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MS. PORTAL MAN by nickculbertson

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made by nickculbertson for LD30 (COMPO)
Shoot the rude dudes & warp through portals to avoid the deadly blades.

CONTROLS
MOVE : WASD || ARROW KEYS
SHOOT : MOUSE CLICK || LEFT SHIFT
JUMP : SPACEBAR

What I used:
Unity3D - The Game Engine
Unity's Sample Assets (Beta) & Particle Effects - Character Controller & Blood
ThumbJam (iOS App) - The Soundtrack
Garageband - The SFX
Photoshop - The Graphics
Coffee - Fight Sleep Deprivation
Beer - Because I actually finished a game in 48 hrs!

(Special Thanks to Dallas Society of Play & Improving Enterprises for hosting a place to Jam. Also BIG Thanks to my wife for being awesome and letting me nerd out for the weekend.)

Enjoy!
Nick Culbertson
@MadCalfApps
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8625765/UnityPlayer/MsPortalMan.html
Source http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8625765/UnityPlayer/LudumDare30.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=39767

Ratings

Coolness 92% 2
Overall 3.00 751
Audio 2.58 631
Fun 3.10 504
Graphics 3.43 357
Humor 2.40 505
Innovation 2.84 790
Mood 2.86 667
Theme 2.63 934

Feedback

clairvoyantgames
25. Aug 2014 · 02:08 UTC
Congrats on completing!
sP0CkEr2
25. Aug 2014 · 15:33 UTC
Really nice game. I like the portals and the obstacles. Great job.
pxlcoder
25. Aug 2014 · 15:54 UTC
Great entry!
I would have liked the "W" key to allow the character to jump.
Josh H
25. Aug 2014 · 15:56 UTC
Very well done. The game seems very polished for being done in 48 hours. The challenge of the obstacles forcing you to use the portals was a good idea. The music was a little annoying after a while though.
reaver
25. Aug 2014 · 15:58 UTC
Pretty cool! Wishing for a bigger level and it was hard to move up and down without being able to see the enemies. Maybe add some more hit points would have helped. The moving saws were a nice touch.
X-0r
25. Aug 2014 · 16:00 UTC
Lovely graphics, and cool design. It's good to be able to rely on the order of where the blades come from. Makes it easier to plan (and to facepalm, if you forget the connections again)
The bottom-left portal is a bit tricky, because you fall down from the same area as the enemies... I suicided that way more than once.
🎤 nickculbertson
25. Aug 2014 · 16:10 UTC
Wow! Great feedback everyone. Thanks!
riktothepast
25. Aug 2014 · 16:47 UTC
It's a fun game, maybe the music is too annorying.
jpmit
25. Aug 2014 · 16:52 UTC
Nice game!
43iscoding
25. Aug 2014 · 18:03 UTC
Pretty funny. At first I did not notice portals, and then I just accidentally stepped into it and 'WAAAH!' :D
jawm
25. Aug 2014 · 18:04 UTC
audio too loud, also not much to do with theme. still a fun game, good idea forcing the player to use portals to avoid the obstacles!
Pinqu
25. Aug 2014 · 18:23 UTC
Nice game, but its hard to see what's happening above you. Also rapidly pressing left shift brings up a windows message for sticky keys, perhaps a left control is a better option.
kyyrma
25. Aug 2014 · 18:32 UTC
The music is... rather morbid. I was expecting something more humorous. Nicely polished entry.
Vallar
25. Aug 2014 · 21:16 UTC
That game was fun and I really loved the art. Great job with the portals too.
I liked the concept.

I didn't feel the music matched the "whimsical" feel of the game but it was an OK loop nonetheless. :)
mr.possoms
25. Aug 2014 · 22:28 UTC
Good job, those saw blades caught me by surprise :)
AdricZero
26. Aug 2014 · 13:08 UTC
Did not care for the mouse button to shoot.
simileinchen
26. Aug 2014 · 21:15 UTC
Cool game! However the opponents were no real challenge
Kato
26. Aug 2014 · 21:17 UTC
Fun little score-attack, reminds me of Super Crate Box. It would be fun to shoot bullets through the portals. I like the background track.
Naytron
26. Aug 2014 · 21:17 UTC
Those dudes were indeed RUDE. Fun game, could imagine it getting hectic with loads more rude dudes in there! Might benefit from something telling you which direction the blade is coming from so you can plan ahead a little?
FeYbraNt
26. Aug 2014 · 21:19 UTC
It's a cool game, very friendly, easy to understand and scalable. Good job.
Nut
26. Aug 2014 · 21:22 UTC
Neat! Thought it was going to be easy until the moving pillar things started coming, but then it was pretty challenging.
nerd burglars
26. Aug 2014 · 21:22 UTC
This game was fun, but I wish it had been a little more difficult. After I memorized the sequence of the moving wall, it got pretty easy. It reminds me of a game I've played before, or maybe I'm imagining things again..
Spang
26. Aug 2014 · 21:32 UTC
Very Nice game, I liked the portal idea, the only "problem" i found was the player moving slower, and jumping moving really fast. But in general is a good game. ^^
AtomicVikings
26. Aug 2014 · 21:56 UTC
great gameplay! the music put me off a little though. other than that: Great work! you've earned that beer!
Split82
26. Aug 2014 · 21:58 UTC
Nicely done platformer. Really a lot of fun.
OnlySlightly
26. Aug 2014 · 22:22 UTC
Really cool visuals, I feel like I really got the hang of those portals. Great job!
DragonXVI
26. Aug 2014 · 23:03 UTC
Could've done with a bit of polish on the effects? The blood splat's a bit too weak, and wasn't immediately obvious what the portals were. Like the trick of getting past the big spikey thing using the portals though!
Hyoga-3D
26. Aug 2014 · 23:19 UTC
Nice little game, just one thing is that is very difficult to escape from the guys when you are on top of the screen, maybe you could add something to let player know that has na enemy coming.
mrexcessive
27. Aug 2014 · 20:05 UTC
Hi there. Like the animations and gameplay. Found it a bit hard once the blades arrived, survived first three of those both times I played. Good professional production.
alvivar
28. Aug 2014 · 20:19 UTC
good idea for an arcade.

when i appear up, most of the time I get killed, probably the spawning zone for the monster should be placed somewhere else... i think.
varun
29. Aug 2014 · 06:38 UTC
Great shooting mechanics, and awesome music!
awesomeusername
30. Aug 2014 · 17:07 UTC
Nicely done. I was expecting some sort of goal other than staying alive, but it turned out that was difficult enough. :P Interesting and innovate gameplay, I like it.
Jupiter_Hadley
07. Sep 2014 · 22:59 UTC
Fun game! I included it in part 21 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/5xO0Ucfr9co