purpledartfrog 2019-04-29 08:42
Good polished entry - took me while to find the "Z" button ;)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD44 → Rent is Due
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 242 | 3.35 | 26 | |
| Fun | 300 | 3.06 | 26 | |
| Innovation | 337 | 2.84 | 25 | |
| Theme | 151 | 3.58 | 25 | |
| Graphics | 214 | 3.47 | 26 | |
| Humor | 65 | 3.52 | 26 | |
| Mood | 321 | 2.93 | 25 |
Good polished entry - took me while to find the "Z" button ;)
@crosenlund79 Thanks! I've put the controls at the top of the description, hope it's more clear that way :)
@jakobthequizguy Cool - might just be me that's slow ;)
Really well polished! The gameplay is a bit simple though, next time you maybe want to try something more ambitious, even if it turns out less polished.
Nice little shooter. Not easy. Shoot rate could be a little higher from the start and the controls felt a little sluggisch (pun not intended :smile:) because you dont go continually but rather snap from position to position. But overall a good game!
Beautifully simple game, I really enjoyed this one! Loved the humor too
Nice little game! Well polished and adhering to the theme, while having an interesting premise
Great game which simply lacks a great sound track! (or maybe it has? i played it in the browser) The theme is there and especially the difficulty! Its not an easy game so it can be a bit off-putting but atleast you've made it so that losing is not a complete restart! A solid game i must say!
@lubaka Thanks! Last LD I made the game too easy, so in fear of repeating that mistake I might have overdone it in the other direction this time :laughing: make sure to buy upgrades when you can afford them if you're not, I tried balancing the game so it's still a challenge when you keep upgrading, and extremely difficult (might be impossible) after a few levels if you don't.
Nice game with nice graphics. I like how you have to balance paying of your debt with buying powerups. :)
What you can improve: * add audio * need a little more balancing between waves when you don't pick upgrades early
Even without the audio I love the visual feedback it gives, great game, especially for a comp game, great job
Great work with including rewarding animations. Very simple, but effective!
I really missed audio here it would made it even more fun to play i think. Only thing i can say is shooting feels a bit slow but it might be to easy if it was faster right way.
Had a lot of fun with your game. Humour is great!! Why is he snailman?? Because he always pays his rent so late? Very funny story and game. Great graphics, animations and fx. A bit too grindy for my taste, but all in all a very polished game. Just add sound and music and it's a complete game. Nice job!!
Quite polished, nice visuals and really cool how you started it with a cutscene. I found the controls very slightly confusing though - took me a short while to realize I was moving between 4 invisible lanes, after wondering why the character didn't move as I wanted him to. :D Also, there weren't enough hearts imho. Played like 7-ish rounds, with barely anyting new happening since the start, and I still only had the cheapest 2 upgrades and not enough hearts to buy a new one, let alone become a functional member of snail society. Still, great entry!
In any game with shooting, I suggest adding variance to the y position the "bullet" comes out at, it adds a lot of variety to shooting. Also adding alternate images for the "bullet" objects would make shooting even better. The game is super cute and I love the snail man! Overall all a very solid entry
Nice juicy visuals! I feel like the shooting part is a bit simple, and I think I saw another game this Compo with vertical "lanes" of movement just like this one, but this has its uniqueness in its shopping phase. I find it a bit hard to accumulate hearts in the game, and wasn't able to keep up with the sturdier enemies introduced each turn. Funny premise though!
@dreadusa good advice, I'll definitely implement it if I keep working on this game :) thanks!
And thank you so much to everyone who's commented so far!
This game is bonkers! It's so hard but it's worth it. It made me realise that the theme essentially stacks the odds against you by having your health linked to your ability to upgrades... If you fall behind you're screwed!
Nice game and simple to understand. Getting more hearts was easier in the beginning, but got very difficult as I progressed, adding more heart drops would make the game more rewarding.
Overall, good job!