The oil eater by xrm0

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made by xrm0 for LD28 (COMPO)
#nokill

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 2.81 657
Audio 1.33 775
Fun 2.86 498
Graphics 2.51 709
Humor 2.89 260
Innovation 2.46 773
Mood 2.29 804
Theme 1.97 925

Feedback

Snail_Man
16. Dec 2013 路 18:18 UTC
Nice little arcade game. It controlled smoothly, and was quite polished. Good job.
drludos
16. Dec 2013 路 18:18 UTC
Nice little game!
LastResortGames
16. Dec 2013 路 18:19 UTC
Good Job overall. It's a cute little game. I thought the Arrows were pointing to goals I wanted to hit though. They are apparently pointing towards obstacles. After I understood that it I started to at least stop losing as much points. I still managed to maintain a solid 0 score though. ><
馃帳 xrm0
16. Dec 2013 路 18:37 UTC
@LastResortGames you are right, the arrow is ambiguous to mark the obstacles. I should have used something else (a 'danger' road sign, a skull with cross bones, or some other thing)
zwishy
16. Dec 2013 路 18:40 UTC
Really fun, small game. I love the smooth physics.
Donutttt
16. Dec 2013 路 18:45 UTC
Fun controls, though a little difficult to get used to. Fun though and funny.
Tsumei
16. Dec 2013 路 18:55 UTC
Never before have I crammed so much oil down the throat of a child.

The one critique I have is that the viewport of the game feels a little slim, and it's not that it takes away from gameplay directly. But you lose a lot of the sensation of depth with the Kid always being a relative distance away.

Not sure how to fix that, But it might be something to keep in mind when doing diggy games.
Fun to play :)
Coblynau
16. Dec 2013 路 19:16 UTC
Why I would feed someone oil I'm not sure, but this game was great fun, before being melted by magma. ;) I found the controls were very slippery, but that might just be me.
Hypnohustla
16. Dec 2013 路 19:19 UTC
Never thought I'd have to feed oil to a child. :P Had fun playing it. The drill moved a bit too fast to my liking but that's the challenge I guess. :)
lubos
16. Dec 2013 路 19:38 UTC
Poor child. I liked the controls, makes it more challenging. :)
Kvisle
16. Dec 2013 路 20:06 UTC
Fun little game - really hard to master, I hit a lot more rocks than oil pockets -- I tend to try to avoid everything that huddles towards me for some reason, regardless of what it is.
mrjordan
16. Dec 2013 路 20:38 UTC
Hard to control, but that's the point. :) Very fun, I can see challenging my friends to beat my score in this.
cappelnord
17. Dec 2013 路 19:27 UTC
I think it would be easier to play if your drill head would automatically point straight down after a movement to the left/right. So you have to press the S key, otherwise it's very hard to control. It would also have been great if there was a funny explanation why the child wants to eat all the oil.
Team-KwaKwa
18. Dec 2013 路 11:45 UTC
Very fun game. It is very nervous!
馃帳 xrm0
18. Dec 2013 路 12:30 UTC
@cappelnord Yes. I think it would have been better if, like you said, the drill automatically points down on key release
joserodolfofreitas
18. Dec 2013 路 13:17 UTC
The game is fun and the controls are nice. Casual enough to be appealing for smartphone market, specially if you work with accelerometer. Nice job!
joserodolfofreitas
18. Dec 2013 路 14:08 UTC
btw, where were you stuck at my game? at the first platform? or at the quick time event?
馃帳 xrm0
18. Dec 2013 路 14:39 UTC
Added a comment on your entry about it
Raphy
18. Dec 2013 路 22:20 UTC
Fun game with smooth controls. Simple but catchy. Why the hell do we have to feed a child ?? :D
Linus Lindberg
19. Dec 2013 路 12:57 UTC
So... hard! D:
But fun! ^^
recursor
19. Dec 2013 路 18:22 UTC
An oil-eating kid. Boy that brings back memories. Why the last time I saw one of those was back in ... oh wait ... I've never seen an oil-eating kid before.
Snuti
19. Dec 2013 路 23:52 UTC
Interesting game :) The controls were smooth and nice. I do hope the child is ok after eating so much oil.
rnlf
20. Dec 2013 路 08:53 UTC
Nice short one. If you go in the maximum horizontal speed, the drill hole is not drawn connected anymore. But this didn't take away the fun of the game. Oh, and controls are a bit too sensitive for my taste. Slower overall pace and more inert controls would make for a stronger feeling of "I'm deep underground and have to drill a hole".

Enjoyed it!
netmute
20. Dec 2013 路 17:41 UTC
Fun little dodging game :) The controls were a bit hard though.
psc1997
24. Dec 2013 路 13:17 UTC
Good little game! Challenging too! Like it!
RocketDuke
24. Dec 2013 路 13:21 UTC
Really nice arcade game with great controls and graphics! Would be even better with version for IOS/Android.
Nelien
24. Dec 2013 路 13:29 UTC
Fun game and I like that it ends rather than going on forever like many of these runners do. More gameplay diversity would be nice.
Xanjos
27. Dec 2013 路 01:36 UTC
Pretty short but fun game (The premise of an oil eating kid is rather weird).
bttf
27. Dec 2013 路 12:42 UTC
Nice concept and great that its a web game! The entire design of it is cohesive, it all goes together very well. Nice job
01rafael
28. Dec 2013 路 12:25 UTC
Amazing simple and fun game!
I like this style! )
bodsey
29. Dec 2013 路 13:24 UTC
Smooth controls, simple but effective idea. I don't get the link with the main theme of LD, though
Hypermagical
30. Dec 2013 路 13:21 UTC
I like the mechanics and the general idea of the game. I had a lot of trouble controlling it because the controls were so sensitive that I was careening all over the screen. Maybe that was intentional, but it felt like the player has no inertia and made it more about fighting the controls. My score was 10666 barrels, with 14/13 oil/rocks.
Jod
02. Jan 2014 路 23:53 UTC
29291 barrels of oil. Fun concept! Could do with a simple soundloop thingy.
archaeometrician
04. Jan 2014 路 05:18 UTC
Haha feed the child ;) It was not as easy as I initially though, it's a challenging game !
AlexFili
04. Jan 2014 路 10:16 UTC
Pretty clever. I actually enjoyed this a great deal despite the simple gameplay.
joppiesaus
04. Jan 2014 路 13:56 UTC
Fun game. Controls could be better, but that's the only complain I've got. Good job!
sudorossy
04. Jan 2014 路 16:35 UTC
Wow, really nice! It's pretty difficult, but in a good way.
BradleySmith
04. Jan 2014 路 20:01 UTC
Really smooth controls and an interesting take on the theme.
van noctar
05. Jan 2014 路 03:27 UTC
Addictive and innovate!
burlapjack
05. Jan 2014 路 08:29 UTC
I liked this game. The whole oil-eating kid thing kinda had me scratching my head, but smooth game overall.
JabirAlsaidi
05. Jan 2014 路 15:53 UTC
I think the oil that child drink it enough to go around the world:]. Nice game and easy control.
AmmarAlsharekh
05. Jan 2014 路 16:10 UTC
Good game, I wished that you have added the option to play using the mouse
pjchardt
05. Jan 2014 路 18:27 UTC
Love the premise for the game! Controls were a bit to sensitive for me, but there was a nice moment where I was almost slaloming down left and right hitting oil patches. Maybe you could add some extra benefit to players that carve out a smooth path in the rock?