Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD58 → Metal Undergrowth
By kenforest
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4 | 4.44 | 29 | |
| Fun | 31 | 4.13 | 29 | |
| Innovation | 42 | 4.05 | 29 | |
| Theme | 17 | 4.48 | 29 | |
| Graphics | 16 | 4.64 | 29 | |
| Audio | 1 | |||
| Humor | 1 | |||
| Mood | 8 | 4.55 | 29 |
It's very atmospheric and beautiful game. Unusual and cool creature design. The ambience is really audible as it loops and I would make requirements for upgrades a little smaller, it starts to get boring at some point. In any case, the amount of work done in 3 days is amazing, good job as always :D!
Peak gaming! Absolutely love it. As a fan of White Knuckle, I really hoped you'd add more little creatures here and there. And damn, your approach to creature design is brilliant. Animations are great intro and outro are done very professionally.
I find character control a little hard to manage, especially with the maximum upgraded jump. It throws you right at the ceiling with just a light press of the spacebar. I think adding some kind of charge jump, or making the height of the jump dependent on how long the spacebar is pressed, would make it easier to control. Also, the movement has some inertia, which I'm not sure about, but it makes movement a little harder.
I also thought that nets could be used to catch lamp creatures or bees, but I lost 10 nets trying to catch them. I'm not sure how to improve this aspect, or if this is a problem at all.
Get small bug at the end, when door of cabin move me a little, so I was outside.
Huge work overall! ob.jpeg
@filgreen3 Hi! Thanks, I’m really glad you liked it. It’s great to see White Knuckle fans here, I really love that game and took a lot of inspiration from it. Unfortunately, I didn’t have much time to polish the controls, so the jumps ended up a bit clunky. Yeah, it probably would’ve been much better if I had added something like a jetpack or mid-air jumps. Anyway, thank you very much for the feedback!
Great game! Took me a while to notice upgrades screen though...... After that it went great. Pet the goose. Finished in 20 minutes. Wanted to record but obs didn't get the video....
Looks great, sounds great (although I think ambient could benefit from being directional).
good graphics
Very creative concept and excellent atmosphere and graphics. It would have been nice to be able to see how many nets/flares you have, and also to be able to steer a little bit more while in the air.
The game resembles Xen from half life. There's even a trailer ride. The graphics are similar to a "КЛЕТЬ". We plunged into the wonderful world of robotic insects and interesting gameplay. I enjoyed playing this game, a very high-quality game for game jam. PS. thank you for not adding spiders)
What a great game! I am really surprised about the amount of polish it has. One only thing that caught my eye was the missing indicator of how many nets and flares I have.
Great game — super high-quality and atmospheric! I respect your skill
Super well made. Love the mood and visuals. Awesome that you managed to make the intro and outro. Amazing job.
atmospheric and beautiful, love the pixel aesthetic, and the gameplay is good, very doog designs of the creatures too ! i beated it in 23 minutes
Find the goose - completed. Look at the beehive and the bees with batteries for bodies - completed. Complete the game - completed. You're amazing!
Very good mood, love the atmosphere and clever gameplay.
I loved it so much! Such a gloomy, but still somewhat cozy atmosphere. So much fun collecting different kinds of cleverly designed bugs and the addicting upgrade mechanics. And very nice 3D art-style with pixel-art textures! This is something I tried in my game as well, but I'm yet to learn to reproduce this design on such a cohesive level. Congrats on making such a cool and polished game!
Oh my god I LOVE this!!! I think my favourite game of the jam so far!! Incredibly well put together, great vibe and aesthetic and everything!! 10/10 no notes!!
I need to come back to this and play more but really enjoyed this! Such a neat idea and absolutely loved the visuals and overall style. The way the bugs are made up out of objects is a fun idea. Great job!
**I think we have the winner of the Jam!**
It's beautiful, it's interesting, the atmosphere is crazy... If I had to nitpick, I'd say it needs a net and flare counter. And maybe slightly enlarge the trigger to catch smaller or flying insects... **But honestly, it's just perfect.** *Well done!*
How crookedly the character moves (especially in the air), some shaders work crookedly and there are a lot of clunkiness. But in general, you can have fun. Well done.
Metal_Undergrowth_YKtTnc41Nd.pngMetal_Undergrowth_2kNXIRGFh0.png Dude, if you really created this in 3 days, then you're a fucking genius. It's clear who and what inspired you, white knuckle baby. Keep up the good work, you're damn talented. 10 geese in a tube out of 10