The Minimalizer by johnfn
phew!
a platformer game that doesn't take itself too seriously. still, it does have combat and upgrades! it also has a few graphical glitches - i hope you can look past them.
and yeah i totally ran out of time to do a better theme connection :(
thank you for playing! i love ludum dare!
a platformer game that doesn't take itself too seriously. still, it does have combat and upgrades! it also has a few graphical glitches - i hope you can look past them.
and yeah i totally ran out of time to do a better theme connection :(
thank you for playing! i love ludum dare!
| Web | https://googledrive.com/host/0B30GBPjPEao6VG5SOXlMY2wwd00/ |
| Source | https://github.com/johnfn/ld26 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=3187 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 37% | 1594 |
| Overall | 3.31 | 406 |
| Audio | 3.61 | 92 |
| Fun | 3.21 | 351 |
| Graphics | 3.00 | 569 |
| Humor | 2.74 | 258 |
| Innovation | 2.19 | 1157 |
| Mood | 2.98 | 486 |
| Theme | 2.50 | 1273 |
Your game is simple but fun to play. I didn't encountered any bugs, so you did a very solid entry. The only thing I can complain, is the following:
- Enemies drop coins after killing theme again, so it's possible to farm coins. That makes the collecting coins/upgrading system a bit obsolete.
- Shooting up and down wasn't clear. I got stucked on the screen where you must shoot up to kill the turrets.
- You should add a save area after each screen. Sometimes I died and still pressed the walk button. As a consequence, I immediately walked off the screen into the next screen and died there, so I spawned on the starting point of this location.
The controls are jumpy, over sensitive I'd say. Level design is ok, nice progression. Graphics are cute, but lacking something (more colors? a more uniform palette? both? more silliness?)
Loved the funny narrations! This was the way you should've taken it, trying to make the "gun, emmm, minimalizer" joke more obvious, make it truly part of the game.
Good job. :)
Other than that, the music is fun and dialogue is hilarious. I allo like how there is a respawn point at each new screen. Great job for a compo entry.
-Rosypenguin
(this is a team account)
It seems the turrets spawn in random locations? Because hot damn two of them spawned near an exit and it was near damn impossible to get through T_T
(EDIT: it seemed I was going the wrong way the whole time WTF XD)
But the good art, the wonderful music, and the absolutely hilarious dialogue make up for the difficulty. It was short, but sweet. I think I'd play this if you refine it and keep up the gold humor. And the music, keep that up! Add some sfx and you've got it :)
Also, I should mention that when you hold the jump key on a ladder, you become the Spiderman and climb like no one has ever climbed before. But given the humor in the game, I won't be surprised if did that on purpose.
alright, that may have been a lie.
Could use some balancing though. You see the word "gun" very often, yet you can't shoot, despite your enemies being able to. The "obstacle" looks just wide enough to fit thourhg, so turning left is not very apparent. Also jumping is so powerful, you often jump out of the level.
Still, nice work, and it is fun :)
Maybe I should have made that more obvious.