Scan Lines by KilledByAPixel
HOW TO PLAY
* A scan line sweeps across the screen, creating and destroying the world.
* The scan line destroys any blue box it touches which instantly kills you.
* Touching a blue boxes saves your game.
* Use WASD, arrow keys, or gamepad to play.
This is a fairly short game with some difficult platforming challenges but many incremental saves. The LD48 version contains 30 levels. Also you are a snowman, don't ask why. Good luck!
Thanks for all the great comments and suggestions! I put up an enhanced version with some bug fixes, better platforming mechanics, cleaner level design, preview of the save points, and a new death transition. I will continue to work on it and keep that link updated with the latest version.
* A scan line sweeps across the screen, creating and destroying the world.
* The scan line destroys any blue box it touches which instantly kills you.
* Touching a blue boxes saves your game.
* Use WASD, arrow keys, or gamepad to play.
This is a fairly short game with some difficult platforming challenges but many incremental saves. The LD48 version contains 30 levels. Also you are a snowman, don't ask why. Good luck!
Thanks for all the great comments and suggestions! I put up an enhanced version with some bug fixes, better platforming mechanics, cleaner level design, preview of the save points, and a new death transition. I will continue to work on it and keep that link updated with the latest version.
| Windows | https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42191645/ScanLines_LD31.zip |
| YouTube (full playthrough) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAkql3nPJmA |
| Post Compo Latest Version | https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42191645/ScanLines.zip |
| Source | https://sourceforge.net/p/frankengine/code/HEAD/tree/branches/LudumDare31 |
| Postmortem | http://frankforce.com/?p=4894 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=2075 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 61% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.91 | 47 |
| Audio | 2.85 | 480 |
| Fun | 3.82 | 58 |
| Graphics | 3.71 | 202 |
| Humor | 2.79 | 363 |
| Innovation | 4.38 | 15 |
| Mood | 3.53 | 130 |
| Theme | 4.41 | 27 |
I don't know if it's because my computer somehow can't handle the graphics but the controls felt really sluggish. I wasn't able to beat a level because it needed me to jump with precision I didn't have. I was able to enjoy the game until then, however.
Excellent presentation.
The particles and lighting are very well done. I love the graphics consistency overall, although the snowman does stand out a little. I think he fit better as crisp pixels instead of the AA.
The audio is probably the weakspot, but it's not too grating.
watched the youtube video. feels awesome.
For me, you could've made it a little easier and a little slower paced, but other than that, nice effort and very unique~!
(Check my entry too! it also has scanlines! :P)
I don't think that the difficulty is a problem because of the quick resets of the levels.
The only thing I didn't like was the controls. I like my controls a bit more responsive, but every one has their own taste.
Hope you had a fun time making the game! :)
Really interesting concept btw!
I really hope you take this mechanic and keep pushing it. I think it's got a lot of promise :D
Very fun, and a good take on the theme. I like how it escalated at the end.
Oh, and +1 for the snowman of course ;)
Great entry! :)
P.S. Your game will be in my next video (episode #4).
Really, really cool game. For some reason the controls took some time for me to get used to, but the idea of the scan lines is soo good! I think it could be worth investigating letting them be slower, so that there's a bigger chance you might figure out what to do on the first try, because like this it almost became like you needed to die once just to have an idea of what would happen on the next level. On the other hand, this speed gives it much greater replayability and I'd love to see a speed run of this! Very, very well done.