Time Factory Escape by sxaktosxafo

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made by sxaktosxafo for LD27 (COMPO)
What makes time flow? The death of time imps.
That's why those harmless (and armless) creatures are killed in the time factory.
But 10 of them want to escape.

You control a time imp, who can freely move in a timeless world.
When a time imp dies, one second passes and things move.
So, you have to commit suicide if you want to make moving platforms or other things move.
You have 10 time imps to sacrifice.
You have 10 seconds of relative time.

WAD, arrow keys and space to move and jump
p or esc to pause

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 2.96 660
Audio 2.33 666
Fun 2.73 717
Graphics 2.50 789
Humor 2.19 582
Innovation 3.51 204
Mood 2.53 708
Theme 3.49 256

Feedback

BubbleTea
25. Aug 2013 路 23:47 UTC
I love the concept of the game! and you introduce it really well to the player, well done!
馃帳 sxaktosxafo
26. Aug 2013 路 01:21 UTC
Thank you! :)
Nizan
26. Aug 2013 路 03:06 UTC
Really nice concept :)
The controls were a little sluggish, and I found it a bit confusing in the beginning, but with some polish, this has got potential to be really good!
namrog84
26. Aug 2013 路 03:06 UTC
the background not moving at all bothered me a little, look up parallax scrolling, if it had moved just a little bit, i think the feel would have been improved a lot.

I really liked the concept a lot, great graphics, and controls all worked quite well!
CMahaff
26. Aug 2013 路 03:12 UTC
Very well done for so little time. Spikes are my nemesis!
Ravetcofx
26. Aug 2013 路 03:13 UTC
Very good job fellow java'er
Yery Inovative, fun and chalenging
The music it a bit repetitive for my tastes though
fferro234
26. Aug 2013 路 03:13 UTC
Great idea for a game. The concept is really good. Some of the hit detection is pretty rough though, especially with some of the tougher later levels.
misson20000
26. Aug 2013 路 03:14 UTC
Pretty fun. I don't really like "death is useful" kinds of games, though.
"hey hey!"
"hhhh"
Nice debug messages
bushmango
26. Aug 2013 路 03:17 UTC
Yeah a little parallex scrolling and better contrast between the fore and backgrounds would be great. Love the concept! Please make the jumps a little easier for us mere mortals :)
ix
26. Aug 2013 路 03:19 UTC
You did a great job with the theme and your mechanic has a lot of potential. The jumping and hitboxes made level 4 a bit frustrating, though.
Lizzip
26. Aug 2013 路 10:29 UTC
Fun and original! Great concept
Reaperguy
26. Aug 2013 路 10:30 UTC
I get an error saying that the security options have blocket the app from running, so I can't play..
Hypnohustla
26. Aug 2013 路 10:38 UTC
The background was really disorienting. But still a cute little platformer with some nice gameplay mechanics. Nice job.
Spaceoff
26. Aug 2013 路 10:47 UTC
Nice ideas in here. It kinda feels like this game was more for "death is useful" than for 10 seconds, but that's not a big deal.
sirtetris
26. Aug 2013 路 11:20 UTC
Epic concept! <3 Loved the boss level and the ending screen. :)
rincewind_cz
26. Aug 2013 路 12:04 UTC
The idea is good, main character's sprite as well :) I was little bit annoyed by bounding-boxes of enemies, they seem to be too big. Also key for quick suicide would be good If you'll be continuing on this game in future. But well done ;)
flamecow
26. Aug 2013 路 12:12 UTC
Wow, this is a neat idea. The concept behind it is pretty original!
xgeovanni
26. Aug 2013 路 18:21 UTC
I like the incorporation of the "Death is useful" theme.
Zerkruemler
26. Aug 2013 路 18:26 UTC
Graphics and Sound is really hypnoitizing, Is it possible to get out on the first try (second)? I guess not.
mutuware
26. Aug 2013 路 19:29 UTC
Liked the music :)
Omar_q8
26. Aug 2013 路 21:37 UTC
nice concept, cool puzzles and really fun!
ratalaika
27. Aug 2013 路 17:25 UTC
good job
vvolis
28. Aug 2013 路 12:45 UTC
The concept of sacrificing your lives in order to advance is very very good. Good job!
Sh1rogane
28. Aug 2013 路 17:07 UTC
Interesting game, it is a fun game but i think the movements are a bit too slow
Pixelfan Games
29. Aug 2013 路 14:02 UTC
I like the game, really good job, controls are perfect, maybe the music is some repetitive, but really good job!
Darklotus
30. Aug 2013 路 12:06 UTC
The hit detection on balls seems a bit iffy, but fun enough to keep going back more, Was confused at the start as "moving platforms" don't move in the traditional sense. Good job.
wilbefast
10. Sep 2013 路 12:27 UTC
Hmmm... the image doesn't like inside the Java canvas on Firefox :S Work on Chromium though. Not a great fan of Java for web games - have you tried LibGDX? That can compile to HTML 5.

The static background is a bit of an eye-sore, otherwise the game looks good, with it's own distinct visual style. The "time advancing on death mechanic" is also very interesting, I don't believe any other game has done that- at least none that I have played. Hence this is one of the better uses of the theme I've seen ^^

Good job!