Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD45 → New.AI
By smilewood
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 285 | 3.32 | 22 | |
| Fun | 340 | 3.02 | 22 | |
| Innovation | 326 | 3.02 | 22 | |
| Theme | 71 | 4.00 | 22 | |
| Graphics | 315 | 3.10 | 22 | |
| Audio | 255 | 2.97 | 22 | |
| Humor | 75 | 3.39 | 21 | |
| Mood | 291 | 3.05 | 21 |
Very nice! I love the little frame you're in and the way you have to go about gaining the skills. I think that was a very smart mechanic and piece of writing! Controls were pretty good - there was the odd time I didn't jump when pressing jump near an edge. I think with a lot of platformers - if they require precision - it can feel nicer to the user if you allow a short amount of time *after* the user has gone past the edge, to still initiate a jump.
Good job :thumbsup:
Very good idea, I really liked it. Only one thing I think you should worry about is the amount of text. Too much text can end up tiring to read everything, but I understand that it is important to create the whole ambience of the game.
This game follows the theme very well.
The dialog didn't really do it for me, but I have to admit, the moment where you try to go left and then spam the keys to move right was well done. There's way too much talking. I get that there's need for a bit of setup for your particular implementation of the theme, but it's a bit too much. Also not sure you can actually get passed all the saws (is that a vacuum sound?); there's a part where the timing of the horizontal saws seems to make it impossible to actually continue.
It was a fun game with a nice game design. Challenges were gradually harder as expected on a good game. Other than the amount of text I think the sound effect for the saws was a little disturbing. I had fun nonetheless.
@ketura The sound for the saws is actually a chop-saw, I just recorded it and used a clip. I can confirm that it is possible to get past all the saws, but is also a bit of a pain. And I agree with you and @lex and @gabrielgamedev, there was a bit too much text. When I was frantically trying to put together a level I just threw it in wherever it seemed to fit, but in playing through after some sleep I think that the amount that I had may have been better in a game about two or three times as long.
Thanks for all of the feedback, I hope you enjoined the game (once you got past the dialogue spam)
I really liked the opening to the game, having it set up as being unable to reach an easy exit is great. Slowly getting the ability to do more is a fun mechanic. The design of the saw placement caused me to die many times, and the checkpoints are very spaced out. The saws appear to be placed without any specific pattern in mind, making it impossible to get through a section unless it was entered at a good time. The text could have been put on a darker background to make it easier to read. The pixel work is good, I hope you work on this more!
The jump not being quite immediate on key press caused me to die a lot! A few more checkpoints might have made it more forgiving. Good though!
Nice take on the the theme. Cute char model, and a nice soundtrack. I agree that there was a bit too much text, and checkpoints were a bit off feeling, but just having checkpoints in the game is great; nicely done for the time you had!
Aw, I like this clever little platformer. The story is really funny, albeit the narrator is a little too talkative, lol. The character is cute and its animations feel really nice. The game itself is a bit unforgiving but I've never been good at platformers anyway. I think for a jam game it feels complete and well executed.
Nice job. Way to setup the world with the narrator text.. kinda felt like a bit much to me, but having it in really developed the world, to me. Cool idea having to move right while all the exits pointed the opposite way lol. Cool platforming game!
This game is really hard! The gameplay itself seemed fine enough (although I got stuck really early on so I couldn't say if it got better or worse later on or not). Music was great, although the sawblade sounds were really, really loud. Theme works, but not super innovative. Overall, not bad, not super great. Nice work!
really nice game it looks and sounds pretty good.the idea is there and i like the way you used it.just from a pure design perspective i think that the held jump could be a little fustrating mabey ahving a double jump or mid air dash would do nicely and it could also be gained via one of the computers.i think that because of the reptetive nature of the game if the saws were predictable repetition on repetition it would feel better as repeating would then mean you improved on your skill rather than being back at square one,although that would change the game quitealot so might not be hat you were going for,also exploring the just right movment a little more would have been interesting.the idea and mechanics are really clever great game.
i think the conceptual humor is great, as in the exit signs you can't move towards; Congratulations on learning pixel art and audio! I suggest the default volume is a bit lower... The theme is spot on! Well done!
The areas you focused on are great - I especially liked the very friendly jump sound, and the walk animation was very effective given how simple it was. I agree with others that the checkpoints could have been closer together, or maybe that some challenges could have been removed altogether; waiting for saws to be in the right place can get tedious on the 4th or 5th attempt.
Overall though, a great concept and well polished for a 48 hour game!
A simple, but yet fun game :slight_smile:
Good job on making all this in 48h !