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Ben Eath the Surf Ace by mr_tag

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made by mr_tag for LD29 (JAM)
Ben Eath is an ex Surf Ace trying his big comeback. This dude is so f*ing COOL he even can control the waves!

How HIGH can you get? Be careful though: when you come back down and hit the waves again you should not be in the middle of a trick and your board has to be more or less horizontal to get the points!

Made in unity by Christoph (programming), Tobi (art), Dominik (programming), Patrick (art) and Patrick (sounds&music).
Web (unity) http://chasing-carrots.com/beneath/
Linux (untested) http://chasing-carrots.com/beneath/beneath_linux.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=12297

Ratings

Coolness 54% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.50 181
Audio(Jam) 3.51 168
Fun(Jam) 3.29 195
Graphics(Jam) 4.20 94
Humor(Jam) 3.51 94
Innovation(Jam) 3.27 261
Mood(Jam) 3.46 196
Theme(Jam) 3.36 271

Feedback

MintArcade
28. Apr 2014 · 20:09 UTC
I nearly make an orbit - good game ;)
Wakka
28. Apr 2014 · 20:11 UTC
graphics are very good, especially the waves :-) I didn't really get the controls right: sometimes I jumped hundreds of meters high, sometimes only half a meter or so.
Dominator_101
28. Apr 2014 · 20:29 UTC
Another Surf Ace game? How can I say no!

Pretty fun! No idea how I'm supposed to make a good wave, but I got to a height of like 300 so there's that :P

Nice audio and graphics, too.

Overall, I'd give it a rating of: Gnarly!
Catmoo
28. Apr 2014 · 20:30 UTC
Really nice play on the theme and quite fun to play, plus looks awesome.

Woulda liked more tricks but of course we all have time constraints ;)
Lucariatias
28. Apr 2014 · 20:31 UTC
Pretty fun, no matter what I did I didn't seem to be scoring anything, and the physics & controls were a bit fiddly.
Other than that, nice game.
cirpig29
28. Apr 2014 · 20:32 UTC
A very nice Game and a very very great interpretation of the Ludum-theme. Unfortunately I did not understand how to get any points (may be I play to seldom games).
lamphj
28. Apr 2014 · 20:34 UTC
AWESOME! Fun game, good graphics, creative use of the theme. I loved it!!
Pietro Ferrantelli
28. Apr 2014 · 20:35 UTC
Great game ! I love the gameplay ant the graphics ! It's a really fun entry, I enjoyed it a lot :) Amazing job for less than 2 days ;)
João Kucera
28. Apr 2014 · 20:45 UTC
Awesome graphics!
SimonLarsen
28. Apr 2014 · 20:50 UTC
Really great job. The wave mechanic is a lot of fun and getting mad air time feels great. The announcer was a bit jarring though.

Overall really cool. And thanks for providing a Linux binary. It worked flawlessly (Arch Linux x86)
White Rabbit Games
28. Apr 2014 · 22:28 UTC
Pretty fun, but the control was a little difficult with keyboard
Korwegian
29. Apr 2014 · 00:25 UTC
2010 points
GertJohnny
29. Apr 2014 · 06:26 UTC
Radical game! I'm into the art style for sure, gameplay felt a bit slow at times though. I was using a keyboard, though, I might give it another go with a controller later.
lord
29. Apr 2014 · 07:12 UTC
Awesome. You made the same pun as us!
BlazingFanfish
29. Apr 2014 · 14:33 UTC
Great game! Also it's pretty funny :)
Xaychru04
29. Apr 2014 · 16:51 UTC
Haha I like how you used the theme, really nice idea! The graphisms are cool, the music too, I enjoyed it a lot! :]
Afal
29. Apr 2014 · 20:42 UTC
This owns
Mekuri
29. Apr 2014 · 20:46 UTC
Had trouble mastering the controls, but did pull of a few tricks. I really liked the animation of the character and the waves. The idea was great, and the game felt polished.
dejant
29. Apr 2014 · 20:53 UTC
Nice graphics!
Snowflower
29. Apr 2014 · 21:16 UTC
very cool, love the name of the game haha.
It took me a few playthroughs to get the hang of making waves to get a ton of air and score points.
BrothersT
30. Apr 2014 · 02:54 UTC
haha. had to check out one of these surf ace games and I wasn't dissapointed. didn't quite get exactly what up and down did to the waves. if anything it seemed like they were the wrong way round. nice game!
edibletoaster
30. Apr 2014 · 07:23 UTC
Nice theme interpretation. Looks pretty cool. I sucked at the game but it was pretty amusing
ande765a
30. Apr 2014 · 16:31 UTC
Nice game! Had a great time playing it :)
icereci
03. May 2014 · 11:29 UTC
liked it. It was hard for me to combo the jumps :)
gj
TeamPurpleDolphins
03. May 2014 · 20:42 UTC
Very well done. Looks quite polished and was pretty fun to play too.
Lyje
04. May 2014 · 15:41 UTC
Found it quite hard to do the tricks in time! Love the theme though :P
MrBlade
04. May 2014 · 16:44 UTC
Really fun an interesting game. The sounds are nice, art is good, and the gameplay is solid. I really liked seeing my waves being created as I made them. I found this game hard to play with a keyboard, but it was quite fun and easy with a controller. Good work!
radmars
04. May 2014 · 20:37 UTC
Awesome! Reminds me of Skate or California Games :D
Rick Hoppmann
04. May 2014 · 22:35 UTC
This game made me rage quit ...
I failed hard to get any points. Loopings didn't brings score and when doing a trick using 1, 2 or 3 he didn't get back on board.

I'm sure it is cool once you get the hang out of it and I really like graphics and sound, but otherwise it just is frustrating.
recursor
11. May 2014 · 21:54 UTC
I never could get any points. Still, it was pretty fun. Nice job.
Romko Pidstryhach
11. May 2014 · 22:20 UTC
Really fun game.
sP0CkEr2
16. May 2014 · 00:46 UTC
fun game but I never get a score - awesome game - adding to my foavorites