Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → eyehawk
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | Keep your sanity alive (during the lockdown) | jam | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 1.50 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 2.00 | |||
| 2012 | 24 | Evolution | Bit-Craft Evolution | compo | 79 | 3.62 | 3.89 | 2.61 | 3.20 | 3.43 | 3.35 | 1.92 | 3.18 | 97 |
Cool graphics and very nice piano music! It motivated me to play further. Gameplay-wise there are 2 things that could be improved: 1. Variation - the collection aspect seemed to get a bit repetitive after a few minutes 2. Collision with those star things could pretty much reduce your health from 100% to 0% - perhaps once you are hit, have 0.5-1s before you can be hit again.
Looks cool! This will be just like Descent from the good old days :)
Cool idea and nice graphics, but like many others the game was crippled by the lag - it's probably because I'm way over in New Zealand :(
Cool looking game - I love the whole concept of going from world to world - I agree with the other comments though. The camera angles are awkward and the controls seem to be a bit hard to use. If you could improve those it would be awesome :)
Lol, quite a funny and original little game :) It's a bit of simulation I guess.
Cool game! It reminds me of Super Meat Boy :)
No there are no links to this game. Wyatt, you may have forgotten to include a link to your game?
Funny game! Like the rambo Darwin mashup! Would be nice if you could get your health back some how and also have checkpoints.
Cool game dude! Man I wish I could use Unity, I'd love to make an RPG like Eye of the Beholder or Bard's Tale using this sort of style.
Cool retro sprites and sounds! It reminds me of those old bitmap bros games on the amiga :) I couldn't quite figure out the sequences though.
Excellent game dude! Just like classic GBA - I bet this would make a legendary mobile game. Is there more than one level? If you could vary the environment a bit it would be even better :)
Hi there, it seems to load for a long time and nothing appears?
As an interactive experience, I thought the game was great - it was moody and suspenseful. The music and sound fx really contributed to creating an eerie weird world. However, as per some of the comments above, it wasn't much of a game, i.e. no progression, goals, enemies, etc...
Hmm, I didn't quite figure out how to play...
It's quite a funny game! I definitely appreciate the irony of the answers :)
Wow, amazing graphics - it's a really original style with paintings. I'd love to see more of your work! I couldn't get past the first part though, I got Sabine to reach into her bag and that was about it?
Awesome game! Well done Zak!
Kind of a fun shootem up. I could quite understand how to capture the green guys tho. Also on level 3 I seemed to get instakilled from 500 health to zero by a barrage from those eye shooting guys
Fantastic game KBD - loved the concept! It reminded me of Osmos on the android - keep up the good work :)
Great work esp considering this is your first program!
Very nice 3d graphics! Once I went through the cave, everything went black and finishes - is that intentional?
Lol funny little tamagochi type game! Loved the retro graphics. Only improvement would be to introduce more gameplay elements - after stage 3 it became a bit easy and repetitive.
I get a black screen?
I like the novel idea! To make it even better the gameplay could do with a bit more explanation - I wasn't sure how I was supposed to create a path at the start.
I liked the music and the overall presentation. The control and gameplay need to be tweaked a bit though - I found it tough to control the amoeba thing - too much inertia
Love the colors and vibrance, but I couldn't quite figure out which cat I was and it seemed to say I won without me doing anything?
Nice graphics! There's an xbox indie game just like this. Not sure how this fits the evolution theme?
Wow that is one trippy %$#! game! Awesome dude so weird but so cool. Only feedback is that maybe the final boss isn't so tricky, or perhaps have a waypoint so you don't have to go through the dialog every time.
Wow this is so weirdly addictive! At first I thought it was a bit plain, but I ended up playing this for a few minutes! It was fascinating looking for particular patterns that could last!
Cool game, I always love robotron/geometry war type games - in fact my entry is the same. The only thing that needs fixing is you really need autofire, which is ironically is the same thing I should have added to my own game:)
Very nice visuals and intriguing style - I didn't quite pick up on how to play though?
Very cool style - I wasn't sure if there was an objective beyond the sandpit?
Note that both web links are for the same game, I just added Dropbox as a backup in case my web host is slow for anyone.
Thanks for the great feedback guys! If only I had time to make changes it would be so cool! :)
Hi @Nivalys, you can still use the arrow keys to move if that's easier (I forgot to disable it at setup hehe!).
Hi @Twisted Devotion, if it's a bit laggy, you could try running the game on google chrome, and if it's still a bit slow you can turn the effects off in the settings on the main screen, although it looks a bit crappy if you do that. Thanks for the excellent feedback guys, it will be so helpful for the next LD25 :)
Thanks for the fantastic and helpful feedback guys, I'm glad you enjoyed the game :)
Sorry about having no autofire - the game I designed at the start was quite different from what it ended up becoming. If I were to be allowed to make a change, that would definitely be the first thing I'd fix :)
Thanks for the great feedback guys, I plan to use all of your suggestions at the end of LD24 to improve the game further, and perhaps release it in other game hub sites :)
Wow I'm honoured thanks Batiali :) Yeah I was aiming for an old school retro feel with the alpha-noise layer, but I guess on some browsers it may appear too harsh. I'll remove it for my next version after LD24.
Nice one thanks for the great feedback guys! Cheers @Krobill and others, for some specific tweaks, I will definitely use them for the October challenge! :) Cheers to fellow talented Construct 2 developers Zakchaos, Jann, KBDMaster and Lacutis for the support! :)
@science4cake - to deploy to dropbox:
1. Create a new folder for your game under the Public folder
2. Export from C2 your game in HTML5 format
3. Copy the contents of the export into the folder in Dropbox
4. Right Click on the index.html file and select copy public URL to clipboard
5. Use this as your web URL
Thanks for the suggestion Sergey, I checked it out, and it was awesome! I definitely would like to add the glowing neon style for next time :)
Thanks for the fantastic feedback guys! Glad you had fun - that's the best reward for a game dev:)
@denzgo you can open the source with the game engine I use called Construct 2 - here's a link: http://www.scirra.com/. The free edition only allows 100 lines of code to be opened, and I may have gone over that limit unfortunately.
Thanks for playing guys and for the great feedback! :) Apologies for no autofire, for the redux I'm definitely going to have it in there :D Ironically that was my biggest gripe about Diablo 3 hehe!
@Cyboot - it would be a dream to work with a proper artist :) Until then, I'll have to continue to scrounge around the web for open source stuff like a raccoon hehe! :)
Thanks for the great feedback Jedi :) What version of FF were you using? I only had time to test with 12, which seemed to work ok. I did find with IE8 none of the webshaders worked unfortunately, which is why I provided a setting to turn off the pixellation and alpha noise effects. Chrome was definitely the best browser out of the lot for this game.
Hmm that's odd, I would have thought later FF would be more tolerant to HTML5 effects?
Thanks for the great feedback Matthias - since the compo I've actually fixed the autofire, although I've still retained the option of slightly faster manual fire. I'll have to figure out how to post a post-compo game without breaking the rules.
Thanks for the feedback guys! :)
@RipX, the game uses quite a few WebGL shader effects, so chrome is the best browser to use when playing. What browser are you using by the way?
Thanks for the kind comments guys! I made a simple correction to the autofire here: http://www.eyemobi.com/games/bce/. Please don't consider this for the contest though, it's just a n experiment to add in autofire, although you can still spam manual fire if you like :)
Thanks for the feedback Dan :) Yea I'm guessing the noise layer may appear harsher on some PC's than others. I might see if there's a 'scan-line' effect I can use rather than noise for the retro look.
Really loved the setting on top of the mountain and the whole game concept was so unique, but I couldn't quite figure out how to play. Also just a suggestion, but perhaps next time swap out that scratching sound with something less grating - it was hard to listen to.
Here's my evaluation:
PROS:
1 Lively, fun cartoony graphics
2 Responsive controls
3 Great concept and creative/clever application of the theme
CONS:
1 Frustrating gameplay - too many punishing factors e.g.:
1a falling through the gaps to easily
1b getting stunned from bonking your head (I'd remove this)
2 The gaps for the first level seem to take quite a while to cycle around
I love the 'spirograph' look and feel. I just couldn't quite figure out how to play the game properly though.
Dude! This game is so excellent I don't know where to start :) Art: loved your cartoon style - the floating space monster piqued my interest as soon as I saw it. I absolutely love Turn based strategy - as soon as I figured out all the rules I was hooked (finished it 2nd time around yay!). You've also incorporated the theme appropriately and seamlessly. The lack of sound strangely enough was not a big deal for me, but even if you had a simple soundtrack (garage band is awesome for this) and perhaps af3sfxr to make simple sound effects it would have been just that much cooler. Still, awesome game I would play this again!
I didn't quite get what I had to do? When I clicked on things everything would fall through teh ground
Nice simple fun! Great Work!
erm, that was quite strange - I couldn't understand what the objective was.
Erm.. things didn't bode well when the game claimed to want to make me ragequit - which it did :)
Cool game, but it seemed to freeze up after I got to the shop? Also I didn't figure out how evolution ties into the game?
Love the retro look and feel of the game. The scan lines were pretty cool like an old school monitor! The only criticisms I have are for the actual game play - the enemies follow you too precisely - perhaps make them lag behind you a little. Also at the start you need far too much precision to pick up the food - perhaps expand the collision detection a little more.
Cool idea, but you need to decrease the jump and drop speed of the worm
oh noes its still awaiting approval at the Scirra arcade... By the way when it's ready, feel free to post on the C2 forums, I'm putting up links to everyone's games there: http://www.scirra.com/forum/topic56003.html
Cool retro game! Reminds me of the spectrum computer :) Only thing that the game needs is autofire, which funnily enough I need to put into my own game:)
Top marks for audio and graphics! Loved the artistic style you guys have used. The gameplay itself sadly didn't meet the lofty standards of the FX - it felt rather flat.
Great look and style! I couldn't catch the rabbit though..
Very cool streets of rage game! Loved the retro fighting game feel - I played about x4. I wish there was a bit more variety in the attacks though, maybe a kick button?
Haha, I was cracking up at your feature list before I played the game - e.g. bad coder art, worse coder music :) But honestly though quite a cool quirky game! Loved the style of the cat and the cartoony world!
Fun game! I'm a big fan of retro style games. I always love a good geometry wars game so this was cool for me! I have a few things that would help improve:
1. Get rid of the screen shake when you're firing
2. Bound the player within the screen (you can float out accidently)
3. Allow the player to fire continuously (no reloads)
Love the look of this game - very creative! I couldn't figure out how to stay alive for more than 3 seconds though. Also a suggestion on the music: the church bells are really grating after a while, I'd reduce the volume on them or replace them.
Cool looking game dude! I love the simple "lego" look. If you could add some sort of boost effect that would make it a bit more fun. Also if there were some bad guys chasing you around that would add to the excitement.
Great retro shooter, I loved the music and the old style look. 2 things that would vastly improve the game: 1. Have more enemies on screen, and perhaps have them die on one hit, 2. The weapon upgrades are too similar, make them more different, e.g. different colors, fire shots out at different angles, vary the speed etc..
I kind of like the tower defence game you've made here. If you could add more content (e.g. sounds, graphics, gameplay) it would make it even more kick ass!
Cool graphics, sound and concept! The only let down was the gameplay itself unfortunately - QTE games are quite repetitive. If you could make it into a simple platformer like Robot Unicorns Attack, this game would have been legendary :)
Wow, the graphics and sounds blew me away! The only suggestion I have is to somehow vary the game play a bit as it could get a little repetitive. I guess if it's more of a chill out/relaxing game where you enjoy the sounds and visuals, then it definitely achieves it's goal! :)
Wow, love combined originality of the story, graphics and gameplay! My only suggestion is that you speed up the evolution and game pacing in general. Other than that well done!
You're definitely on to a cool game idea here - there's a lot of potential on how you could develop this further. The pieces could perhaps be little creatures (like Squinkeys) or something. Technically I like the camera work and the graphics in general. I did find that all my stuff would get clogged up between the gaps though - perhaps completely rounded shapes would work a little better.
Hilarious game dude! Great gameplay and great use of the theme - it made me laugh out loud :)
Cool sprites and retro filters! I definitely appreciated the old-skool style. The gameplay felt a little hollow though. Perhaps if you wanted to develop this further, you could make more of a visual connection when the player gets the upgrades, e.g. he buys a car and all of a sudden the character is driving around in a car for instance.
Really cool chilled out game! The "painted" style graphics blew me away, and the music was nice. The only recommendation I have is to have way points so you don't have to start right from the beginning.
Dude, wow I absolutely love the ultra-retro ascii graphics!!! I'm actually a bit inspired now to make an ascii game like those ascii art videos! The only down side to the game was actually in the game play - the jump/fall is too fast. I couldn't for the life of me get past the second floor - kept hitting the X up high.
Overall though loved the originality!
Amazing Game! Really original take on the RTS genre. I played this game probably for 20 mins straigh- 5 stars from me well done!
It's a very charming game, loved the miniture city idea. I couldn't quite figure out how to play though?
Using chrome, I get a blank screen...
This is one of the most bizarre yet so weirdly addictive games I've played! It's so strange, yet I couldn't stop playing! Great game!
Nice graphics and style. It would be nice to have the controls though.
Chilled out atmosphere - nice!
Really cool original artwork and sounds. It has an excellent funny quirky vibe to it. In terms of feedback, the game gets a little repetitive, if you could find some way of changing up the game play a bit it would be even more awesome!
Funny game! The whole Monty-Python-esque theme really cracked me up. A suggestion: make the jump a bit higher, it was a little tricky trying to jump even small distances. also way points would have been awesome
Quite an interesting concept - I was hooked by the mysterious setup. However after I talked to that lady, I couldn't figure out what to do next...
Interesting - I guess this is a sandbox type game. I couldn't quite understand how to play it, perhaps you could have in game instructions and objectives to make it clearer.
Interesting version of a rhythm game - love the graphics! You should limit the keys for playing music to maybe 5-6 max? I found it tricky just on novice! :)
Cool adventure game! Did you make this game with Construct 2?
Nice graphics and style, but the game play was a bit repetive - perhaps have powerups and more enemy types to vary it a bit.
Really cool retro game! After I reached the cave I couldn't seem to progress, but from the comments I guess you're still building it