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Cry Baby by Elforama

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made by Elforama for LD29 (COMPO)
FIXES:
- There was a platforming glitch that made it impossible to play, this should be fixed now.
- Win conditions couldn't be called at end. This has been fixed, you can now actually "win" the game.

STORY:

You're a young girl trying to get out of a cavern. You're scared of many things and easily cry. If you cry to much you will die of dehydration! Can you make it out alive?


RULES:

A & D to move.
Spacebar to jump
Shift to throw tears


RUSH NOTES:

- FYI Orange things in the cave are simply a lack of polish, they don't do anything and aren't anything.
-She's not supposed to cry when you're above ground, but I guess she is a bigger cry baby than I had originally anticipated =P
- No time to add sound, maybe I'll upload a non compo version with sound later down the road.


POST THOUGHTS

- I'd like to add an endgame that feels like you actually won.
- Let the player pick between a boy or girl.
- Expand more on the tear concept.
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17977745/Ludum%20Dare%2029/Cry%20Baby%20Jump%20Fixed/Cry%20Baby.html
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17977745/Ludum%20Dare%2029/Scripts.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=23982

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.28 453
Audio 1.79 962
Fun 3.14 440
Graphics 3.66 260
Humor 3.29 149
Innovation 3.39 333
Mood 2.98 566
Theme 2.91 844

Feedback

Sim00n
28. Apr 2014 路 02:32 UTC
The game doesn't work. You can't press the spacebar.
馃帳 Elforama
28. Apr 2014 路 02:35 UTC
It works for me just fine, did you make sure to click on the game area first?
SteveSalmond
28. Apr 2014 路 02:36 UTC
I like the tears mechanic and how you've tied it into the theme - very original. :)
Recursiveanomaly
28. Apr 2014 路 02:37 UTC
I like how she melts when she dies of "dehydration" :D
ultramailman
28. Apr 2014 路 02:39 UTC
Nice. Sometimes she can get stuck at the platforms and the robot bits.
Anny
28. Apr 2014 路 02:39 UTC
Really liked the tears concept, cute graphics n.n. Sometimes you get stuck in the border of the cliff and its kinda tricky.
ZQMony
28. Apr 2014 路 02:40 UTC
Very original concept.
NicoM
28. Apr 2014 路 02:44 UTC
Brutally hard, but really nice:) I noticed that I often couldnt jump when I was in the corner of a tile, very interesting concept as well, nice job:)
IAmSpencer
28. Apr 2014 路 02:45 UTC
The player tends to get stuck on the corner of blocks, other than that I love the lighting and the graphics. The pool of tears is funny and clever. Good job for 48 hours :)
terraco
28. Apr 2014 路 03:13 UTC
HA! We were discussing making a game similar to this at the start of the dare!
Somfunambulist
28. Apr 2014 路 03:28 UTC
Great game, great premise. Brutally difficult, I had to stop or I'd dehydrate from crying irl. Loved it though.
ramgilead
28. Apr 2014 路 03:55 UTC
fun concept.... if you made it easier, it could be a good subway game.
pixelpun
28. Apr 2014 路 04:06 UTC
Can't get the game to work... Spacebar isn't working.
omaha
28. Apr 2014 路 04:12 UTC
This was hilarious. I really wish there was a soundtrack or some audio effects.
DrPrettyPatty
28. Apr 2014 路 04:12 UTC
This was awesome, I laughed when you called it the Pool of Tears
PriorBlue
28. Apr 2014 路 05:14 UTC
Wow, this is realy a nice plot good idea, but the gameplay is a little bit to hard for me. :)
FyberOptic
28. Apr 2014 路 05:16 UTC
The concept of the tears of a little girl in a scary place being the primary gameplay mechanic is pretty unique. The graphics are pretty nice, too. Definitely difficult, but I'd like to see where you take this from here. Great job!
Lacaranian
28. Apr 2014 路 05:31 UTC
Tricky... I kept getting stuck on the corners when I jumped. Wonderful pixel art. A good reason to always stay hydrated.
Empyrealhell
28. Apr 2014 路 05:37 UTC
That was really hard, but not in a good way. I was constantly getting stuck on edges. Having to jump off the very edge of a platform that you roll off of or get stuck on wasn't fun.
Brian Stegmann
28. Apr 2014 路 05:37 UTC
Very fun and wacky mechanic. I thought I made it to the surface, but she kept crying. Is that supposed to happen? My only gripe is that sometimes the character wouldn't move left despite pressing the key.
BallpointPress
28. Apr 2014 路 05:40 UTC
I'm pasting all the Unity based games into FireFox as Chrom doesn't play nicely with it on my system. This game is pretty solid platforming. I'm working on some side scrollers and I'm going to implement a smoothly accelerating camera like in this game.
louiscarl
28. Apr 2014 路 05:52 UTC
Loved it! It's indeed pretty hard, but the concept was original and silly. I really like the idea of shooting your vital tears to kill enemies.
Slader16
28. Apr 2014 路 06:25 UTC
I like the tears, and the art is superb!
PaperBlurt
28. Apr 2014 路 07:12 UTC
eerie mood and amazing pixel work!
GAFBlizzard
28. Apr 2014 路 07:44 UTC
The idea of crying and throwing tears is funny, and the graphics are cute and consistent. Unfortunately, every platform having a pixel down on each edge makes the controls SUPER frustrating, since you can either get stuck on the front side, or slide off the back and get stuck. The loss-of-balance animation plays, but you can't jump or run back on. Maybe that was on purpose, but I felt like it hurt the game more than helped it. Also, I noticed a robot did not respawn when I retried. I'm not sure if that was intentional or not.
GAFBlizzard
28. Apr 2014 路 07:45 UTC
The idea of crying and throwing tears is funny, and the graphics are cute and consistent. Unfortunately, every platform having a pixel down on each edge makes the controls SUPER frustrating, since you can either get stuck on the front side, or slide off the back and get stuck. The loss-of-balance animation plays, but you can't jump or run back on. Maybe that was on purpose, but I felt like it hurt the game more than helped it. Also, I noticed a robot did not respawn when I retried. I'm not sure if that was intentional or not.

Oh, and either jump should be higher or more floaty or both, in my opinion -- I think it might feel a lot better then.
馃帳 Elforama
28. Apr 2014 路 15:31 UTC
Due to the number on mentions I've linked a new Web version that has the platforming edge glitch fixed. The player should no longer get stuck on edges making it near impossible to complete for many people.
UnixXNova
28. Apr 2014 路 16:40 UTC
unresponsive controls when you hit the edges of platforms other than that nice concept + art good entry
ALobker
28. Apr 2014 路 16:41 UTC
Tried to play it, but platforming glitch is still there.
icereci
28. Apr 2014 路 18:12 UTC
Got stuck, failed the left most jump after the pool of tears. Is it passable normally?
tacs
28. Apr 2014 路 18:23 UTC
I like the tears idea. Very easy to get stuck on the corner of blocks, neither falling nor able to get up.
馃帳 Elforama
28. Apr 2014 路 18:30 UTC
Okay, I was shown this running on a windows machine. Now I see what you mean by impassable. I'll try to get a fix for this as soon as I can. On my mac I can make it pass.
Jools64
28. Apr 2014 路 19:31 UTC
Pretty funny and cute game. I found the collisions to be a little strange at times. Touching the side of a wall seemed to kill my upward momentum which was a little annoying. Everything else was great though. I liked the use of lighting to enhance the visuals and the crying mechanic was quite interesting. I liked sacrificing life for bullets.

Great job!
Pietro Ferrantelli
28. Apr 2014 路 19:52 UTC
Very solid entry ! I love your pixel art (the baby is so cute), I found the animations hilarious. There is a great atmosphere and I really enjoyed this small experience based on a lovely concept.
pawegio
28. Apr 2014 路 20:48 UTC
Only missing sound, but very fun!
FuzzyWuzzie
29. Apr 2014 路 01:03 UTC
I like the mechanics, and the graphics are adorable! I kept getting stuck on the edges of platforms though, making things nearly impossible :(
Robber
29. Apr 2014 路 03:15 UTC
crybaby...yeah..kinda cute
funny concept..
ChuiGum
29. Apr 2014 路 04:09 UTC
Haha love the title, and love the concept. Very very original, fun too :D
Lars Faust
29. Apr 2014 路 10:42 UTC
There was a bug for me after which i could not go right anymore. Did not appear during second playthrough. Nice platformer!
Seraphic Media
29. Apr 2014 路 13:14 UTC
Nice platformer. Holy cow great work in 48 hours. I think the written instructions in the game said move with A and S but it's A and D. I died the first time :'( lol
PapyGaragos
29. Apr 2014 路 16:11 UTC
That death animation OO
I can see you gave a lot of attention to the art. The game is really cute
JumbocactuarX27
30. Apr 2014 路 00:31 UTC
I feel like your game wants to be more of a resource management game but playing it felt more like I was just trying to quickly make a series of jumps and hope I got to the next pool fast enough. I never felt like I was doing anything with my tears other than praying that I had enough to make the next set of jumps.
zatyka
30. Apr 2014 路 00:31 UTC
A cute, sweet little game. Sticking to the walls was my biggest gripe. The tears running out was an interesting idea. Nice job.
eufrik
30. Apr 2014 路 05:48 UTC
Good Game. Although it's hard to control the character (the jump).
randoman
30. Apr 2014 路 09:18 UTC
Loved the pixel art! The game mechanic is very interesting and original! Oh, and during the climb to the surface the character was still crying when I reached the daylight. She stopped crying only after I moved further. Don't know if it was supposed to be like this
SaintHeiser
01. May 2014 路 06:31 UTC
Ahahahah. Pull of tears makes me laught a lot =)
Interesting concept. But luggy as hell. I haven't patience buggy jumps and wall stucking.
MaesK
02. May 2014 路 14:23 UTC
Nice sprite, is kind of adorable when crying :D

Good idea with lightning, but platforms were somewhat tricky (and sticky) sometimes, making some sections randomly hard.

Well done!
csanyk
10. May 2014 路 17:05 UTC
Nice:) I think that space bar is the most clumsy feeling button for action, it is too big and slow, so I wish I could map it to a different key. I also thought that I was a bit too slippery and kept falling off the smaller platforms too easily. I like the crying innovation. It was an interesting constraint on game play.