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Keep it Alive : Gate Crusher

By robert-meder

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall16413.3123
Fun7243.5723
Innovation10823.3523
Theme16633.4522
Graphics19273.0022
Audio11383.1222
Humor17102.3820
Mood18333.0021

Comments

kr4sh3 2020-04-20 23:55

Fun game! I love the pixel art sprites!

robert-meder 2020-04-21 10:47

thank you !

spaghetti 2020-04-21 12:35

maybe add a screenshot so people would know what to expect. Game is good,audio is a bit annoying

timetravelhamster 2020-04-21 12:37

Simple and addictive. Nice game.

joewolf 2020-04-21 12:37

Really enjoyed your take on the theme! ...Maybe, as the speed increases you could also include some different shaped gates? Really addictive!

and 2020-04-21 12:45

Really nice game concept, I haven't seen before.

kitjenson 2020-04-21 12:46

Nice, simple concept here. I enjoyed it a lot.

Audio loop did get old after a couple rounds though.

rahulio2d 2020-04-21 12:47

A really nice and simple game with a good take on the theme. You could probably expand on this idea to make a fun simplistic game for mobiles :)

ben-toosey 2020-04-21 12:51

Just goes to show you don't need a game to be complex to be fun and engaging! I really enjoy the gameplay, I don't recall seeing this type of gameplay in another game! The pacing and difficulty progression is well thought-out which just makes me want to play again and again! This would be a great mobile app if refined and expanded upon, great job!

mathias-van-hooreweghe 2020-04-21 12:55

The first few rounds were going great.. until suddenly the whole game glitched (html version). There were no more boundaries (stayed stuck on the outside, the audio going monotone). I tried dying on purpose to restart but that didn't help either.. Stayed stuck... Would have been nice to have a few different gates when going faster.. Nice and simple graphics.. Addictive it is ;)

gronk 2020-04-21 12:56

Some pointers.

I feel the difficulty ramp up a bit too fast maybe if the walls moved more irregular isted of faster.

I accidentally moved up to fast and realised the top and bottom part kills you as well.. seams a bit unfair even if it is the same color.

A star generated outside the rope, I don't know if that was intended or not.

Reminds me of the collapsing cealings in super Mario. And your game is the theme :)

donitz 2020-04-21 13:10

Simple and effective. The scraping stone effect works really well.

staircase27a 2020-04-21 13:33

Fun game, quite hard to predict where the safe space will be. Can be very hard if two safe spaces in a row are at the top and the start is at the bottom or vice-versa.

Difficulty ramps up at a nice speed.

staircase27a 2020-04-21 13:38

I think I may have broke it. The walls were continuously moving in and out but never getting close enough to the rope that you could be hit so it was perfectly safe and, if I hadn't hit the top, would have been safe to just collect stars for ever.

robert-meder 2020-04-21 14:13

Thank you very much for your feedback ! I am bad at making the sounds/background music. I will do my best to make it better :) I will see if i can fix the bugs you've mentioned as well :)

joleon 2020-04-22 21:39

Super tight and super simple, yet such an interesting idea for a game :smile: I liked the art and sfx, and music was very fitting. All I missed was a tiny bit of tutorial at the beginning, at least about the controls, it wasn't super obvious how to play, I died 4-5 times til I got it :sweat_smile:

robert-meder 2020-04-24 05:53

Haha, but there is the small hand icon , going up and down . Every time you start it's visible :)

willypa 2020-04-27 07:51

I got to 17 score.... then I got crushed :( Jokes aside reallt cool type of game