tbeakl 2018-08-13 19:10
Good Game, I found the controls a bit slow and that some of the platforms spawned too close together for the character to fit through.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD42 → Platformer - A Simple Platform Game
By bizon-king
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.50 | 3 | ||
| Fun | 2.00 | 3 | ||
| Innovation | 2.00 | 3 | ||
| Theme | 3.50 | 3 | ||
| Humor | 2 | |||
| Mood | 2 |
Good Game, I found the controls a bit slow and that some of the platforms spawned too close together for the character to fit through.
Add some screenshots. Game page look better with it.
This is probably par for the course for a first Ludum Dare. The basic idea reminds me of Stalagfight on the OUYA (it's a good game mechanic!). You can make this a lot better if you tweak the numbers on the platforming a bit, and if you make sure you can't get stuck with your head on a higher platform so easily. I don't mean getting stuck forever and breaking the game, it's not that bad, just getting snagged on a corner can be really annoying.
"Game feel" is really important when you make a platformer. It took me two years to learn game feel and pixel art after I started making games, and I already knew how to code.
If you make a platformer for the next LD, work on your game feel and put just a little more variety in.