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Rock Slide

By fallingflatstudios

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8443.4631
Fun6823.4332
Innovation9743.1832
Theme7923.6332
Graphics9573.3832
Audio6203.3832
Humor2833.5632
Mood8823.3131

Comments

tulipekoni 2020-10-05 00:31

haha die you humans! Solid entry, good job!

untitled-studios 2020-10-05 00:36

Janky (but so is every LD game) and fun. Half the fun is crushing the stupid little humans running around. Good job!

indigo 2020-10-05 00:44

Solid entry, I like the music and the death animation. Unfortunately, it can be really hard to make out what is platform and what is background, which caused me to unnecessarily fall down a number of times. It's all good though, you're stuck in a loop, after all!

dkdwrek 2020-10-05 00:49

Very polished and fun game, perfectly suited for LD!

bradyg 2020-10-05 00:59

Incredibly polished, wonderful music as well as sprites. I especially loved the random villages falling from the sky randomly falling on me and dying (does this make me a bad person?). Side note, there is a spot where you can just perpetually roll against a wall and villages just run at you and die. Easy highscore ;)

fallingflatstudios 2020-10-05 01:42

@bradyg Thank you, P.S It doesn't make you a bad person for you are a rock and the rock does what it wants.

@indigo Yeah I Wanted to make the background and foreground more apparent but didn't have enough time. Thanks for the feedback.

@untitled-studios Thanks, I take pride in my people crushing mechanics.

@tulipekoni @dkdwrek Thanks :)

javicepa 2020-10-05 12:06

Very satisfiying to play and fun. Congrats!

fallingflatstudios 2020-10-05 14:07

@javicepa Thanks :)

gorr 2020-10-06 05:00

Awesome game. Some of the levels was really hard and this is cool. I enjoy it. Nice doggie skin btw :D

fallingflatstudios 2020-10-06 17:00

@gorr Thanks :D. The doggo was a last second edition glad you liked it.

bottini 2020-10-06 23:07

Loved running over humans. I got stuck in a glitch where the rock couldn't get past one of these pink barriers, it would be jumping in one direction (Y axis) forever, but never mind, I loved it, graphics and music are nice too!

fallingflatstudios 2020-10-06 23:31

@bottini Glad you enjoyed the game. I also noticed that glitch I thought I had fixed but guess not. Thanks for the feedback.

blind-lemon-games 2020-10-07 04:28

I liked it! nice choice of soundtrack, the graphics and arcade feel really worked well. nice incorperation of stuck in loop. a game that didnt need 'stakes' so nailed it there.

fallingflatstudios 2020-10-07 14:25

@blind-lemon-games The feedback is very much appreciated Thank you.

avatargreggles 2020-10-07 18:33

Hahahaha killer game! Love squishing everyone to their doom and I like how you implemented the loop! gREAT JOB!

enzoup 2020-10-07 18:45

That game thumbnail is just so good I had to play it lol, I really enjoyed playing it, even if it means I enjoyed killing people..

Anyway great entry!

fallingflatstudios 2020-10-07 18:50

@avatargreggles Thanks

@enzoup You know the say "you can't make an game without squising a few people".

super-hadoken 2020-10-07 18:50

Addictive runner. Good job.

discoreunion 2020-10-07 19:10

It's a very fun game. The music is great !

fachscahfttf 2020-10-07 21:12

nice sound effects. Loved the simplicity in the controls, small and clear. Keep it up

julienlussiez 2020-10-07 22:44

The game has a nice feel.

acuriosity 2020-10-07 22:48

Great game, very canabalty. I unlocked the special surprise inside. In the beginning I had a little trouble with the jump mechanic, I was expecting a hold and float, so kept holding down space which when timed poorly leads to unintentional re-jumps on landing. Once I realized it was all timing the jump and not prolonging it I progressed much quicker. Good progression, introducing twists on already established patterns, and tricking the user in a few places into breaks from those patterns. A bit of a memory game mechanic, playing on the loop theme. Good use of theme. Good feedback from everything, it all felt pretty right. Sometimes the pink bouncers felt a little unfair, but the crunch doesn't always allow for adjustments. Great job!

samdwester 2020-10-08 00:06

I got stuck because I didn't jump before one of the pink things so I had to restart the game. Good job on the art style and music though

raphiell 2020-10-08 00:30

This game rocks.

peachtreeoath 2020-10-08 07:18

Quite the challenging game, I really liked the transition effect when you die and go to a new run - much more satisfying than just fading to black or seeing "retry?" pop up.

A lot of the game felt fairly good, like a slow Sonic but you can run over people lol. There was a part in the first level I got stuck on for quite a while. Right before the portal, there is a big jump. However, there are also humans dropping down on that area. I got beaned in the head like 3 times in a row so I figured it was an intentional obstacle (in retrospect, I don't think it was).

I realized it must've been due to the height I am entering that area with. So instead of jumping directly onto the side to side bumpers, I timed it so I would hit it with a half jump. That ended up working for me.

I know the mechanics probably aren't coded like that, but I just figured you'd wanna hear a player breakdown of how the levels seem to work :P

Overall, have an endless runner that isn't a ninja or animal is pretty cool in my book. It gives the rock of ages feeling but in a new kind of format. Cool game :)

ms-annotation-x 2020-10-08 12:33

**Good game!**

**Here is my feedback:**

**What I liked?** - Nice main menu. - Good visuals. - Good mechanics, and gameplay. - I liked the particles effect. - The background music. - Amount of increased score popup.

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**What I disliked?** - I can let the rock move by itself from the beginning and increase my score. - If the game is blurred, didn't like the blur. - Too much post-processing - The SFX are a bit high.

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**Bugs:** - The rock stops moving here. Moving up inaccessible. [1] - Sometimes the rock glitches when it is falling.

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**Suggestions:** - Ability to reload the game. - Camera shake.

Endnotes:

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fallingflatstudios 2020-10-08 14:09

@super-hadoken @discoreunion @fachscahfttf @julienlussiez @raphiell Thanks i'm glad you enjoyed the game :).

@acuriosity Thank you for playing. Yeah the bouncers are a bit buggy there wasn't enough time to fully play test them.

@peachtreeoath I deeply appreicate the feedback. It is meant to be an obstacle I think that it's just a little to random.

@ms-annotation-x Thank you for your in-depth feedback. I didn't really focus on the score too much with the game it was a last-second edition so there are a lot of areas you can do that. And the bugs I know exist just wasn't enough time to fix them.

etrealjunior 2020-10-09 05:53

Hi all right, your game has a very fun theme, but I noted some things to improve, 1- the jump commands do not respond correctly, 2- sometimes the ball gets stuck by hitting a corner near the wall, 3- needs to activate in itch the fullscreen function, 4- not having a penalty can encourage the player to come back to accumulate points, his music matches the game well and the idea was really fun, my congratulations, a big hug.

flazone 2020-10-09 22:11

Nice little game! It feels great :thumbsup:

It was a bit hard to make the difference between foreground and background sometimes, the music doesn't really fit with the gameplay and mood imho :)

tamail 2020-10-23 14:44

Nice little game! I liked the concept but got stuck a few times at the same part (you need to bounce of off multiple ping thingies to get up), my rock would not bounce and would just roll in one place.

lex 2020-10-26 03:50

For games like this where you need to focus on muscle memory you shouldn't rely on physics. It's just too inconsistent.

I had to play it through and finish it anyway! Good entry! Congrats.