FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD57 → Armstrong: Plunge, Protect, Punch

Armstrong: Plunge, Protect, Punch

By abcdef65g and Ryrumeli

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8322.7644
Fun7982.6444
Innovation8592.1944
Theme5783.4244
Graphics5333.4544
Humor4952.6642
Mood7323.0043

Comments

scoobysnacks 2025-04-09 11:35

wish there would be some ending or progression. Nice arcade game anyway.

plidomo 2025-04-09 11:47

Some of the sprites in this were among of the best I've seen this game jam - Archibald looks great, and I really like the spinning skulls too. I got around 658m deep after about 10 attempts. The punch down to speed up mechanic was clever - it really helped with the pace of the game. As a bit of constructive feedback, slightly higher obstacle/enemy density might be nice - The first 100m in a few games I played were a bit sparse and only contained platforms. Overall I liked it - Great effort!

kamuniaft 2025-04-09 11:54

800 meters :D Not a very deep dive I geuss. Liked characters and poster design, brings up vibes of some retro boomer-shooters like doom and duke nukem. I noticed at least 2 kinds of platforms, from the description it's clear that some are breakable - green ones are, I geuss, but I haven't tried. I tried the other ones XD My point is - it's hard to tell from platforms design which are breakable and which aren't. Also overall gameplay feels a bit slow\shallow for that kind of games, my screen was often pretty empty, like with 1 lonely platform\monster wondering around. Anyway, I had some fun! And punch animation is pretty neat! :D Good job creating a game!

designernap 2025-04-09 11:55

Excellent audio and sprites in this. Lovely feel and the feel of hitting enemies is wonderful. Lovely stuff.

neowhoru 2025-04-09 11:59

really nice arcade game. Would be cool if you can reach the end of the hole.

halfdanthevillain 2025-04-09 15:12

Good endless runner. Like that you added the dash to give it some extra than just avoiding obstacles. Would say i think it would have been nice if the speed you moved both with the dash and normal where a bit faster.

hdvr02 2025-04-09 16:00

Not a bad game, I wish the camera would move with the dash, otherwise there is a chance to die when you see an enemy or obstacle at the last moment

shadow-veil-society 2025-04-09 16:04

Simple and effective! The sprites, animation, and backgrounds all look great!

jadener 2025-04-09 19:32

A really enjoyable experience. I liked the graphics style along with the music. It gave this game soul ^^

miku 2025-04-09 23:41

I got to 754m, honestly I can see someone zenning it out. Someone said like endless runner, but it's really an endless faller!

Cool stuff, I really liked the style of the graphics! I think it's really funny though that this really strong powerful character is yeeting himself into these depths and then crumples immediately to one platform.

art-alchemist 2025-04-10 09:59

Cool old man with glasses)

I like the general atmosphere and graphics. But the counter of destroyed creatures is missing. Or it didn't show up for me.

cherrybcake 2025-04-10 10:52

The main character looks super cool! The game is fun to play, it's simple but challenging, and I love the parallax scrolling effect in the background! Looks awesome, good job!

tinykidtoo 2025-04-10 21:40

Super cool main menu art, followed up by amazing pixel art and shredding guitars. I was hyped. Really like the loop, felt it was very easy. But I liked the dash down and left and right, dodging out of the way of things. I feel like this could be really addictive if the difficulty and controls are tuned.

p1x3lc0w 2025-04-10 21:42

Great use of the theme! The controls felt great and the narrative adds a lot of character. Gameplay wise, i feel game game could have been a little more challenging by giving the player less space to dodge, tough that is probably subjective. Visually the parallax in the background is a really nice touch, but the game felt a bit incoherent overall; having all sprites at the same resolution would have helped a lot i think. Fun game; good work and thanks for the game!

glaupe-cabral 2025-04-10 22:10

Very nice game, the theme its spot on! And the art its very nice! I will try to play more

generictoast 2025-04-12 07:25

Great game with good replayability! More enemy and obstacle variety could help make the game even more fun!

athospap 2025-04-12 12:28

Great to see another infinite diver game! Loved the art! I would love to see the difficulty increase as you descend, otherwise great job guys really good entry!

muriel 2025-04-13 13:38

Love the main menu, the guy looks super badass.

The first thing that I did is land in a platform and die haha (it didn't look dangerous xD)

Love the music and the paralax efect, cute pixel art!

Solid entry, great job!

haoro 2025-04-13 21:36

Nice game, would love to see it with some more features 😁

oeuegha 2025-04-17 04:08

Gud looks and sound, but the player controller has some withdraws. First of all, cuz "ice-like sliding" ur char goes further, that u wanted, and it is disturbing. Secondly, i'd recommend u to make a borderline for limits of player's movement little closer to middle screen, due to that the char can go before edge of screen, and u cannot see future obstacles.

aleksey-salion 2025-04-17 18:40

I really like the character design!

kristinamay 2025-04-17 18:58

Nice music and art, like someone a few spaces above me, the first thing I did was "land" on a platform and die lol. Maybe making them look less like platforms (typically safe) and more like obstacles would work. I also, since I was able to smash a green platform, tried to smash a red one much later for funsies and died, lol. Also found that the time overlap between taking my finger off left + right and then punching down felt too tight, like, I would take my finger off the AD keys a fraction of a second after I pressed space, and in that scenario I expect to punch down instead of across. Not sure how solvable that is but it felt finnicky to me. Anyway, cool arcade game, nice work!

emir 2025-04-22 11:45

fun game

agraffs 2025-04-22 17:20

Liked the music, the idea was interesting and the graphics were nice. I liked the background movement. The response on the player controller was sometimes a bit long. But overall a really cool project. GG !