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Sea Cucumber Runner 2D by takemikazuchi545

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made by takemikazuchi545 for LD34 (COMPO)
This is my entry to LD34. I decided to go with both themes, "two button control" and "growth". You play as a sea cucumber in an infinite runner world. The twist is when you run into food and eat it, your character grows. You can shrink by pressing "X" to eviscerate your organs*. Certain parts of levels require you to be at certain sizes so timing food consumption and shrinking is critical.

* Actual sea cucumber behavior: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evisceration_%28autotomy%29

EDIT: I've updated the builds with a small fix to one of the ground colliders that was causing players to get stuck.
Web http://yoshikischmitz.github.io/SpaceCucumber2D/
Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bzwl-6Djb2LMVVNUcWtjMmx2RWM
OS/X https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bzwl-6Djb2LMY2NBWkdyTzFsMk0
Linux https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bzwl-6Djb2LMUlI5VHlqeE5pVTA
Source https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bzwl-6Djb2LMcGJJWTNCa3JNMzg
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=29379

Ratings

Coolness 52% 3
Overall 2.96 716
Audio 2.89 363
Fun 2.74 750
Graphics 3.59 236
Humor 2.94 228
Innovation 2.23 895
Mood 2.78 618
Theme 3.40 715

Feedback

lXxGarrisonxXl
14. Dec 2015 · 04:42 UTC
Fun Game! It's really challenging, but I finished it!
Ghen
14. Dec 2015 · 05:14 UTC
i dig the art style
but for some reason the movement feel stuttering
davidcmcdonald
14. Dec 2015 · 05:17 UTC
couldnt get it to load on web, consider webGL
jcmonkey
14. Dec 2015 · 05:18 UTC
interesting game, the art style is nice and clean.
bushmango
14. Dec 2015 · 05:20 UTC
Super cute main character and song, but waaaay to hard.
siege
14. Dec 2015 · 05:26 UTC
Eviscerated myself completely, made it to the end of the world, flew off into blue.
Frenchie
14. Dec 2015 · 05:29 UTC
Cute graphics! But I had a really hard time controlling the player. I would get stuck in the ground sometimes and I once died just from landing :(
karlipoppins
14. Dec 2015 · 05:29 UTC
Great graphics! The sound loop was a bit short! Very challenging! I hated that cactus at more than one moment lol!! Also a bit of an issue with stuttering? Otherwise it's a really fun little platformer. Good job!
misson20000
14. Dec 2015 · 06:16 UTC
Unity Web Player doesn't count as Web (to me, at least. Needs a plugin not available on Linux), can you change the link to say "Unity Web Player" or something along those lines?
Chaserbrown
14. Dec 2015 · 06:22 UTC
I managed to exploit a glitch where you press "x" while the smallest size. It essentially keeps on side-scrolling while popping the Sea Cucumber out of existence! I love how you incorporated actual Sea Cucumber behavior!
Duobix
14. Dec 2015 · 06:23 UTC
Too hard, I can't jump high enough to say that this isn't frustrating.
mukult
14. Dec 2015 · 06:33 UTC
Nice game!! But the game seems to be a bit laggy with the web build...
Controls do feel clunky... But awesome work! :)
gkxd
14. Dec 2015 · 06:35 UTC
The main character is really cute. The difficulty is a bit high at the beginning; I would've liked to see a less steep difficulty ramp.
danbolt
14. Dec 2015 · 07:06 UTC
You get top humour for making a Sea Cucumber game! ( http://bit.ly/1QnLzSu )

I liked the growing mechanic a lot.
BoUnDtOtHeEaRtH
14. Dec 2015 · 07:31 UTC
The whole "press x to eviscerate organs" thing is pretty funny but the game is a little too unforgiving with the jumps. I like how you ease the player into the game by introducing the mechanics gradually instead of just dumping it all in one place
BoUnDtOtHeEaRtH
14. Dec 2015 · 07:31 UTC
The whole "press x to eviscerate organs" thing is pretty funny but the game is a little too unforgiving with the jumps. I like how you ease the player into the game by introducing the mechanics gradually instead of just dumping it all in one place. Also, cute sea cucumber is cute
ruscoe
14. Dec 2015 · 07:49 UTC
Cool concept. Possibly a bit too difficult at the start, but fun once you get the hang of it.
Elenesski
14. Dec 2015 · 09:05 UTC
Fun game, really a challenge. Worked fine for me.
veverichka
14. Dec 2015 · 15:45 UTC
Hard, yet somehow addictive. Good job!
PlasmaErnst
14. Dec 2015 · 18:09 UTC
Nice game, though it was very hard for me (only got to level two). At times the Cucumber would stop, messing up my timing - unfair. Good job overall, a pitty my slow reflexes kept me from completing.
🎤 takemikazuchi545
15. Dec 2015 · 06:26 UTC
Hey guys. Thanks for all the feedback and comments. I've updated the game to fix an issue where people were getting stuck and losing as a result. I would love to tweak the difficulty but I feel like that wouldn't be in the spirit of the rules since it would change much of the design. If I end up polishing this more I'll definitely post links though. Thanks again!
DustyStylus
15. Dec 2015 · 22:12 UTC
I'm getting old, my reactions aren't fast enough! ;D
Love the chippy music and retro oldskool fee. :)
RoseNinja
16. Dec 2015 · 04:19 UTC
like the music, but won't jump when press space good game tho
DonEngland
16. Dec 2015 · 08:02 UTC
There was a bit of stuttering that made the jumping difficult in some places. Especially the triple obstacle plus bread in level 3. I like the graphical style!
disdanes
17. Dec 2015 · 04:51 UTC
This was really challenging and fun, I also liked the clean art style.
MountainRanger
17. Dec 2015 · 06:40 UTC
Really solid gameplay. Great game.
TheMeorch
17. Dec 2015 · 06:47 UTC
Absolutely lovely artwork in this game. I just love the style!

There seems to be a little stutter whenever I hit the ground -- it looks like it might be because the character is actually falling ever so slightly through the ground upon landing, but I'm not sure.

The game definitely is challenging, but I worry that it's too much in the direction of frustrating/tedious challenge, at least at the start.
sikosis
17. Dec 2015 · 06:55 UTC
Very cool graphics but brutal gameplay with the steps to jump. Great entry.
Ludic
17. Dec 2015 · 07:00 UTC
The graphics are good and music is funy, but the control is tough and the game is to hard, it would be good if the jump was highest or gravity force lower.
dustyroom
17. Dec 2015 · 09:21 UTC
Think it would be nice made a higher jump.
BubsyPoochies
17. Dec 2015 · 09:21 UTC
Love the presentation and humor in your game! Thinking about a sea cucumber for a platformer is not a simple task at all, really creative and innovative stuff :D Wish we could get a bit further though, it's incredibly challenging ;) Great work!
Jezzamon
17. Dec 2015 · 11:40 UTC
Uh.... so it took me a good 10 minutes to get past the first stair case.

After that I couldn't really find it fun anymore. I tried to! I got up to level 3 and then was like "no thanks"
DrFallos
17. Dec 2015 · 12:35 UTC
Seacucumber is fun! i haven't seen scores or progress while running.
monetai
17. Dec 2015 · 13:27 UTC
The character is cute and the controls and physics are good but, wow, this is way too hard ! I finally gave up after trying 30 times to pass the first steps.
knason
17. Dec 2015 · 19:39 UTC
Cute, fun game it was a bit hard I never seemed to get past that 3 step obstacle, but I really liked the music and the graphic was nice that sea cucumber was really cute! well done!
nassi
17. Dec 2015 · 22:19 UTC
Barely made it to the second level after countless restarts. The stuttery movement and the jumping not feeling too good made it a tough sell although the art and the aesthetic in general was pretty solid. Also I feel like the mechanic makes the game somewhat trial-and-error based, since at least my reflexes aren't good enough to adapt to a given situation fast enough by shrinking myself.
tobia88
18. Dec 2015 · 08:18 UTC
interesting game here!
Jupiter_Hadley
29. Dec 2015 · 20:29 UTC
Found it strangely hard... I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/EztdlDzFrUE
FiSilva
30. Dec 2015 · 16:39 UTC
Nice art style, but a bit too hard for me.
GeorgeBroussard
04. Jan 2016 · 16:15 UTC
Solid entry. Barely got past second level. Pretty small timings on the jumps. Interesting idea with the growing of your character and shrinking.