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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 34 | Two Button Controls / Growing | Lane Jumper | compo | 17 |
Graphics were quite nice, however the music was repetitive and a little irritating. The game followed the theme well, with the car growing every now and again. Whenever the car grew, the camera jumped to its new position really fast and I would rather if there was a smooth interpolation between the old position and the new position. But other than that, good job.
GrowBot was really quite fun to play. The music started out a bit average but it soon got very intense, which suited the fast-paced feeling I got from playing it.
The controls when the robot was big was a bit antsy, I felt like I was going to fall off the side of the platforms and fail, but I managed to finish it easily.
Controlling the little robot was really intuitive, and the sounds it made when it jumped gave me a bit of a nostalgia feeling, reminding me of Mario and some other older platformer games.
I felt like the camera was zoomed in a little too much when on the little robot. I like to be able to see where I am trying to get to without venturing too close to the edge of the platforms, so a zoom feature would have been nice.
GrowBot stuck to the theme quite well. You can be a small robot, or you can grow to a larger robot for a limited amount of time to help you in solving the puzzles. I thought this was actually quite original in platformer puzzle games and is why I gave 4/5 stars in innovation.
The graphics were pleasing to look at. They weren't overly detailed and they also weren't simple "programmer's art", which was nice.
If there were more than five levels, it would have been an extremely fun way to pass the time.
I thought it was a pretty funny game, it would have been nice if there was some sort of patterns to how the instruments were played, but it was still pretty good. It is quite impressive how you managed to squeeze out two games during the 72 hours. Well done.