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Just Potato by Kakureta

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made by Kakureta for LD34 (COMPO)
Potatoes! Potatoes everywhere! I mean, who doesn't love potatoes?

This game is called Just Potato. It is a 2-button controlled infinite jumper in which you grow a potato and try to go as high as you can.

It was made in Unity
Art was made in Photoshop
Sound in 3ML Editor

A and D (or left/right) to move.
Collect gold potatoes to grow.
Watch out for red evil potatoes.

Can you get the highest score? I'd like to know.
Post your scores in the comments below ;)

**EDIT: I feel it might be important at this point to mention the fact that there is a warping feature in the game: If you go off-screen, you will be teleported to the opposite side of the screen. People tend to not notice this feature and then tell me there are impossible jumps. To those people: Try moving the potato out of the screen ;)**

- Kakureta

*P.S: There is a bonus Christmas mode (Hint: Check the options)*
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/zzuxsvcrx17h58s/JustPotatoKakuretaLD34source.zip?dl=0
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/fh8ul3yhjquvggt/JustPotatoKakuretaLD34.zip?dl=0
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/s/33ykrigtxzw1f7n/JustPotatoKakuretaLD34mac.zip?dl=0
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/eh910lrgxatazgq/JustPotatoKakuretaLD34linux.zip?dl=0
Web http://www.kongregate.com/games/Dito_3/just-potato
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=50287

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall 2.83 792
Audio 2.58 509
Fun 2.88 674
Graphics 3.08 480
Humor 3.44 107
Innovation 2.53 804
Mood 2.77 625
Theme 3.58 599

Feedback

SketchyGalore
14. Dec 2015 · 03:52 UTC
Nice touch with the Christmas mode :)
lXxGarrisonxXl
14. Dec 2015 · 05:18 UTC
I really like the potato graphic! It's hard to move around though. I got a 7 on my highest
Jeroenimoo0
14. Dec 2015 · 11:53 UTC
hahahaha, the christmas mode was cool. Navigating was hard sometimes.
shadowforce768
14. Dec 2015 · 22:46 UTC
Really funny and fun!
pvtroswold
14. Dec 2015 · 22:48 UTC
Haha nice. Only complaint is sometimes I don't think it's possible to win... fun though!
🎤 Kakureta
14. Dec 2015 · 22:58 UTC
@pvtroswold You are right. This is a known issue where there is a 1/20 chance that the game might spawn an impossible jump. Can't fix it though, I don't have time :/
cppchriscpp
14. Dec 2015 · 23:07 UTC
Definitely hit a few impossible jumps, and the collisions feel just a touch wonky. That said, it's simple, fun, and almost a little addicting.

I got up to 42 on my highest run.
Robin
14. Dec 2015 · 23:13 UTC
The game was too frustrating in my opinion, a lot of times it wasn't even possible to reach the next platform and the hitboxes felt off. Make the potato jump a little bit higher and things should be better I think :)
sergicollado
14. Dec 2015 · 23:15 UTC
Very fun, there are impossible jumps :(
illraceyou
15. Dec 2015 · 03:33 UTC
The title is accurate. Not sure why I start with golden potatoes in normal mode and not Christmas mode.
XenosNS
16. Dec 2015 · 02:35 UTC
Who doesn't love potatoes?
Imagos Softworks
16. Dec 2015 · 06:28 UTC
Not super innovative, and the inconsistent clipping made me rage a bit, but the minute I found Christmas mode, ALL WAS BETTER.
MemoryLeek
16. Dec 2015 · 20:24 UTC
The Linux build is missing the data folder
🎤 Kakureta
16. Dec 2015 · 22:23 UTC
@MemoryLeek fixed! Thank you for pointing it out :)
kmakai
16. Dec 2015 · 22:41 UTC
Simple and fun, good job with the sound effects too! Didn't get very high up, but played for a while.
torcado194
16. Dec 2015 · 22:49 UTC
this was pretty good. couple complaints though, the hitboxes were a little ambiguous, some jumps were impossible or close enough to count, sometimes you spawn pretty much right on an enemy, or the platforms are so close you just move upwards rally fast and cant really decide to go anywhere like if theres a gold potato or something, and 'dying' was a bit anticlimactic when you fall below the screen just a bit and are still able to climb back up, but you're dead so it doesnt matter. also on the other side of the enemy argument, enemies arent really that much of a hazard, they're just kinda there.
otherwise, the game is pretty charming and the art isnt that bad. the christmas mode was a neat touch. and it fit the theme well!
PickleCrew
16. Dec 2015 · 22:50 UTC
Music is well done although my potato doesn't get on some platform for some reason
Troma
16. Dec 2015 · 22:52 UTC
Liked the art
PowerSpark
16. Dec 2015 · 22:56 UTC
I like it! The potato idea and Christmas mode are nice touches. The level generation has some problems, as stated before, it seems impossible to get to some blocks.
Allthebees
16. Dec 2015 · 23:35 UTC
A very fun little game :) Took me a few minutes to figure out I could jump across the edge the screen and then it became a lot more fun. I ended up with a highscore of 43 :D I loved the art style and the sound effect for the potato was great. There we're a lot of small bugs that reduced the fun though, like the fact the score went down when you dropped so you could lose your high score, or the fact there's no quit button :p
Garris
17. Dec 2015 · 00:31 UTC
This game was really funny and cute, but it was so hard to land that darn potato on his platform. I loved the weird noise it made when you ate a golden potato, and the graphics were nice and potatoey.
fluidvolt
17. Dec 2015 · 00:44 UTC
Hehe, this was fun flipping that potato around. And Christmas mode: omigosh! How come the potato won't flip in xmas mode? I guess that hat's too good to mess up, huh. :) I can tell you had fun making this! Good job.
MemoryLeek
17. Dec 2015 · 06:45 UTC
Linux build works great now :)
Fun and slightly addicting game, not much to complain about.
A small bug is that you can keep jumping and gaining score after you've died :P
scorched
22. Dec 2015 · 17:40 UTC
I think it would be better if the camera could return downwards!
NirabazGAMES
03. Jan 2016 · 03:44 UTC
awesome) well done!