Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → puppymythril
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 30 | Connected Worlds | Soul'd Out | jam | 700 | 2.65 | 2.35 | 2.78 | 3.43 | 3.52 | 2.38 | 2.78 | 39 |
Like the concept, nice execution too. Last level was a bit of an issue because I felt I was exploiting the game to reach both exits, especially after I accidentally moved the dark cube inside an immovable box and couldn't get it out.
That was actually pretty cool, though I felt there wasn't much of a connection with the theme. Really fun twist on the Ikaruga "formula". Would've loved if I could jump with space though, and if there was more room for movement (the earth guys took too many hits, so eventually it got hard to dodge them and get to the right element to kill the other guys).
Third wave was soooooo looooong. I feel like the "connected" part of the theme could've been explored a bit further. as it is, it's more like playing two similar games at the same time, but with no real "connection" between them other than shared health.
I'll be honest, I have no idea what I was doing. I just kept going left, interacting with anything I could, until the game said it was over. It looks pretty, but the writing felt like it was trying to be smart and... exoteric? but in the end it was just confusing and nonsensical.
Love it. Reminds me of Super Time Force. Main problem I had was not that it was hectic, but cluttered. about halfway through my lives I couldn't even see myself anymore, much less enemy projectiles. It was also a bit too easy to accidentally step on lava while trying to cross the bridges.
I'm more impressed with the concept of it being an online game than anything else. I don't think i found anything that could hurt me, and i couldn't tell friendlies from enemies. Movement and attacking were also pretty clunky.
It's very pretty, and it also sounds very pretty (until the dubstep kicks in >.>), but there really isn't any gameplay. Personally, next time I'd focus on getting your gameplay across before working out all the (seriously, gorgeous) graphics.
Personally, I didn't enjoy it. I felt the game boiled down to pressing Z at the yellow line and chasing it around, with one, maybe two puzzles in the way. Controls felt a bit clunky at times too.
Shame you couldn't make more levels, I'd definitely play more of it. Took me a while to realize the worlds were mirrored, but that's the closest to a complaint I can come up with. Really cool, hope you work further on it.
Like the concept and the presentation of the world, but the gameplay was a bit buggy (corn wouldn't pick up sometimes, might be due to how you're restarting the scene). Could've used a "corn counter" to keep track of how you're doing.
Nice concept, reminds me of Closure. Had a bit of trouble controlling the red window without accidentally falling down, maybe mouse controls would work better for it. Also not sure if there was anything else to do after the first link?
Very polished, nice audio/visuals, but I felt it wasn't really fitting the theme. Gameplay also could've had a timer to give the dodging asteroids a bit of purpose. Also a bit on the easy side?
The enemy stacking issue is due to a little problem with triggers that I only realized I forgot to turn on after submissions were over. I swear they aren't as stupid in the dev version :P
Thanks for the feedback, everyone!
Regarding sound, I won't lie, neither of us are very experienced, so we thought it was more important to get at least the core concept on a playable (albeit buggy) state before worrying about "refinements". That said, I do realize sound could go a long way with cues that can guide the experience better (say, traps warning before they trigger)
It's surprising what a little chaos can do to put a smile on my face :P Pretty simple, but for a game done in seven hours, rather cool.
Probably the only game I gave 5 stars on all categories, truly amazing stuff you guys did there.