Endless Run by gmaker

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made by gmaker for LD27 (JAM)
Can you imagine... an epic chase of all your life. You are an ultra maximum super shimba boomba Knight that found an epic treasure... HOT DOG artifact!! But it was cursed by the ancient god of ten seconds death. Try your skills in this endless run, fight with undead, prolong your life, collect coinz, upgrade yourself and jump, jump, JUMP AND JUMP!!!!
DO
NOT
LET
DEATH
CATCH
YOU

Alexander (gmaker) Tarasov - code
Valery (valerykimart) Kim - art
Soundtrack - Kevin MacLeod (free sound)

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.79 46
Audio(Jam) 3.65 60
Fun(Jam) 3.45 97
Graphics(Jam) 4.39 34
Humor(Jam) 2.88 172
Innovation(Jam) 2.75 383
Mood(Jam) 3.21 181
Theme(Jam) 3.34 186

Feedback

SecondDimension
27. Aug 2013 · 00:21 UTC
Loving the graphics, looks really cool. Nice work!
Paranoiker
27. Aug 2013 · 11:28 UTC
Pretty enjoyably and still challenging one, more over, visuals are great. This game undoubtedly has class.
Cell
28. Aug 2013 · 13:46 UTC
I love the art.
sP0CkEr2
28. Aug 2013 · 13:47 UTC
nice game -- great graphics -- little hard tho -- but i guess it goes with the theme
anjack
28. Aug 2013 · 14:00 UTC
This is so fun! The chase aspect really makes you sweat. Excellent graphics and audio and the controls are solid. This is a very impressive game!
timothyolt
28. Aug 2013 · 14:22 UTC
Great game, good graphics, and very fun
SneManden
28. Aug 2013 · 14:22 UTC
Wow, definitely one of the best games, woah! Graphics are amazing - even the game-over-screen is damn perfect!

Really like the idea, feel, mood and love the subtle yet awesome audio.

There is only one thing that I would really change about it, though: the difficulty is too easy. When you have all the upgrades, you can survive endlessly - it's only a matter of when you (after a long while, though!) get bored of it.

(subtle tip: if you could escape the upgrade-menu with any other key than escape, like a right-handed button or space - that would be great)

But really, fantastic game!
aquilicoco
28. Aug 2013 · 14:37 UTC
Good work and great graphics
MuciojadPL
28. Aug 2013 · 15:25 UTC
I like it, the graphics is AMAZING for me, especially the scrollable background :) You made it? Audio is good too. :) So, HIGH FIVE ! :D
Dew
28. Aug 2013 · 16:02 UTC
33772 Points ^^ just ended pressing z and x all the time tho.
Mironix
28. Aug 2013 · 16:08 UTC
I want this game on my android device XD addictive short gamespan is just perfext, pixelart and good audio serves this game wonders :)
GrooveMan
28. Aug 2013 · 18:10 UTC
The graphics are increds, but the hourglass placement doesn't seem to scale with your shop abilities so often I got hourglasses that were impossible to reach.
rylgh
29. Aug 2013 · 05:41 UTC
Really nice game! At first I thought money was just for score, was delighted to find the little shopkeeper (vending machine?)
Solifuge
29. Aug 2013 · 05:46 UTC
The knight's animation was relatively rough, but every other sprite was entirely excellent. Never cared for Endless Run games, but I enjoyed the experience. Thanks for putting this together!
mklee
29. Aug 2013 · 07:31 UTC
Spritework is really nice, although the sword should reach out a little farther to give better feedback on the hitbox. Wish the game was a little "faster" overall in the sense that the game could feel speedier. All the hitboxes seem a little too big, it makes judging whether some items need a single jump or a double jump a little hard. Like the idea of an endless runner with a little more skill. Good job!
namrog84
29. Aug 2013 · 07:58 UTC
spritework was just beautiful. Very difficult for me? I dont know why, but I liked it a lot!
kazukishida
29. Aug 2013 · 11:54 UTC
Very well made! The mechanics were pretty slick, too -- once I got the hand of stabbing and jumping, and found out a good upgrade scheme, I was able to go through the game pretty easily, up until I bought all the upgrades and stockpiled about 500 coins haha! This could be expanded to become a pretty slick and addicting mobile game! Great job! :D
TwilightFlandre
29. Aug 2013 · 16:45 UTC
The spritework in this game is very very good. I found the vending machine/shopkeeper to be really weird in its design and found that the game became really trivial really quick so that I could live forever essentially ( I quit very soon after this point) but the game was fun to play overall. Great job!
dook
29. Aug 2013 · 16:46 UTC
Awesome graphics and music and quite fun too! :)
blackotus
30. Aug 2013 · 05:42 UTC
The graphics are great, and I really like having an upgrade system.

Also, being chased by the Grim Reaper might be one of the best endless runner themes I've ever seen.

Awesome work here :)
The Evil Cult
30. Aug 2013 · 15:04 UTC
Amazing graphics and quite fun, but I felt like I was doing pretty badly a lot of the time but wasn't being punished for it. Very charming game though and a nice entry all-round.
Reverend Speed
30. Aug 2013 · 15:56 UTC
Really liked this! It's a simple idea, but there's enough going on to keep me involved. Beautiful art, by the way! A great package!
withoutpillow
30. Aug 2013 · 17:05 UTC
the concept and execution is very well done; the graphics, sound, constant running and buying things along the way really makes this feel like a little journey -- you've managed to make it fit the theme and also made all the different components of the game fit well together. good work!
aldian
30. Aug 2013 · 19:33 UTC
nice little game, love the graphics :)
lazyeels
31. Aug 2013 · 13:57 UTC
The graphics are really well done. The game play and feel is very nostalgic, reminds me a bit of Moonstone for the Amiga, a solid contribution to the comp, nice work guys.
Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
31. Aug 2013 · 18:58 UTC
Very fun! Awesome music, fantastic pixelart, very good animation. Top marks for this!
BloodJohn
31. Aug 2013 · 19:01 UTC
good graphics, catching gameplay :)
GigaBass
31. Aug 2013 · 23:24 UTC
Simple, fun game! Liked it!
kibertoad
04. Sep 2013 · 21:00 UTC
One of the best Ludum games so far.
ratalaika
05. Sep 2013 · 09:56 UTC
Nice game, quite funny to play!!
Blizzil
05. Sep 2013 · 10:25 UTC
Fun to play, cool graphics & nice sound and i like the idea with the upgrades. Well done :)
LonelyTimeLord
05. Sep 2013 · 13:40 UTC
Brilliant, one of my favourite games I've tried so far, the music and graphics were awesome and the overall gameplay was gripping and intense, well done :D
ShitAndSon
05. Sep 2013 · 18:34 UTC
Lovely graphics , a really cool gameplay. I can play this game for hours
AidanAK47
06. Sep 2013 · 17:22 UTC
I was going to give this a bad review...but then I realized you could double jump. I died a good many times before I figured that one out.
As others have said the graphics are excellent. I have the feeling I heard the music before but none the less it's suitable. The games execution is up to par too.
The only real complaint I can give is that it's hard to go wrong with an endless runner. I feel this one is too safe. While it was made in a short time I think you should have tried to add an element that differentiated it from the large amount of endless runners out there. The ten second hour glasses and attack button aren't enough to make it stand out.
Still, good work.
emveyh
07. Sep 2013 · 20:48 UTC
Wow. Those are pretty awesome sprites! Great music and gameplay too :)
canvapps
17. Sep 2013 · 00:18 UTC
wow! you really tie it everything the right way. Graphics are cool, playability is high and you have worked quite a lot on details.
Amazing :)