The Legend of Shoe by Alexbrainbox

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made by Alexbrainbox for LD21 (-)
You are a Hero, sent to end the evil reign of the Shoe - but you were caught! Make your way through his labyrinthine castle, vanquish the Shoemaster, and ESCAPE* its terror!

WASD or arrow keys to move, space to shoot.



*Yeah, okay, it's tenuous.

Ratings

Coolness 1% 311
Overall 2.56 352
Audio 2.25 229
Community 1.89 372
Fun 2.63 257
Graphics 2.31 354
Humor 2.00 205
Innovation 1.88 445
Theme 1.73 486

Feedback

Bartje321
22. Aug 2011 路 21:48 UTC
I'm missing the link to the game
black_mage_andy
23. Aug 2011 路 02:41 UTC
There is no link to this game
cornedor
23. Aug 2011 路 05:37 UTC
:(
馃帳 Alexbrainbox
23. Aug 2011 路 20:21 UTC
sorry, I didn't realize you had to put the "http://" in, so the links didn't show up :/ Fixed!
(That'll teach me to upload without checking late at night!)
makc
23. Aug 2011 路 20:45 UTC
I didn't make it to the shoe :(
Cosine
23. Aug 2011 路 20:55 UTC
Innovation: This genre is done quite a bit, and I didn't see anything new.

Theme: The theme wasn't really explained in-game. The theme explanation felt like an excuse to fit the game after making what you wanted to.

Graphics: Things resembled what they were meant to be, which is good. I'm not sure if I quite liked the cursor sprite or the wall sprite, which didn't fit in with the rest of the art style.

Audio: The music was 8 looping measures, which could definitely be expanded into something worthwhile. The sounds themselves were okay, but a little uninteresting.

Fun: I was a bit irritated by the level design, mostly because the rooms just seemed to cut off right at the borders, which looked a little odd. The level design also did some weird things that ended in awkward maneuvers to shoot at enemies. The boss' hitbox is, well, a box, and you can get hurt while walljumping on the above platforms. Also, you never explained that you can walljump.

Overall: I don't want to be rude, but this game needs work in all departments before I consider it worthwhile. I can see the effort, but I don't know just how well it turned out in the end. Maybe use this advice to make a better game next Ludum Dare, or practice on your own time! You can only improve from here.
kavs
25. Aug 2011 路 19:31 UTC
I won with 830 and took about 10 minutes.

I found the walljump to be a bit too hard to use with a keyboard. I always fell from really frustrating places and it didn't feel fair.

Nice music and art though; it all fits the same theme.

There is nothing about escaping in this game, though. :P
jwfrosty
26. Aug 2011 路 06:51 UTC
Not really an 'escape' game, as such? I like the multi-screen mechanism, but found the controls and some of the level design to be a bit infuriating (took me ages to realise you can double-jump, and I couldn't get it to work every time!). Unfortunately, I didn't make it to the boss, but I kept playing for a good while to try and get there.
Codexus
27. Aug 2011 路 07:40 UTC
Nice little game, the wall jumping could use some improvement.
KavuDX
27. Aug 2011 路 20:09 UTC
Although the game didn't exactly fit the theme, the graphics were pretty bland, the music, albeit cool, got annoying after a couple minutes, and having nothing really new or innovative, I really enjoyed the game, even more after I discovered I could wall jump.
KevinWorkman
27. Aug 2011 路 20:47 UTC
I liked this game! It kept me interested enough to play through the whole thing, which is more than I can say for most other entries!
Tulrath
30. Aug 2011 路 02:31 UTC
Gameplay was extremely smooth and very accurate. I just couldn't master the wall-jumping (mouse or keyboard), so I never got past the lava room. Most of the jumps are extremely unforgiving -- very little room for error. Also, didn't like rooms where I simply couldn't go back (falling from the ceiling for example). Would have liked to be able to explore around.
Jacic
10. Sep 2011 路 22:37 UTC
Good game. It doesn't have much to do with the theme, but it's a fun little platformer. The level design was ok, maybe it could've had a bit more exploration.

I ended up winning with a score of 870.