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The life of Cirkat

By maloy

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall6943.3022
Fun7523.0522
Innovation4573.2222
Theme6723.2022
Graphics8423.0022
Audio6472.5221
Humor7052.5519
Mood9532.7121

Comments

maloy 2019-04-29 02:23

Note: https://jsnes.org can also be used as an in-browser NES emulator, but its performance is not always as good as native emulators.

maloy 2019-04-29 14:28

I highly recommend having a gamepad configured for the emulator, the game feels a lot better than with keyboard controls.

vinegarlove 2019-04-30 02:11

Hey, that's amazing. Can't imagine me doing anything of this in 3 days.

pixel-error 2019-04-30 02:16

The game is simple but perfectly conveys the retro atmosphere of snes.

garys 2019-04-30 02:30

Daaaaaamn dude... Really impressed that you coded this up for the NES in a weekend.

trifectuh 2019-04-30 03:17

Super impressive. Had a lot of fun once I got used to the jumping. Also what @maloy said. Way better with a pad.

sylvie 2019-05-01 01:46

Cool to see an NES game! I somehow managed to jump over one of the life doors without touching it and got to the next screen....

david-greene 2019-05-01 02:48

I'm impressed! Making me think I want to try NES next jam. Good job!! Only missing piece? Background music/sound.

lone-wolf 2019-05-01 02:51

Neat. I wasted a ton of lives trying to get my jumping right lol. +1

douglima 2019-05-01 07:24

Feels like a NES game. Neat!

johannimations 2019-05-01 18:39

I like that it is so true to the feeling of playing a nes game. It really looks like one, like the original legend of zelda or something, but unfortunelly i had no sound. I don't know ,if it was intentionally, but i actually found the strange jump mechanic funny and it let the game feel even older. It hitted the theme, but it wasn't really engaging and didn't hold me for long. But over all, the style, mood and graphiics got me to love it

pixscope 2019-05-01 22:08

I love it !

potatolain 2019-05-05 03:36

Yess, another NES game! I love seeing retro games in the compo/jam; I feel like the limitations tend to lead to a very focused and complete game.

The gameplay was simple and effective, and I liked the basic sound effects. (which don't show up in the web-based emulator; more on that in a sec...) The graphics looked pretty fantastic. For a first NES game ever, this is really impressive! You should be proud. I hope you had fun making this, and I hope I'll see more from you some day! I really liked this entry.

To note, JSNes doesn't do a great job with sound - I used it for a pretty long time. One of the folks on the NintendoAge discord made his own js emulator called [Nez](https://github.com/Sumez/nez) that does audio right, and I basically swear by it at this point. I made some tweaks to it that make it easier to set it up to host your own game. Here's [my version](https://github.com/cppchriscpp/nez) -- no pressure on using it; just wanted to share the option!

vectrex28 2019-05-14 16:45

Not bad for a first NES game. Obviously it can look much better but I appreciate the effort in coding your first NES game for LD of all things