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The Eternal Fight (for space in bed)

By derpylz

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD42Ever
Overall4843.182234.938.6
Fun5412.882226.430.6
Innovation1063.732287.184.4
Theme314.302296.695.8
Graphics3903.182238.638.7
Audio1063.582176.673.6
Humor273.782291.389.3
Mood3.2119

Comments

mike-inprinciple 2018-08-13 16:54 ♥ 2

I had no idea if my input was actually producing the effects in the instructions. I did a few runs and the only thing I found working was the left arrow. Pressing it mindlessly and repeatedly lead to a win. Yeah, so not sure if I can give you much more feedback other than "I don't know that the game works". Sorry.

manusaiz 2018-08-13 16:55 ♥ 1

That sure was one way to share a bed! Still getting the grip of the controlls but it was fun.

eatthepath 2018-08-13 16:56 ♥ 1

Very entertaining use of theme! The combo system was hard to get a handle on, which hurt the fun a bit, but still pretty good.

derpylz 2018-08-13 18:20 ♥ 0

@mike-inprinciple Thanks for your feedback! It's true, the feedback can definitively be better. I added some suggested combos in the instructions to try out and start getting the hang of the system.

phillserrazina 2018-08-13 18:35 ♥ 1

Me and my girlfriend actually giggled at this. Very good use of the theme, although the combo system was a bit hard to execute, but it was implemented! Good job.

gettingrekt 2018-08-13 18:37 ♥ 1

Really nice idea and I appreciate the instructions. Even if I wasnt able to combo anything, just hold left key in order to win. The sleep effect gave some feedback about failing combos but I never knew why it failed. Good job!

garris 2018-08-14 02:55 ♥ 1

I love it. This made me actually lol and I enjoyed every second of it. I agree that a bit better feedback would help, but winning wasn't really the point to me here. Just getting to experience a multi-layered joke in gameplay form was enough for me. Nicely done!

tuism 2018-08-14 06:39 ♥ 2

Cool theme, but I didn't really understand anything about how the game works other than holding down the left key.

Conventionally, the main player is usually on the left, so that was a source of confusion too. Not saying that balking convention is a bad thing, but it feels like just randomly, and without any indication, changing things that people might expect to hold true might not be a good idea by default.

The music/soundtrack/ambience is interesting, I thought it was pretty well put together, though it also did feel broken at times, which is a punky aesthetic and that's cool. But not sure if it was entirely correct.

jharler 2018-08-14 11:59 ♥ 1

Quite a unique take on the theme. The graphics were pretty cool and worked well. I will concur with other reviewers that the controls were a bit confusing and a lot of things I tried didn't seem to accomplish anything. I did end up winning though. Congrats on finishing your game!

driagonv 2018-08-15 09:48 ♥ 1

Nice Idea! Truly based on a true story, played for a while, all and all nice game. 10/10 would dominate bed again.

nicksmaddog 2018-08-16 01:04 ♥ 1

Cool idea! It took a while to figure out how to get the combos working. I think it would help if there was some visual cue that you've hit a combo starter successfully. It didn't seem like my character did anything until completing a combo.

doches 2018-08-16 16:14 ♥ 1

Neat game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 42 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/x7vAI59f_1I

velvetlobster 2018-08-17 00:31 ♥ 1

Could be a nice idea for a local party game.

deaymon 2018-08-25 01:33 ♥ 1

Funny idea, accompanied by simple but hilarious graphics and a cool song! Needs some more feedback when pressing the buttons. I had no idea what I was doing nor if I was doing it right and ended button-mashing. Also, I have no numpad, so I'm missing most of the combos, I guess.

cptalbertwesker 2018-08-25 17:41 ♥ 1

What an amazing take on the theme!! When I saw the thumbnail I just saw 'The Eternal Fight (for space..) I was not ready for this concept! Absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately I did have a lot of issues with figuring out the controls, the placement of the keys you've used are quite effective once you're used to them, but I did find it quite tough to place, as velvetlobster suggested this would be great with local play!