Comic Sans: The Game by FloatingGhost

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made by FloatingGhost for LD26 (COMPO)
Well here it is, Comic Sans: The Game. It's built using java on top of the Slick2D library, and should work on all systems (spoiler: It probably won't).

How'd I do?

EDIT
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Fixes (I hope) for Linux and OSX with new (post-compo) natives loader.

Ratings

Coolness 85% 2
Overall 2.86 888
Audio 3.03 357
Fun 2.98 565
Graphics 2.12 1205
Humor 3.92 20
Innovation 2.14 1188
Mood 2.63 802
Theme 2.70 1199

Feedback

pHOIg4H892
29. Apr 2013 路 10:46 UTC
10/10, has comic sans
TomboFry
29. Apr 2013 路 13:38 UTC
I'd like to play/vote, however I get the following error message (I am running on version 1.6, maybe it's that?):

Could not find the main class: ludumdare.LudumDare. Program will exit.
Raimonds
29. Apr 2013 路 13:42 UTC
Loved the turning mechanic [:
馃帳 FloatingGhost
29. Apr 2013 路 14:19 UTC
I'm running 1.7 - have you extracted the files from the zip? It appears to hate it if you don't.
metadept
29. Apr 2013 路 14:22 UTC
Hahah, cute! What if we don't want to rescue it, though?? My only suggestion is to make projectiles/enemies Times New Roman letters for thematic effect.
timtipgames
29. Apr 2013 路 14:24 UTC
Thank god I was able to save comic sans :)
A bit too easy for my taste. The way you implemented ducking is an interesting way to do it :)
Yezu
29. Apr 2013 路 14:25 UTC
Can't run on Fedora.
"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no lwjgl in java.library.path"

I guess something wrong with path setup.
馃帳 FloatingGhost
29. Apr 2013 路 14:36 UTC
Ooh, I did do the linux natives majig... No idea why it won't run.
Overv
29. Apr 2013 路 14:40 UTC
Fun little game! I like the replayability through saving Comic Sans again!
Morgawr
29. Apr 2013 路 14:40 UTC
Same here, Linux (Ubuntu), cannot run this because of missing main class yadda yadda
馃帳 FloatingGhost
29. Apr 2013 路 14:41 UTC
That is rather odd. I'll see if I can fix it.
Shigor
29. Apr 2013 路 14:47 UTC
Save the COMIC SANS!!!!! Now if there only were some potatoes....
karsyf
29. Apr 2013 路 14:49 UTC
"Times New Roman is Victorious" and I lolled out loud =D
Dietrich Epp
29. Apr 2013 路 14:57 UTC
Hilarious and fun! But it seems random how high I jump...
Fabien Por茅e
29. Apr 2013 路 15:20 UTC
That ducking animation is absolutely wonderful.
invaderJim
29. Apr 2013 路 15:24 UTC
The total package.
Holofire
29. Apr 2013 路 16:11 UTC
Absolutely hilarious. Such a simple and original idea. I love it.

The jumping is a bit...wierd.
Merkoth
29. Apr 2013 路 16:14 UTC
Tried to play under latest OSX, got this error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: ludumdare/LudumDare : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
Cosine
29. Apr 2013 路 19:05 UTC
Love the theme. A little short lived, but cool. One problem... Comic Sans can't be saved! Haha.
SenorDiablo
29. Apr 2013 路 19:58 UTC
ahaha very funny and fun. good work
errorage
29. Apr 2013 路 20:03 UTC
<font face="Comic sans MS">I had fun</font>
jmf
29. Apr 2013 路 20:35 UTC
Haha, enjoyed it a lot. On windows had to run it from command line to get the classpath right using "java -jar LudumDare.jar".
Jellycakes
30. Apr 2013 路 01:34 UTC
Pretty fun, too short though. Maybe a bit more polish too but other than that nice game.
lightnarcissus
30. Apr 2013 路 16:54 UTC
Pretty hilarious at times! I'm scoring this high on humor because it actually made me LOL-out a number of times. :D
Dark Acre Jack
30. Apr 2013 路 16:56 UTC
Good little game.
Zed
30. Apr 2013 路 17:33 UTC
Ha, I like it. Very simple.

The theme for the last LD was "You Are The Villain". This would've fit in MUCH better with that, since 'rescuing' Comic Sans makes me feel like I'm committing some sort of crime.
Purplescape
30. Apr 2013 路 22:59 UTC
Funny game! So glad I saved Comic Sans
sP0CkEr2
02. May 2013 路 04:28 UTC
its amazing what people come up with at these things -- really nice effort -- gets insanley hard
TaleLore
03. May 2013 路 04:05 UTC
Great...
Cambrian_Man
05. May 2013 路 02:37 UTC
I think something's off in the jump code. Sometimes you do little hops, sometimes it's a big leap. Still, best font-based run and jump game I've played this year!
pvwradtke
05. May 2013 路 02:50 UTC
I had some problems to run it on Ubuntu 12.04 and OpenJDR6. I had to install openjdk7 and "sudo update-alternatives --config java" to select JDK7 in order to get it to work. Glad i dit it, had a good laugh with this one. Very easy to win, but dodging all those falling potatoes to rescue comicsans was entertaining. :)
sudorossy
05. May 2013 路 22:07 UTC
It was interesting...
Maple
06. May 2013 路 03:13 UTC
*Ahem*, your hitboxes are terrible, but otherwise you did a good job.

Am I meant to want to lose?

Also, you really shouldn't be mixing post-compo stuff with compo stuff, unless it is strictly game-breaking bugs. You should make a post-compo link for the post-compo version, so people aren't rating what you did after LD.
Skoggy
06. May 2013 路 13:52 UTC
Sorry, couldn't start on my mac :(
馃帳 FloatingGhost
09. May 2013 路 18:30 UTC
Maple, it was a game-breaking bug. It wouldn't launch on mac or linux, I added 2 lines to load the correct natives. That is all.
badlydrawnrod
09. May 2013 路 21:17 UTC
Jumping is a bit floaty, but ... well, it does what it says on the tin.
Coil_Whine
09. Nov 2013 路 05:46 UTC
yeaaaah I like this a lot.