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Trolls: Where the Sun Don't Shine by Starspell

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made by Starspell for LD25 (COMPO)
NOTE: There is no-preloader for the game. The game will be a blank white box until it loads. Just bear with it, it doesn't take too long :)

You are a troll. This particular troll will turn to stone in sunlight. The sun is powered by flowers and the damn things just keep on growing!

Stomp those plants and stop the sun from waking up!

Use the arrow keys to move and jump.
P is Pause.
M is Mute.

Tip: If you get rid of all the currently blooming flowers the sun's power will decrease.

Time lapse on the way!

Created in ActionScript3 with FlashPunk.
Sounds from Sfxr, danosongs.com and freesound.org

Web http://sarah.draknek.org/Games/Troll/
Source http://sarah.draknek.org/Games/Troll/src.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=1791

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.42 142
Audio 3.39 70
Fun 3.53 74
Graphics 2.89 385
Humor 3.03 198
Innovation 3.24 192
Mood 3.20 163
Theme 3.40 287

Feedback

donmilham
17. Dec 2012 路 04:21 UTC
I liked the "Old School" controls. Simple and intuitive. I enjoyed seeing the transformation of the game level as I was losing; and eventually my fate. (No spoilers here...)
jmk
17. Dec 2012 路 10:58 UTC
Nice! Great animation and motion, really solid control feel. Catchy music, too.

After a while, I really started to enjoy stomping on flowers ... :O
patricklorio
17. Dec 2012 路 11:49 UTC
Everything felt smooth and comfortable. I love you're take on the theme.
ParaPup
17. Dec 2012 路 12:31 UTC
This was a really neat game you made here It was a good and addictive game it had me coming back trying to beat my score I only got 5395 but hey really good job.
馃帳 Starspell
17. Dec 2012 路 13:01 UTC
Aww thanks for all the great comments so far everyone! My best score right now is around 12000. If you get rid of all the currently blooming flowers the sun's power will decrease. I'll add that as a note.
boxerbomb
17. Dec 2012 路 14:24 UTC
7245 was my high score
someone
17. Dec 2012 路 18:17 UTC
Very cool. Good concept and well executed.
I recommend adding a preloader.
馃帳 Starspell
17. Dec 2012 路 19:37 UTC
Yeah I do really need a preloader. I've never made one before so it'll be fun to try. ^^

Thanks for the comments you two!
Worse
17. Dec 2012 路 20:12 UTC
Fun to play!
zompi
17. Dec 2012 路 20:53 UTC
Funny game, cool graphics, silly animation of stomping on flowers. I love the effect, that sounds are fading when sun is shinier. But why the web page has to be so green? My eyes!
maiev
17. Dec 2012 路 20:57 UTC
Got hard really fast once you get past 6000. Was addicting stomping those flowers and I loved the change once you are about to lose.

High sore: 8328
chrismwaite
17. Dec 2012 路 21:01 UTC
Really cute animations and very nice graphics. I also really liked the stomp mechanic (and the animation/sound when turning to stone) - makes a nice change from shooting ;)
yokcos700
17. Dec 2012 路 22:05 UTC
Gargoyles, much?
It's a hilarious little game, and the difficulty curve is nigh-perfect. The animation and sound are great, and the concept is original and amusing.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have flowers to stamp on.
Draknek
17. Dec 2012 路 23:09 UTC
It didn't feel like I was ever reducing the sun's power, so it felt a bit futile. I guess it is anyway: trying to stave off the inevitable as long as possible, but I would have liked crushing bloomed flowers to be more obviously rewarding.

Didn't play much, scored 4159.
01010111
18. Dec 2012 路 00:34 UTC
The audio was amazing! I got a score around 12000 - I think I'm a pretty good stomper!
馃帳 Starspell
18. Dec 2012 路 09:56 UTC
@ Draknek: If you didn't see the change then it's likely that there were still some blooming flowers around. The level goes back to being dark and the music comes back so it's pretty obvious.

@ 01010111: Nice one, that's about as high as I can managed.

Thank you everyone for the great feedback and comments!
Suese
18. Dec 2012 路 13:21 UTC
8,923pts. This was a very fun game. One of the more enjoyable entries I've played as far as game-play goes. Stomping flowers is a good villainous twist.
馃帳 Starspell
18. Dec 2012 路 16:30 UTC
Thank you Suese!
h8urf8
18. Dec 2012 路 19:36 UTC
Dat sound, when the flowers bloom. *wink wink* *nudge nudge*

Great game idea and mood though.
Justin Kibbe
18. Dec 2012 路 19:45 UTC
Could not download from your site, was marked by our filtering software as a "pay-to-surf" site.
馃帳 Starspell
18. Dec 2012 路 19:47 UTC
@Justin that's strange. You shouldn't "download" anything. It's a play in browser game. And it certainly isn't pay to surf. Try clicking on it again or typing in sarah.draknek.org/Games/Troll into your browser.
Schwiggy
18. Dec 2012 路 21:58 UTC
For a retro game this is very visceral. Controls flow well and the harsh square ground feels rounded as you climb off the ladder. The way the music faded out as the sun powered up was a nice touch.
aeveis
18. Dec 2012 路 21:59 UTC
simple and fun.
Sgt Squirrelly
18. Dec 2012 路 21:59 UTC
Nice simple, concise, idea. Jumping on the flowers feels very satisfying. I also really liked that it forced me to really watch the whole screen.
馃帳 Starspell
18. Dec 2012 路 22:12 UTC
Cheers guys! Fantastic comments.

Thanks for pointing out the ladders Schwiggy. I spent ages getting the ladders to collide nicely and help the player around the level. It's no fun losing because you got stuck ^^
SecondDimension
18. Dec 2012 路 22:50 UTC
Good ladder mechanics, I always find ladders hard. I liked the idea of fighting the sun
dek
19. Dec 2012 路 00:22 UTC
Damn. I turned to stone. I really liked your game. It was fluid, didnt feel clunky at all. Very enjoyable, and the cute art game me a laugh :) Music is a plus too.
Meep
19. Dec 2012 路 00:51 UTC
A fun little game with a clever take on the theme. :) I like how the flowers are what gives the sun its energy. :P
SuperDisk
19. Dec 2012 路 00:57 UTC
Feels very nice with the platforming and such. The concept was rather funny as well, and the flowers going 'Woo!' whenever they sprout was nice. Very solid.
Justin Kibbe
19. Dec 2012 路 01:02 UTC
Got it working, must have been a fluke (or bad timing). Glad I came back to it though. Great game that I would expect to be a game that took a month to perfect, not 48 hours. :-)
amassingham
19. Dec 2012 路 01:19 UTC
Loved the concept, stomping on flowers. It's brilliant.
laaph
19. Dec 2012 路 01:32 UTC
Not working for me (Tuesday 17:36 PST). All I get is a white box where a game should be :( tested in Firefox and Chrome, both on OSX 10.7.
laaph
19. Dec 2012 路 01:35 UTC
My bad! It's just the loading takes so long that I thought it wasn't loading. As someone above said, a loading screen would have helped.
C谩ssio Eduardo
19. Dec 2012 路 01:41 UTC
Simple yet fun.
lur
19. Dec 2012 路 04:34 UTC
Hectic and fun, great music.
bigbadwofl
19. Dec 2012 路 05:45 UTC
Fun to play and polished. A very nice entry.
jfroco
19. Dec 2012 路 05:55 UTC
Nice!!! Very solid gameplay. Congrats
Oreganik
19. Dec 2012 路 06:50 UTC
I loved the way you justified stomping on flowers. Getting into the heads and knowing why they do what they do is a really fun way to use the theme. The jumping mechanic felt pretty good, but of course, it was only a matter of time. =) Thumbs up.
Crowbeak
19. Dec 2012 路 08:30 UTC
I love how the graphics and sound both change to indicate approaching doom.
馃帳 Starspell
19. Dec 2012 路 09:29 UTC
Thanks everyone! It's great to read all of those comments. I'm so happy you like it!
har_g
19. Dec 2012 路 13:21 UTC
stompstomp - stompstomp - raaaa - stompstomp - crouick - 7610

damn adictive

The stair make me remember a game with mario and kong
Per
19. Dec 2012 路 14:59 UTC
Nice game!
You got the biology lessons backwards, but its OK :)
The music is really great. The sound of turning into stone is really freaky :)
CireNeikual
19. Dec 2012 路 15:22 UTC
Fun game! The controls were tight, and the sound effects were very nice. Some barriers between ladders might spice it up a bit more though!
馃帳 Starspell
19. Dec 2012 路 15:44 UTC
Cheers for the feedback guys ^^
shaneshanekavanagh
19. Dec 2012 路 19:49 UTC
F U sun! Ha ha, good job!
SuperDisk
19. Dec 2012 路 22:25 UTC
Also, my high score is 19192.
Zelen3d
19. Dec 2012 路 22:26 UTC
It was nice, I liked the sun's graphics.
GeorgeBroussard
20. Dec 2012 路 01:30 UTC
Liked the overall concept and mechanics and brightening of the screen. Would maybe introduce some other hazard to jump over along they way. Seems the game would be more fun if you could wrap around the edges of the screen, too, vs being blocked.
Gazok
20. Dec 2012 路 03:01 UTC
Very nice game, but I wasn't very good at it. It took me two attempts before I realised you had to stamp on flowers multiple times to kill them, and even then I only got ~7000.
Claite
21. Dec 2012 路 05:54 UTC
It was fun smashing flower! Stomping on their happy little faces.
nilstastic
21. Dec 2012 路 21:08 UTC
Good: Fun, I liked the old school feeling and the game felt polished.
Improve: There were no goats! :)
fr_automatik
21. Dec 2012 路 21:48 UTC
Simple concept. Good Execution. Amazing music.
Efficient graphics(But not perfect, though some clouds in the background, and a better font would do the trick)
Congratulations. :)
ramoncb
22. Dec 2012 路 22:59 UTC
well polished for sure!

that sun is pretty cool too!
馃帳 Starspell
22. Dec 2012 路 23:23 UTC
Cheers everyone ^^ I'm glad you are all enjoying it.

@fr_automatik after the competition I'll be working on this and adding a little bit more polish to it ^^ Clouds and/or birds are a must!
cwilloughby
22. Dec 2012 路 23:33 UTC
Cool game. Very simple and fun. Music doesn't seem to match gameplay, but I was grooving.

Nice work!
馃帳 Starspell
22. Dec 2012 路 23:37 UTC
Yeah I either thought, "I've got to go nasty and trollish to match the gameplay or catchy so you want it back when you stomp on all the flowers". I decided the second one was more desirable ^^
illugion
23. Dec 2012 路 00:39 UTC
Fun and simple gameplay, reminded me of some atari games
ddionisio
07. Jan 2013 路 01:11 UTC
Great work on a simple yet fun gameplay!
馃帳 Starspell
07. Jan 2013 路 10:49 UTC
Cheers guys. Thanks for playing!
SonnyBone
07. Jan 2013 路 20:24 UTC
Got 9274
Oddly addicting little game. Great music and very tight controls. Fresh theme interpretation and a nice challenge. Great job!
馃帳 Starspell
08. Jan 2013 路 08:34 UTC
Cheers everyone for playing and rating. Very happy to place at 142nd. Fantastic competition.