THE AXE GAMES by Team BluCookie

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made by Team BluCookie for LD31 (JAM)
THE AXE GAMES
is a short viking snowboarding game in which a viking rides a Plasma TV Screen downhill.

Everybody is going to participate the AXE GAMES. The only problem: there aren't any shields for you left to ride on. Thus you decide to rip the plasma TV off the wall and ride on that.

Controls
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[Left Arrow] [Right Arrow] or [A] [D]: Move Left/Right
[Return]: Restart after dying



Credits
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@iossif: Code + Music
@leafthief: Art
@srbmichael: Sound + Additional Coding

Ratings

Coolness 60% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.46 289
Audio(Jam) 4.00 40
Fun(Jam) 3.75 88
Graphics(Jam) 4.33 71
Humor(Jam) 3.60 102
Innovation(Jam) 2.87 611
Mood(Jam) 3.36 277
Theme(Jam) 3.38 656

Feedback

cmdr
09. Dec 2014 路 08:25 UTC
Nice game. I laughed at the Xgames pun. I kinda want to see more of the background story. Also, it would be great to be able to play as the female character. :D
jsmtux
09. Dec 2014 路 12:49 UTC
The linux version points to the mac one
馃帳 Team BluCookie
09. Dec 2014 路 13:13 UTC
fixed! you should be able to download the linux version now.
Finlal
09. Dec 2014 路 15:53 UTC
Nice game, fun music!
pixzleone
09. Dec 2014 路 16:40 UTC
Very fun game!
indie4fun
09. Dec 2014 路 16:42 UTC
fun game! I liked the fake 3D. It remindmed me to the old race games :)
Groydis
10. Dec 2014 路 11:00 UTC
I Laughed. Great job.
TiagoJDFerreira
10. Dec 2014 路 11:02 UTC
Great game! Wish there was some way to track our progress, like an indicator of how far you went (in meters).
Also, the game seems to work fine in Safari.
janovbyrnisson
10. Dec 2014 路 11:44 UTC
Nooo way!! :D
Cool music, challenging, nice pixel graphics.
Gentlemen, this job is well done! Congrats.
DrZanuff
10. Dec 2014 路 11:44 UTC
Great pixel art. I loved the style. A very Skryrim vibe.
SushiDestroy
10. Dec 2014 路 11:48 UTC
Cool graphiscs and story concept but the gameplay is too limited.
Gins
10. Dec 2014 路 12:21 UTC
Haha pretty fun interpretation of the theme, and the graphics are amazing. My only complaint is that the obstacles take far too long to disappear, so I often misjudged the right moment to move between lanes.
christopf
10. Dec 2014 路 12:44 UTC
Reminds me of the old racing games. The gameplay didn't take the theme so serious therefor the maincharacter :))
Female character +1
AxeTheory
10. Dec 2014 路 13:40 UTC
I demand ramps and powerups! Great game, the music really sells the action.
Threef
10. Dec 2014 路 18:24 UTC
Visuals are great, but it didn't bring anything innovative or fun.
Tommyno222
10. Dec 2014 路 18:35 UTC
Awesome gameplay! I enjoyed playing this a lot. Visual and music are also great! Is there any finish line, or does it go endless? I also wish there were some info on screen such as distance or ranking.
AdventureIslands
10. Dec 2014 路 18:51 UTC
Great visuals and music, found the theme and setting hilarious. Of course vikings have plasma tvs.

I think stuff could have just vanished faster because it's hard to quickly see when it's safe to move to some spot, or stuff might be hidden behind trees. especially the middle lane can be very tricky.
runvs
10. Dec 2014 路 19:30 UTC
Hi there, really nice and fast paced game. Music is great, some really nice rock to get you running!

I had some problems to determine when an object on a certain lane disappears. so sometimes i crashed into one stone or tree horizontally. This might be to long fading times.

But nevertheless, great game, i enjoyed playing it!
puppetmaster
10. Dec 2014 路 23:19 UTC
It's a nice little game.
Wish to have a special mode to cut the tree down or take the wife with me. :-)
Wertle
10. Dec 2014 路 23:26 UTC
I really enjoyed this game. The lane switching felt super satisfying and the whole theme was just fun overall. The only issue I had was that it was confusing how the different lanes seem to be moving the obstacles at different speeds (or inconsistent speeds?), so it was hard to determine quick enough which lane to be in sometimes. I like the music as it fit the game really well. Nice job!
Franklin's Ghost
11. Dec 2014 路 12:46 UTC
Fun game which reminded me of the old winter Olympics games. The art is great and loved the TV board, great humour.
flwns
12. Dec 2014 路 18:58 UTC
Music was intense.
Dokthar
13. Dec 2014 路 00:48 UTC
Very impressive graphics with nice sounds. An objective or a score would be funnier. The lines on the snow are not really necessary.
Carduus
13. Dec 2014 路 11:57 UTC
Gahaa Vickings surfing Rainbow snowboards, LOOoove it!

I think you reversed the zoom effects on trees and rocks, it should begin to appear slowly then go faster when it comes to the camera, like in reality :)

Fun! and the vickins animations are awesome!
spacedoubt
13. Dec 2014 路 20:14 UTC
This is so awesome! Love the METAL!!
GFM
14. Dec 2014 路 14:31 UTC
I think this is the only game I've seen so far that was able to use the theme in a non-direct way... I didn't even know it was possible!! Well, it was also a literal use, but not the one 99.99% of the participants saw...

I liked the game, but felt a lack of progression... The day started to get darker at some point, but then I hit something and it looked like I went back to the start...

Graphics were great, and somewhat reminded me of a stage from The Lion King for Mega Drive. The music was really fitting!
BoxedMeatRevolution
15. Dec 2014 路 18:02 UTC
Liked:
- The graphics. Top pixel art, well done.
- The music. Perfect. Reminded me of 1080 avalanche (a gamecube snowboarding game)
- The idea. Making a two button left-right snowboarding isn't very original. Making one with a Viking though? Wonderful.

Disliked:
- How my snowboarder sprite blocked what was in front of him. Maybe some kind of "see-through" effect would fix this
- How much sprites slowed down as I passed them. The pace seemed unnatural, and made the game difficult in a frustrating way.

Overall I enjoyed playing though. With a few small changes this could be a very addicting little minigame.
Riocide
20. Dec 2014 路 08:38 UTC
Finally something different! Nice!