Title: Subtitle by LizEngland

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made by LizEngland for LD26 (JAM)
Words, words-words words, words, words words. Words words words Words words Words Words. WORDS!

This is a pretty standard Mario-esque platformer in which we replaced art assets with words. Let your imagination fill in the rest. Play time is 6-8 minutes. Enjoy!

Team: Liz England & Nick Weihs

Indie Impressions made a video playthrough if you would rather watch than play:
http://youtu.be/9Vht4ElZL78

Notes:
* The game has controller support if you prefer that over WASD
* If you can't run the game, you may need to install the XNA Redistributable. It is included in the download.

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.90 30
Audio(Jam) 3.43 123
Fun(Jam) 3.54 75
Graphics(Jam) 3.86 102
Humor(Jam) 3.64 34
Innovation(Jam) 3.59 77
Mood(Jam) 3.63 80
Theme(Jam) 4.36 10

Feedback

SaintHeiser
30. Apr 2013 · 02:30 UTC
Excellent work!
I impressed with environment from words.
I love this game =)
PixelOaks
30. Apr 2013 · 04:08 UTC
Really nice, it was very entertaining and I wanted to find out what was next.
devPhil
30. Apr 2013 · 04:10 UTC
Love the mood! I'm not normally a big fan of platformers but this I enjoyed a lot! Good job
myachin
30. Apr 2013 · 04:22 UTC
SAYS: no suitable graphics card found(
DaveDobson
30. Apr 2013 · 04:28 UTC
Really cool concept with the words - I love the shapes you got them into. The variety of different words, forms, and enemies was great. I found the game a little bit hard and frustrating at times - I may be getting to old to have patience for difficult platform games, so that might just be my problem. I love the dialog between the characters - perfect fit to the theme.
Cybearg
30. Apr 2013 · 04:30 UTC
Certainly my favorite game that I've seen so far!

I once had an idea to do a game where the world was made up of ASCII characters, but this is brilliant--a typography world? Awesome!

Seriously, I would love to see this style expanded into an action-adventure game rather than just an action platformer. Refine the style a bit and I would seriously buy it in a heartbeat.

Even though this game could have faffed off its gameplay, it didn't. The jumps were breezy enough to allow proper precision for platforming and the end boss fight was actually fun!

Overall, fantastic job and I hope this prototype is expanded further if possible!
brxtr
30. Apr 2013 · 04:50 UTC
Words.
Jellycakes
30. Apr 2013 · 04:50 UTC
REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW CRITICISM PRAISE ENCOURAGEMENT OPINION COMPLIMENT
stromchin
30. Apr 2013 · 04:51 UTC
I just watch this in a stream, but I liked it a lot. I've thought of doing something similar but using kanji... it never went anywhere though
ncgames
30. Apr 2013 · 07:01 UTC
really love the idea here
ananasblau
30. Apr 2013 · 08:01 UTC
This looks a lot like what I had in mind two years ago. Awesome to see it as a game. https://plus.google.com/104398143105698472084/posts/fpeWGNvay4q
Pity I can't run it, not even PlayOnMac would do that :(
timtimtimtim
30. Apr 2013 · 08:16 UTC
fun idea. hurts my eyes though. too easy.
Orni
30. Apr 2013 · 08:46 UTC
I really enjoyed this, the concept is great!

very well done :D
Alex Camilleri
30. Apr 2013 · 20:04 UTC
Nice mood. I didn't find the game particularly interesting though. I liked the camera movement, but many elements were quite confusing, together with the color coding.
GarethIW
30. Apr 2013 · 20:08 UTC
Excellent! I needed a bit of cheering up and the intro had me belly laughing. Then I was just stunned by all of the tile descriptions. All of that, and it was quite fun to play too :)
AestheticGamer
30. Apr 2013 · 20:09 UTC
While the platforming felt a bit stiff, the concept was fun and I had fun playing it. Interesting how ones imagination fills in the blanks. The music was also nice and added a good amount to the experience.
KHANanaphone
30. Apr 2013 · 20:13 UTC
Controls way better than most platformers I've played so far.
Mekuri
30. Apr 2013 · 20:28 UTC
Awesome game- Awesome concept. I really like how your imagination takes over, based on simple words on the screen. It gets slightly confusing at times, but all in all very cool. With a bit of refinement, and maybe a story line, this would be something I wouldn't mind paying for!
lucasncv
30. Apr 2013 · 20:30 UTC
Hilarious little game! Loved it. I'm amazed how much detail was put into the background, haha.
Meep
30. Apr 2013 · 21:31 UTC
COMMENT COMMENT COMMENT REVIEW COMPLIMENT COMPLIMENT COMPLIMENT
multitude
30. Apr 2013 · 23:24 UTC
Love this! Pretty cool concept and idea with the text.
Tom 7
01. May 2013 · 01:34 UTC
Nice idea and nice scope. I've seen games with stuff made out of words for sure, but this one is funnier (I liked the escalation of descriptiveness as the game went on) and fit the theme well. I wish it supported arrow keys as well as WASD so I didn't have to play with my left hand. The difficulty curve was good. Was crying out for a wall marked "secretsecretsecret"!
KunoNoOni
01. May 2013 · 03:15 UTC
Gold... Pure gold! Nailed the theme... awesome design... Mind Blown!
ilovepixel
01. May 2013 · 06:16 UTC
I really liked the idea of changing objects for words. Great game.
karlin
01. May 2013 · 09:26 UTC
I really liked the style you've chosen, fits the theme perfectly. Some of the jumping was a little frustrating at times but I still really enjoyed it. Totally agree with cybearg and would love to see this as an action adventure.
sittaman
01. May 2013 · 22:35 UTC
What a great idea! Nice level design, too! Congratulations. XNA is a great tool!
dalbinblue
02. May 2013 · 04:36 UTC
Fun, with a groovy art style. Made me laugh a lot. Movement had a lot of slide to it which made platforming difficult.
nintendoeats
02. May 2013 · 04:45 UTC
I lvoe everything about this. I love the music, the aesthetic, and the level design (for the level of complexity that you are going for anyway).

My only negative comment is that as a red/green colourblind person...that was really really hard. I have made this comment on many games today >_>
kyyninen
02. May 2013 · 16:49 UTC
Compliments compliments compliments compliments specific positive mention of controller support
free_napalm
02. May 2013 · 20:13 UTC
I really enjoyed it, I don't think anything is missing to make this a decent platformer.
lanz
02. May 2013 · 20:19 UTC
Cool! I really liked the theme. On the negative side words were a bit harsh (aliased) which make playing not so comfortable. Otherwise great job, and absolute theme fit! .)
Farjuan
02. May 2013 · 21:41 UTC
This is deffinitly what i was expecting for this theme!
SonnyBone
03. May 2013 · 15:11 UTC
Genius!
cardboard
03. May 2013 · 21:21 UTC
Really good length. I mean, it could have been longer, but it was not too short. The variance in platforming (and color) throughout the game kept it interesting. One of my favorite games so far.
SnoringFrog
04. May 2013 · 03:08 UTC
Love this idea, fits the theme perfectly. Nice job. Words words words.
belickim
04. May 2013 · 11:10 UTC
There should be also a voice saying "BACKGROUND MUSIC, BACKGROUND MUSIC, BACKGROUND MUSIC, ..." as the background music :D
EdoMiyamoto
05. May 2013 · 12:34 UTC
Very good !
Switchbreak
05. May 2013 · 18:43 UTC
Fantastic game. I liked that I was able to use my gamepad to play it. I really liked that the platformer mechanics weren't just a vehicle for the gimmick but were well designed.
kill0u
05. May 2013 · 21:43 UTC
It's amazing how we can recognize the elements with their sprites only made of words! Cool game ;)
Jorjon
06. May 2013 · 20:50 UTC
This is very similar to http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=11606
mildmojo
13. May 2013 · 01:06 UTC
This looks really cool, but I'm on Linux. =(
HELLO23
13. May 2013 · 08:14 UTC
Amazing. Great idea. I really enjoyed playing it. Minimalistic
zkenshin
14. May 2013 · 15:14 UTC
Really enjoyed looking through all the words in the environment to see all the unique words. A lot of detail in the environment for it being made of words :P Really neat. :)
agumaster
14. May 2013 · 16:29 UTC
incredibly GREAT game. Words aesthetics are amazing. Gameplay is cool too. BTW i find a cheat when you press F1 ! :)
Maple
14. May 2013 · 23:32 UTC
Most games I try I'm like "Well, I guess this is minimalist", but I think this one really deserves some points towards theme (and some other categories, of course!). It's ingenious. Good job.

If I were to complain about a thing or two, it would be these:
- I felt like the camera changing depending on the way you are facing was a bit too fast, and thus was a bit disorienting in vertical sections where the player has to change direction often.
- The other thing is, WASD/Space is a bit weird for me, since I'm used to traditional platformers which tend to go for arrow keys. I would have at liked the option to use arrow keys (←→/↑).

Nonetheless, nice entry.
Sylvain.p
15. May 2013 · 18:52 UTC
Good idea, need to be polished, but it works.
Jacques_le_lezard
15. May 2013 · 21:01 UTC
It perfectly suit the ludum dare subject! I love the idea and graphic! On the other hand I hate games with many many many platforms ...and being push by enemies all the time (I'm not patient enough, so I didn't finish the game...)
atraxgames
15. May 2013 · 21:51 UTC
MINIMALISTIC COMMENT: great
Madball
16. May 2013 · 12:52 UTC
Praise praise! Praise praise praise praise! Words words words words words words, words words words.
Gremlin
16. May 2013 · 14:04 UTC
Clever. I do feel the jumping could be a little more solid, but the controls were pretty good, just not quite as precise as I would have preferred.
csanyk
19. May 2013 · 04:31 UTC
Interesting take on the theme, and innovative graphics.
DDRKirby(ISQ)
19. May 2013 · 22:25 UTC
Words words words words
words words words?

LAUGHTER LAUGHTER LAUGHTER