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Delay of the Death

By , jonathan-volpi and

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall21
Fun21
Innovation22
Theme21
Graphics22
Audio22
Humor19
Mood20

Comments

gbgames 2022-04-13 12:52

Did you forget to post your download links?

jonathan-volpi 2022-04-13 13:08

Hi! we just updated

jelch 2022-04-13 14:08

The changing of the character model and the pickups as you age was a nice touch!

jonathan-volpi 2022-04-13 14:35

Thanks for the feedback! We focused on this narrative, I'm glad you liked it.

wizard 2022-04-13 17:34

Got a score of 55. Could easily play for hours so I stopped when I still could. Great effort well done.

jk5000 2022-04-13 17:35

A super simple and sweet little game. Well done.

marvis 2022-04-13 17:37

simple good runner! :smirk_cat:

jonathan-volpi 2022-04-13 19:14

Thank you guys!

jonathan-volpi 2022-04-13 19:24

arihan10 2022-04-13 20:34

Nice game although the concept and execution are a bit lacking. Since there is no control about what the user picks up or doesn't, the gameplay boils down to just jumping over obstacles (and hence the "twist" element is removed). Perhaps adding multiple lanes like a game such as Subway Surfers would add a much needed layer of depth and complexity to the game. Graphics are nice though! Not sure if you made it yourself but I really like the music.

itooh 2022-04-13 20:40

The game is pretty punishing, but narrative-wise it does something pretty nice. :) Losing life on jumping is a clever mechanic, I think it could be enhanced by giving some more options to player (as there is no need to jump when there are no obstacles, and jumping is the only way of avoiding those). It's a fun adaptation of the original short!

jonathan-volpi 2022-04-13 20:42

@arihan10 Thank you so much for the excellent feedback! We tried to create everything from scratch with a focus on storytelling, but your suggestions are extremely valuable!

2022-04-14 00:17

Very good, I really like The Sound and Music

automatonvx 2022-04-15 00:03

Gameplay is very simple, the infinite runner genre is ok, but even within that feels like it could have done with a bit more of a unique spin on it to make the gameplay feel more interesting, or maybe even just more juicy to help cover the gameplay simplicity. The art is really cute though, and the ageing as you go along is a nice touch. Music is a fun catchy tune, probably the highlight for me.

epeachyband 2022-04-18 14:28

Very hard to dodge boxes - rigid colliders. It could be better to dicrease life points - very very extended death animation. Liked the sounds, outstanding visual! Covered theme nice. Awesome runner, thank you for submission

kack3y 2022-04-21 12:03

Cute graphics :) Good music/sfx

Had some problems with life replenisher and I ran out of life because of this and not the evil boxes or my skills.

The early stage is more difficult than the later ones.

Polished entry.

otterfaelure 2022-04-21 12:20

The graphics were amazing with the concept of aging through the game. The music was also very proper for a sidescrolling game. The gameplay itself felt, lacking, as there was really nothing I could do to delay the inevitable (which admittedly is part of the point of inevitable..).

Overall something to make the gameplay itself more engaging would have been appreciated, but overall this is very well done. Thank you. =)