Surf Camp: The Legend of the Surf Ace by GertJohnny 2014-04-30T12:07:00
Very cool gameplay and fun to play.
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | 👥 | 10 inches or less | jam | 37 | 4.12 | 4.00 | 3.95 | 4.21 | 4.08 | 3.90 | 3.40 | 3.66 | |
| 2015 | 33 | You are the Monster | Justice Five | jam | 870 | 2.81 | 2.89 | 2.79 | 3.60 | 2.80 | 2.83 | 2.82 | 2.92 | 100 | |
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | The Magical Hat of Usefulness | jam | 411 | 3.35 | 3.42 | 3.40 | 4.25 | 2.81 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.19 | 81 | |
| 2014 | 29 | Beneath the Surface | Escape from the depths! The ascension of the almighty one! | jam | 554 | 2.89 | 3.08 | 2.06 | 2.63 | 2.75 | 3.22 | 2.25 | 2.79 | 100 |
Very cool gameplay and fun to play.
I love it! Best entry I played so far!
Nice sound and atmosphere, but I didn't understood what I was supposed to do to get to the boat.
60.8 seconds. Very simple game but extremely well executed. I love the balance you created between breath and stamina. Congrats!
Pretty hard to get the hang of the controls, but it's fun to play it.
Nice concept and execution!
There could be some kind of collision with the fish. If you touch a fish and just let it sitting there you are done in seconds. Like @Draknek said, a health bar would help instead of numbers (I had no clue where my HP was in the first moments of gameplay). On the other hand, the game mechanics are very nice! The process of getting darker as you go deeper is very cool
@lajos The double jump activates when you press Up while in the air. You can delay it as long as you are still in the air. That said, if you fall from a platform and press jump it will be registered as a double jump.
Thank you all for playing and for your feedback!
@raulincze Hello! You can try to hard refresh the page (CTRL+F5) or clear your browser's cache (CTRL+Shift+Del), because it seems very much like a connection issue
@vilya @raulincze I've uploaded the game in an alternate location, the link is in the post! I hope it works for you guys!
@DonovanWu "I Wanna be the Guy" forces the player to memorize their next step, in this game we wanted players to 'think' about their next step and execute it! :)
Thank you so much for all the comments!
It seems to have a hidden potential but I could not figure out what to do
Very nice graphics and puzzle! I had a small bug before the first door, one of the crystals stopped working. Besides that it was a great experience! Congratulations!
This is so fun! Very nice entry!
I liked the animation, but it gets tiresome after some time.
As a fan of shooters I found this a great game! The screen is a little 'foggier' maybe, sometimes was difficult to see the shots
Interesting concept. Pushing food around was tough though
The game is nice, but its difficult to get around the scenario when the character can only do one action at a time. Also, sometimes it's hard to predict what's coming in you direction, even with the help of your equipment.
The concept is nice, but the game should continue after you die, and not shutdown unexpectedly. Also, the down side of the screen could be different than the upside.
The game has a great atmosphere but it could use some music to make it even better. Love the art style and gameplay. Well done!
When I saw the instructions on the screen I though the game would be a little hard to control, but it was very smooth! It was very intuitive which is good. Congrats! Now a bug report: on the second level I was standing below a guy and pressed F without pressing W, the sound of eating came out but no animation. I did it a few times and when I finally did it right I won the level. Seems like it counted the same guy several times.
Very nice, really like how you worked with the power ups
The game has great graphics and sound. I enjoyed playing the game but I got the same feelings as @MithosKuu. I found several items but didn't feel I was progressing at all.
Where's Karate? :( I liked the puzzles but sometimes the camera is your enemy! Nice entry overall
return 0/0;
The concept is great. I could not play with a controller because I don't have one here at the moment, so I suffered a bit with the mouse
The graphics are great and I like the concept, but having to scroll everytime to get where you want is a little bit of a hassle.
You mean you did this from scratch? That's very good man. Please keep it up.
Loved the pixel art! The game mechanic is very interesting and original! Oh, and during the climb to the surface the character was still crying when I reached the daylight. She stopped crying only after I moved further. Don't know if it was supposed to be like this
I really like the mood and the level design. Very cool!
Very nice! Had lots of fun playing it! Here is a suggestion; the 'range' tiles could match the color of the dwarf, that way you know exactly which character you need to move!
I get your idea and it's pretty impressive but the gameplay itself was a little weird. I was going through wall after wall until I reached something that seemed to be the end of the level.
It took a while to understand the "go to the floor below" concept, but it worked in the end
Nice art and fun gameplay.
Poor Rocky! Very nice entry! Finished 2 paths, I don't know if there is more but I'll keep playing to find out!
The game is a little too dark, besides that the atmosphere is great. Very nice sound effects. I managed to find the way underwater but when I reached the door I could not open it (pressed E but nothing happened) :(
The graphics are nice, Though after a while the game starts to get very linear.
Nice concept, art, everything! If you go on and really do include more levels/power ups it will be awesome.
The game has good mechanics and is somewhat fun to play, but could have been longer.
LETS BREAK THE WAVES! Ben is overpowered. Almost all enemies are killable with only one hit of the DOUBLE RADICAL HEAVY TURNOVER. Though if you like anime and stuff the story really digs.
Very cool concept and gameplay.
The art of this game is amazing. You worked really well in the effects and all, created a really nice atmosphere. I missed a start screen just so the game don't abruptly and a bit of gameplay, but overall it's one of the best entries I've seen.
Sometimes the camera glitches making the fish disappears above the surface and I can't go down anymore. I really enjoyed the atmosphere but this glitch is kind of annoying
The game gets boring after sometime. There could have been some power ups or stuff like that.
Awesome game, I liked the graphics very much, Also, very hard to win.
I could only find one little octopus, had no idea of what to do next. Also, flying octopus was awesome.
Nice graphics, but really short game.
I like the graphics and the difficulty, some jumps are very tricky!
It's a cool casual game. Nice if you're targeting smartphones.
Very cool game! The mood is excellent, only thing that was bugging me is the sound and animation when you hit the Protons, since they are not hazards a more smooth effect would be better in my opinion
The gameplay is nice, but the movement makes it very hard.
Nice ideia for the gameplay, but there are some bugs that could be fixed like: it's easy to move along with the poltergeist and sometimes I wouldn't know where a level comes to a end and finishing them with the poltergeist would take me back up to 2 levels.
I don't know how this fits in the theme but I found the mechanics cool and funny.
The gameplay is fun but the level colors are not very eye-appealing.
Very cool game but found hard to control the sharks
Ops, just saw you published an update. Downloading now
The game seemed very predictable at the beginning but I like how you made the screen only low after a certain point. It made the game much more challenging and fun
Very nice mechanics!
Very interesting concept. The controls were beating me at first but I think is a question of time to get used to it
Very cool platformer! I like the controls and how you worked with the camera
As others already mentioned it lacks gameplay. I was expecting something at the end, but nothing happened
I really liked the animation of the character! In the water I had no idea what I was doing, the controls are too crazy, but it was fun!
Fun to play and challenging!
The graphics were really cool but sometimes the spider would get stuck in the corner. Also, it would be nice to have a health bar for enemies.
I don't see how it fits with the theme but is a very nice game. The only thing I would suggest is to make the 'grab' mora accurate
The graphics and effects are very good, but I didn't find the the other areas
There is no visual clues if an enemy was hit by a shoot (and the player too, I had to keep checking my health points), it would be nice to have some feedback on it. It is a nice game besides that. I too noticed some weird collisions and invisible walls but that didn't ruin the experience.
I didn't get a thing.
(But I love you)
Very interesting approach. Game controls are simple and the music helps create the mood. Well done!
Very nice concept, loved the way the fishes follow you!
The movement is great but it lacks gameplay.
So much colors! It's fun but I can't get past the red maze! What do those yellow glowing cubes do?
It took me a while to figure out that the level 8 was made of "rocks". Despite that I really like the idea but I think that this would be very hard to people who aren't familiar with programming (mainly the last level, the others are ok)
Nice game! The clicking on the trains seemed a bit strange sometimes (sometimes he would switch trains, sometimes not), but the concept is really cool! Thanks for the game!
The idea looks nice, but could use some improvement. At first it's very difficult to understand what you are supposed to do, but when you get it, it becomes repetitive.
Nice mood in the game, but I think that the gameplay could be more fast paced.
Intelligent concept, made me procede with caution, and had some manly jumpscares when got caught by one mine
Nice concept but too short and easy. Also the music overlaps itself.
Lacks gameplay but the atnosphere is great, nice use of the theme.
Great game! Despite the wall jump working a little weird, the mechanics were all well implemented, nice job
The game idea and theme are very interesting and the gameplay is quite fun. However I couldn't identify some of the objects and the faster version of the convenior belts was way to fast to see anything.
Sometimes I couldn't move the characters, they would just get stuck. I don't know if it was my lack of ability or some bug. It took me some time to get used to the controls. In the other hand, the art and music are great and the game is very fun once you know what you are doing.
Nice entry! The mechanics worked very well
Controls are great and nice pixel art! Missed sound effects though
Very nice illumination. Controlling the movement via keyboard would be a nice addition to this game. It was fun to play regardless
Made me smile in the end! Cool game :)
Thank you for your comments! And thank you for playing! :)
11/18 Sucessful Retorts! Couldn't stop playing!
The audio in this game is AMAZING. The music, the sound effects. Congratulations! The puzzles were all well design and the learning curve is just right
Hahaha, I love the style of this game.
Very nice game, had fun every time I played it! I encourage you to keep working on it!
The art is very nice. The core idea is also cool but you should consider implementing a indicator of damage. Sometimes I would be just jumping around and didn't notice that I was touching the enemies
Got stuck in the wall right after I teleported to the first boos area :(
The graphics are great and the loss of color is a really nice idea. I don't see the helmet as an unconventional weapon though...
Indeed a amazing experience. Really loved the sound of the last echoes. Kept playing them for a while after the game finished :)
The art is amazing. On the other side, controls are a little weird. Maybe it's a bug but sometimes the character would move on the oposite direction I selected
Missed a game over screen! Love the graphics and audio but the game mechanics could use some improvement. If I move my character from the bench the enemies will usually get stuck there and the game will only procced after I "kill" them. Thanks for the entry!
It took a few tries but I could finish it! Found it challenging at the right level: not so easy but also not so hard.
Is there any indicators for the cabin? Played a few times and the darkness devoured me everytime :(
Overall, I really liked the concept and execution.
Don't see much of this genre around here. I think it lacks a more detailed tutorial but overall is a very nice game. After a while I got hang of things and started understanding what exactly I hd to do. Good entry!
Played the Jam version. Managed to get to the ending but missed an objective indicator/objective screen along the way. I only knew what to do because I interacted with every possible object (well, it was fun anyway). It is amazing how much you guys could accomplish in such a short time. Game feels complete, really enjoyed playing it.
Music is great. Don`t see how this fits with the theme but is a very nice game nevertheless
Amazing game, mood as very well set! And nice use of the theme!
I really like the movement and the animation, but I had the same problem MobsterSquirrel had, after a certain number os souls the game slowed down.
I see a lot of potential here. It was a good approach on the theme, it just lack content
I really enjoyed playing it. I think the gameplay is solid for the experience but there are room for improvement. The concept is great, keep working on it!
Had a connection issue the first time but it worked after that. Very nice game! I downloaded the windows version and could play it with full graphics. The illumination is amazing!
Awesome game. Played with a couple friends and took us a while to get used to the rhythm, but it was fun to play together
Really enjoyed your game! Nice graphics, cool mechanics and a very original idea!
Cool game. Not much of a challenge, but the mechanic is very nice
Great graphics and audio. I think a bigger variety on obstacles could improve the game, but had fun anyway.
Graphics are real nice and it was fun to play :)
Is there any way to regain friendship power?
Got lost the first time I played, so much buttons to remember D:
Once I got used to it I could finally enjoy the game. Good job
Very nice entry! Cool mechanics and the audio lights up the mood really nice.
An unconventional weapon allright and an unconventional setting as well
The art of this game is great! Gameplay is nice but could be more polished. Good entry overall
Oh, good use of the theme! Very nice concept, graphics and audio
Voice acting was very nice! Funny game :)
Really crazy but very fun to play :)
Level design is nice and so are the mechanics. Good entry!
The hammer mechanic is amazing. Good job
This is the best entry I've seen so far! Amazing game! The graphics, the music, the mood, everything fits perfectly. Had tons of fun playing it!
It's very fun! Graphics are well done and mechanics are nice. Good entry
I played the web version and had no idea how to shoot :(
A small text in the game indicating the controls would be nice. I really like the graphics and your approach to the theme was great!
Your level design is great! Each level introduces a new feature, they start easy and get harder as you progress and the design is challenging! I also loved how you used the theme. Great job!
Very nice game. Loved the audio.
I enjoyed this game very much! At first I though the plate gun would be used to serve the customers. Moving around was not so hard so I ended up not using the gun in the end.
The core idea is great but the game is really confusing. A screen with examples of what you can do and how you can do would certainly improve the game experience a lot.
Very nice game! It is not possible to face/trhow backwards? Enemies would go behind my back a few times but I couldn't turn
Attack and jump buttons do not respond sometimes. I spent a couple minutes in the first jump because of it :(
Game is really creepy but could be a good platformer if the controls are improved.
Really fun!
This is so much fun! The controls for the red player were a little weird, though. Maybe setting the attack to Left CTRL or left SHIFT would be better
The concept is great but the level design could use some improvement. With so many abilities maybe letting the player choose just one of them to use in a level would make him/her less lost. Despite that is a really nice game!
Really enjoyed the game! Loved the mechanic of the ship and the controls matched perfectly. Good job!
Loved the pixel art! I think the movimentation of the Fox could be improved, the jumps seems to be a little "slow". The idea to revert enemies in time was really cool, good job!
Cool mechanics. I found a big planet and a platform right next to it but never found this gem to get to the next stage :(
I got 3 different endings and am VERY curious to know if there are more! Are there more? This game is very different and interesting, good job!
Very nice game. Found it quite easy with the fireball spamming and traps, but it was fun.
This game is hard, I like it. Awesome graphics.
@LewisChaplin that's weird. It's a HTML 5 game, should work normally in any browser. Construct 2 does use WebGL, I don't know if there is any relation but that's the only think I can think of...
@tc4mpbell Thank you for playing! You must be hitting him with the top of the monster's head. I had to take away the collision polygons from the very top of the head because it was glitching with the platforms :(
From the top eye below, all polygons are working fine.
@sepharoth213 That was an amazing feedback, thank you very much! One of the tricky parts of designing each boss fight was determining the number of hits needed to take them down and I acknowledge now that 5 hits maybe was too much. I'll try to adjust the electricity hitbox to be more fair in a post-Ludum Dare version.
@TeamOA It's all about figuring out the boss patterns! :)
@davidcmcdonald The "cutscene" right before the game starts explains that you cause damage if you touch living beigns. Just touch a boss with the character and bingo!
Thank you all for playing!
@Strike Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed the game!
@LewisChaplin I'm glad it all worked out in the end :)
@Jupiter_Hadley Thank you! And thank you for your continuous support to the indie community!
@MechanicMoon Thank you for the feedback! I'll work on it in a post-jam version :)
@Robot Souls Games: Yes, their health resets every time you die. I thought about adding a healthbar but wasn't able to make it in the end :(
@PeteGrammarman: Thank you for playing! Glad I was able to deliver some fun! :)
@superpatch: Indeed there are certain situations where beating him will be way easier, but this boss fight was designed so you can beat him with any setting created, some more difficult, some easier. Thanks for playing!
@GaTechGrad: The damage indicator is the distinctive sound and the hit animation. Note, however, that if you are hit after hitting them, you start over. Healthbars are definitely a must, still don't know how I missed them. But I'm working on it for the post-jam version. Thanks for playing!
@Grahhhhh: Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed the game! A HUD with healthbars and tigher controls are on the list for the post-jam version!
Really wanna play it but the game gets stuck on the title screen :(
Do you know something about this problem? I'm using Windows 7.
Okay, guys, try pressing X on the title screen, this should start the game. Just found out.
Amazing game, a little difficult but very fun!
A very original take on the theme. Nice art and fitting music!
Very nice for 26 hours, keep working on it!
Great game! I love puzzle games, thanks for the post you made with a list of them!
The procedural generated puzzles really works! There were a few hard ones where I thought the generation had "failed" but later I could figure it out. Very nice job
That's a very nice entry. Despite the game being a little too slow, I enjoyed playing it.
Amazing atmosphere. I reached the very end but nothing happened when I went out of the screen... Congratulations on the entry!
There are so many names that I got a little lost. Getting to know the employee real job would make things easier XD
After switching so many times I didn't know if the person I was assigning to that job was working there originally. Maybe you did that on purpose to make it more challenging?
Anyway, it was a nice take on the theme, congrats on the entry!
I think I've never seen an interactive video like this one on YouTube, so the experience was great. Congrats on the entry!
Interesting concept. As others suggested I also think a zoom system could work. Fun game anyway!
Even with all bloodshed, this game is so cute! I think some background music could have turned this into a very relaxing game, hahaha
Couldn't find the airport, arrows pointed me to go left and after a while to go right but I never found the airport between them XD
It was kinda hard to control the space ship, it felt a little heavy, but I still enjoyed the game. Congrats on the entry!
This atmosphere is perfect! I missed subtitles because I could not fully understand what was being said, but on the other side, not having subtitles helped get me more immersed...
Really liked the case solving but the fighting was a bit down to me.
Great entry! Love the mood and the concept! The only thing I think you could improve is to only dismiss a text when I click on the screen. Sometimes it would disappear before I finished reading.
I really like the mechanics of the game! Also liked how the guards react to your 'different forms'. The game is a little too dark, though. Nothing that could ruin the experience but I wanted to see more of the level elements. Good job overall.
Nice game! Got 98 gems on normal. This village grows so fast! hahaha
I played in the Web but will check the desktop version for the orchestra mode! I really liked the music and the sound effects. It was very satisfying to play. Congrats on the entry!
I downloaded it and looks very polished! I bet is a pretty fun game, but is hard to find other 3 players at the moment :(
Oh, I was expecting a "YOU ARE FIRED" animation at the end instead of a regular "Get back to work". Despite that, this bacame one of my favorite games of this Ludum Dare. Extremely well polished. Thanks for the entry!
Oh, I didn't know half of the foods for the Fish, she's too much for me. Altough I don't see how it fits in the theme, was a very nice game to play.
I like the idea. Keep working on it!
This is great, it mixes two things I love: puzzles and AI. I would love to see more levels!
I had a little trouble playing it on Google Chrome. From time to time the game would blink making me lose control over it (had to click on the screen to be able to continue) and after someone saw me the game console appeared displaying "NULL REFERENCE" multiple times.
About the game itself, I like the mood you created and the sound effects. The 'heavy' movimentation added even more to the mood. Nice entry.
Amazing well polished game!
Great atmosphere, great take on the theme. One of the best entries so far!
I like the level design a lot! Had a nice time playing it.
The art style is amazing. I had some problems with the controls, though. Shooting with mouse ocasionally would just pass through an enemy, I had to aim in very specific spots for it to work so it was a little frustanting :(
And I could only move using the A button (drumming didn't work). If these gameplay aspects could be improved, then it will be a perfect game!
Quite fun! Walking over buildings worked better for me than swinging the hammer, since it was kinda hard to control
Graphics are great! Didn't last long when the big guy showed up, but it was fun! Congrats on the entry!
I liked the variety of combos! Only made 526 points, but it was fun.
I don't know how hard it would be to implement, but I think controlling the attacks with the mouse would be nice.
I played the Web version on Chrome and the villagers sprites kept blinking into a gray square, nothing that affected gameplay but was weird. I really enjoyed the game overall. Pace is a little slow, as other people mentioned, but is very cool to play.
I loved your game! Great concept and a very original take on this theme. Played until the end and now I want more :(
Am I able to select the arena? Only seen the first one. The game is quite fun! Played with a controller and it was great.
Web version worked fine on Chrome. Smooth gameplay and nice animations. Only wish that the player healthbar were more visible, I completely missed it
Amazing game! Very fun to play, controls are great and that humor... Very nice job!
Pretty fun game! :D
The graphics are pretty good. Ramming into people was fun but controlling the car was difficult...
Very nice gameplay. I like how the arrows deal damage based on how much you pulled the string. I could see the ending from miles away, but it was enjoyable anyway XD
I loved how the art style and sound effects blend together! Really fun game :)
Cool graphics. I wish the keyboard controls were a little better (or mappable), don't have my controller here right now. Congrats on the entry!
I like the mood of this game. In the end I couldn't find the key, but just walking around was nice.
Very nice entry! I wish the combo chain could last longer, maybe only in lower values, it's kinda hard to increase it without having lots of enemies on the screen.
Amazing game! Thanks for creating it!
The visuals are amazing, but man, this game is hard! I wish I could finish it but I can't pass the first 2 monsters :(
Interesting entry. I like your concept and execution. Well done!
Pretty nice game! I like the animations and sound effects!
That was... GREAT!
This game's mood is amazing. Nice job!
Improvements to dragon controls and sound effects for the enemies/environment would make this game perfect. Great entry!
Nice puzzle game! Took me a while to get used to it, but once I did it was very enjoyable.
That face in the end, hahaha. Enjoyed the boss fight. Didn't notice much difference in attacks with each mask, something unique for each of them would be cool. Congrats on the entry!
I'm stunned by those light effects. Nice entry!
This is a great game! Your choices for the sound effects were spot on. I played first without reading your description so I was a little lost, but my first failure was enough to make me understand the game. Good job!
I love you take on the theme! It took me a while to fully understand what I could do, but I really enjoyed the game once I did.
That was a great idea XD
The monster could be a little more faster, but still is pretty fun to play!
I love the art style. The mechanics are simple, but the game gets a little repetitive.
Solid gameplay and cool art, nice entry overall!
I really liked how you could keep it simple, with a well implemented mechanic. It's cool to play!
Great game, well balanced. Humor 5/5.
Hatch and egg systems are pretty nice! Quite fun game.
Whoa, that was a very unique approach to the theme, I like that!
Web version keeps freezing when time reaches 0, it didn't affect playing the game, though. I like the mechanics. Was able to score 335, then with 10 seconds left there were no more humans. Congrats on the entry!
Nice entry, catchy soundtrack!
The chaos! The destruction! Felt great playing it! Sound-wise, police horns were a little loud, so when many of them gathered together it became REALLY loud. Congrats on the entry!
Nice game. I think some visual sign on where you can click would greatly improve the gameplay. I like the mood and the art style. Found the beeping sound of the text a little annoying after a while but that's just a minor. Congrats on the entry!
A different take on the theme, I like it!
I didn't like those effects too much on the room (it gave me chills), but the story and how it was implemented was great. Good job!
Got 3 out of 5. The last one changed the hair color and I pointed him, but it was just a regular person :(
I like japanese games and this looks so much like one! A very original idea on this theme. Congrats!
Very nice game. I got stuck in the salt and pepper bottles, couldn't interact with them in any way.
The graphics and the changing-heads mechanic are great. The level design, though, could use some improvement. If I didn't read your comment I would never guess that the platform at the chicken's screen was an actual platform
Fun game. It would be better if enemie's speed increased over time, they start so fast! Nice to see a Monogame entry!
The mechanics are great! I felt really immersed in the game. Very good job ;)
This is amazing. I wish I could give more than 5 stars to the audio of this game.
Great entry. Window size is a little small... but everything else is perfect. Congratulations!