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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Cm | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | Nuke Whaling | compo | 401 | 3.33 | 3.15 | 3.19 | 3.52 | 3.50 | 3.24 | 3.37 | 3.00 | 33 | ||
| 2014 | 31 | Entire Game on One Screen | The X of Y | compo | 749 | 3.00 | 2.82 | 2.66 | 3.73 | 3.33 | 3.38 | 3.06 | 3.16 | 35 | ||
| 2014 | 30 | Connected Worlds | Marble Run | compo | 139 | 3.70 | 3.85 | 3.04 | 3.32 | 3.36 | 3.36 | 1.96 | 3.11 | 81 | ||
| 2013 | 28 | You Only Get One | Maniac Farming Simulator | compo | 150 | 3.52 | 3.30 | 3.00 | 2.05 | 3.78 | 3.24 | 3.00 | 2.81 | 45 | ||
| 2013 | 27 | 10 Seconds | RELAY | compo | 70 | 3.76 | 3.59 | 3.27 | 3.50 | 3.61 | 3.62 | 2.53 | 3.28 | 66 | ||
| 2013 | 26 | Minimalism | Super Clutter Blaster 2013 | compo | 316 | 3.42 | 3.42 | 2.47 | 3.23 | 3.44 | 3.53 | 2.34 | 2.97 | 77 | ||
| 2012 | 25 | You are the Villain | A.F.M.K.R.O. | compo | 124 | 3.48 | 3.22 | 3.54 | 4.00 | 3.56 | 3.23 | 1.89 | 2.83 | 52 | ||
| 2012 | 24 | Evolution | Log2 | compo | 261 | 3.17 | 3.52 | 2.32 | 2.17 | 2.77 | 2.18 | 2.25 | 2.60 | 41 | ||
| 2012 | 23 | Tiny World | Restless Island | compo | 359 | 3.10 | 3.16 | 2.97 | 2.45 | 3.06 | 2.73 | 1.76 | 2.52 | 54 | ||
| 2011 | 22 | Alone | Friendless | compo | 387 | 2.61 | 2.44 | 2.24 | 3.06 | 2.84 | 2.59 | 2.29 | 2.24 | 2.40 | 40 |
I was contemplating the hold down thing. At one point I did include it, but it broke the flow of the animation. I was going for a turn-based style, but in hindsight I probably should have just fixed the animation. Glad you liked the health meter!
Also, the clicky sounds are supposed to be footsteps. I kind of messed up those though, as I had to edit them last minute in order to make the guy go faster without weird sound overlaps.
Thanks!
I did intend for the traps to be more intricate, but time got the better of me... Nonetheless, I'm pleased with what I've done (and that I got it finished).
Also, your perception of poo scares me O_o
Not a game, broke several rules.
The timing was completely wrong on my computer - it ran so fast is wasn't playable. From the comments here I can assume this is a bug - no one's reactions are THAT good.
Probably should have put wall-jumping in the help screen...
Thanks for the comment on the flight path though, I'm really pleased with how that turned out. They were, infuriatingly, far easier to implement than the bullets themselves. I spent a good hour looking for the right algorithm for their motion until I realised I had had it right from the start, just 90 degrees offset.
Adding controls etc. now...
I originally wrapped around continually, but it made the edges of the screen very awkward:
1. It would have required some form of invisible boundary at the edge of the screen to stop you from going too far, which I'm not very fond of.
2. It looked really weird having the island pass by you several times, particularly after I added the clouds and the wrapping didn't look so smooth any more.
I tried procedural generation last LD. It did NOT go well.
Thanks for the kind words. I'll try to stray away from awkward wrapping next time, and as for the bridges, I did intend to make them solid, but I didn't have the time.
Oh, and for the record, I'm using Flashpunk, not Flixel ;)
The red lines are tracking beams sent by the rockets. Both types of line are harmless, they're just an indication you have been shot at.
Coin markers were one of the things I would have added if I had the time. Not to mention the skill :P
Wow. One of the best ideas I've seen yet. I particularly like the idea behind the cycles and the empty sections. One nitpick would be how abrupt the restarts are; sometimes I didn't even notice I'd died.
@loren: Thanks! I've wanted to code a shmup for a while, LD helped with motivation.
@xgeovanni: I'm glad you think so; the difficulty system was something of an afterthought.
@Colapsydo: Originally, I intended to have right click = move and left click = shoot, but then Flash -_-. As for mobile platforms, I was thinking the same thing. I may rewrite it in Haxe if I have time.
@Joncom: I did make the music! If you can call it music, that is. I gave myself about 30-40 minutes for it, so I didn't expect anything brilliant.
A nice idea, but when I realised there was no firing rate limit, it became very easy.
Garageband was just for prototyping. I used this VSTi in Ableton Live to produce the final music: http://tweakbench.com/peach , along with some built-in effects and drums.
Very nice concept. Perhaps could have been a bit more zoomed in, though.
Very nice visuals and music, but ran like crap even on my halfway decent computer. You might want to tone down some of the particle effects and the water, because a lot of people won't be able to play it at all otherwise.
Great idea! It took a while to get to a point where it was actually difficult, but once it was there it was very fun to play.
Some really well designed levels - that last level in particular is fiendish (but I got there in the end).
Oops, sorry about that. My whole website's codebase is a bit of a mess at the moment. I've been a bit discontented with the current system on that page, so I'll probably add a dedicated 'close' button to the popups soon.
The collision is probably one of the weaker points, I agree. The problem is trying to simulate round objects with hitboxes and pixel maps - which are, by nature, not round. I didn't really have the time or knowledge to extend Flashpunk's collision engine to support circular bodies, so the marbles are represented by a square, and the holes by a circular pixel map (with jagged edges, because pixels).
One feature I would have liked to add would be a slight acceleration towards the centre of a hole when you get close enough. That way, if you are travelling fast enough, you could skim around the edge of a hole.
Very fun and great audio too. I love the lunar lander mechanic - I just wish there could have been more tricky pads!
Very nice intuitive game mechanic.
It's like a fun version of Flappy Bird!
Wow, that is difficult... Never got past the third tier, but had fun trying.
Very fun and difficult, and a nice graphics style too. I don't like the way you have to wait at the start for the blocks to sweep across; I think it would be better to have the blocks come from random positions.
Brilliantly polished graphics and audio. The game mechanic feels like it needs fleshing out a bit, though. Perhaps a difficulty system.
Wow, Pacman's really let himself go...
Great game! I like the graphics style a lot, it has a nice colour palette.
One thing that I did find frustrating about the typing, though, is how the textbox is completely cleared when you make a mistake.
What a great concept. I love the way it forces you to trade off skill in shooting with skill in manoeuvring. Perhaps it doesn't play to the theme as well as it could have, but it's an excellent game nonetheless!
Nice graphical style, and a silly take on the theme.
Some feedback when the player / enemy gets hurt would have been nice, and maybe more of a difficulty progression.
For such a simple premise it was surprisingly fun to play. One gripe would be that all the attacks did basically the same thing, although that could have been a time constraint issue. A great entry for your first try though; it's a lot more playable than mine ever was.