Restartigrade by Ezra Szanton

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made by Ezra Szanton for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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Have you ever wanted to help navigate a horde of tardigrades through a cruel candy-colored world? Well, now's your chance!

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Programming/Design – Ezra Szanton

Sound Design – Mels Burns

Art – Percy Street more art

Ratings

Overall 212th 4⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Fun 99th 4.089⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 80th 4.102⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1584th 3.489⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1435th 3.467⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Audio 385th 3.773⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 58🗨️

Feedback

guilhermesouza
21. Apr 2020 · 01:17 UTC
I really enjoyed our entry! Congrats!! It's hard but fun!
xoidberg
21. Apr 2020 · 01:17 UTC
Fun, cute and catchy music! Like it :)
Joaquinm
21. Apr 2020 · 01:19 UTC
this is an exelent game! you should be proud of it hahah nice mechanics
Iñaki roque
21. Apr 2020 · 01:19 UTC
Excelente Game Excelent job, really adictive!
migox
21. Apr 2020 · 01:20 UTC
This game is realy nice! super music :)
Jenny Bourke
21. Apr 2020 · 01:20 UTC
This game is super cute! I haven't won at all yet, though. I'm not sure if it's too hard or I'm just bad at it :)
matt2728
21. Apr 2020 · 01:21 UTC
That is a super unique idea! I really like this and is one of my favorites so far for LD46. Awesome job, thanks for putting an HTML version up. (I recommend full screen since they are so small)
davekingcool
21. Apr 2020 · 01:22 UTC
really enjoyed that and the concept!
Alklord
21. Apr 2020 · 01:23 UTC
Amazing! Very funny!
Fat cat
21. Apr 2020 · 01:25 UTC
Cool concept, pretty challenging, I couldn't make it to the end :p Love the audio
radow
21. Apr 2020 · 01:34 UTC
One of the first games I've tested this time around and what fun! Especially enjoyed the Character design =)
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21. Apr 2020 · 01:38 UTC
Very cool game! I liked the simple puzzle mechanics and the music... and the fireworks xD
nspevacek
21. Apr 2020 · 03:10 UTC
Cool Lemmings-style gameplay. Really liked the music!
MidnightMist
21. Apr 2020 · 03:22 UTC
Catchy music and lots of fun! Great job!
sayumeki
21. Apr 2020 · 03:25 UTC
The music is a real bop and I feel like I learned a new word today. The gameplay really clicked with the level where you have to stack them on top of each other and scale the wall. I think some explicit text tutorial rather than spitting them straight down into the spikes on the first level would have helped well. Keep it up!
DuckDuckProducktions
21. Apr 2020 · 03:31 UTC
This is just fun. I love the progression on the levels and the tardigrades are too cute.
goblinkingmatt
21. Apr 2020 · 04:14 UTC
Fantastic. If only it were longer!
LairinLair
21. Apr 2020 · 13:04 UTC
Really liked the puzzle. Very clever. Loved the one that had to stack one on the other in the left and them run and jump. The yellow things are a wise choice too. The color pallete is cute. The song is catchy, could be a little longer on maybe the lead on a lower register, but im just being picky, haha. Great work. Congrats again for the puzzles. This is a pretty cool concept.
PeachTreeOath
22. Apr 2020 · 03:58 UTC
This game is definitely fun to just run around and hit buttons since the tartigrades can interact and jump around in weird and fun ways. There were some spots where the game design really shined, namely when you were using multiple characters. There were a lot of levels where I didn't really need multiple and it ended up being a fairly standard platformer. Nonetheless, good job exploring the concept. I can see the idea has a lot of promise and you could do plenty of variants of this in the future.
BryLaMare
22. Apr 2020 · 05:47 UTC
Fun little game. Got stuck at a level where you have to go up a straight wall but there are 2 of the blue death orbs. Finally gave up there and couldn't figure it out. Really cute game however.
Sciman101
22. Apr 2020 · 15:52 UTC
Fun and cute! If I had to make two suggestions though - the camera feels too zoomed out, especially considering how detailed the tartigrade sprites are. It _does_ make them feel more 'microscopic', though, so maybe that was intentional. It also felt like sometimes the mechanic of having a bunch of characters to control was kind of unecessary, since I'd just isolate one and get them to the end. Maybe having a number of tardigrades you need to get to the end instead of just one?
Either way, fun little game!
xarona
23. Apr 2020 · 18:27 UTC
I love the idea! But I found it hard to see what was happening (camera zoom out as Sciman101 said)
OddSocks
24. Apr 2020 · 11:26 UTC
Great game. Really liked the idea. Playing as all of them at the same time was a fun challenge. Great entry.
Halberd
24. Apr 2020 · 11:38 UTC
Amazing! It's challenging and fun at the same time.
Minusc
24. Apr 2020 · 11:38 UTC
Haha, how is the level with the wall and the two blue thing of its left doable ? I just can't xD
Really cute and fun game, great idea. I really enjoyed playing it !
yeo_niki
24. Apr 2020 · 11:41 UTC
Really cool and unique idea, I have no complaints! The music is catchy too. Probably one of the best puzzle games I've played this Ludum Dare >_<
Solweak
24. Apr 2020 · 11:44 UTC
The mood is really amusing, the sound design is neat and you've done a nice level design overall, i felt more the notion of sacrifice your friends to move forward than keep it alive but it was fun :smile:
Maytch
24. Apr 2020 · 11:48 UTC
Cool idea! Great take on a puzzle platformer.
k_baskakova
25. Apr 2020 · 18:21 UTC
it is interesting! This is similar to lemmings, but harder! Funny sounds and nice graphics. Thanks!
RoboPenguin
25. Apr 2020 · 19:49 UTC
Very nice! Even though they're so small, I feel as though you were able to give the characters a lot of personality, and I like how you used the first level to demonstrate that the blue shapes are a hazard - though I'll admit I was a little confused at first!

I agree with one of the above comments that requiring more tardigrades to get to the end of the level might be cool - though I guess that might also make it quite a bit harder!
Rednaxelus
26. Apr 2020 · 16:53 UTC
Cool that was nice to play
matthewi
29. Apr 2020 · 06:50 UTC
Super cute! Reminds me of Enough Plumbers. Some minor nitpicks are that I wish I could see the detail of the water bears better but I guess they are supposed to be small, and that the jump sound loops. I love the gameplay because even if you kill a waterbear, you have a bunch more ready to go.