Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD54 → Snake Snake Boom
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 197 | 3.50 | 23 | |
| Fun | 164 | 3.54 | 23 | |
| Innovation | 319 | 2.78 | 23 | |
| Theme | 302 | 3.02 | 23 | |
| Graphics | 188 | 3.45 | 24 | |
| Audio | 49 | 3.86 | 24 | |
| Humor | 56 | 3.50 | 24 | |
| Mood | 189 | 3.28 | 23 |
I loved the sound design in this game and how the snake opened its mouth on the tile before hitting food. I liked the use of the 1-bit-ish graphics. The one mechanical critique I have is that the input doesn't seem to queue the next move. So often times if I tap a key at the wrong time it skips my input.
I really like the sounds, visuals, transitions, start of the gameplay (when its slow), and the concept/idea.
My biggest issue is the speed increase of the snake, it seems like you wanted to to force the bombs by making the snake harder to control but it feels like I have no reason to use the bombs because the snake is hard to control. I feel like bombs should make the gameplay more strategizing than reaction based and that would be a more enjoyable expirience. Instead of feeling like I failed because of skill (something that has a cap and is much harder to increase), I would rather feel like I failed because I didnt think far enough ahead (experience/memory/knowledge something that keeps growing a lot longer) and you'll see most games at high enough of a level are decided by who has that experience and how good they are at applying it.
With how you did bomb price increasing it leans into that style of game more (how can I get as much use out of this limited bomb) but with the speed growing making it harder to focus on everything; the bomb location (end of your tail), the head, your direction, the apple, and all the rocks you have to think of a path around. The price increasing in that environment is not worth it and it is much easier to just play snake with a few things you have to avoid.
The rocks being the main 'selling point' and distinction from snake are lackluster (as how you can just play it as snake). I feel as if they would have been better purposed in the longer form game I have been talking about where strategy is the name of the game. Ignoring that they still dont have much purpose. Scale is my first thought, of course more rocks means they limit you more thus more rocks, but having clumps of rocks is boring/uninteresting (but works) so perhaps every new rock is actually a few rocks and they get placed like the snake (think mountain ranges). Now you have areas that are not simple [up] > [left] to get around, you might have to stall for a bomb to go off, they might have interplay and merge into mega mountain ranges.
Even if I say mental play is better than skill play I still think skill play is good games and that if you have both together you get something much more enjoyable and engaging than only a single one at a time.
The one non gameplay thing I noticed was that there was little feedback to pressing a button. Perhaps the snake sprite faces towards where he is going to go next the instant I press instead of after he has moved.
Genuinely I like the style of the game but its very bland especially once you have to do the same _identical_ thing over and over because of you being unable to process and react to whats on screen.
The attention to detail around the juicing of the classic was really great! I appreciated the graphics and SFX, they were very cute. The animation of the mouth and segments was, as well. I think some of that attention could have been focused on gameplay, however. Indicating to the player _where_ the bomb would drop, and exactly how long you have until it explodes would have been welcome. Similarly, I had a couple of instances where after grabbing food, a rock appeared directly in my path, which was frustrating more that fun. All in all, a very complete and well-polished entry! My high score was 17 (I'm terrible even at normal Snake :sweat:).
Really fun entry, and a cool take on Snake! It does get pretty difficult to use bombs, maybe some sort of time-limited slow-motion when you press the bomb key (and then drop the bomb on release or on time-out) would help. :thinking: It also felt like the speed might be increasing too fast, though obviously you don't want runs to take ages either. Maybe a few difficulty levels that change the starting speed would have been a good compromise! Just a few ideas, honestly the game stands really well on its own, especially for a compo game. The graphics are efficient, and mouth-sounds are hilarious, well done!
The game is very funny. I almost burst out laughing when I heard the sound effects on the title screen. A great example of how you can breathe new life into a well-known classic game.
The "Snake Snake Boom" on the title screen and the "pppprrrt" (die) made me giggle. Good entry
A very fun game. I enjyoed this imaginative take on snake. Though I ended up dying to quite an annoying bug, where a rock spawned on the spot I ate an apple, killing me instantly. I really liked the idea of the bombs costing an increasing length each time. So in the end you do need to think strategically about the bombs you place.
Simple and fun gameplay, very consistent with the theme. I absolutely love the voiceover.
The sounds effects are probably the best part of this game for me. :D When the game becomes faster, the movement sound turns into a music. :)
/eating sound/
An interesting idea. Unfortunately, I was dying more from speed than from lack of space. Nevertheless, a great submission!
It's a fun twist on the snake game but it's a little frustrating because rocks may spawn in front of your face and it's not fair and because the controls are not great (I'm not sure but sometimes I felt like some inputs were not taken into account). Good visuals, sound effect are ok.
Loved it, a really good adaptation on Snake. Those sound effects had me laughing too, great jam!
I love snake and really enjoyed this. Snakes with explosions is fun!
I would like to present you with the "Best Sound Effects in a Snake Game" award. This game is really fun,I had a great time playing it. Well done!
Amazing Job! I personally loved the sound effects and the graphics.