The Barrier by xrm0

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made by xrm0 for LD27 (COMPO)
Run 100 meters in exactly 10 seconds.

The game is based on the "10-second barrier", which is a term used in track and field athletics, which refers to the physical and psychological barrier of completing 100 metres sprint in under ten seconds.

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 2.54 1011
Audio 2.24 710
Fun 2.62 815
Graphics 2.30 900
Humor 2.29 508
Innovation 2.83 647
Mood 2.19 934
Theme 3.35 378

Feedback

Anton_D
25. Aug 2013 路 18:54 UTC
The game seems to be bugged out.. I ran less then 10 seconds but it said I didn't.
馃帳 xrm0
25. Aug 2013 路 19:36 UTC
The time used is alien time, thus the difference.
stepvhen
26. Aug 2013 路 06:24 UTC
I like this a lot more than trying to do it in under 10 secs.
Diogo Muller
26. Aug 2013 路 12:56 UTC
At first, I tought "Is this even possible?". Now I'm addicted to beating my high score.
TheJackiMonster
26. Aug 2013 路 12:58 UTC
An alien is running... wow.. :O
Rave Radbury
26. Aug 2013 路 12:59 UTC
9.8" 10.2" Just not close enough. It reminds me of QWOP re: absurd athleticism. Good job!
ZeppelinCaptain
26. Aug 2013 路 13:01 UTC
ARGH. So hard. After many tries, my best is 9.8 seconds. I really want to see that little alien succeed in his weird objective.
Nice original twist on an otherwise old mechanic!
Sheep
26. Aug 2013 路 13:05 UTC
Wait so are you supposed to land on the 10 second timer? I'm confused.
Xera
26. Aug 2013 路 13:08 UTC
Got the 10 seconds on my fourth or fith try. Nice and simple game, interesting interpertation of a running game.
馃帳 xrm0
26. Aug 2013 路 13:36 UTC
@Sheep: Yes, less than 10 seconds is really easy to do for the aliens. And more than 10 seconds, well, they could walk!. So they came to the conclusion that the only option left was to get there on exactly 10 secs.
orangepascal
26. Aug 2013 路 15:27 UTC
this game needs an old-fashioned joystick to wiggle until it breaks ;)
zedutchgandalf
26. Aug 2013 路 15:49 UTC
Fun, new take on an old concept :)
Best I could do was 10.2 though :P
Beardbotnik
26. Aug 2013 路 16:46 UTC
Great game! At first I was confused, but once I actually read the text it all made sense. Very interesting way to use the 10 second rule, reminds me of lot of old NES games. Well done!
Larzan
27. Aug 2013 路 09:37 UTC
Haha, nice, reminded me of the first games for the c64, like the visuals too, complete with parallax scrolling :)
Jimanzium
28. Aug 2013 路 11:47 UTC
Nice take on the theme, more interesting than doing something in under 10 seconds, good job
Recid
28. Aug 2013 路 11:49 UTC
10.0 I did it!
HunLyxxod
28. Aug 2013 路 11:50 UTC
Doing exactly 10 seconds is more luck than skill but that was pretty fun.
DavidErosa
28. Aug 2013 路 11:50 UTC
Haha, beating the world record in more than 4 seconds is always fun, although that's not the target :)
CustomPhase
28. Aug 2013 路 11:51 UTC
Suprisingly fun game, consider such a simple gameplay. 10.4 is my record
sebb
28. Aug 2013 路 22:01 UTC
Nice little game, i liked it :)
raver
29. Aug 2013 路 12:35 UTC
9s in second try :)
Spotline
29. Aug 2013 路 13:32 UTC
Very hard oO My best was 10"3
OddballDave
29. Aug 2013 路 13:38 UTC
This game is soooo infuriating. I've got 9.9secs eight times, but can't get exactly 10secs. Aargh! Good stuff.
Jarcas Studios
30. Aug 2013 路 12:20 UTC
Ha, interesting idea. Thought it was broken at first, but cool.
canvapps
31. Aug 2013 路 18:17 UTC
wow! after severak tries I haven't done it yet!
it's a frustrating one xD
Good job!
ratalaika
01. Sep 2013 路 17:56 UTC
Nice work.
Pitzik4
02. Sep 2013 路 01:16 UTC
At first I thought this game would be easy, because I thought myself to be an excellent fast-clicker. Both of those thoughts were proven wrong, and now all I have after about 15 attempts is two hurting index fingers.
naufr4g0
05. Sep 2013 路 14:18 UTC
Challenging! My best is 10.2"
Corn茅 Dorrestijn
07. Sep 2013 路 11:17 UTC
I did it in exactly 10 second :D
Yoni
09. Sep 2013 路 20:02 UTC
Hard frustrating game, and no real reward at the end (also no real explanation why exactly 10 seconds)... I eventually got it by doing nothing until 6 seconds have passed and then mashing A+S for the remaining 4 seconds.
馃帳 xrm0
10. Sep 2013 路 11:09 UTC
@Yoni: no real reward? You become a champion athlete for the other aliens!
As for the explanation for why exactly 10 seconds, in a previous comment I said:

"...less than 10 seconds is really easy to do for the aliens. And more than 10 seconds, well, they could walk!. So they came to the conclusion that the only option left was to get there on exactly 10 secs."

I might also be related to the theme of this LD, but it's just a coincidence :D
dacap
11. Sep 2013 路 01:37 UTC
I like the concept to keep sync the distance with the time, it makes the game fun. I think the idea could be used to create something bigger. Great idea!
nthird
11. Sep 2013 路 17:27 UTC
Good use of the theme and graphics. I think it would be more interesting if instead of it being pass/fail you got scored on how close you were to it. Then my 10.1 seconds would count for something. Add a scoring system and some more challenges (not necessarily time based but all exact targets) and you've got the making of a fun quirky game.
馃帳 xrm0
11. Sep 2013 路 22:21 UTC
Thanks for the comments!
@nthird: That's a good idea. The score you get already does this (the closer you get to 10 seconds, the more points you get). Maybe normalizing that to a range 1-10 would do the trick. Thanks!
TakeNapEveryday
15. Sep 2013 路 23:49 UTC
I did it! Just a casual jog for an alien.