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Sanity Wars

By joshanthony1990

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8423.0030
Fun7552.9430
Innovation9482.5529
Theme9772.4629
Mood7433.0030

Comments

flying-dog-fish 2018-12-04 18:06

This is a nice retro platformer. I wouldn't mind having a bigger game window though. The browser zoom feature helps with that a bit.

joshanthony1990 2018-12-04 20:16

@flying-dog-fish Yeah, that was a gameplay choice I made when I was still trying to induce a terror-ish atmosphere, to reduce the amount of vision you get. It didn't really play out that way, though.

casey-macneil 2018-12-05 03:51

I liked blasting the eye balls with fire, I would suggest making the camera follow a little faster. Fun game!

sketchycode 2018-12-05 04:18

Fun platformer, I found it a bit difficult to control the character but that was probably just me.

justalocalhero 2018-12-05 04:41

I like the idea of incorporating spellcasting into platforming. The fact that you can choose whether or not to access spells is pretty interesting, it could lead to options for challenges, achievements, speedrunning, etc.

The color scheme and the floating eyeballs add some nice atmosphere.

The controls are responsive, but the relative vertical and horizontal speeds feel a bit off.

There are lots of ways to improve the plain old parabolic jump to make the character feel more weight(variable gravity, variable jump height or fall speed if you're holding the button, and so forth).

Good concept, plenty to improve on.

joshanthony1990 2018-12-05 05:13

@casey-macneil @sketchycode @justalocalhero Thanks for the feedback!

meenners 2018-12-05 05:32

Awesome little platformer, i think i had the same issue as some people. Controls were a bit strange so, i couldnt get too far. Good job regardless!

mania 2018-12-05 11:27

The music fits really well with the gameplay. Enjoyed it even tho I had a hard time with the controls

jharler 2018-12-05 20:18

I like the aesthetics of this game. The visuals and audio went well together to really set the mood. I had some difficulty with the controls. Making some jumps were more difficult than they probably should have been. Overall though, nice work!

joshanthony1990 2018-12-06 02:31

@meenners @mania @jharler thank you for the feedback!

Those of you with control issues, could you elaborate a little more on what specifically made it tough? I'm looking for feedback so I can implement improvements to the engine.

azayiah 2018-12-11 12:25

Really cool game, the sound effects were very well done as well! Well done on a cool game and concept !

neato 2018-12-31 16:03

Levitation is really hard to handle with that huge vertical speed. Cool game though.