Darewin's Missing Link by Nidjo123
This was my second Ludum Dare participation and it was awesome. Had a lot of fun, learnt a lot... Anyway, inspiration wasn't the best 'cause I really wasn't expecting this theme so I ended up with some "jumping scroller". It's simple but kinda fun. I spent most of the time drawing animations which was exhausting but it paid off.
You start as a young Darewin (e is on purpose!) and you get older as you progress through the game. You just run and jump, run and jump, run and jump... There are four bosses which you have to pass and in the end there's a little secret for all you game makers which I hope you'll understand. :P
Thank you Ludum Dare community for your awesomeness and fun!
*If it doesn't run, try downloading the jar, and running command "java -jar LD24.jar". You must be in the same directory as jar.
You start as a young Darewin (e is on purpose!) and you get older as you progress through the game. You just run and jump, run and jump, run and jump... There are four bosses which you have to pass and in the end there's a little secret for all you game makers which I hope you'll understand. :P
Thank you Ludum Dare community for your awesomeness and fun!
*If it doesn't run, try downloading the jar, and running command "java -jar LD24.jar". You must be in the same directory as jar.
Ratings
| Coolness | 36% | 791 |
| Overall | 2.72 | 512 |
| Audio | 2.13 | 465 |
| Fun | 2.72 | 408 |
| Graphics | 2.67 | 453 |
| Humor | 3.12 | 98 |
| Innovation | 2.17 | 640 |
| Mood | 2.59 | 396 |
| Theme | 2.28 | 605 |
I found the level where you must jump into spears pretty counter-intuitive, especially considering you need to avoid getting hit by the same spears in the game's last stage.
I liked the jumping mechanic, though the speed of it probably could have used some tweaking. There were also periods of time where the enemies just didn't do anything...
But all in all, a nice, strange, entry.