Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD42 → The skeletons took my boat
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 735 | 3.25 | 30 | |
| Fun | 471 | 3.35 | 29 | |
| Innovation | 941 | 2.83 | 29 | |
| Theme | 752 | 3.31 | 29 | |
| Graphics | 659 | 3.35 | 30 | |
| Audio | 490 | 3.07 | 28 | |
| Humor | 225 | 3.36 | 28 | |
| Mood | 525 | 3.20 | 27 |
This is a very cool game! Sound effects are quite humorous, and I think it complimented the tone of the game quite well. Interesting interpretation of theme as well! Only nitpick: weapons could feel a bit more "powerful," which can be accomplished by adding visual effects to the game such as screenshake or freeze. Shooting sound effects were slightly weak as well. Gameplay is a lot of fun either way! Great job! :)
Really nice! The sounds the guy makes are hillarious. The game is really well put together!
Cool concept, I liked the pick up and damage sound, but the gun sound could been better so the guns felt more powerful. The art style was well put together, simple yet it looked nice and you clearly saw what things where.
I was fun to play and the end music was very nice. Lets just hope he can out row those skeletons.
Nice concept, funny game and I liked sounds! If I can give you an advice, make an explosion with the bazooka :) !
@batlordz thanks :) That was actually in the plan but we never got there.. maybe in a possible postjam-version ;)
Cool art style and fun little game. I agree with what was said before i expected an explosion from the bazooka. BUt i can understand running out of time
Great fun game, really like the idea that the enemies spawn what restricts you
Oh those pesky skeletons! They had a boat of their own after all, so why did they steal mine?! This game was so adorable that I can't stop expressing myself in exclamations! But for real though, this game is a pure joy to play and listen to. Those silly "Ooooh pe-pew" and "Uuuuh pa-pow!" were hilarious as was the whole premise of skeletons stealing this man's boat for some reason.
As for the gameplay that poison feature was an interesting one. I remember actually making a strategic decisions of going or not going for pickups in poison puddles. And one time I had only two hearts and was cornered, so I said yolo and ran through the whole poison lake. Miraculously there were three healthpacks in a row just sitting there, so I picked them up along with the paddle and barely escaped with my life. That was epic!
Thank you for such an experience. This game was crafted with love and joy and that really shows.
@detectivelosos thank you! I would give that comment 10 hearts if it was possible! :) the story about the paddle and the health packs = just the feeling we wanted of the game :)
Cool little game, but I think it's a biteasy
it's a very unique take on the theme, i like it.
Love the game, you implemented the theme well and as others have said, the visual and audio design is great. The game is well put together. The one visual bug I saw was that when you're walking north with the tommy gun, it looks like it's behind your back (it still appears on top of the sprite), but you can shoot and everything with it. Overall though, wonderful game!
Loved the game. One bug I found, however, was that the sound effects of the guns didn't load the first time I launched the game.
Yay! Finished it! Neat little game~ The voice acting is funny, and I love how it feels shooting at those bats and skeletons. It was rather easy, and it lagged when there was a lot of entities on the screen, but it left a good lasting expression.
In terms of the theme, I still had a lot of space to move around in, despite the darkness area growing.
Oh~ man, I love the sound in this game. I couldn't stop laughing as I killed those darn zombies.
For me personally, it didn't make sense that the zombies had the parts to the boat. I only read the first part of the directions and looked for the boat by going around the whole island lol. I finally realized my mistake after I read the directions in detail (like I should've done in the first place).
But yeah, this was a great reminder that music and sound could add so much to the game.
Love the pixel art and the island generation. Couldn't find the boat or the paddles - assuming the zombies had them, but they were only dropping ammo. And the poison grew at a super fast rate so it was difficult.
Still, a cool concept! Love the idea of enemies creating the bit that makes you run out of space. Makes for a nice push and pull of "do I want to kill them?"
Here's a video of my play: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/297356040