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Trouble In Platformville by johnfn

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made by johnfn for LD27 (JAM)
Full Title: Trouble in Platformville OR How I Accidentally Caused The World To Nearly Explode In Ten Seconds And Subsequently Reverted The Damage Thanks To Technology I Don't Understand

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I finally finished it! Featuring:
* Oscar-nominated storyline
* Tear-jerker ending
* A title so long you can't even abbreviate it
* Humor that will probably embarrass me when I play it again
* 4 audio tracks
* A cameo role from one of my older LD games

This was a 1 man production - I made all the graphics, audio, etc. I hope you enjoy it!
Web http://johnfn.itch.io/trouble-in-platformville
Bandcamp (music download) http://johnfn.bandcamp.com/album/trouble-in-platformville-or-how-i-accidentally-caused-the-world-to-nearly-explode-in-ten-seconds-and-subsequently-reverted-the-damage-thanks-to-technology-i-dont-understand-the-soundtrack-to-the
Source https://github.com/johnfn/ld27
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=3187

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.45 144
Audio(Jam) 3.74 40
Fun(Jam) 3.39 112
Graphics(Jam) 3.48 235
Humor(Jam) 3.42 76
Innovation(Jam) 3.19 200
Mood(Jam) 2.96 277
Theme(Jam) 2.97 340

Feedback

fgielow
27. Aug 2013 · 20:03 UTC
Hey i liked the overall idea. And the cause of the end of the world its very hilarious. Just think you could make the stop time power last a little longer.
But, nice work =)
Vasileiadis
27. Aug 2013 · 21:09 UTC
5* For Fun, Humor, Mood, Audio, Theme, Innovation, Audio...
Fuck this was brilliant ;)
blackotus
27. Aug 2013 · 22:39 UTC
I like how you use the time button to get over obstacles. Nice bits of humor too! :)
AaronGordon
27. Aug 2013 · 22:43 UTC
Feels really nice to control and the humor is pretty good. I love the slow down mechanic and jumping off of bullets. I kinda feel like the 100 seconds instead is kinda cheating, and having that extra time limit doesn't really add anything to the game. Would have been cool if the focus was on the slow down and maybe you can only do that for a total of 10 seconds? Great game regardless! Very impressive :)
andwhatnot
27. Aug 2013 · 22:49 UTC
Like how you build the narrative up and used it to justify your use of the them. Funny and fun!
Vavassor
27. Aug 2013 · 23:25 UTC
Fun silly game. The 10 second theme kinda becomes completely irrelevant, but the fantastic music and visuals make up for it.
🎤 johnfn
27. Aug 2013 · 23:38 UTC
The truth is that I really wanted to be like "10 seconds up! YOU LOSE!" ... But then I started thinking about Ludum Dare players who would hate me forever if I did that. So I sacrificed a perfect theme connection for you guys ;-P

Thanks for the comments though :-)
Deep Water Games
28. Aug 2013 · 00:00 UTC
Amazing Game! Best one I've played so far!
Jonapulse
28. Aug 2013 · 00:28 UTC
A profound tale for the ages. Deep down, we are all black laser, and also black laser destroyer.
Arrow-x
28. Aug 2013 · 17:42 UTC
love love love it ... this could be great with more work
Crazi456
28. Aug 2013 · 21:14 UTC
Audio was awesome. Also loved the artwork and dialogue. Great work!
ellipticaldoor
28. Aug 2013 · 23:50 UTC
Very good music and very nice history ;)
futuristteletex
29. Aug 2013 · 05:26 UTC
pretty interesting use of the theme i liked it..
Rafael CP
29. Aug 2013 · 21:57 UTC
The best game I played so far! :D
Static 64
30. Aug 2013 · 00:10 UTC
That was fun and challenging, especially the last level before the treasure.
brobutter
30. Aug 2013 · 00:16 UTC
amazing music. didn't get old the entire time
Purplescape
31. Aug 2013 · 13:56 UTC
Great music and funny story. Interesting mechanics, the slowed lasers were especially challenging.
Arcana
31. Aug 2013 · 17:23 UTC
Holy crap I WON!

The two-laser jump screen was soooooo hard. And then I figured out the ezmode way to do it. I won't say if others here don't want to be spoiled.

Nice writing and humour. Great music. Hours of OHC paid off. I liked the time dilation story buildup.

The whole 10000 ms was kind of silly especially because if you ran out you just got a bonus, but ha ha :)
zconnelly13
03. Sep 2013 · 19:46 UTC
Fun and challenging, really awesome game! The music was amazing, and slowing down time was definitely one of the best game mechanics I've seen yet, 5/5!
🎤 johnfn
04. Sep 2013 · 00:04 UTC
Hahaha @Arcana I'm impressed you found that! Seems like you're the first, unless someone found it and didn't mention it.

In retrospect the way I would handle the time limit thing would be to have you be able to return to "checkpoints" in the game with the most amount of ms that you ever entered that checkpoint at. I saw a similar mechanic in another game and instantly realized that it was infinitely better than my cheap hack because it adds so much depth to the game! Oh well... Next time! :P