Space Jumper by DJLad97

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made by DJLad97 for LD28 (COMPO)
Forgot to add:
W - Jump.
You only get one jump, you have to hit the boosts.

Well after scraping my first idea after the first day, I made this in about 15 hours, so it's not as polished as you would expect after 2 days. I finished this at 1:30am (while hungry and tired), so I haven't really tested it. (Be cool if you could report me any bugs :) ) This didn't go as well as my first one back in the summer, but I got something completed and is out there and that's want I always want to achieve. Not expecting to people enjoy as much as my last entry, but oh well. (Excuse my grammar and construction of sentence - I'm really tired and starving)

XNA Required:

My speech as I put it for LD27

You will need to download XNA and the .NET framework.
Before you say: "What?! A download!" You might as well download it because you might need to install it in the future anyway as many games use xna in this compo and outside it as well. (DLC Quest, Super Meat boy (I think), Dead Pixels, Capsized and Terraria. It's very popular with indie game devs.

.NET 4 (You might have it or not):
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851
Xna:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914

My Timelapse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQbHN-9ePqA&feature=youtu.be

Ratings

Coolness 53% 3
Overall 2.54 846
Audio 2.39 554
Fun 3.08 349
Graphics 2.54 695
Humor 2.06 575
Innovation 2.25 864
Mood 2.21 841
Theme 2.54 689

Feedback

Brunodev
16. Dec 2013 路 18:00 UTC
I really liked it! The controls are smooth and graphics are nice. Got 1278 before I hit an UFO!
馃帳 DJLad97
16. Dec 2013 路 18:13 UTC
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :). Just wish I had more time to polish things out.
ocmu
16. Dec 2013 路 23:04 UTC
Bouncy bounce. Fun game.
PEBKAC
17. Dec 2013 路 06:50 UTC
Not bad for 15h, but you die too easily if tehere's no powerup spawning below you.
馃帳 DJLad97
17. Dec 2013 路 12:35 UTC
Yeah, I had a go at changing the spawning rate to 100ms and that seems to work better :)
Venks
17. Dec 2013 路 16:19 UTC
Really like the art style for this game. Plays like some older arcade games, but has a fresher set of paint. Good stuff!
馃帳 DJLad97
17. Dec 2013 路 16:28 UTC
Thanks, art is my weakest point. I had plans on animating them but didn't have time
ChuiGum
17. Dec 2013 路 22:23 UTC
Very nice for 15 hours! Graphics aren't that bad either. Simple, but fun
d_0o_d
18. Dec 2013 路 18:57 UTC
Its not starting. Don't get an error message either...
Nelien
18. Dec 2013 路 19:13 UTC
The link is broken :( I will try later again.
Adam Tea
18. Dec 2013 路 19:13 UTC
Great little idea. I'm glad you still pulled through despite scrapping your first idea. Good to see people trying their best. I'm sure we'll all do better next time, but good effort this time :)
NiceAlexanderAS
18. Dec 2013 路 19:16 UTC
I cant download your game or the source D: Dropbox is sayin there is a problem ): hope this is fixed soon
zkenshin
18. Dec 2013 路 19:24 UTC
Pretty fun and has some potential.
creative630
18. Dec 2013 路 20:17 UTC
I like this quite a bit, quite charming and the jump felt great :)
馃帳 DJLad97
18. Dec 2013 路 20:51 UTC
Thanks, Adam. I wasn't a big fan of this theme; took me quite some time to get my first idea.
馃帳 DJLad97
18. Dec 2013 路 20:53 UTC
Sorry for the guys who can't download it, other people can seem to download so I'm not sure whats up :(
juaxix
19. Dec 2013 路 14:12 UTC
it's fun :)
badlydrawnrod
20. Dec 2013 路 19:53 UTC
Harsh difficulty, but nicely implemented.
Daveloper
22. Dec 2013 路 19:25 UTC
I liked the gameplay concept, though it didn't feel quite balanced enough because sometimes it's impossible to jump higher because of missing platforms.
LemonTree
23. Dec 2013 路 16:32 UTC
Great idea! Simple but fun!
BluShine
29. Dec 2013 路 15:08 UTC
Gameplay was fun enough, pretty much a basic "infinite jumper" game. Graphics and sound are fine. Would have been nice to see more variety, and it seems like you usually die from just bad luck. Still, it's pretty impressive for only 15 hours.
StMatn
02. Jan 2014 路 16:29 UTC
Nice game!
The booster spawn behaviour is quite challenging :)
Good work :)