Oscar's World [You Only Get One Childhood] by Gazpacho Games

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made by Gazpacho Games for LD28 (JAM)
This is the story of a child called Oscar. He fights against the boring reality using his imagination.

CONTROLS
Use 'A' and 'D' to move.
Use 'J' to jump and 'K' to attack.

Special thanks to acfike, Kistol and Gobusto for the music.

We hope you enjoy it!

Thanks!

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.13 249
Audio(Jam) 2.79 288
Fun(Jam) 2.52 395
Graphics(Jam) 3.46 196
Humor(Jam) 2.41 249
Innovation(Jam) 2.40 420
Mood(Jam) 3.23 166
Theme(Jam) 2.78 257

Feedback

DavidErosa
16. Dec 2013 · 13:28 UTC
Una dificultad digna de GazpachoGames :)
¡Enhorabuena!
NachoDA
16. Dec 2013 · 16:51 UTC
Awesome job, guys!

I love your interpretation of "You Only Get One". Most people have made a game with one item, one power or something concrete. You used it in a very original and beuty form.

At first, the game seems so hard (maybe a Dark Souls' spin off?), but the more you play the more you realize how to do it better.

Cool and varied graphics!
DallOner
16. Dec 2013 · 17:21 UTC
Dios como es de jodido el salto! despues de 10mins de practica ya lo demas sale facil xD
errorage
16. Dec 2013 · 18:09 UTC
"You only get one childhood" is a great interpretation of the theme. The game is great, but it has one really annoying characteristic: When you change direction, your character's feet move in the opposite direction to the direction you want to move in. So if you're near a ledge, and want to back up, he'll swing a little bit in the opposite direction, falling over the ledge you wanted to avoid.
Gazpachogames
16. Dec 2013 · 18:28 UTC
Thanks for all.

Errorage// We try to fix the bug... Thanks for the advice!
Fogokhost
16. Dec 2013 · 18:30 UTC
¡Me ha gustado mucho el juego! ¡Completado de principio a fin! El estilo y el tema son muy bonitos :D
La dificultad no está nada mal, me ha encantado el nivel de huir corriendo (¡gran música también!) y el del avión especialmente.

Cosillas que como jugador le pondría pegas:
- El salto. Se hace muy raro que el personaje se mueva tan rápido cuando anda lento y se tarda un rato en acostumbrarse uno xD
- Los sonidos de los efectos a mi al menos se me han hecho un poco pesados después de oírlos varias veces.

Por lo demás, estupendo trabajo, sabiendo el tiempo en el que ha sido producido, ¡es muy buen juego!
OmegaVesko
16. Dec 2013 · 18:30 UTC
The game is hard, but not in a good way - it's hard because the controls and movement are very subpar.

I love your theme, though.
Gazpachogames
16. Dec 2013 · 18:37 UTC
Thanks Fogokhost and OmegaVesko.

We are working in change the controls... ;)
ThatGuy
16. Dec 2013 · 18:38 UTC
Very cool take on the theme. The game is difficult, but not too much so, except that airplane level =P My only gripe was that jumping felt too fast, especially compared to horizontal movement. The story was also really well done. Great work!
phi6
16. Dec 2013 · 18:38 UTC
Great graphics and voice recorded sounds! Playability wise, I found the gravity to be rather unforgiving, which made the game quite difficult, so I would have preferred looser jumping! I would recommend implementing Sonic Physics (http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_Physics_Guide) and getting a feel on how to implement a really good platforming engine, it certainly helped me! Overall, good job in the time alloted :)
Gazpachogames
16. Dec 2013 · 18:42 UTC
Thanks ThatGuy and phi6.

The airplane level...muahaha :P

We are working to do a better game with your comments... Thanks!
postmodestie
16. Dec 2013 · 20:01 UTC
Excelsior!
jimmypaulin
16. Dec 2013 · 20:05 UTC
Beautiful artwork and backgrounds, love the theme setting text and moodiness. Quite sombre and reflective! As others have mentioned the controls are rather unforgiving - but as a fellow WASD+mouse developer I sympathise! Love the music too
WojWorks
16. Dec 2013 · 20:07 UTC
Fantastic tone! ...less than fantastic jump. Seriously, fix that thing.
🎤 Gazpacho Games
16. Dec 2013 · 20:09 UTC
Hehehehe...thanks postmodestie, jimmypaulin and WojWorks.

We are fixing the bugs... :)
rvaquero82
16. Dec 2013 · 23:26 UTC
Grande señores, cada vez subís mas el listón.
LastResortGames
17. Dec 2013 · 00:00 UTC
Great Job. all of the characters are really cute.

Side Note: Since you used Unity I would suggest exporting a Linux build. The Web player does not work on Linux machines yet.
vallde
17. Dec 2013 · 00:01 UTC
Liked the theme and the variety of gameplay, but some mechanics feel a bit weird (like the jump during the first levels). And some levels feel like a memory game, since the camera is so close you don't have time to react and all you can do is repeat it until you memorized it.
ParaPup
17. Dec 2013 · 00:39 UTC
Great job on the game you had some intresting concept.
OnlySlightly
17. Dec 2013 · 01:30 UTC
I liked the art style and story. Very difficult though!
MrTedders
17. Dec 2013 · 06:06 UTC
Very creative use of the theme! A little more work on the jumping and movement however.
🎤 Gazpacho Games
17. Dec 2013 · 14:25 UTC
Thanks for all yours comments, guys. We're totally new in platfomers so we still have a lot of work to make it feel right but all these advices are very helpful.

About the Linux build, we'll try to release it as soon as posible. Thanks for the warning LastResortGames!
henrykun
17. Dec 2013 · 20:16 UTC
Not only the graphics but the audio is awesome too. I love the character and backgrounds, also the story is very nice. Well done!
rogueNoodle
18. Dec 2013 · 10:18 UTC
Loved the theme and style of this one - difficulty was a bit much though, particularly in the nightmare portion. Great job overall :)
glovecat
19. Dec 2013 · 10:48 UTC
Good music, sound, an polished graphics :) good job!
fullmontis
19. Dec 2013 · 11:09 UTC
The controls are too frustrating. I had to stop playing after a while because it took me two minutes to get a jump right. It makes the game frustrating. But I enjoy the idea and the implementation.
🎤 Gazpacho Games
19. Dec 2013 · 11:19 UTC
Hi all! Thanks for your comments!

:D
occash
19. Dec 2013 · 17:26 UTC
Good story and veeeery good graphics! But sound is very annoying)
Yaru
19. Dec 2013 · 20:28 UTC
Very good! The jump feels a bit weird, and the automatic scroller level is difficult, but overall, a very good work, congratulations!
Snuti
30. Dec 2013 · 12:42 UTC
Very nice concept and I loved how you integrated the story into the levels :) I found it a bit hard on the dark level but was really fun to play, well done :)
van noctar
06. Jan 2014 · 17:20 UTC
Waou! Very good game! Five star everywhere exept for the theme! Good job !
TheStrawHatBerry
09. Jan 2014 · 10:52 UTC
I made a vid of the game here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_M582iUdSA
🎤 Gazpacho Games
10. Jan 2014 · 12:00 UTC
Thanks all! We really appreciate your comments =)
@TheStawHatBerry Wow! That's really amazing, thanks a lot!