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HYPERTUBE 3021

By ben-taylor

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD48Ever
Overall2713.672567.676.5
Fun1643.792683.187.9
Innovation5852.982535.038.6
Theme2853.832666.374.7
Graphics4043.502641.654.9
Audio324.092591.294.5
Humor2642.952153.756.8
Mood943.952183.090.0

Comments

drewstillwell 2021-04-26 03:43 ♥ 2

Really fun! Loved the music, very 80s retrowave mood. Was a little difficult to see ahead of myself because the player person blocked the screen but I still played multiple times. Nice job

doc-kaos 2021-04-26 03:44 ♥ 2

The bit of back story at the beginning is brilliant. Draws you in. Then when you hit Hyper speed it's so awesome! Second play through I got hit a lot more, but I almost liked it better, awesome animations and graphics on the spins, etc. Loved it. Thanks for making it!

bkelly 2021-04-26 03:47 ♥ 2

This was quite fun! The parallax effect in the tunnel was well executed and the music reminded me of Bit.Trip. Finally getting to hyperspeed and thinking I beat the game, only to be greeted by level 2 was a nice surprise. My only note would be to throw less items at the player in the first level, so they can get to level 2 faster and realize that there's more game to play!

ben-taylor 2021-04-26 03:48 ♥ 1

@drewstillwell @doc-kaos Thanks so much!

cheesepencil 2021-04-26 03:49 ♥ 2

while it would have been helpful to have a visual indicator how close i was to the wall, this is a solid compo entry!

turkey 2021-04-26 03:57 ♥ 2

I liked the infinite faller concept where simply hitting an obstacle isn't a hard game end! Going for speed was also another nice change up! I do with the player model eventually returned to a full downward face as other wise it was hard to see if it was in the wrong position with no way to control it. Still really good!

ben-taylor 2021-04-26 04:02 ♥ 1

@bkelly Thanks! I definitely tweaked difficulty in a few different ways and haven't landed on something I love.

@cheesepencil Haha, thanks! I really like flat colours but could probably have gone a little bit of shadow and texture in there.

@turkey Cheers! Yeah I ended up running out of time to sort out the character and the camera. Would have liked better camera and a ragdoll character that re-orients.

rhoff95 2021-04-26 04:49 ♥ 2

Cool game. I think the obstacles/walls should be colored to indicate danger, maybe red. At first I tried to get them. I think that you can hit things and not instantly lose, very fun.

listonos 2021-04-26 08:15 ♥ 2

I've made it to the level 3 and had a lot fun. I would highlight the music and sound effects, that really helped with the mood. I would appreciate some indicator how close you are to the wall before you hit it and the character definitely gets in a way sometimes.

ben-taylor 2021-04-26 08:49 ♥ 2

Thanks @rhoff95 and @listonos! Very helpful feedback.

loig 2021-04-26 09:58 ♥ 2

Nice game, I liked to play it.

As said before, the fact that the character sometimes hides the traps is a bit frustrating.

acdia 2021-04-26 13:06 ♥ 2

Sounds, Music and Camerashake work well together and give the player a feeling, when the warp is about to happen. Since, as already mentioned by a couple of people, it's a bit hard to see everything and know how far the wall is away, I thought that maybe the sounds could help on that as well. Maybe some high pitch before colliding with something... These are just my thoughts. Anyway, well done.

redspine 2021-04-26 16:21 ♥ 2

The sound design ! WOOOOW

ariorick 2021-04-26 16:22 ♥ 2

Hyper speed effect and level transitions are cool, game is pretty fun averall. Somewhat similar to my game, i think i would benefit from different sections too

joonamo 2021-04-26 19:24 ♥ 2

Great arcade experience, simple and fun concept! The screen shake and intensifying music created a very immersive experience. The game also worked AMAZING on an ultra wide monitor, I bet this game would be incredible on VR set.

Only complaint I have is that I had to click on the retry button, hitting space or enter would have been better. All in all great job!

chensu 2021-04-26 23:06 ♥ 1

Really cool artstyle :):) Love the block effect you went for. Love the UI

ben-taylor 2021-04-27 00:12 ♥ 1

@loig Thanks heaps!

@acdia A proximity noise is a really good idea, would help assist in being more intuitively reactive.

@redspine Thanks!!

@ariorick Cheers, I'll check out your game!

@joonamo Thanks! Yeah I was testing it in the little unity player for ages, then first time I played it full screen WOW.

@chensu Thanks for playing!

jorgeblanco 2021-04-27 01:04 ♥ 1

Solid entry, I wish the character were smaller so I could see what's coming ahead better. Really enjoyed the hyperspeed mechanic. The audio is great too.

brandon-garcia 2021-04-27 02:40 ♥ 1

This was fun! I wish the character would recover its position after a period of time after getting hit. I like the audio and overall feel!