react to leaving memorization as the only way forward. Other times the holes you need to squeeze through are barely just enough to house the surprisingly thick rectangle. The fast & twitchy controls are not a good fit in these situations. If only holding down shift slowed the movement speed down... If only. Restart button needed! Losing is frequent due to some outright unfair segments, and going through the tutorial again isn't interesting. You have the instructions already on the title screen and in the description, so why bother with a tutorial panel at all?

The music is aggravating which stems from the unpleasant instruments. Melody and harmony *seem* to be there though, so just change the instruments, ok?

Thematic, somewhat innovative too... Polished, clean visuals... Good effort apart from the aforementioned issues which unfortunately bring the score down.

Overall: *Average (3.0)* Fun: *Above average (3.5)* Innovation: *Above average (3.5)* Theme: *Good (4.0)* Graphics: *Good (4.0)* Audio: *Terrible (1.5)* Humor: *Nah (2.0)* Mood: *The music! The horror! (1.5)*

stefan-jovanovic 2018-08-20 23:00

Such a nice and polished entry! Really reminded me of an Undertale battle system! Art is minimalistic, but fits really well! Keep up the good work! :smiley:

andrei9 2018-09-03 10:36

Nice idea! cool game! :thumbsup:

hellsquirrel 2018-09-04 13:37

Good!

shakedimus 2018-09-04 16:27

World's hardest game on steroids! It was pretty fun but I thought it was too hard, music was nice and making it slow down when you die is a nice touch! Good job overall! The mechanic was interesting but not completely clear and sometimes the level was a bit unfair. And a restart button is really necessary!

solrun 2018-09-04 17:11

Woah that was fun. But very hard.

The extra polish on stuff really showed. The cool particle effects, the screen shake(maybe a tad too much), and the preview to show where new threats were coming from was really well done.

The level design was awesome. It wasn't just more of the same all the time. You had new layouts around every corner.