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Drake Hits Rock Bottom

By nervous-composers, jusw85, Zedecks and Zicboy

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall9472.9847
Fun7353.0547
Innovation10772.2947
Theme10322.4847
Graphics5003.6247
Humor2303.4447
Mood7813.0547

Comments

baturinsky 2019-10-07 18:24

Unexpectedly fun, I played to the end. But are you sure you have rights to use this music track in game?

wolfens 2019-10-09 16:44

Nice one :)

crochar 2019-10-09 16:46

Cool game, it'd be good if you worked on the horizontal collision system you get stuck on walls and it's kind of annoying. Good graphics!

tubadude99 2019-10-09 16:47

Physics were surprisingly good. The only bug(?) was that when you touch a wall, it stops all vertical movement.

quin 2019-10-09 16:53

Sticking to the wall makes the platforming quite difficult.

snarfthecreator 2019-10-09 16:53

The collection sounds sorta hurt my ears, they're pretty loud and jarring. The jumping collision was sorta weird (got stuck on multiple walls) and the character jumped back and forth every now and then due to the physics simulation step time (im assuming). Otherwise, good submission but the only thing really tied to the 45 theme is probably collecting the grammys, J, and S.

antti-haavikko 2019-10-09 17:13

Well, I died on my first attempt right near the end because I tried to fight everything and you're a huge dick in your spike placement. There is no way to fight the enemies without taking damage. Can't do it from behind because the attack is so damn so they're already miles away then your swing finishes.

I mean what is this crap? Yet another unavoidable damage unless you know the level beforehand. drake.png

Obviously my second attempt was pretty smooth sailing because I knew to avoid fights. And I'm glad I stuck around for a second try because that ending was great. Easily my rating would have been worse if I didn't go for the second run. There was this weird delay before the final boss appeared though. I got to run back and forth the whole floor couple of times thinking I must have missed the "key". But then finally he decided to drag his butt to the face me and I instantly knew that would be my key to victory.

The overall platforming didn't feel very great either. Jumps felt very floaty and not being able to control the jump height coupled with spikes on the ceiling is basically the same thing as blind drops which you had plenty of too. But surprisingly I don't think any of those blind drops resulted in (at least harsh) punishment. Some platform colliders also didn't quite fit what they looked like they should and quite often some background elements looked more like platforms than the actual platforms. There also was this classing unity wall hugging thing. Unless it was intentional. And if it was intentional, you should probably indicate it in the sprite and still include some slipping. People aren't glue! And if you wanna not do that, the easiest way is to drop the player physics material friction to zero.

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Btw, music didn't loop. Did you not think anyone would take that long to finish. Well, maybe I wouldn't have either if I didn't stop to take screenshots and record gifs. :wink:

Anyways, good job!

pandanym 2019-10-09 17:25

Crazy fun game, I felt very fast at the end ! The combat was a bit heavy but the feedbacks made it very satisfying. Great entry.

nervous-composers 2019-10-09 17:26

@antti-haavikko Thank you for taking the time to give us a detailed review, we really appreciate the effort! We're well aware of some of the issues that you've mentioned, and will take your feedback into account in our post game review. Thanks!

porocyonak 2019-10-10 04:54

the graphics are cool

hiroboto 2019-10-10 06:01

hhhhhh the graphics is so funnyI love the character, looking forward for more characters yoyo

bryvox 2019-10-10 06:30

hahah this game is dope! the graphics are awesome and the attacks feel satisfying. this was fun, great work! :clap:

eifersuuucht 2019-10-10 09:04

I like it so much. Cool idea. Game is almost perfect, only jumping is a bit annoying(when you touch a wall and stuck until you press jump button), but anyway it was very cool experience!

xlomid 2019-10-10 09:16

This was fairly fun (except for the bit when you stick to walls while jumping) - until I got stuck inside a platform, with no way to get out. Clipboard01.png Nice idea and graphics, but the physics needs work. I hope to see a post-compo version with some improvements on that front!

velvetlobster 2019-10-10 10:42

Nice character animation, the music also has a beat

my character was perhaps sticking a lot to the walls and also was able to sit comfortably in the spikes, which I don't actually think its bad because I suck far too much on platformers to be able to make any jump

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Not sure I was supposed to die in there, but the blood bar stopped falling after a while

jedineeson 2019-10-10 16:44

Really funny and the graphics are nice. The physics is weird but GG it was really fun to play!

wolfrug 2019-10-10 16:47

Cute, and surprisingly expansive for a jam game. And great graphics overall ;) I don't think I'm the target audience (I mean, I know who these people are, I just don't...care), but neatly done anyway. Theme was perhaps lacking a bit!

carloso 2019-10-10 16:58

My only complaint is the sticky walls. Great graphics and fun idea. :D Good submission!

belug23 2019-10-10 18:01

I had a lot of fun getting to the end!

randdir 2019-10-10 19:47

Really cool graphics and gameplay keep it up team !

lars-erik 2019-10-10 21:14

Cute little platformer. Took me a minute or two to get used to it. Missed health powerups, but figured I'd just jump my way to the end, and luckily the end boss was a wuss. 😆 Great job!

amerigo-gazaway 2019-10-11 06:56

Omg this is hilarious, great concept and character animations. As a hip-hop producer this one definitely put a smile on my face. The SFX were pretty loud and jarring... If you need some original "Drake" sounding beats/music let me know!

andrea 2019-10-11 08:13

Nice simple platformer that would definitely have benefited from a little more attention to physics and player moves. The idea is fun and the graphics are very well done nonetheless!

crubeyawne 2019-10-11 12:53

This made me laugh pretty hard (in a good way). Solid platformer. In design. I'm not sure if you are supposed to have godlike jump at the end? Still was fun to godjump :)

jayometric 2019-10-11 19:58

Took a bit to put together S and J were speed and jump but even without reading the instructions it becomes very clear. Good level design, it flowed very naturally. Great sprite work!

christopher-wong 2019-10-11 22:47

interesting game I had fun trying it out, i think you can add a health pick up item

kuviman 2019-10-12 06:40

There is a lot of room for improving here, but the idea is there and it seems good

danielcmcg 2019-10-13 15:56

Really liked the graphics in this platformer, I also had a lot of problems getting stuck on the walls and avoiding damage, despite that, nice job.

blanky 2019-10-16 16:21

Good job