Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD44 → The upside(down)
By youpeoples
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 180 | 3.49 | 60 | |
| Fun | 212 | 3.29 | 60 | |
| Innovation | 118 | 3.48 | 59 | |
| Theme | 172 | 3.51 | 60 | |
| Graphics | 297 | 3.20 | 60 | |
| Audio | 237 | 3.02 | 59 | |
| Humor | 233 | 2.74 | 53 | |
| Mood | 173 | 3.33 | 55 |
Neat game. A few notes:
Having to redo the "tutorial" is a bit boring, but the secret ending promise was intriguing enough for me to keep going.
While you can wait out buying the 'save', you cannot wait out buying one of the two initial upgrades, that is a bit confusing.
I also tried to do 90 degree jumps, which are not possible. That's on me, I guess :)
I especially enjoy the mood of the game, combined with the soundtrack.
There are actually two ways of avoid buying the two initial upgrades. Thanks for being the first to try it :)
Feels like a boss fight in a bullet hell game, which is a good thing! Good Job!
Man, you're a genius. The idea to let player exploit the game instructions (The one with save and the two with upgrades) - that's so damn fun. :smiley:
Game is pretty enjoyable, but sometimes it's pretty hard to dodge those arrows.
One little thing - after reaching "Secret True Ending" game hangs and I have to quit it using the window, I'd be nice if one could still interact or something.
Great job!
Great mood and snappy controls! Enjoyed the audio and gameplay, damn things got tough the further you progressed. Sometimes the walls wouldn't prevent bullets, but otherwise the game felt very solid!
Only one bullet type is stopped by walls. The Blue one. Red one Bounces. Black one is immune to walls.
Thanks everyone for giving it a go :)
edit: @noobexception. The secret win condition lock is intentional for reasons I can't say cause of spoilers. But it was a mood choice. You're the first to find it. Good job being so curious!
Nice game, I like it a lot ! But please add ZQSD controls for french keyboards xD The mood is really great, for some reason it reminds me of a game called Voyd, a game I played years ago but I really did enjoy its atmosphere and your game gave me similar feelings. Great entry, thanks for it !
@Saering Sorry, never occurred to me. And since i dunno the rules regarding updating a submission after time has elapsed.. Heres a build for French Keyboards(i think) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ebPqCOTgdxWM7FGtYdyTNcrwcf60cvGa
@youpeoples Thank you a lot! Didn't expect you to do it this fast haha ! I reached a higher part of the game, and I of course had much more fun playing :p you should add the french keyboard build to your post so french people can download it :)
Awesome game.
Ohk You Do It Gooooood
Really like the graphics and atmosphere. The gameplay itself was fairly fun, although I think that the wall eater is underpowered. Also, a fullscreen mode would have been nice! :smile:
@seb-jones Wall eaters power really shines once you make it late game. Thanks for the plays everyone!
Fun game. Found it a little bit annoying when I was close to a wall and tried to jump across but instead it just stuck me against the wall. Other than that, lots of fun, nice concept, and good potential.
I love the idea behind this! Was a bit hard to get the hang of avoiding the bullets at first, but it got easier pretty quickly. If you ever do more with this, a smaller hitbox on the player might be nice, though that might also be personal preference: I tend to get really close to the bullets when moving between them.
Awesome concept! It felt like a combination of a puzzle game and a bullet-hell game. Great job! The different color bullets going through or not going through walls didn't feel all that intuitive to me, I kept trying to hide behind walls only to get hit, may be part of the learning curve though.
I really liked the game! It's really well made. I thought the "Okay Smartass..." comment was really funny.
I still can't figure out how to get the secret ending. It just says I unlocked it, and it says, "Secret True Ending" at the bottom of the screen, but nothing actually happens.
Very fun concept
I admit, I suck so much at bullet hell games, but it was fun! I especially like how you can trick the "make a choice" step ;) good mood in the game, congrats!
Game is super fun! Dodging the bullets while collecting hearts is super challenging! Love the game!
UNTIL I READ THE COMMENTS. Why is everyone talking about a secret ending? UGH, guess gotta find it now!
Sitting on the spikes for some reason gave me the secret ending, but nothing else happened. That can't be the "secret ending"... Other than that, I couldn't find it for the life of me. Oh well, guess I will wait for someone to enlighten me...
Fun and challenging. And annoying if you can't find the secret ending like me :P
Nice, very difficult but lots of fun. Good work on putting in the upgrades etc. at the start. The secret ending was probably the best cinematic marvel ever! :p.
@gcttirth you sat on a spike for 30 seconds just to see what it would do. You were rewarded. But you must find its value inside yourself. Its your ending. On your terms.
Its hard, and that's what makes it good in my opinion :D. Nice work.
Enjoyable game. short, but full of clever bits. Was a bit difficult to understand the skin purchase page.
Hey!
Really liked the unique controls! They are strange in the beginning, but after 3-4 rounds they become second nature. The unskippable tutorial is a bit annoying. Tha game overall is great, it's a quite nice challenge!
@cpx3 Yeah, If I could go back and change any one thing it would be to have you respawn upside down at the first choice on game restart. Thanks for the feedback. And more thanks for taking the time to play my game.
Great work, I liked the short tutorial in the beginning and allowing you to choose a powerup and skin before you begin. The music was nice and atmospheric and the art was minimal yet charming.
The game is in a very basic style, but that dosn't at all effect the great game play. Your concept is very simplistic but also very effective and I can see myself spending hours on this to beat high scores.
Damn it, I give up - I won't find the true secret ending. At least I'm a smartass, I can live with that. Anyway, lovely take on bullethell with nice inclusion of the theme. Bubble boy feels pretty bad though.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/419497157?t=09h15m30s