Waterfall Rescue by Switchbreak
This game is about rescuing a bunch of climbers who got stranded trying to climb up a waterfall alone. You need to swing over to them and take them with you to the rescue chopper.
I used FlashPunk as the engine, bfxr for the sounds, Paint.Net and Gimp for the sprites.
I used FlashPunk as the engine, bfxr for the sounds, Paint.Net and Gimp for the sprites.
Ratings
| Coolness | 10% | 59 |
| Overall | 3.43 | 54 |
| Audio | 2.32 | 157 |
| Community | 3.77 | 13 |
| Fun | 3.78 | 14 |
| Graphics | 2.70 | 186 |
| Humor | 2.00 | 206 |
| Innovation | 4.00 | 9 |
| Theme | 2.23 | 221 |
Fun - Not bad, but a bit frustrating at first. Got ahold of it quickly though, and enjoyed what I played!
Graphics - A little ugly, but they do their job.
Audio - Ehh, not sure what to say. A bit annoying, but they work.
About the theme, the "take this" is missing.
But otherwise a very cool game, I had fun playing it ! Nice work ! :)
Great work!
The two nitpicky things I have with this game are some of the jumps seem unfair, perhaps if you decelerated as you swung up, it would make the timing feel more natural. The other thing that bugged me was that the chain would sometimes get out of sync. That was only a visual thing, since it didn't effect your jump at all.
In regards to the theme it wasn't as much absent as I'd consider it unspoken. While the mechanics of the game didn't give a powerful incentive to join together with the other climbers (aside from being an actual objective), it definitely could have strengthened the theme's impression. However, I did think it did signify the warning values of going alone, lest you get stuck at an unlikely spot beneath a platform floating in mid-air at a waterfall :P I'm definitely stretching the theme itself, but to me it could be "take this" could be justified in the conversation between the climbers. "Take this rope!", "take this hand", "don't take this plunge into death!!!". Perhaps adding som small dialogue texts when rescuing people could add to that feel.
However we interpret the existence of theme or not I enjoyed the experience. Thank you.
Otherwise I thought it was very original and addictive.
So nice to see a game that is fun and easy to learn yet somewhat challenging to truly master.. on another note, I've seen games like this before.. but none of them made quite as well. I love the graphics and music!! This is truly a master piece and to think it was done in 48h amazing! Truly proves that nothing is beyond your reach when you have the right inspiration and determination.
Sometimes it feels like luck but it's got the "It's my fault, just one more time" feeling.
Well done!