bradcode 2020-04-20 03:14
I think you may have a bug in your input code. I'm unable to jump with Spacebar or the A key.
Edit: I was able to play using an xbox360 controller
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD46 → HiJinx
By darriasart
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 953 | 2.88 | 38 | |
| Fun | 933 | 2.68 | 40 | |
| Innovation | 1036 | 2.35 | 40 | |
| Theme | 1060 | 2.33 | 38 | |
| Graphics | 525 | 3.44 | 41 | |
| Audio | 279 | 3.44 | 37 | |
| Humor | 649 | 2.46 | 34 | |
| Mood | 836 | 2.77 | 37 |
I think you may have a bug in your input code. I'm unable to jump with Spacebar or the A key.
Edit: I was able to play using an xbox360 controller
Jinx's design is so adorable (especially her run!) and I think the BGM is great! It's such a club-feeling bop.
Nice work! I wasn't able to reach the wand but I did manage to fly a few clouds into the sky. It wasn't obvious to me at first that you were able to stand on clouds, but I got the hang of it after a bit.
One thing that would have helped me is having a meter that indicates how much flight time I have remaining, so I don't go for a jump I can't make. It would also help reinforce how many orbs I've collected.
I think the concept of "collecting things that makes you able to travel farther" is a good spin on this kind of jumping game!
@bradcode it's left control, mouse click or A on x360 sorry
updated page to reflect that
@sayumeki thanks, I didn't get to doing UI in time. I started the vector art for a mana bar. Though it wouldn't have taken long I spent way too much time on the music lol
I also have an orbs collected variable I wanted to display in the win screen and a witch time slowdown
It's quite challenging! I wish there was a little bit more forgiveness around getting hit by the crows, but at the same time, I can see that being part of what makes the game what it is. Nice job! Did you write the music?
@bradcode yes I did. In fludio using a simple chord progression and stock plugins. I agree, more difficult than I thought finally beat the game took a few tries. Actually it was harder in my first build as they don't fly at angles like they're supposed to lol
@sayumeki UI is updated in new build
Game looks cure :) Wish it was available on Mac for me to try ;) Good luck either way ;)
Controls felt a bit floaty, but i like the music and graphics!
Your sound design and artwork is very cute! The run is my favorite. I had trouble getting stuck on some of the cloud edges, but normally a second try got over it. Fun little game :)
@martintale I'll try exporting it for mac but i have no way to test if it'll work of not... neverminded I don't have those unity files installed
Controls were a little strange to figure out (including how to quit), but the artwork and BGM were really great!
I wish the controls were a bit tighter. Specifically I'd rather fall than cling on to clouds. It also would be nicer to see the walls that block me into the game area. Also - it might make it feel a bit more that I'm in control if I could see further out, then I could navigate away from crows.
Really liked this, it was well made and had some good polish. As an artist I also really loved the artwork and sound design. all very well done.
Could use some work here and there, but honestly that is completely fine for a game done in such a short ammount of time.
Keep up the good work!
Adorable running animation xD I could only jump with left control, kind of an odd button to use for jumping, made the controls feel unnecessarily clunky. Music was nice and sprites looks good :)
Amazing drawings. Reminds me a bit of doodle jump.
I wish there was a play/replay button of sorts so i could more easily try again.
The platforming controls are fairly rough, but the graphics were great (especially the run animation.. ahahaha!) and the music kept me playing long after I otherwise would have. Something about that techno beat gave me twitch skill confidence I shouldn't have had, like I could just dance through the air between those birds! It ended unhappily for me every time ;)
@thooom it was made on controllers. What button would work best? Space
@ironygames great idea, and great reference doodle jump was a major inspiration. I was trying for that really interesting robot unicorn attack style
@jason-woerner Thanks man,
HiJinx update notes:
to add before feedback: glitterfx emission on flight,
invincibility/ speed/ jumpForceUp powerup item,
add in other enemy types
fix tutorial crow on floor, move into play area
enhance graphics and animation strongest asset pushed more can make this special
fix crow angle randomness prefab
remake title and game over cards to remove pixilation
widen play area
possible touch control and mobile support
witch time (slowdown)
upside down (trick) flying
feedback changes:
remap space bar to jump
smooth difficulty curve, less crows up front, more later on
set physics material so you don't get stuck on clouds,
bounce as a mechanic later? rain clouds?
maybe disappearing clouds and momentum boosting clouds.
hard limits to the edges maybe buildings, opportunity for zdepth telephone poles
put controls in game
tighten controls. Basically playtesting to adjust values to keep jump snappiness after first few upgrades
show cat on cloud and floor so you realize you can jump on clouds
I didn´t get to collect the wand, but it was even enough to listen to the music and look at the art and Animation
nice and cute game
That looks really nice! :)
The music is also great. The controls are a bit iffy, and as others noted, a display on the remaining flight power would help tremendously.
Also, there is a long pause on Game Over and the title that I can't skip. And the crows are really mean higher up.
Other than that, very neat and polished entry!
There's a little bit of a delay when starting the run and when the running animation starts. This is usually because the animation transition has "Has Exit time" check marked! That might help make your controls feel more snappy. Cute artwork and background music :)
Nice graphics :) The controls a bit off, and as other have said, it get hard really quickly, lines of crows. Good job. :thumbsup:
The game punishes really strong)) But the arts and music are nice!
Looks promising and I like the art but the load times are way too long and the controls are unresponsive and wonky
thanks all
@courtmac you were right about exit time. I missed some of the transitions. Though it seems to still a bit of delay
@ilya-nazarov I've started softening the difficulty.
@rednaxelus agreed, I don't know much about optimization, but looking at the profiler it seems to be the textures and star particles.
Nice game but I got stuck on corners realy easily.