The White Kiwi

AMIAPS DD: A Man In A Potato Sack Digs Deep by paetramon 2021-04-28T08:46:45Z

Screenshot (52).png I did it, I completed it. I think that makes me qualified to talk about this game. Overall, it was a good game to mindlessly play. The upgrades were too expensive for what they gave you. For instance, it costs 50 iron to reduce the energy cost by -0.6 which doesn't have much of an effect. Once you get the teleport upgrade, you can just non-stop mine which is what I used to find the brother.

To be fair, it was addictive and well-made. My main two takeaways are that it 1. Took too long to get upgrades that had minimal effect 2. The character sprite looked out of place

Fine game otherwise

dig deeper by The White Kiwi 2021-05-03T00:48:41Z

@bmacintosh [SPOILERS] You are so unbelievably close. Question: How much did you interact with the lake?

Thank you for playing my game, I definitely would have added more clues with more time to plan but I mostly just made it up as I went along. Learnt a lot from this game jam.

dig deeper by The White Kiwi 2021-05-03T00:49:51Z

@colin-misbach Thank you for your feedback. I agree, I couldn't figure out how to get it to reselect the text box after pressing enter. I'll see if I can figure it out for next time!

dig deeper by The White Kiwi 2021-05-04T04:19:28Z

@notexplosive That's some really nice feedback! I'll definitely take what you said into consideration.

I was initially going to put the help command at the intro, but I couldn't fit it in, still, I should have just made the text smaller.

Likewise, I agree that the commands should have been less specific, the way I coded it was very poor as I was kinda just making it up as I was going.

Thanks for your comments, I'm thinking about making a game similar to this one, so I'll definitely fix what you said here!

Deeper into Darkness by FoolsLynx 2021-05-07T01:08:41Z

I enjoyed this game a lot! The graphics are perfect, and it feels like a polished retro game.

My only real concern with this game is that I constantly get stuck on the corners of platforms in the boss fight which ultimately causes me to die.

I also get an error after beating the boss.

Otherwise, I loved it!

Spread Your Roots by Scott Cooper 2021-04-28T00:28:07Z

Awesome idea for a game! I liked how you incorporated the genre of the game jam to create something original. Panning the camera up at the end was a nice touch to see your progress instead of just having a scorecard, although the game did freeze after going for too long.

Psycho Dive by Artemistake 2021-05-04T04:08:20Z

I did a review in the form of a video here: https://youtu.be/VrLvv5wIQig

In case you didn't want to watch that. I'll give a summary.

The intro to each level was very nice, it felt like I was actually going somewhere.

I loved the art and the font style, this coupled with the music set the mood very well.

The telekinesis made the game fun to play and made for some fascinating levels.

Despite this, the attack was the worst part of the game. It was either really inconsistent or I just couldn't understand it. My main cause of death was missing my attack, this made it quite frustrating at times.

I would have liked to have seen a reset button, I got a stuck a couple of times with no way to go back to the beginning of the level again.

Finally, here are the 'bugs' I've found:

Double Jumping - I don't think this is a bug, it is more of an exploit. You can jump, then use the telekinesis to place a dead body underneath you and then jump off of that. This allowed me to skip parts of the levels.

Super Jumping - When standing in front of a wall that is 1 block high, you can quickly tap SPACE twice to jump once, then twice off the ledge, this made me gain a tonne of momentum and also allowed me to quickly get past another part of the level.

Clipping - By standing in a corner, you can place a dead body on top of you to make you clip into the wall, this was inconsistent though.

Vine Dash by Taximan981 2022-04-05T09:59:38Z

The animations are great, looks good, feels good, plays good, it feels like a nice take on Temple Run || *chef's kiss*

DEFCON 0 by The White Kiwi 2022-04-05T09:54:02Z

@conradoclark Thanks for the feedback!

Yes, a big part of the game was the hopelessness of it, while it is a good idea to add a reward of some kind, I thought that might take away from a large part of the game - "There is no winning, there is no high score".

Also, it's nice that think the 'choosing cities' part of the game was good because I really wanted the player to feel the morality of letting people die because it helps you survive a little longer.

DEFCON 0 by The White Kiwi 2022-04-05T09:54:31Z

@damnscout Thanks for letting me know, I've always had trouble with getting it to work with different resolutions.

DEFCON 0 by The White Kiwi 2022-04-05T09:55:09Z

@lighty-the-light Thanks, there's no running away during a nuclear war

DEFCON 0 by The White Kiwi 2022-04-05T21:51:56Z

@tracex I agree, very good comment. I should've had something additional for the player to do since "status" and "spy" do not contribute to the game that much.

DEFCON 0 by The White Kiwi 2022-04-10T05:17:20Z

@shigor Thanks for your comment,

I agree, there are some mechanics missing from this game, there needs to be at least 1 more 'thing' you can do to make this game more engaging.

Next LDJam I will do make sure to make it more complex!

Death being inevitable is intentional btw.

Typing Turmoil by SugarSugarSugar 2022-04-05T21:56:05Z

Fun game, great concept and execution. One thing: I would have liked the letters to be capitalised to make it more readable.

Let's Boogie by Taximan981 2024-04-14T10:20:15Z

Really good, I am fastest man