Black Friday by lasergans

made by lasergans for LD28 (JAM)

It's Black Friday, and Justin released his new Album! But there's only one left!
So get it! Hurry to the Mall! But don't get stuck in the masses of customers...

We (5 first semester students) made this game totally from scratch with Java.
Because this was the first LD for most of us, we had a lot of problems. So this
game differs a lot from our planned one. But we're looking forward to join LD again! None the less: Have fun playing! :)

Greetings from Tuebingen (Germany) to the LD community all over the world! :)

Java	https://www.dropbox.com/s/3pv8siibnhuoklr/Black%20Friday.jar
Soundtrack	https://www.dropbox.com/s/tctssathha67frb/Song.mp3
Soundtrack (Alternative)	https://www.dropbox.com/s/zy6atbehatc5mz6/Soundtrack%202.mp3
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=18111

Ratings

Coolness	32%	1435
Overall(Jam)	2.06	535

Audio(Jam)	2.78	293
Fun(Jam)	1.89	519
Graphics(Jam)	2.06	505
Humor(Jam)	3.06	120
Innovation(Jam)	1.83	536
Mood(Jam)	2.00	491
Theme(Jam)	2.39	387

Feedback

j_stirk

17. Dec 2013 · 01:17 UTC

Congratulations on finishing your first LD! Interesting idea, but the movement feels a bit slow - feels like I should be wanting to run around corners at breakneck pace to score my new album ;)

Microfrog

17. Dec 2013 · 01:17 UTC

Apparently everybody is your granny (or is it uncle?)? XD

🎤 lasergans

17. Dec 2013 · 08:37 UTC

@Microfrog:
We're all a big family ;)

Toby Simone

19. Dec 2013 · 21:47 UTC

It was cool, but the movement really just wasn't good :(

glovecat

19. Dec 2013 · 22:37 UTC

Nice minigame for your first LD! This isn't match the theme but anyway well done finishing it!

Jerre

23. Dec 2013 · 21:49 UTC

I think you guys accidently got the wrong theme :P (Bieber 4Evah <3)

fullmontis

23. Dec 2013 · 22:00 UTC

I found gameplay not very interesting, and controls were quite frustrating. I don't understand why I have to press one direction for more than a secont to move in that direction. This combined with tight corridors makes the game hard to play and not fun. Still, music is great and loved the humor :)

mcapraro

23. Dec 2013 · 22:29 UTC

congrats on your first LD! that is so great that you did it! it would be great if the hero moved faster, its really slow feeling

f7f5

25. Dec 2013 · 12:33 UTC

62.5 seconds. Congratulations on finishing a game on your first LD!
The movement is not fluid and it's difficult to enter tight corridors. It could use some more gameplay elements to provide a more interesting challenge. But it's a funny idea and I like the music.

local minimum

27. Dec 2013 · 20:20 UTC

That's the first Justin B game for me, nice first entry. As some have noted before, the controls aren't very responsive. I also tried to walk between two shelves, one tile wide passageway. It seemed like there would be enough space, but I couldn't get through. Maybe one has to hit the exact right position. It would be better if the game allowed for some errors and pushed the player in place.

Jupiter_Hadley

04. Jan 2014 · 05:29 UTC

Cool entry, great job for your first time!! Its hard to walk however. I included this in part 19 of my Ludum Dare 28 Compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out! http://youtu.be/EG4kRkM_i_s

timothyolt

06. Jan 2014 · 16:04 UTC

Graphics are a little repetitive, but i was able to ignore that. My only real concern was the collision/movement. If that was a bit more smooth the game would have been a lot easier to control. Great puzzle though, and congrats!

Dry Tree

06. Jan 2014 · 18:22 UTC

The controls are a bit awkward but the graphics and humour are good. Congratulations on your first LD

LastResortGames

07. Jan 2014 · 01:33 UTC

Liked the music but moving was unfortunate. Congrats on finishing a game though!