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Loopy Lumberjack by UndergroundPixel

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made by UndergroundPixel for LD27 (JAM)
Meet Burly. He's your average lumberjack, but he has a really odd dilemma: he never got over losing the 4th grade spelling bee. Now he's haunted by the letters everywhere he goes. It's getting in the way of his work, and if he can't get rid of his demons, he'll get himself fired! Can you help him save his job by getting rid of all the letters, or will the delusions overpower you yet again?

Controls: Arrow keys to move. Press Z, X, and C to chop the corresponding letters. Fill your rage bar in time (every 10 seconds) or you'll be heading to the unemployment office! Also, ENJOY THE DANCE MODE. ENJOY IT. IT'S THERE FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT, SIR OR MADAM.
Windows http://ld27.mry0lk.com/
OS/X http://ld27.mry0lk.com/
Web http://ld27.mry0lk.com/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=7580

Ratings

Coolness 0% 1970
Overall(Jam) 3.32 197
Audio(Jam) 3.51 92
Fun(Jam) 3.28 153
Graphics(Jam) 3.75 158
Humor(Jam) 3.55 60
Innovation(Jam) 3.03 267
Mood(Jam) 3.03 252
Theme(Jam) 3.08 287

Feedback

namuol
27. Aug 2013 · 02:58 UTC
"Fill your rage bar in time or you'll be heading to the unemployment office!"

This is my real life as a freelance programmer.
deammer
27. Aug 2013 · 03:35 UTC
Fun game, love the non-stop frantic action. I was sortof just spamming the ZXC keys though :P
namuol
27. Aug 2013 · 03:48 UTC
Needs some key-spam-protection, but bonus points for nonsensical achievements! (Actual bonus points for online leaderboards.)

I get the reasoning behind the stump/vine slowdown mechanic, but it's soooper frustrating (I felt actual lumberjack rage; mission accomplished? ;]).
farmergnome
27. Aug 2013 · 03:49 UTC
Cool entry guys! Love the mechanic.
AdventureIslands
27. Aug 2013 · 18:11 UTC
Funny game, it's too easy to just run around spamming ZXC. The game started to lag horribly after sometime and I failed because of it. Good but unpolished.

The dance mode was hilarious!
BenWhi
28. Aug 2013 · 00:41 UTC
Looks great! Fun to run around bashing all the tree letters. Music was really rad too.
JoeDev_net
28. Aug 2013 · 01:40 UTC
It was fun destroying the trees. The art and music were both really well done.

I did notice when my score got up to about 3000ish that it began to lag a bit, which resulted in my death.

Overall, good entry, I enjoyed it!
joekinglake
28. Aug 2013 · 07:04 UTC
Very nice game and a cool idea, great job. It took me a moment to realise the vines were slowing me down, i also found it maybe slowed me slightly too much. Very enjoyable though :-)
rogueNoodle
28. Aug 2013 · 08:19 UTC
Really fun game! Like others, I was just mashing ZXC, so that probably could have been reduced to one attack key. And maybe make the roots slow you down a little less? I'll stop complaining now, 'cause I really enjoyed it! Nice music too :)
nddrylliog
28. Aug 2013 · 20:10 UTC
How quirky and random :D Jokes apart, really enjoyed playing it, the controls felt a bit random at first (patches of dirt really slow you down *hardcore*) but it was a very fun experience.

Looking forward to see what you do next Ludum Dare :)
Zap
29. Aug 2013 · 00:29 UTC
<3 Dance Mode!
Bizarre combination of ideas, ha ha, and fun to play
syradinegames
29. Aug 2013 · 00:30 UTC
Fun button mashing game. Didn't quite feel in control, but the extras like leadership board and dance game are cool
Crazi456
29. Aug 2013 · 01:18 UTC
Very fun! Awesome artwork. Great music, just awesome overall!
Tiago
29. Aug 2013 · 05:50 UTC
very funny game! very relaxing to go frenetic on the little wood letters hahaha, great soundtrack too! great job!
pekka
29. Aug 2013 · 06:04 UTC
Nice game but it had some loading issues - sometimes the game just froze and after a few seconds I was teleported to the next level. Don't know if this was a feature or a bug. Very good idea!
Hypnohustla
29. Aug 2013 · 08:23 UTC
Nice solid game! It had some fps issues though and the slowdown from the dirt seemed a bit unnecessary. The chiptune was the best I've heard from any game! :)
hypp
29. Aug 2013 · 15:55 UTC
Nicely done!
wally2069
29. Aug 2013 · 17:29 UTC
Stupid trees, I chop you down good
awppy
29. Aug 2013 · 17:42 UTC
That dance mode! :D
flyingbear
29. Aug 2013 · 20:59 UTC
Totally demented, but in a good way! The lumberjack dance animations cracked me up!
Unept
29. Aug 2013 · 22:01 UTC
LOL, funny and fun. I just missed the top 10 leader board! Those slow mud puddle worm things sure got frustrating, but still a fun experience overall.

(Psst, my game has an angry lumberjack in it too! Now we're buddies!)
BNeutral
30. Aug 2013 · 04:01 UTC
Dance mode is best mode. The normal game has some performance issues.
zedutchgandalf
30. Aug 2013 · 06:27 UTC
It's pretty easy to just keep spamming the ZXC-buttons, but other than that this is a fun and well polished game :)
GigaBass
30. Aug 2013 · 07:59 UTC
Very humurous game :) Random, funny and feels polished!
qbit
31. Aug 2013 · 04:22 UTC
BOOM :)
tripleVisionGames
31. Aug 2013 · 09:56 UTC
Looks great and really fun! The movement seemed a bit unpredictable but I don't know if that was my PC being weird?
graytest
01. Sep 2013 · 10:41 UTC
Started pretty good. But after a while it started lagging and my whole browser froze (chrome).
GarethIW
02. Sep 2013 · 17:46 UTC
This is a serious game.
cwkx
10. Sep 2013 · 14:53 UTC
A crazy lumberjack chomping up letters for 10 seconds of rage... awesome!
crueltear
14. Sep 2013 · 22:53 UTC
Nice graphics but game has some bugs.
Once I was walking on the way and in one moment I went into tree.
There was a road on left and right, but I couldn't go through there.
And I wasn't able to send score, there isn't ignore button, so I had to reload page.
But it's simple and funny game.