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One Twisted Button by etabubu

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made by etabubu for LD28 (JAM)
Hope is a runner, she runs wherever she goes. And while she's really good at running, she could use some help at jumping.

One Twisted Button is a game in which you help Hope jump over obstacles and between carts to keep her moving on top of a speeding train. You only get one button to jump and after each jump the button gets changed to a different button.

For more info, visit: www.joe.is/games/onetwistedbutton/

"One Twisted Button": code by Marco Bancale, pixels by Johannes Sigurdsson

NOTE FOR MAC USERS: if you get an error while opening the game, about it being corrupt, please try disabling GateKeeper in the Preferences. The game is not signed and that's why some people get this error!
Windows (zipped folder) http://joe.simnet.is/ld28/OneTwistedButton.zip
Windows (installer) http://joe.simnet.is/ld28/OneTwistedButton.exe
Mac OS X http://joe.simnet.is/ld28/OneTwistedButton.app.zip
Source http://code.google.com/p/provolona/source/checkout
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=16923

Ratings

Coolness 77% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.49 111
Audio(Jam) 3.42 105
Fun(Jam) 3.49 76
Graphics(Jam) 3.82 130
Humor(Jam) 2.47 235
Innovation(Jam) 3.24 144
Mood(Jam) 3.29 143
Theme(Jam) 3.26 125

Feedback

Kep
16. Dec 2013 路 13:49 UTC
People are going to expect a web player to load from the web link. If you want people to go to your web site to download the game, you might want to just make that the Windows link and delete the "web" link.

I was prepared for a typing game, but the mouse button thing made me move too much and screwed me up. I tried a few times, made a max of two jumps, then gave up... sorry.
馃帳 etabubu
16. Dec 2013 路 13:58 UTC
Good point Kep. I changed the web link, thanks.
Katamori
16. Dec 2013 路 15:17 UTC
Strongly follows the "heritage" of Mirror's Edge - if it even had :D women as protagonist, her name is a noun (Faith - Hope), she has a sportish outfit, she's running quickly and she have to avoid obstacles :D

So for me, it's a small ME implemented in an endless obstacle game.

Graphics 4, Audio 5, Fun 4, Innovation 2, Mood 3. It's worht for me overall, nice job.
Katamori
16. Dec 2013 路 15:19 UTC
Forgot to mention that I love the variety of switches, it makes the whole stuff challanging!
yokcos700
16. Dec 2013 路 15:22 UTC
Really very good. I've never found a legit reason to use the 'END' key more than this, and the fact that the mouse buttons get in on the fun as well only makes it even more intense. 5 stars for you, sir!
X-0r
16. Dec 2013 路 15:23 UTC
I died due to a signpost. Twice. Everything seems to be so... lethal :P I guess I'm just not a professional train runner^^
mtrc
16. Dec 2013 路 15:45 UTC
Hey! I pressed "up" at the start, and the game crashed. :)
VideahGams
16. Dec 2013 路 15:50 UTC
Just so you know, the game will crash if you press a button before any keys show up.
馃帳 etabubu
16. Dec 2013 路 16:27 UTC
We'll have a fix up soon! Thanks for reporting it @mtrc and @VideahGams :)
adnzzzzZ
16. Dec 2013 路 16:57 UTC
LMB OP

Nice game overall, but could have used faster transitions so I could have restarted each run more quickly. Other than that nice job.
Donutttt
16. Dec 2013 路 18:00 UTC
This was cool. It's a new take on a familiar genre, with some awesome music. Great job.
馃帳 etabubu
16. Dec 2013 路 18:26 UTC
Crash fixed and Mac version added!
Thanks for the support!
Gazpachogames
16. Dec 2013 路 18:50 UTC
Good game! It is very funny and adictive... :)
Jago
16. Dec 2013 路 19:12 UTC
Very nice game! Only complaint is that special keys like Page Up and middle mouse button are very difficult on a laptop.
David Colson
16. Dec 2013 路 21:52 UTC
This is a fun game however, I'm playing on a laptop and many keys came up that did not exist on my keyboard so I was unable to play very well :/
ParaPup
16. Dec 2013 路 21:57 UTC
Cute little game, Not a bad try.
AmmarAlsharekh
16. Dec 2013 路 21:59 UTC
nice game . I like it
Microfrog
16. Dec 2013 路 21:59 UTC
When you said "prepare to be confused" in the game, you were absolutely right. It took me a while to get used to the random controls, but even when I did, I didn't really. :P

But the game is well done. It's a great use of the theme, and I can see this getting pretty highly rated.
AMSmirnov
16. Dec 2013 路 22:19 UTC
I like this graphics! But game is difficult. The easy mode, made it more good, I think.
Calciumtrice
16. Dec 2013 路 22:19 UTC
Really liked this! The idea was clever, the pixel graphics looked good. Would maybe like to see an instant restart button as I was keen to try again each time and the game made you wait a little each time.

I was caught out by an upper case 'I' I mistook for an 'l', the mouse buttons and those damn signs almost every time.

Good fun and one of my favourites so far.
bananaAndGames
17. Dec 2013 路 02:42 UTC
If the control scheme only used the keyboard, it would have been just right. I understand it'S part of the difficulty to switch back and forth between which input and WHAT IS THE OBSTACLE ON SCREEN--but that was the biggest challenge for me.
zkenshin
17. Dec 2013 路 03:51 UTC
Liked the art and music. Good job. :)
Odiobill
17. Dec 2013 路 13:41 UTC
For some reason I cannot rate any game: the form is just missing. I would like to give not 5, but 50 stars to this small, frustrating and very addictive game: I just slept three hours tonight, because of you and your game-developing skills. :P
scoobyben
17. Dec 2013 路 14:03 UTC
Awesome :) Sign posts come in a bit fast, they keep killing me. The music is great
raarlac
17. Dec 2013 路 14:05 UTC
I loved the concept, and playing on the macbook adds a hard mode to the game hahah
PlayHabit
17. Dec 2013 路 18:10 UTC
Big fan of the game. It took me a few runs to understand exactly what was going on, but once I figured it out, mirth ensued. Thanks a lot!
danbo
18. Dec 2013 路 20:31 UTC
This is better than that new Typing of the Dead game
AmmoreChicks
19. Dec 2013 路 09:13 UTC
Good music and graphics, original game concept. Where can I send the invoice of my new keyboard?
馃帳 etabubu
19. Dec 2013 路 18:08 UTC
Ahahah, thank you guys for the support!
psychomonster
22. Dec 2013 路 02:44 UTC
cool game. played it for a couple of tries... but it is hrad to beat... made 211m .-/ noob hu?
jimmypaulin
23. Dec 2013 路 19:05 UTC
This is great haha! Totally evil swapping you between mouse and keyboard like that but once I got the flow of it it played really nicely. I love the "escape on a train" setting, excitement! The sounds were really fitting as well and the artwork top notch. I would have like a faster restart between rounds as it was a bit tedious spamming the keyboard to try to get it to reset. Online high scores please!
archaeometrician
24. Dec 2013 路 23:52 UTC
Cool gameplay, the random button assignation to jump is getting challenging as the game progress. Great work !
psc1997
30. Dec 2013 路 17:17 UTC
200m :>
I don't be perfect :P
Great idea and gameplay !
I like it very much !