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LD48h#7 unofficial and pending votes - JohnCampbell results and comments
LD48h#7 unofficial and pending votes - JohnCampbell results and comments
By John Campbell
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Graphics | 1 | 4.67 | | |
| Polish | 3 | 4.40 | | |
| Fun | 4 | 3.40 | | |
| Innovation | 6 | 3.70 | | |
Comments
This game seems really innovative to me, and has excellent graphics. I had a hard time getting it to run (the online java thing would time out on my connection, ant couldn't find "/F:/My Stuff/Code/Shaven Puppy Game Library", and I had no idea how to run the binary, so ended up installing it all into my local apache just to run it), but it was worth it. In this LD48 version, it gets quite repetitive after the first few levels, and then some level, i think level 20, suddenly is very hard (the one where on the right, a leave is pointing down so you can't jump on it). But the basic idea is rather fun, and a very nice game could be made out of this. Also, I never knew how much time I had still left (or whatever else the reason was that level suddenly ended and it would start back in level 1)..
Sweet level of quality on this one. Didn't see this coming from the first screens of jagged green lines. There's no real challenge until the very last level, which I completed with ZERO seconds left on the timer - how tight is that!? It's fun to just hop around for a while though, watching the flowers grow.
Nicely produced peice of art. One could question the logic in having a jumping bee, but were not here to discuss logic are we? Beutiful graphics.
Your tech for drawing the growing plants is very cool.
Excellent graphic and I like the growing flowers too.
Very cool game! Nice graphics, and effects on the 'stalks' and flowers. No sounds?
This is by far one of the most visually polished games here. Everything feels finished, complete. Controls are very easy and intuitive. The tech behind the growth looks awesome. But it got a little repeditive quickly.
This is good. It's fun, and very nice graphics. First time i tested it I completed all level except that last one, where I made a mistake and fell a long way. Then I was 5 cm from the last flower when the time timed out... and then I had to start over from the first level! Why not start over at that level? Anyway, since the game was as good as it was, I just started over, and completed it. Most games I wouldn't have.
The plants grow really cool in this game. It's great just to watch. The control on the bee is really basic, to the point of being pretty awkward (i.e. no friction or acceleration). Definitely helped to make the last level hard! Interesting difficulty ramp by the way - super easy until the last level!
One of the best looking Java games I have seen around. Growing effect on trees is really neat :] The double jump is nice feature. Bit shortlived because of the timelimit & 1 'life' combination. Its really hard to get motivated to restart whole game after you miss one leaf up in there
Extremely nice graphics. The gameplay is pretty simple, jump from leaf to leaf and the collect the flowers. It's easy to get into, but pretty hard later on. No continues unfortunately, I was on the last level missing one flower and fell all the way down then had to start from level 1 A minor nitpick: it felt as though you are "collecting arrows" since the flowers aren't disappearing when you touch them.
Very complete game, I really enjoyed playing it. Weird how the bee can't fly!