Zap Runagain by PaperboxStudios

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made by PaperboxStudios for LD34 (JAM)
Zap Runagain

Save your little alien friends as you try to weave through this insane crazy space age runner. How long will Zap last? How many of his alien friends will Zap be able to save?

Controls:

Up / Down arrow: Jump and fall through platforms.

Ratings

Coolness 56% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.31 533
Audio(Jam) 2.86 570
Fun(Jam) 3.43 304
Graphics(Jam) 3.59 446
Humor(Jam) 3.00 313
Innovation(Jam) 2.64 836
Mood(Jam) 3.00 679
Theme(Jam) 3.79 403

Feedback

guigrillo13
14. Dec 2015 · 13:30 UTC
Awesome game!!! Really good mechanics
DesignerNap
14. Dec 2015 · 21:38 UTC
hah! This is great fun! :D Love the laser effects and audio. nice work.
dvdfu
15. Dec 2015 · 04:22 UTC
Mechanics were really good and well designed! Great fun game overall.
chabuduo
15. Dec 2015 · 21:02 UTC
Great work really impressive visuals and sound!
huminaboz
16. Dec 2015 · 05:53 UTC
Grabbing aliens made me smile big time. Great use of two button mechanics. Reminds me of that NES game where you're a cool dude in a sports car avoiding cops and picking up babes. (name escapes me)
SpareWizard
16. Dec 2015 · 06:34 UTC
I like the mechanic of more aliens is worth more, but more difficult to score.
TomenLuca
16. Dec 2015 · 10:57 UTC
Even though I'm terrible at this game, I enjoyed it a lot. It really helps that you are able to restart your game so quickly, there is very little downtime.
Astro Cat
16. Dec 2015 · 14:35 UTC
cute runner. have a great fun to play it
Studiosaurus
17. Dec 2015 · 20:21 UTC
The changing between levels is frustrating since there is an ease in and out, it should be instant, so that you can dodge things at the last minute. The flying blocks could maybe be a different colour that's more visible against the purpleish background. I couldn't find a way to escape the laser apart from to just run along the top, but then if you happen to get a red block fly out of nowhere while the laser's still going, you're screwed. I liked the city art. Music was very stressful to listen to.
Rocketship
20. Dec 2015 · 09:30 UTC
Fun to play, the aliens have funny voices and the art is also pretty nice. I would suggest changing the projectile color into something much more visible, especially when it flies so fast. Also the screen shake during the laser, even though very cool, hides the projectiles completely and they become impossible to dodge.
Hot Box Games
20. Dec 2015 · 16:53 UTC
Really well put together!
A simple lane-switching game made interesting with the alien rescuing, I played this much longer than I usually play LD games for, well done!
I loved the little alien sounds, too!
shadow64
21. Dec 2015 · 08:23 UTC
Nice parallaxing! I felt the gameplay was solid, though there were times that I couldn't prepare for being attacked and was kind of trapped into dying. So I guess my only note would be on balancing that a little better, so that it only gets that hard the longer you've played.

Overall I think this is a fun experience taking from some known mechanics and adding a fun twist to it. The music and sound effects were fun as well. Nice work and congrats on finishing!
domo_demo
21. Dec 2015 · 21:02 UTC
really like the idea! simple and fun to play :) music is a little bit .. repetitive?=p