Volcanox by leafo

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made by leafo for LD22 (COMPO)
Volcanox: Abandoned alone on a planet, try to find your way out!


Notes
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Had some last minute issues with the sound effects on Windows. Seems to work fine on Linux though.

Built using LOVE. If you're not on Windows you must download the game engine in order to play the provided file.

Ratings

Coolness 26% 483
Overall 3.15 142
Audio 3.46 35
Community 3.00 129
Fun 2.54 273
Graphics 4.00 29
Humor 1.67 399
Innovation 2.00 506
Mood 2.62 253
Theme 2.38 443

Feedback

JayCFraser
19. Dec 2011 路 13:37 UTC
I think your fundamental mechanic has two flaws: the rate at which the slimes respawn renders the gun redundant (otherwise it could be a timing challenge), and the random movement of the slimes then makes the game a game of chance. Apart from that, however, this is a very well executed game!
xilefian
19. Dec 2011 路 13:57 UTC
It was great, nice gameplay, i played it twice which is a good sign, it reminded me of metroid. Hated the respawn rate of the enemies, kill one and another drops on your head.
diux
19. Dec 2011 路 14:20 UTC
I cannot move to the right, only for the left. This makes the game unplayable =(
馃帳 leafo
19. Dec 2011 路 20:39 UTC
Author here, there seems to be a bug in the game for some windows users which prevents movement. Sorry about that.
Gaeel
19. Dec 2011 路 21:20 UTC
Props to you, L枚ver ^-^

A good fun shooting flatpormer, enjoyed it.
by the way, you need to do soundsource:rewind() for sounds to play more than the once...
馃帳 leafo
20. Dec 2011 路 06:39 UTC
Thanks Gaeel. Oddly enough, I do rewind before playing but it didn't fix the issue.
Aaron
21. Dec 2011 路 02:54 UTC
JayCFraser pretty much said my thoughts. Nice work though. :)
Stargoat
21. Dec 2011 路 12:23 UTC
rate of enemy respawning kind of frustrating - the probably shouldn't respawn at all? I love the graphics, sound and music, but sound seemingly only fires once for each.

Very nice game, anyway, I'd love to see it finished :)
mes
22. Dec 2011 路 05:16 UTC
i really like the music. nice artwork too. i have the same complaint about the respawns. it feels really unfair when the enemy you killed just a second ago respawns right on top of you giving you no chance to avoid it.
SonnyBone
23. Dec 2011 路 08:24 UTC
There is not point in shooting because the enemies respawn before you can even walk beyond where they were! I just jumped over everyone :P
arkeus
26. Dec 2011 路 09:35 UTC
I really like the graphical style and music. And once I learned that I should jump over most the enemies (that are on a lower plane than I), it became really fun. :D
summaky
27. Dec 2011 路 20:33 UTC
The enemies respawn too fast and at the most unfortunate time for me; I always take a hit even if I kill the enemy just for that. The theme is also somewhat lacking (I feel that you are implying that the player is alone in volcanox and so, but I can't *feel* that in the game.) It is a fine platform game.
Randomasta
07. Jan 2012 路 10:03 UTC
Does love games required additional library or anything like that? I get graphical glitch on both this game and Felinus.