Crystal Myth by TeamInCharge 2014-05-02T08:49:00
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 33 | You are the Monster | Eat or Die! | compo | 425 | 3.18 | 3.27 | 2.52 | 3.85 | 3.12 | 3.13 | 3.14 | 2.90 | 57 | |
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | Monkey Business | compo | 346 | 3.39 | 3.50 | 3.16 | 3.87 | 3.30 | 3.43 | 3.77 | 3.32 | 75 | |
| 2014 | 31 | Entire Game on One Screen | Dispense With Chaos | compo | 644 | 3.12 | 3.21 | 3.17 | 3.44 | 2.98 | 3.12 | 2.50 | 2.59 | 61 | |
| 2014 | 30 | Connected Worlds | Crack The Market | compo | 504 | 3.26 | 3.03 | 2.90 | 3.00 | 2.94 | 3.21 | 3.52 | 3.00 | 55 | |
| 2014 | 29 | Beneath the Surface | Crabathon | compo | 714 | 3.02 | 2.90 | 2.39 | 2.63 | 3.33 | 2.85 | 3.00 | 2.65 | 79 |
Wow!
Good game - it got very busy very quickly. Good graphics thanks!
Nicely put together.
Good looking game. Enjoyed playing that - excellent for just 2 days of work!!
Hilarious sounds - what just happened?!?
Couldn't get the windows version to run. Pity there's no web version to try.
Couldn't get it to work on my machine because it was apparently made with an old version of Java - looks good though!
Nicely done! Great graphics and sounds.
Great concept but actually quite hard to get right!
Very polished graphics and game play.
I found the controls a bit complicated (no gamepad, only keyboard). For a 48 hour game that was very comprehensive - good job!
I could not get the web link to work unfortunately - it looks good!
Like it. There's a bit of balderdash in there somewhere..
I enjoyed the retro theme. Good fun.
Superman deserved it!
Nice game play although I felt like I wanted to be able to shoot the blocks when standing on the platforms or when I was falling.
I really enjoyed that. More success than I've had in the arcades...
That's hilarious - nice work, great sounds and excellent graphics.
Thank you for your game. I felt like I needed some instructions or guidance to help me on my way down.
I liked the atmosphere and the revealing / clearing fog effect. Good job!!
Thanks - all graphics were done using Inkscape. @Kyatric - good idea - I think the map is underutilized in this version of the game (it's there to help you navigate but it doesn't lead you where to go). I had aspirations to do so much more but time was the winner...
Cool game with nice retro graphics
Original and fun.
I enjoyed that a lot - especially the screaming! Good job!
Good fun game. The digging was a bit hard sometimes when near the edge of a block of earth. Nice graphics I thought.
Good fun. Liked the massive punching fist!
Smooth game play. Novel and quite hard / fun. Liked the graphics.
Thanks for this Lucio. I enjoyed the atmosphere and originality!
Not sure about how this follows the theme but I liked the art work. The t caused me to respawn inside a wall a couple of times.
Good graphics and sounds. Enjoyed it.
Looks good but I can't get the link to work either.
Great effort for 48hrs! Game was very slow to start up / my sub was hardly moving - probably true to life accurate but made the pace of the game slow.
Great look - especially the old warped crt! Not sure about the theme relationship but this is a good version of the classic.
I like the lighting system. Jump control didn't always work for me.
That was great fun. Really good job there - thanks.
Some dangerous hugs out there :)... I had to get the task manager out to close it down.
I liked the dark and creepy atmosphere. Good hold-your-hand instructions to guide you what to do.
I found the controls a bit frustrating, though, in that it was hard to keep slow enough so the candle didn't blow out, which meant the pace was slower than I would have liked.
Good graphics and theme feel to it though. Thank you.
Nice work and good graphics!!
Nothing short of outstanding. A very polished game with excellent mechanics!! Inspirational...
Good concept and well executed. Sometimes connections could be destroyed yet the planets they were supporting remained 'attached'. Aside from that I thought it was a very addictive and novel idea... and good fun too! Thanks!
Couldn't get it to open W8.1 x64.
Thank you all for your kind words! I'm now going to re-do this as a proper / full up game with ship upgrades, space stations... Oh the joy of planning!
Will do @zatyka, thank you for your thoughts!
@mrexcessive - which version were you using, so I can do some bug fixing? Thanks...
OK, it seems that the form controls don't work on all computers...
OK, apparently I cannot read / comprehend the rules! The music was not my own work and, consequently, this game should have been entered into The Jam instead of the 48 Hour Compo! Please consider this when reviewing the game.
Lovely use of graphics.
Same... cannot run because the link is to download the .html file, rather than open it....
Couldn't get the web link to work (said source unavailable...). Looks interesting; I'll check back later.
Good effort, I thought - well done indeed!!
Nice and colorful graphics. I found that the fall acceleration was too high - it was very difficult to avoid death from landing on something you didn't have time to react to! It would be worth starting the game with easier levels / problems and then making it harder as you progress and become more proficient.
Interesting idea. The movement was a bit hesitant and it wasn't clear what to do.
Excellent job on the theme and graphics. Some novel features - good job!!
Awesome game - very well done!
Good fun and polished - it was possible to get up to some incredible speeds!! Not optimised for computer, though - would be excellent on a phone / with a touch screen, I'm sure.
Nice point and click adventure - good fun.
I really enjoyed that. Lovely graphics and great concept - well balanced.
That was very well put together - great job! I loved the graphics and game play - perfect!
The control mechanics are challenging, but that's the point! Good fun and quite hard.
This was a really good fun game. Great graphics and game play. My only little frustration was with the count down timer - it stopped me every time I was just getting into it. Perhaps punish a player's mistakes by allowing for X number of mistakes / allow 10-15 sec per level, but reduce that time on the next go if a mistake is made. Just ideas... I really enjoyed this entry - good job!
@G_O_R_D - were you clicking on the groups? They don't disappear by themselves - that's part of the game idea. If you were clicking - what browser were you using?
Thank you all for your comments and feedback!
Lovely graphics. I have no idea what to do, but it was very peaceful!
That was extremely well put together!
Rudolf was well 'ard! I guess no present deliveries this year then.... :)
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great job!
Great fun - nice work. Quite addictive....!
That was the best snowman I've made for a while :).
It's a great piece of work and a high quality entry (better than many serious games...), but what's it got to do with the theme :/ ? The music's not for me, but the graphics are really good.
Excellent! A really enjoyable and polished game. I'm glad that life on Earth doesn't depend on my ability to shoot asteroids.
Really enjoyable!
Lovely graphics / art work. The game play came down to luck a bit too much, I felt: the shotgun was too quick to avoid - it either got you or missed. Life as a small bird, I guess!
Oh yeah indeed - good job!!
I enjoyed. Good job!
Neat little game. Nice work.
I enjoyed the sword play, although I felt my player was a bit slow to respond to the attack controls.
Error 404 on download link.
Lovely art style. Took a little too long to reset - when you die a lot (I did) that can add up... :)
It felt a bit disjointed but I enjoyed the storyline idea. Could have done with some more game-play to go with the rescue plot.
Great idea. I found myself failing to adhere to the "5 second rule" of when a good retort should be delivered... I liked the options; good fun!
I thought that was a beautifully presented and very well laid out game. Quite challenging, and with a great atmosphere!
That is an excellent game! Well done indeed.
A really original concept. I couldn't get the web version to download (stuck at 10%) but the nw version worked a treat. Nice work!
Hilarious! Well thought out game - very enjoyable! "menage a trois" - LOL.
Hard to catch and land them... those pesky unicorns!
Great game, but I am not sure about the theme! Good lighting effect and graphics.
Really good job! Love it!
Lovely graphics and great atmosphere. Visually polished for a compo entry, only negative points - it did feel like it needed a bit more gravity and the movement seemed slightly jerky. Good work!
Good point on the poop-throwing-learning-curve. No poop to throw = unable to attack! I'll add a note to the description.
Thank you all for your comments and feedback! I'm glad you found it fun!
@zatyka - Thank you, sounds like a good (I hope) fun/frustration mix!? I'm pleased you stuck it out and beat it!
@Truck - LOL, divebomb pooping! If only I had thought of that 36 hours ago...
Ha - yes! Gorilla death options became just from a selection of one because of the time limit. I had started animating a tourist knife attack v gorilla but it just became too much so I cut my losses....
@Kyatric - I know, I just ran out of time to make a human-kills-gorilla animation. Maybe next time I won't get beaten by the time limit...
Unfinished but it looked beautiful.
I think something has crashed. Not scored - the 3 bananas in the middle were rotating together and they were spawning hundreds of red squares that spiraled off the screen. Eye catching, but I suspect not what was intended! Played in Chrome.
I thought that the graphics were ok although the transitions between land/water were sudden and in need of some blending. I also found a couple of bugs where the player could stand on the orcs / in trees and once fell through the ground and into oblivion. Well done for creating your game!
Hilariously entertaining mechanics. Great idea and lovely graphics.
A monkey throwing poo! That's outrageous!
Only kidding - it was my game idea as well :). Nice art.
Nice and simple game, although I'm not convinced that the demons were causing the villagers to get eaten! Good BG music - well done!
I loved the game-play and excellent music - very effective! Not sure about the theme, but it was good fun anyway! Well done!
I got stuck in the cave! My spear fell through the ground to the bottom of the screen and I couldn't collect it.
Shouldn't have gone into the cave!! Good work!
Beautiful graphics / pixel artwork. Very impressive.
The game seemed complete but I couldn't figure out the controls (how to shoot). I tried all of the keys and mouse buttons but nothing worked!
I found having the shooting direction limited to up/down/left/right and limited to the player's last travel direction quite hard to get used to. I didn't hear any music (1st comment...?).
Clever idea - I think I was overcome by tiredness!
I liked the zany graphics style - hand drawn but very effective! Good theme idea as well; quite original.
Great work, lovely graphics!
Good work! I liked fat Mona Lisa, but I thought it got too hard too quickly. Or I'm just slow.... Well done!
Nice music and effective graphics. I'm not exactly sure what I was supposed to do with my camera - whenever I clicked, nothing seemed to happen... Good job on completing your game!
I couldn't get single player to work either. I tried 2 player but it locked up the browser tab as well (web version).
The pixel art is beautiful. The hardest part I found was dealing with the clay.io popups - if I closed them down using the X then the game became unresponsive (it's ages since I've used the clay plugin, so I can't remember why it would do that) - waiting for a clay response that doesn't arrive, perhaps. Good work on the jam entry in 2/3 the time!
Cool theme and idea!
Great visual effects and sound/music. Very innovative.
Great art, gameplay and style. Loved it!!!!!
Fun idea! I got stuck on the 3rd or 4th screen - playing music didn't bring out the platform and I could do nothing but die... (in IE11). Good work and graphics!!
Good game and concept. Use the enemy against themselves :).
Wrong scaling method selected for the export I think - half of the screen is cut off in the iframe.
A hard game to get used to, but realy excellent graphics. I died so many times it would have been nice to restart the level rather than have to navigate to the game again from the menu (including through the instructions). I think with some polish and a less-steep learning curve this could be excellent.
Yeah - good idea for your first go. I bet you've learned loads and have already marked the diary for the next one.
Amusing game! The computer was far too good!
Nice graphics and quite hard with all of those bullets to avoid! Well done!!
Wow! That was unpredictable and slickly put together.
Beautiful artwork - awesome. You could make this into something big!
That. Was. Excellent!
Nice color scheme and sound effects. It didn't need user input to play itself - I spent a long time watching it do its thing before becoming an adult... Wasn't sure if it wasn't going to be a different sort of 'adult' themed game for a while there!!
Excellent job! Beautiful animations and a really good gameplay.
Cool 3d prison. Mouse controls were quite sensitive. Good job!
I couldn't get all but one of the flies to stick to the tongue, and the one that did - he didn't eat it.
Use Action to grab hold whilst you're jumping. Hope you have another go to see :).
I love the retro visual effects and animation.
Great music - perfect for the style you chose. The art reminded me of the Rhubarb cartoon (uk circa 1975....).
Great graphics and sound! I agree with the other comments about game length, but that was very well done.
Fun little game. Some of the jumping is wild!!
Hilariously cute friend munching monster! Good fun + looks great.
Good first entry. Enjoyed the music and animations/art. Some triggers weren't robust (running animation when at idle) and some of the astronauts were off screen for a long time... and I'm impatient :). Nice one!
Brilliant! I got stuck with Dave next to a wall, where he was unable to go back to the start. However, the game idea and the way it plays is really rather very good. And I mean: Excellent job!
Hilarious concept. :)