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Scatter Gold

By sthealthinator

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5963.2431
Fun4833.2731
Innovation8512.2929
Theme8092.7830
Graphics3273.6231
Audio4813.0730
Humor4182.5425
Mood5083.1429

Comments

elsombrero 2021-04-25 17:04

omfg the graphism is awesome guy

hotpaw 2021-04-25 22:02

fun and all but pressing the left mousebutton restarting the game all the time, i mean, i learned it did. but reflex kept pressing it xD

owca 2021-04-25 22:59

Cool :)

sthealthinator 2021-04-26 02:26

@owca @elsombrero thanks guys, for the positive feedback :D

sthealthinator 2021-04-26 02:28

@hotpaw lmao

phlip45 2021-04-26 05:46

Really nice little platformer. Some of the jumps were a little blind, ie jumped down and landed on top of a missile. Music and sound effects were nice and the physics of the boxes were really interesting.

sthealthinator 2021-04-26 06:29

@phlip45 thanks for nice words :). yes i know about the jump bug. time contraint was an issue couldn't fix the bug on time :(

ziggykac 2021-04-26 07:39

It's a fun but difficult platformer. Really like the visuals, although I think the blur effect is a little overdone. The transition screens are great!

valid 2021-04-26 07:41

Good game! Noticed the missiles don't fire when they're off screen but otherwise smooth experience.

sakii 2021-04-26 07:59

Great graphics and level design

Quite difficult for me though, so I liked when cannons didn't fire off screen :D

sthealthinator 2021-04-26 09:08

@ziggykac thanks :). Yes I always end up overdoing the post processing

sthealthinator 2021-04-26 09:09

@valid @sakii thanks a lot for the positive opinion :). At first I thought the levels would be large so I decided to disable the launchers when they're offscreen. But because of the time constraint I couldnt make larger levels anyway

train27 2021-04-26 15:59

:heavy_check_mark: As they mentioned before, it's nice that the cannons don't fire while they're out of the screen, I think it helps feel less saturated.

The graphics are nice, there seems to be something of a stereoscopic vision going on, which gives it a distinctive touch.

I liked the usage of the boxes, they seemed to move very fluently, but it still proved too hard for me haha

:x: Dying over and over again always with the same track made me very tired of it very fast :slight_frown:.

chumzy 2021-04-27 02:45

I really like the graphics but the way you had to see your depth every time you died got annoying pretty fast.

Neat little game though :)

sthealthinator 2021-04-27 07:20

@chumzy @train27 thanks for the feedback and for the nice words :). I have always been horrible with pacing and player expereince.

antonishig 2021-04-27 08:30

Nice combination of puzzle and platformer, the overall mood is really cool. The only thing slightly annoying is not restarting immediately the level after dying, but seeing again and again the xxx meters under the sea level (it is a cool feature, but I die too many times 😅

I do not know if it is only me, but arrow up for jump does not work (I mention it because left and right arrows do work, no problems using wasd).

Great work!!

sthealthinator 2021-04-27 09:00

@antonishig thanks for postive feedback :D. at first i thought i would add arrow keys and wasd as well, but then decided to only use wasd for the game and forgot about the arrow keys. and i didn't feel like touching the project after the submission. and as i said in the previous comments, i'm really horrible with keeping the player sane. :sweat_smile:

abplayz 2021-04-27 13:06

Hey, the game is sick i played it for too long. its just too good. i gave 5/5 for many :)

sthealthinator 2021-04-27 13:23

@abplay woah thanks :D

fussenkuh 2021-04-28 02:46

Reading the other reviews, I think I must be in the minority here... I can't get past the first jump w/o dying :( The graphics are very nice looking, I enjoy the catch background music and the sfx fit the game well. However, my timing apparently sucks. I'm either jumping a fraction too early or a fraction too late and I simply just watch my guy die at the first set of spikes. I cleared them once, before dying on the 2nd set of spikes. Sadly, I spent more time at the loading screen watching it count down my depth than I did actually playing the game.

Again, it looks like it's just me and my apparent lack of jumping ability, but I was hoping to be able to play further into what looks like a fun little game.

sthealthinator 2021-04-28 06:24

@fussenkuh not necessarily a minority, every feedback means a lot to me :). I know i have had this issue to keep the game similar in all systems, but the problem i keep running into is that a pc with a lower frame rate causes the player to lower than he should. making it very difficult to make the jump. I apologize for the inconvienience

dhim 2021-04-28 09:49

Nice entry! I kept dying at first, the left arrows are working, but not the up arrow to jump! When I move back to the correct input it was better. (Now I read other comments I am not the only one!)

The graphics are very nice, the chromatic aberration effect is a bit strong.

I am not very good with this kind of platformer, the hitbox of spike is a bit sensible. I understand the idea of the grind. Not my taste but I think that is the attraction of this kind of game.

Very great entry all across the board!

sthealthinator 2021-04-28 10:44

@dhim i'm glad you liked the entry! thanks for the feedback :)

justcamh 2021-04-28 12:05

Heyo, thanks for submitting your game to the stream the other day! Here's the vod if ya wanna rewatch, I hope my feedback was helpful!

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1002310964

sthealthinator 2021-04-28 12:41

@justcamh yes, i watching live too. thanks for playing my game on stream :D

asdehielo 2021-04-29 00:03

Nice, simple platformer.

Small bug I found: clicking around the middle of the screen restarts the level.

Small suggestion: I don't think it's necessary to show the "You are x meters below sea level" every time you restart the level. It just slows down the game.

Keep up the good work!

sthealthinator 2021-04-29 03:56

@asdehielo thanks for the feedback :).

sarajs 2021-04-29 15:59

Thank you for submitting! I hope my in-stream feedback was helpful!

sthealthinator 2021-04-29 16:01

@shaunjs :D

kaminos 2021-04-29 16:16

I liked the simplicity of it and the constant mechanics.. but damn i got all this gold but still i am poor :P Cool entry dude!

minefreak 2021-04-29 16:30

Nice platformer. Difficulty ramps up nicely, controls work well, good art. The chromatic aberration on the edges of the screen is a bit much, but not much else to complain about. Well done!

leviathon 2021-04-30 03:22

this is an awesome game loved it

sthealthinator 2021-04-30 06:31

@kaminos @leviathon @minefreak thanks guys for the feedback and the kind words :D

ramble-house-games 2021-04-30 07:46

This game is my new official life nemesis. No matter the sacrifice, I will pull that lever and go through that door, and receive what ever is behind it. Mark my words debugqwerty, that money will be mine!! Really challenging level design. This game does an amazing amount with just a few simple elements. The parts work together to create innumerable unique challenges.

Thank you so much for bringing this by my stream. Here's a link to the VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1004703239?t=0h23m56s

sthealthinator 2021-04-30 10:56

@ramble-house-games i'm glad my creation is your life nemesis

judgeclark 2021-04-30 20:15

Congratulations .. caused more swearing than any other game yet played, Levels are designed by a sadist .. fantastic job :)

sthealthinator 2021-05-01 07:29

@judgeclark i'm a sadist?... gues i'll take that >:D

pancelor 2021-05-01 23:03

I liked the graphics a lot, and I'm not sure I understand why, which is a strange feeling. good work! the physics felt a bit sluggish and the restarting was way too slow for me, especially given how often I died. Some checkpoints would have been very very nice; some of the levels felt too long. I got stuck on the last screenshot you posted in the description because I pushed the box against the wall, and that's where I quit. thanks for the game!

(this feedback is all from trying the game again offstream -- good suggestion, it completely fixed my jumping issues!)

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1007659333?t=04h07m50s

edit: oh! I also liked the font; especially the "i" because it was so strange :)

coleslaughter 2021-05-02 06:21

[Thanks for submitting your game to our stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1006873415?t=03h49m36s)

Man, you really burned me with some of those level design choices :smile:

I had a lot of fun with this one though! I have a soft-spot for difficult platformers, and this one scratched that itch perfectly.

nikolay-zapolnov 2021-05-02 20:47

Hey! Thanks for sending us your game to play on stream!

Its an interesting game to play, though last levels were a bit frustrating. I had to replay them a lot of times. Anyway, I have managed to complete the game! I want to point out that character control is really nice and smooth.

Cool small game, it would be nice to have it less complicated :)

Unfortunately you weren't present on the stream. Maybe you would want to check out the recording: https://youtu.be/vC17EaL3CcI?t=11366

ruddiculous 2021-05-03 06:41

Great work building something delightfully cohesive! SFX were a tad loud but the sounds fit the world and gameplay well! Good simple fun platformer. Keep jammin!

felo07 2021-05-08 03:57

very nice game, good controls. the art styel is sick, and the effect for the HUD fits very well. Music could be a bit bigger, it repeats too much, and the sound effects a lit bit annoying. Level design is progressive, good stuff!