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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | Trouble in the Loop | compo | 595 | 2.65 | 2.45 | 2.65 | 3.22 | 2.36 | 2.77 | 2.29 |
This is pretty creative, I like the idea of seeing the internals of the whack a mole machine. Took a few minutes to figure out what was going on, but after I understood the machine it was pretty fun.
I made the antidote and got the hammer and nail, then got stuck :)
That's the developer cheat key! :wink:
LOL,just like in real life a runner on the outside of the track gets passed by a runner on the inside of the track, even if they are both running the same speed ;)
Yeah, I didn't quite have time to add a "win" condition. I wanted there to be a positive ending where you pushed the opponent into a red kill box, and then got to circle the loop for a while with your ice cream cone before another opponent showed up. The theme was "stuck in a loop" so I shrugged my shoulders and submitted it. Thanks for playing :v:
That's great advice @pennycook, and I agree 100%. I had aspirations of doing some foley sounds of things rolling and clacking, it would have added a lot!
Getting the red ball stuck on a red wall was going to be the "win" condition, but with the theme you were just going to travel the loop for a while before another ball came and took your :icecream:
Thanks!,for the first day I thought these spheres would just be colliders that I would eventually replace with character animations so the physics was tuned more for a platformer / runner style. Once I realized I was low on time, I had to quickly add in some ball like physics / collisions. Very faked :)
Haha, yeah that was the developer cheat key for testing ;)
Agree with everyone about music and sound, I'll try to work faster next time!
@shashwat I agree, if I had one more hour, even 30 min.. I would have added it :)
Hey, this is the best 2D implementation of the theme I've seen so far, in terms of level design, a loop with backtracking and a kill wall. Captures feeling stuck in a loop well. :thumbsup:
Would have loved some combat. The low res, small pallete works really well, as does the subtle sound of chain mail footsteps.
Representing 3D orbits in 2D with color gradients to indicate them.. very cool stuff. I dig the chill vibe and ambient music.
At first I didn't like it because I didn't feel in control of the player, but the level design is really great! I kept falling right before level 2. The game has a great sense of progression with how it introduces you to new skills. Nice work, very fun in the end.
Brilliant to make a programming game at a game jam :thumbsup:
Yeah, you got a lot done with this one. Run cycles take time! I enjoyed the synthwave ninja mood :)
Took me a while to figure out I needed to double jump instead of jump dash :)
Hah, your game and mine are similar concepts. I felt really dizzy playing yours! The handling felt pretty good though, music was charming.
Played well for me, I like how the other guy starts to catch up after a while. I wasn't sure what the "coin" sounds were trying to tell me...