Crazy Slime Escape by Nats 2018-08-14T08:48:37Z
sadly doesnt work for my keyboard, looks like a solid game though. can you maybe add a WASD layout that is optional? would be a nice addition for all the european peoples i think :)
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | LaserJuice (Top Down Shooter) | compo | 133 | 3.76 | 3.57 | 3.84 | 4.39 | 3.87 | 3.44 |
sadly doesnt work for my keyboard, looks like a solid game though. can you maybe add a WASD layout that is optional? would be a nice addition for all the european peoples i think :)
interesting idea, where you only "run out of space" when you make a mistake, i.e you miss your target. i really like the artstyle of it too. the background music is at least a 4/5, however i gotta take one point away for the clearly human sounding sound effects, which some people like, but i dont (sorry :( ) Overall a great game, good job!
definitely an a for effort, many different games in one so to say. graphics look real nice, sound quality is awesome and as i said the sheer amount of content here is crazy for a game jam. good job!
absolutely love the artstyle, i just really dig the low resolution pixely art stuff. great gameplay, ties nicely with the theme, and the chiptune music really hammers down the artstyle. movement feels great, bullet speed is just right, and the monsters exploding in a shower of tiny particles makes it all the more satisfying. reminded me of how badly my game needed a screen shake. innovation wise a bit... well its a simple top down shooter, but i mean i kind of did the same thing so you still get 3.5/5 :)
PS: my high score is 19589, try beat that :)
nice job! the entire level moves and takes shape around you, focusing nicely on the theme. controls feel a little delayed, which is unavoidable with this kind of unique movement. Slightly repetetive sound track, but didnt annoy me at all. i love the trail the "character" leaves behind, simple yet good looking. overall, quite a nice game you made there :)
looks and plays awesome. though i have to note one bug, in the stage where it scrolls upwards (dont know if its the last stage, never finished it, that one is too hard for me) when youre close to the bottom of the screen, sometimes you can jump off of the black bar, but it doesnt propell you away from it. other than that, great visuals, great sounds, and especially the color palette is really pleasing to look at. good job!
honestly, if you add a procedural level generator, this would be very much fun as a roguelike game i think.
my best time is 24 seconds left on the clock, no idea if thats good or not :) bashing doors open is very satisfying, the shooting, and especially hitting enemies doesnt quite feel good enough though. shotgun model is very nice though.
Dont quite see where it ties into the Theme, but other than that a good game
"Family doesnt need attention. Your business does" - the best.
really hard, simple design, fitting audio effects, although no music (sadface.png) and suiting graphics, solid game there!
first LD i am participating in, wish me luck guys. Trying the 48h one in pure C++ with only SFML to help me out.
@robochase6000 yes, at the moment you can only point and shoot, movement is done with WASD or the arrow keys, if you meant that. nice idea with the laser, i was playing around with different "types" of weapons, ie a smaller laser that shoots faster, a scattergun, etc, but found that the big "kill everythang" laser worked best in the end.
@truc-e i forgot to mention that this game requires the .NET framework to run. usually people have this installed, your pc might be one where that isnt the case. you can try reinstalling/installing the .Net package here: https://www.microsoft.com/net or dont download it if you dont want, just an idea that MIGHT fix your problem :) let me know if that helps
@truc-e good thing i actually read the error code this time. jesus sometimes i wanna smack myself ^^ you have an x86 type CPU, dont you? if youre not sure, try looking under the "System" program in windows, if youre using that. might be a problem on my side of things, if that is the case.
@incinious thanks, i had the rotation set to keys instead of the mouse first, but that was too slow for the hextic gameplay, so i changed it to the rather odd controls it has now :)
edit: @truc-e alright, ive been trying to get it to compile with the SFML 2.4 32 files, no success so far, ill let you know if i make any progress. (how stupid of me to not consider other platforms than x64, sorry again :/ )
@maximelore ive mainly included the Arrow key support for people that dont have a WASD keyboard, as a kind of "backup" control solution, or maybe for left handed people, i dunno. thank you for the feedback though, the color transitions seem like a nice addition, ill note that somewhere, maybe use it in my next game. :)
@truc-e hm. i read somewhere that some antivirus programs disable dll loading from certain locations, which might affect the openAL32.dll, somewhat. sorry to hear that, i dont think i can help you out in that case :(
@kirillr i will definitely make a splash screen with instructions/controls next time, thanks for your feedback :)
@camcam @turbo-torbo @thegunmaster i am aware of the trouble some people are having and im thinking it has to do with my game being only compiled for x64 machines, not for x86 though. the other way around would be no problem as there is x86-64, but no x64-86. im still trying to compile it to work on every machine, but the SFML 2.4 32 bit files are giving me trouble. no universal build yet. YET. Sorry guys :/
@artish357 thanks for your feedback, i have updated a small bit of code to include optional LMB shooting (space or LMB works) and ive edited the included source code to include your name in a mention near the edit :) im quite proud of that shader even if its quite simple, thanks for that aswell :)
@eatthepath Thank you for the feedback, first of all. link is corrected, and ive been noticing the slightly annoying shooting sound myself, but for some reason i forgot about correcting/replacing that. welp, better luck next time i guess...
@acuriosity ive been toying around with different ideas for that, main one was a small target sprite, which would rotate when reloading, one quarter every shot, similar to the game SuperHot, but didnt implement it in the end because i thought it would look out of place with the look of the game. another approach would have been to just write a timer on screen, but again, would have messed with the look in my opinion. overall, the GUI could have used a tad more work, i agree, thanks for playing though :)
@icxon i wanted to have multiple weapons originally, but only the laser felt quite right, impactful, powerful. the other guns were sometimes even more effective (the shotgun/scattergun was one hell of a beast) but i was still only ever using my laser, so i went with that. another form of progression i planned was unlockable color palettes, but with how little time every player will most likely spend in my game (its only a jam game, dont forget, there are 100s of other cool games) i wanted to show every cool aspect off from the start i guess. Thanks aswell for playing :)
PS: what a long text there. 2080 letters and counting, phew.
hit "publish" twice, nothing to see here :)
@silvio as i wrote above, i did have multiple guns at some point but the laser was best :)
@raktou cheers :)
@cptalbertwesker thanks, 3444 is pretty good actually, my highscore is around 4k i think. will definitely polish controls/tutorial more next time :)
@zoltancoccyx haha, glad you liked it :)
@Everyone thanks for giving me 20+ ratings, even when im not actively advertising on here anymore, glad the general response has been positive so far :)
also played solo, really wonky game, nice atmoshphere, and tough to do any good in it ^^
i cant download the game files, make sure your link is working, your game looks quite nice :)
constantly ran out of energy and couldnt select the upgrade i wanted, other than that, its a nice spin on the theme, my highscore is 3661 :)
i love the artstyle, and the music fits the game very well, will definitely rate this one :)
sokoban with being able to pick up and move the boxes in any direction. Super cute graphics, fitting music without getting repetitive, and a humorous selection of characters and dialogue. did not encounter any bugs at all, great job! :)
what a funky game, all my penguins are dead now though :(
seriousely, nice game, great idea, matches the theme perfectly, one thing i want to critizise though is that on the edges my penguins would get stuck every now and then, no idea why...
other than that, solid entry!
wow, im astonished by the characters design and quality of his graphics. also i really enjoyed the idea of the game, where youre the hard drive yourself. also i like the soundtrack, which is, if slightly repetitive, very fitting and nicely done, overall, very good job, one of the best ones ive played so far!