Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD42 → Roomy's Party
By lexyvil
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 717 | 3.27 | 61 | |
| Fun | 545 | 3.28 | 61 | |
| Innovation | 741 | 3.03 | 60 | |
| Theme | 344 | 3.78 | 60 | |
| Graphics | 921 | 2.94 | 61 | |
| Audio | 382 | 3.27 | 59 | |
| Humor | 143 | 3.57 | 60 | |
| Mood | 529 | 3.19 | 58 |
This is really fun :D The artwork and music is fantastic and the gameplay is simple and intuitive. It's really hard to keep track of your player once the room gets crowded though ^^ Maybe give your player a different colored shirt or something? Great game nonetheless!
@syrapt0r Thanks for the feedback! I managed to change that just in time before the deadline.
Hah, pretty fun for a while. Once they start kicking around though, there is very little you can do if you get surounded. Graphics and music were fitting and charming, and the theme made sense. Nice work
Fun little game, score 254. Music sound and concept are totally consistent
Once there is a lot of people in the room, you dont know if your actions still do something or not, because its kinda random and its hard to figure out what your movement is since its the sum of the Jump loop, your Input, and the force applied by the ennemies. Can you add a shadow or something to know where you are ?
Adding less randomness sounds like a plan.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's too funny.
The flavour text is what really makes this game so enjoyable. Once you get the whole horde of characters on the screen it's nearly impossible to control your own character. Overall it's a fun entry, keep up the good work!
Doesn't want to be in a room with others and doesn't want to be in a room full of himself!
Some instructions would have been nice. Can I do more than just move around?
@nikyaer Thanks for the feedback! I'll add instructions in the game's Itch page since it does look like there's more to just moving around when there really isn't.
Great graphics and the audio really helps you get into the game.
Really fun game. Graphics and sounds fit it well.
Short and fun! I liked being bounced around at the beginning, trying to somehow survive the onslaught of jumping dark clones of your dark past :)
Might be fun to lower the hitboxsize and make the enemies bounce aswell if you want the luck factor to still apply. Fun game, cool that you used monogame as well!
It was fun my high score is 608 Roomy's Room_2018-08-16_12-15-56.png
To extend the game's life, you could add maybe another button that adds a dash that's on cooldown where you ignore collision temporarily and just dash in a direction for a short distance. That would help you keep playing the game. Maybe have an energy meter that only fills when nobody is bumping into you(To keep it in line with the introvert theme), and dashing uses some of that energy.
I also found myself bumping into things that I didn't expect to. Is the collision at the feet? Where the shadow is? or is it the whole sprite? I feel like colision should only happen where my shadow is since that's the only way to tell where I am in the room due to the player hopping. If it's the sprite, then it makes sense I was getting hit because the player, even though I am fine at my shadow, would hop up and collide with someone above me even though we're on different a Z axis. I could have been mistaken, but just something to keep in mind.
Similarly I agree with @twinghosts It might be cool if the enemies bounce off of you as well, more realistic, since right now they are unstoppable forces hahaha
Awesome game! I enjoy the art and mood of it. Keep up the good work!
~~Twitch link coming soon!~~ https://www.twitch.tv/videos/299258865?t=01h49m58s I re streamed this after I was more awake with some coffee on the weekend! roomy.png
Very simple, nice and attractive theme. Good job!
Fun game! I liked the music and art style. I think some power ups or cool-down abilities would go a long way to extending the game play. Also perhaps some enemy wave mechanics so it doesn't feel quite so random. Overall a fun game and one I replayed a few times to try to get a better score.
Game is cute and fast-paced and the music is fitting and up-beat. Pretty fun little game. My critique would be that it would be cool to see different sprites for the people and have the main character be more unique, and to give some extra gameplay element like a way to shove people away from you so that the game lasts a bit longer, similar to what @snowdrama was saying. I got a score of 290 :smiley:
@timbelion Thanks for the feedback!
@gtrogers Glad you enjoyed it! I've been thinking of enhancing the gameplay after the playtest phase is done on here.
@jern Haha yeah, a shoving mechanic has been suggested before, no doubt I'll add that. Someone even gave me the idea of having the ability to hit people with a bat, which sounds like the perfect tool. Thanks for trying!
"Why are you pushing me?! I didn't invite you!" 10 out of 10, not enough party people (high score 660 here)
Love the idea (and the dialogs) !!
Thank you for sharing your game with me. As you know, I played it on my stream tonight at https://www.twitch.tv/saoigames
I have rated your game, but all of my feedback was captured in the stream.
You can hear my comments in the archive at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/300361630
Great game! Very cool and interesting! :D 120 Score! It's hard! :)
Haha very funny game. I get only 3xx points so not enough to brag about it here. I love the touch of humor in this, it really worked. It takes a while for me to realizes the guests are going in straight vertical/horizontal lines, but even when I found out its still hard to avoid them. Overall, this game implements a simple idea but does it in a very clean and effective way. I like that the game is very challenging but not too punishing (I don't die the moment you get off screen so there is still a strong will to get back). Good job!
654 here! Great idea to add those dialogs. Love the game. Theme related. Simple. Perfect.
Hey ! That's a pretty good party simulator, I mean for me. What's really nice is that some elements may feel "off" but they work perfectly well in your game : - When there are enough people on the screen, you can just stop using movements and get trashed around, just like in a real party - When people bump you, you really can't here the music anymore cause the SFX are pretty loud, and you're focused on moving the shit out of them, like in a real party !
I think the only thing I'd love to see would be a function to actually punch people and throw them away, this would be incredibly satisfying. Anyway, this is a cheap idea but it worked really well. I really felt like I, myself, was throwing a party. Have you been spying on me ??!
400 exactly! The concept is pretty hilarious, although the hit detection is a little misleading. Usually I trust the shadows to tell me exactly where I am in 3D space, but that's not accurate in this scenario.
Nice game, now I wanna dance (love the music ditudidididtu ditudidididitu).
This idea is interesting and funny, the audio and graphics were nice, it was clever to re-use the character sprite for the rest of the party members, it also liked that the player stand out a lot so it was easy to see. The difficulty felt good, and the controls felt very smooth, cool idea overall.
Nice Job!
Great art style and sound. Good job. I like the mechanics as well. Keep it up!
Please do check my game maybe you’ll like it and leave some feedback.
@batmanasb Thanks for trying and the suggestion~ And I do intend on changing the size of the hitbox and to also ensure that it's detected only if the player shares a similar Z-level. I'll upload a post LD version with that soon.
@bog13 @rodrigo-molina @eric-kulbiej Thank you for trying!
Cool game! The music was great, and I love the random lines the character says when someone invades his personal space. I'd love to see you expand on this game and give the player some options for getting rid of these rude dudes in his house. The concept is simple and fits the theme perfectly! My only gripe was that it was a little hard to tell where my hitbox was in relation to the other people at the party. That said, I saw you already mentioned that in a previous comment. Awesome work!
I like the humor of the game a lot. It was self-explanatory but it wouldn't hurt to include a line of instruction. Overall the game was fun and funny.
Fun little game :)
That was fun! :smile:
Reminds me a little of my own game. I enjoyed the music and how everyone is jumping around.
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Yesss! This was freaking great haha I love the simplicity of this and all of the added captions xD Great Job!
Very fun game. Great art. Very funny too. Good job!
Super simple, rather difficult, and solid humor with the bits of dialogue. Would have enjoyed a bit more... stuff, to keep it going, but at least it wasn't over-scoped!
Here's a video of my play and feedback: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/303342351
Nice game!