Escape the Minimalism by klianc09
Here it is. Not so bad for my first entry.... I guess. It would have been better if I wouldn't have been sick the previous day... Well a lot went wrong and time was running out, so I just decided to stretch the interpretation of the theme and just submit it no matter what.
Highlighted Features:
-May cause epilepsy
-You can remap the controls even to a controller (hurray for console gaming)
-Includes potatoes
Highlighted Bugs:
-The audio volume randomly shifts up and down...
-Upon landing on the ground the wallsliding animation sometimes triggers
-Not enough time for good level design
-Not all potatoes may be reachable
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---IMPORTANT Announcement:---
-The music is "Toaster" by Kubbi, which is Licensed under Creative Commons License.
--The rules of the JAM do not explicitly disallow any use of such assets, but I think it would be unfair for all the other entries which produced their music themselves.
-->So please don't rate Audio (or just rate the sound effects) to stay fair.
-I don't want to remove the music, because it is necessary for the vibe of the game, and adding other audio to my entry after the deadline would be against the rules.
I hope this is acceptable for everyone.
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Highlighted Features:
-May cause epilepsy
-You can remap the controls even to a controller (hurray for console gaming)
-Includes potatoes
Highlighted Bugs:
-The audio volume randomly shifts up and down...
-Upon landing on the ground the wallsliding animation sometimes triggers
-Not enough time for good level design
-Not all potatoes may be reachable
-----------------------------------
---IMPORTANT Announcement:---
-The music is "Toaster" by Kubbi, which is Licensed under Creative Commons License.
--The rules of the JAM do not explicitly disallow any use of such assets, but I think it would be unfair for all the other entries which produced their music themselves.
-->So please don't rate Audio (or just rate the sound effects) to stay fair.
-I don't want to remove the music, because it is necessary for the vibe of the game, and adding other audio to my entry after the deadline would be against the rules.
I hope this is acceptable for everyone.
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| Packed Jar (Windows/OSX/LINUX) | http://www.klianc09.bplaced.net/java/EscapeTheMinimalism.jar |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=20290 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.73 | 59 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.46 | 115 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.82 | 25 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.59 | 181 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.92 | 111 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.38 | 138 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.74 | 53 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.93 | 64 |
Cool game
This game was amazing. Just amazing. The music was fitting well and the game paces really well. The fade out effect of the star power was a really nice touch.
I did find one issue though. The landing seemed a bit dodgy, visually. It did not affect the gameplay as far as I noticed.
Challenging and addicting!
I also didn't expect it to be too hard. And I nearly made the mistake and made the "intro" too long ... I hope it doesn't stop too much people from getting into the game.
@UntitledQ: that's exactly what I was aiming for.
@eShredder: that's because I added a wall slide animation to it last minute (hour) and it seems sometimes when you land fast enough you are inside the floor for one frame and then it triggers the wall slide animation, haven't gotten to fix it yet.
However, I had musical glitches : music plays for 1 sec with a very distorted sound, then stop, then play for 1 millisec when I hit a balloon ... strange.
I also liked how you put the potato in your game :)
Nice platformer. The jelly fish parts were tricky.
Levels are really hard further.
I loved this!
The sound stuttered, but it's supposedly my local problem. :(
@KilledByAPixel: Yeah, I eventually forgot about that, the minimalistic world gets too short. I also skimped on the story.
@Everyone: Sorry if it made you rage-quit, I simply tend to make games too hard. But it seems that most people enjoy to have a challenge. :)
Also, this "random volume shifting" may be a bug but I enjoyed it a lot :D And I appreciate your note about music !
"The connection has timed out
The server at www.klianc09.bplaced.net is taking too long to respond."
I guess I'll try again later.
Pretty cool concept. It's a shame that the audio wasn't stable. Also, I felt like it was a little too hard to control at times, like going over the balloons in the air. I did manage to get to the end with the potato though. Pretty good entry.
(And by the way, I discovered an amazing chipstep artist)
By the way, the first time I failed a level, I didn't know how to restart, since 'Press SPACE to retry' was in white letters on a white background.
@Xaychru04: I really like to spread the word, since I think Kubbi doesn't get the recognition he deserves doing such great stuff (and for free)
@Dining Philosopher: yeah... I knew about the problem with the white font on white walls since very long, but I always forgot to fix it...