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The Grape Escape: Banana Shadow by tweedle

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made by tweedle for LD32 (JAM)
***FEEDBACK WELCOME***

For centuries the evil space robot empire experimented on apes, hoping to create super soldier ape slaves. One ape in particular, Nicknamed “Grape” for his violet fur, showed promise. Grape gained the ability to form his shit into deadly ninja shit-stars. Grape grew smarter and stronger, eventually escaping the evil space robot’s facility in search of freedom...

Gameplay & Controls:
2D Sidescroller - Get to the end and kill the boss!
Spacebar = Throw | Up Arrow = Move up | Down Arrow = Move down
Enter = Select | Esc = Restart/Exit

Credits:
By: Zamboni Macaroni (This is our 2nd jam!)
Zamboni Macaroni is Josh Watson and Taylor Dunn
Programmed by Josh Watson
Design & Music by: Taylor Dunn

Things (Updated 4/20/15 10:40PM) :
Oh boy we did it! Celebratory beer time!
You get to the boss after like... 2 song play thrus.
Josh added the scoring mech. in the last 10 minutes.
Bananas and cactus are worth points?
... We need to crash & think more about all this later!
Look forward to playing many game entries!
ENJOY!

Update 4/22/15:
Thanks for all the feedback everybody!
Especially you Chris Delta ;)
Yeah rocks shouldn't kill you moving into them...
You just shouldn't be able to move up!
Keep it coming!

Update 5/11/15:
Had a blast rating games!
Thanks a ton everybody, looking forward to #33
Windows https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxX9W2KgQ432TF9BR0hqWVZ2NlE/view?usp=sharing
Source https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxX9W2KgQ432M2xvTXNpVk5jVTA/view?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=44218

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.40 362
Audio(Jam) 3.45 201
Fun(Jam) 3.10 487
Graphics(Jam) 4.15 124
Humor(Jam) 3.37 270
Innovation(Jam) 2.34 902
Mood(Jam) 3.13 478
Theme(Jam) 3.38 495

Feedback

block97
21. Apr 2015 · 03:18 UTC
Really cool simple game. The art is very well done and the level generation impressive. Maybe add a different enemy to add more variety to the level. Very cool game!
Ilseroth
21. Apr 2015 · 03:27 UTC
Surprised this is the first "infinite runner" style game I have seen in this ludum. In any case decent concept, worked out well; but the gameplay drags on a bit after a couple minutes.
hadesfury
21. Apr 2015 · 03:29 UTC
Funny intro and nice graphics. I didn't quite understand when grape throws a star or just a regular turd...
MGhareeb32
21. Apr 2015 · 03:29 UTC
Great game setting, nice gameplay.
jushii
21. Apr 2015 · 14:34 UTC
Art is really nice and I love the way you tell the story! :) Also the music is really great, it really sets up the mood!! Gameplay could maybe need some kind of a twist to make it more interesting! :)
ogrepixel
21. Apr 2015 · 18:20 UTC
It looks great! it was hard for me, I liked the graphics and the intro story, good work!
Ranmara
21. Apr 2015 · 19:38 UTC
Nice art style!
Elit3dGaming
21. Apr 2015 · 19:42 UTC
Really nice game I enjoy games like this where you have restricted movement and you have to get as far as possible, this adds a twist by allowing you to shoot different things along the way
randoman
21. Apr 2015 · 19:53 UTC
Great graphics and audio. I think a bigger variety on obstacles could improve the game, but had fun anyway.
pikmin4000
21. Apr 2015 · 21:59 UTC
Graphics, music, and mood are on point! I had fun and the bananas makes stars ;). You could work on difficulty ramping and perhaps highscore table otherwise the score is meaningless- or at least show it around the end of the game. My best score was around 300.
esayitch
22. Apr 2015 · 14:31 UTC
I loved the aesthetic in this and the concept is great, but I wish that theme was expressed more in the behaviour of the projectile as opposed to it's appearance... Music was great as well.

Good luck!
sydan
22. Apr 2015 · 16:07 UTC
I like the story and the originality but sometimes I'd find that I'd collide with a rock when move past it just as I'd move up or down. It felt like their bounding box was a bit big. I didn't feel that death by the side of a rock was necessary.
reiknight
22. Apr 2015 · 16:59 UTC
When the mobile version? Nice game and funny
Alice
22. Apr 2015 · 17:02 UTC
Nice game, I love the art.
EverlessDrop41
22. Apr 2015 · 17:03 UTC
I liked the graphics style
Tselmek
22. Apr 2015 · 17:06 UTC
Might wanna change the collision boxes but overall a pretty nice. Special mention for the art and the intro.
CraftMuch
22. Apr 2015 · 17:11 UTC
Nice game, looks very polished. The gameplay is a bit lacking; mostly in variety, however it plays nicely.
Chris Delta
22. Apr 2015 · 18:04 UTC
Collision is borken, humor misses badly, looks kinda cruddy, gameplay is uninteresting.
Taldius
22. Apr 2015 · 18:11 UTC
First, I love that title, it's hilarious! The game itself was a pretty simple runner, but the art and the background story was really good. I also like the Genesis type music.
Good job!
Ossi
22. Apr 2015 · 19:22 UTC
Simple gameplay and a funny little story. I really liked the graphics and the menus, those looked really good. Nice use of the theme. Grape job!
DiegoEscalante
22. Apr 2015 · 19:23 UTC
The polish in this game is phenomenal. Visually pleasing, and the music is very fitting. Nice work!
CornflowerBlue
23. Apr 2015 · 17:38 UTC
A funny game. Art style is interesting.
Tatsu Studio
23. Apr 2015 · 17:54 UTC
I liked the game, and the art is very nice! Good Job!
Strandypants
23. Apr 2015 · 18:48 UTC
This game was quite entertaining, loved the introscenes and the music. The gameplay got a bit boring after a while, but for a jam entry I think it's very good!
Fluffy Tigers in the Sky
23. Apr 2015 · 18:58 UTC
Hey, that's a really nice little game! It looks pretty polished and it's fun to play. The level design is sophisticated and the difficulty is not too easy and not too hard! I really like the look and feel of the game, it looks pretty polished and the intro story is great!
Wevel
23. Apr 2015 · 19:03 UTC
Nice game, would be nice to see more levels or a continuation of the story
Dorgam
11. May 2015 · 23:21 UTC
Average game however the graphics style is the most amazing thing about it. I would suggest you work more on the mechanics.