Ultimate Cave Of Dangers

nyri0 2018-08-14 20:45

The idea is really good and the game is fast-paced and could be great with more time to work on it.

However the controls are hard to handle, don't always work well, and also I didn't manage to use the barrels. Moreover the installation process is painful because I had to figure out what libraries were missing (hint for those who have to go through this process on Ubuntu: `sudo apt-get install libglfw3-dev libglfw3`, `sudo apt-get install libsfml-dev`, and copy sfml includes in the include dir).

The graphics and the music are cool, it's consistent with what you've done for the previous editions (LD 38 and 40). Good work overall ;)

batmanasb 2018-08-21 01:32

Something is definitely wrong here, the game is way too fast and unplayable. My guess is that you didn't use time-based movement, aka speed*deltatime. On my hefty rig and 100Hz monitor the game runs crazy fast! (can't rate cuz I can't play it)

marcenat 2018-08-21 09:55

Same as @batmanasb the game is hardly playable for me, everything goes way to fast, and the control are sloppy. Also in a platformer, especially when you have to wall jump, putting the jump button on up arrow is cruel, space is way better. Also when I die I have to shut down the game to start again (looking to your code I don't see any gameflow code, I guess you ran out of time). That being said the idea is cool, and the audio too :)

megalink 2018-08-21 10:10

Very intense! Movement was a bit too fast for my liking, but wall jumping felt great. Music fit the game well, art style was pretty cool too. I think it would be better if the rest of the art was drawn with the simple low res style that the characters are. Good work, really interesting concept. Keep it up!

hauo 2018-08-21 10:55

Have the same issue as batmanasb, i have around 160 fps and the character is crazy fast. Using the Win-version. It looks like it could be rather fun, but at its current state is almost unplayable.

aflatthrasher 2018-08-21 15:29

Good basic concept, but could use as few touches here and there which would make it better. As was mentioned above, the controls are rough. It never felt like I knew exactly how fast I would move and when I would stop. Jumping with the up arrow (especially with wall jump) felt awkward. Running into a zombie sometimes shot me straight down, straight up, or to what felt like a random direction. It was also slightly annoying that I had to close and reopen whenever I died. That said, I did play it quite a few times because, despite the flaws, it was a fun little game. As far as I could determine, you could never be completely stuck, despite the randomness of the level design. I enjoyed killing the zombies when I wasn't flying all over the place and the water constantly rising gave a good feeling of danger.

cristihkj 2018-08-21 17:20

Great game! Very cool and interesting! :D

afendar 2018-08-21 19:25

Super game, for cons it is super hard! the music is a bit strong. On the other hand very happy to discover a new game with the SFML library. Nice work anyway. Continue like this!

velocity7 2018-08-22 10:28

I liked the concept of your game. Good Job

lagrume-masque 2018-08-22 13:06

Liked the look of the game but it was really fast and hard and there was no intro/tutorial to tell your player how to play, so I gave up quickly. Also there is no game over screen or retry button. I also had a level where I could only go a few meters away and then got stuck. Controls seem interesting but waaaaay too fast. From what I could see the idea is cool but the game needs polish (menu, tutorial) and balancing.

goudagames 2018-08-22 15:00

Very cool concept, a bit to hard for the uninitiated though, at least in my opinion. The controls feel OK, but the walljumping could be a bit better. Didn't get the bouncing on barrels thing. Music is a bit loud.

omiya-games 2018-08-22 19:44

I think the procedural level generation was pretty fun, but due to the slippery controls, and the poor wall-jumping that wouldn't be powerful enough to allow the character to fit through tighter spaces or treck up taller walls, there were frequently cases where my character would die for reasons beyond my control. I think a closer inspection with the controls of the character should be taken, then tightening the platform generation to work with the new control scheme.

And for my part, outside of the kickback from shooting, I didn't feel particularly incentivized to kill zombies. They felt like bullet sponges and not worth the effort.

mapedorr 2018-08-26 21:57

Interesting concept, but is hard to have fun due to the controls. It's frustrating.

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suve 2018-08-27 20:35

A nice entry, but way too hard. I like the procedural generation of levels - allows you to try again and again until you master the controls, or roll an easier level. It's a bit of a shame there's no game over screen, and that there isn't any sound apart from the music, but either way, it's a fun entry.