Life According To Bob by Ariake81
An action puzzle platformer that spans an entire lifetime of a man and his one and only heart. Bob.
DOWNLOADABLE VERSIONS (OSX/WIN/LINUX) CONTAIN GAMEPAD SUPPORT!!!
CONTROLS:
walk left: A or Left D-PAD
walk right: D or Right D-PAD
jump (if you've dropped the heart): W or B pad button
pick up heart: P or X pad button
drop heart: L or Y pad button
Swap to Ruby: K or R pad trigger
Swap back to Bob: O or L pad trigger
Exit Game: Esc or Select button
Restart Level if your stuck: R or Start button
Life is Complicated and Bob just wants to be happy.
Help him to work his way through life.
Find your way with your heart.
YOU ONLY GET ONE.....
>>> 5 exciting and brain teasing levels!
>>> hand drawn worlds and animation!
>>> epic piano soundtrack!
>>> two characters to control that age as you progress!
>>> fiendish puzzles that test your timing and tactics to the full!
DOWNLOADABLE VERSIONS (OSX/WIN/LINUX) CONTAIN GAMEPAD SUPPORT!!!
CONTROLS:
walk left: A or Left D-PAD
walk right: D or Right D-PAD
jump (if you've dropped the heart): W or B pad button
pick up heart: P or X pad button
drop heart: L or Y pad button
Swap to Ruby: K or R pad trigger
Swap back to Bob: O or L pad trigger
Exit Game: Esc or Select button
Restart Level if your stuck: R or Start button
Life is Complicated and Bob just wants to be happy.
Help him to work his way through life.
Find your way with your heart.
YOU ONLY GET ONE.....
>>> 5 exciting and brain teasing levels!
>>> hand drawn worlds and animation!
>>> epic piano soundtrack!
>>> two characters to control that age as you progress!
>>> fiendish puzzles that test your timing and tactics to the full!
| WEB | https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16241399/index.html |
| MAC OSX (inc Gamepad support) | https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16241399/Bob%20game%20LD48%2028%20osx.zip |
| LINUX (inc Gamepad support | https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16241399/Bob%20game%20LD48%2028%20linux32.zip |
| WINDOWS (inc Gamepad support | https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16241399/Bob%20game%20LD48%2028%20win32.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=19384 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 63% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.64 | 76 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.48 | 90 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.91 | 251 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.03 | 97 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.00 | 363 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.31 | 114 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.88 | 29 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.67 | 43 |
One note: sometimes you get stuck as Ruby & can't switch back to Bob. Or maybe I missed a bit of text where it says there was a reason for that. :/
The first level was a bit difficult off the bat, though.
And I think I found a bug there as well. If you walk straight forward, over the elevator on the bottom, and move past it to the ground on the other side, you can no longer drop the heart.
Cheers!
I guess this followed the theme about as well as my game did, i.e. as a story element rather than a mechanic (though you did it better than me). I usually always say the theme should be in the mechanic, but I didn't stick to that myself this time either.
I'm not the greatest fan of quotes like these, but I did agree with the last one. It was a nice touch how the last quote made the game start over. However, the physics had messed up that time around, and the heart just fell straight through the ground as soon as it was dropped. that seemed to be the case of some previous levels too. I don't know if it was supposed to be that way. I managed to finish the game, anyhow, but not to rebeat the first level under these conditions.
All in all, well done!