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The Parasite by jahlgren

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made by jahlgren for LD26 (COMPO)
The Parasite

** Please don't rate the game bad because you fail. The game is meant to be hard. **

Instructions:

Move with your arrow keys. Eat blocks by pressing C. Blocks will be eaten in the direction you hold the arrow keys. Shoot (vomit) by pressing X, this kills enemies.

Kill all the enemies to advance to the next world (You must also enter the door that is open).

If you get too hungry you die. Eat blocks to dampen the hunger.

Eating causes you to loose stamina. Stamina is needed for eating blocks.

* Boss at the end :) Mabye a Pot*** ..

Web (flash) http://www.jahlgren.com/ld26/
Playthrough (Youtube) http://youtu.be/Vx5XsO9myM4
Source http://www.jahlgren.com/ld26/The_Parasite_LD26_source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=17805

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 4.00 30
Audio 2.96 407
Fun 3.80 49
Graphics 4.12 58
Humor 2.68 284
Innovation 3.54 240
Mood 3.38 196
Theme 3.59 498

Feedback

Orni
29. Apr 2013 · 08:43 UTC
very polished game - the controls are precise as well

I liked it, one of my favorites so far.
8BitPimp
29. Apr 2013 · 14:31 UTC
Gorgeous game, instantly very captivating.
Easily the best game I have seen so far.
Its also freakishly hard, or perhaps that is just me.
It would be nice to see a video of how it should be played.
Great game though.
kreischweide
29. Apr 2013 · 14:33 UTC
Very nice indeed. Only sounds could have been better (less agressive in tone) and some kind of music would help it alot.
Chman
29. Apr 2013 · 14:35 UTC
Hard, but not frustrating. I died because of me, not because of the game, so it's "good" difficulty. Controls are spot-on and this whole hunger/stamina balance makes the game very interesting to play. Good work !
bushmango
29. Apr 2013 · 14:36 UTC
I liked it but man is it annoying to have to start over from the beginning every time. Cute graphics :)
techmonkey
29. Apr 2013 · 15:06 UTC
One of the most playable games I've tested tonight.

The controls were rock solid and the game had a certain feeling of completeness.
deige101
29. Apr 2013 · 16:59 UTC
very cool! I loved it!
🎤 jahlgren
30. Apr 2013 · 00:16 UTC
I made a playthrough that i uploaded to youtube. http://youtu.be/Vx5XsO9myM4
Lianne Booton
30. Apr 2013 · 06:01 UTC
This is very very well done. Audio and graphics are superb, and I really like the gameplay too. Great job :)
Gremlin
30. Apr 2013 · 06:07 UTC
Love the feel of the controls.

Really hard, but in a fair way. I didn't feel frustrated by the system, I felt like I'd lost the game. That's the sign of a well designed feedback loop.
omaromeir
30. Apr 2013 · 06:10 UTC
Cool game, really difficult, but really polished too. I couldn't finish but I will come back for more later. Good luck :D.
Ryusui
30. Apr 2013 · 06:17 UTC
Awesome game - this is something I'd probably pay $5 for on Steam. I just wish there were checkpoints of some kind, or a slightly more forgiving hunger/stamina system in play!
Tahooey
30. Apr 2013 · 07:31 UTC
Very nice game, difficulty was a very good level, I like it :)
Tainted_Code
30. Apr 2013 · 07:34 UTC
Very good game-play. Similar feeling to the Super Meat Boy game. Job well done, nice graphics too!
lotusgame
30. Apr 2013 · 07:53 UTC
So hard ! Thanks to the video playthrough, i could watch what is after level 2 ^^ Your game seems very complete and huge. For a 48h entry, its incredible. Have you plan to make this game before theme has been announced ?
JokerDen
30. Apr 2013 · 09:27 UTC
Cool game. Did you used Setcyl for it?
Jubjub.
30. Apr 2013 · 09:30 UTC
Really cute and the graphics are incredibly nice for such a short time period. Especially like the wall sliding animation, looks smooth!
acatcalledfrank
30. Apr 2013 · 09:33 UTC
Good fun and cute characters, but insanely hard! I'd have played for longer if there were checkpoints rather than starting from scratch every time I think.
tonic
30. Apr 2013 · 16:38 UTC
Pretty challenging. Nice style. :)
igrowbeards
30. Apr 2013 · 16:38 UTC
I liked this a lot - really fun, and super polished.
Zed
30. Apr 2013 · 16:38 UTC
It's cool, but you could fix your steep difficulty curve by maybe saving the progress you make along the bottom when you die.
FloatingGhost
30. Apr 2013 · 16:39 UTC
Fantastic - it took me a while to figure out what I was doing but after that it was an amazing game.
hulahulahest
30. Apr 2013 · 16:41 UTC
Quite fun. I was annoyed when I died of starvation while in the middle of the "go through the exit" animation. Feels like I was cheated out of winning the level.
TinyDrakkarStudio
30. Apr 2013 · 16:46 UTC
Very good game ! A little difficult at first, but it's fun and original and the gameplay are good.
SmilingCat
30. Apr 2013 · 16:52 UTC
Liked the gameboy-style graphics. Well polished, though I must admit I didn't make it beyond level 3 at any point.
🎤 jahlgren
30. Apr 2013 · 18:11 UTC
@hulahulahest Dying in the middle of the "leaving room" animation is a bug. It should not happen, but it can if your hunger is full. I will fix it in a post compo edition

@JokerDen I made it with As3 using the Flashpunk framework

@lotusgame No plans. I actually made something different the first day. But it was not fun to play so i started over :). So this was actually made in one day.

I thought of making checkpoints.. But the game is so short that it would defeat the point of being hard.
Ariake81
01. May 2013 · 22:28 UTC
Great little retro g
Ariake81
01. May 2013 · 22:40 UTC
Great little retro game, with excellent graphics, animation and sound. The stamina system can at times feel overly harsh though. I seemed to be beaten a few times by impossible deadlines rather than my control (controls by the way are incredibly slick and tight). A great and complete game!!
SaintHeiser
02. May 2013 · 02:42 UTC
Excellent work!
Well made minimalistic fun game!
I impressed by game mechanic with hunger =)
GeorgeBroussard
02. May 2013 · 08:09 UTC
Well done graphics and mechanics. Seems the hunger meter should start out slower as you are learning the game and get faster later?
mortus
02. May 2013 · 18:26 UTC
Great game, it was hard only first three levels, and then became challenging (which is good). Could be harder to be honest. ;D
Alink
04. May 2013 · 11:36 UTC
Very good. The stamina/eating/digging mechanism and the semi-random levels are cool innovations.
GranaDa
05. May 2013 · 12:29 UTC
Nice graphics and gameplay. Would love a windows version to play offline. Awesome jobe!
Riccardo Stucchi
05. May 2013 · 12:34 UTC
Very nice entry! The controls are perfect and the graphics is very cool! I like the idea of eating blocks to survive. Well done!!
Norgg
07. May 2013 · 10:31 UTC
Nice game, really polished. The movement feels really satisfying and responsive.
RealyUniqueName
08. May 2013 · 12:12 UTC
it's great in all aspects except i need to start from the beginning after death :)
cakemonitor
10. May 2013 · 16:23 UTC
very nifty game, but tricky! great job :)
lasergans
10. May 2013 · 16:29 UTC
I really like your game :) Feels polished, the controls are very good. :)
kddekadenz
10. May 2013 · 16:43 UTC
Well-balanced and appealing graphics.. However, it does not motivate me to play for long.
mollymus
10. May 2013 · 17:12 UTC
Very cool game! Well polished and fun!:)
Luck of the day games
10. May 2013 · 17:19 UTC
Great game, please continue developing this game it is one of the best games in the competion by far
Sebastian
10. May 2013 · 17:59 UTC
This controls very nicely and is a TON of fun!
kill0u
10. May 2013 · 18:22 UTC
I hate you T_T This game is amazing, but insanely hard. But amazing. I down-voted "fun" a little because the hardness reduces the fun, but I gave you really good ratings anyway ;) Good job.
Kvisle
10. May 2013 · 20:48 UTC
A bit unforgiving, I think - having to start from the beginning makes it a bit too hard for me.

Are the levels generated, or are they picked randomly from a pool?

The game is pretty, and the mechanics are solid.
Angerus
10. May 2013 · 22:15 UTC
Excellent, just excellent! I only wish a more easy start but well, the die-retry system is a cool one!
someone
10. May 2013 · 22:20 UTC
Very nice. Good fun.
madlee
11. May 2013 · 01:21 UTC
Probably my favorite of the competition. Not ashamed to say that I played this for about and hour and a half before I finally beat it! Very impressive!
mildmojo
11. May 2013 · 06:15 UTC
Excellent controls, very much like Super Meat Boy. Much harder than SMB, though, with the hunger/stamina mechanic. I tried a bunch of times but could only get halfway through. Watching the playthrough, there are some good strategies for getting through some of those levels quicker.

Very complete; I don't know how you did that in a day. =)
Zccc
11. May 2013 · 14:37 UTC
Really hard, but addictive!
madlee
11. May 2013 · 18:42 UTC
I've actually come back and played this game some more after beating it, just because I like it so much! Do you have any plans to expand on it after the competition period is over?
🎤 jahlgren
11. May 2013 · 21:03 UTC
Thanks for all the nice comments

@Kvisle, The levels are picked from a random pool. I wanted to have much more levels to choose from, but I did not have the time to design them.

@madlee, I do have plans to make this into a full game. Keep an eye on greenlight, it might pop up there :)
oskardevelopment
12. May 2013 · 09:53 UTC
Fun platformer with neat 2D art! :) Inspired from Meat boy?
finefin
12. May 2013 · 13:19 UTC
ooooh nice animations! the game is hard but the style makes up for that ;)
ethankennerly
12. May 2013 · 20:18 UTC
Eating blocks interested me. If you continue to develop this, at various screens I was not sure how to eat my way to the exit or what the timing was to jump and eat or if I was running out the ability to eat.
TheSheep
13. May 2013 · 17:40 UTC
Nice graphics, very tight controls, cool idea. Shame it's another platformer though, and I totally suck at keeping track of 5 different things at the same time (running, jumping, eating, stamina and shooting).
Martin_Monosys
14. May 2013 · 20:34 UTC
Interesting, but a bit hard...
michail
15. May 2013 · 19:34 UTC
Nice mechanics, I like the random level idea. Yeah, it is very hard, but it is OK for me.
Dotanukii
20. May 2013 · 06:19 UTC
One of the best entries I've played yet, the concept is brilliant and it's creates an incredibly fun and urgent mood. Great work!
Roupette
20. May 2013 · 10:50 UTC
Nice ! Want to eat the world :p.
Xanjos
21. May 2013 · 00:04 UTC
Loved the visual style whilst the general gameplay concept was actually pretty interesting and had quite a lot of depth and strategy to it.