Comedy Crusade by Gnarly Narwhal
WARNING! THIS GAME IS NOT ACTUALLY COMEDIC OR HUMOROUS!
Play as the comedy mask and save the tragedy mask. Navigate through some super easy levels and reach the end at your leisure. There's really no challenge here.
Notes on the Theme: Yeah I know it doesn't really follow the theme. My thinking was you start in an empty platform world and you have to build up something. But I wasn't really sure how that was gonna work so it turned into this. Anyway rate me low on theme.
Alright a bit on the controls. It's kinda simple, but also kinda not.
Movement:
AD - Left/Right
W/Space - Jump
Block launching:
Left Click to launch a block in the direction of the mouse relative to the player. The velocity of the block at launch is affected by the velocity of the player. Once it's launched left click again to solidify the block.
Detonating blocks:
Right click on any block you've created to detonate it. You can even detonate the block you've currently launched without solidifying it first. When they blow up they launch the player and the currently launched block (assuming the block being detonated isn't the currently launched block) away from itself based on proximity. The closer to the center the farther you are launched.
| Youtube | https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZEveK-0d8C9FDpLlf2-zAkPqUeUqyifd |
| Youtube | https://github.com/Gnarwhal/LudumDare45 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/comedy-crusade |
Ratings
| Given | 6🗳️ | 2🗨️ |
*The hitboxes of the boxes can be rather inconsistent.
The way their physics work, when they stop, why, and how they'll get launched, are all a bit unclear. To be clear, I put the boxes in the pit in the first level in order to get across, building an incomplete bridge. I don't know if that was intended or not, but the blocks stop, seemingly randomly, at various points in this pit.
There wasn't any direction inside the game to tell me what to do. For a full game, of course, the first level at the very least, must really hold the player's hand in most games.*
**END OF ISSUES**
I really like the kinds of games where you construct your own path, create things yourself to move forward, and don't just jump. I like the visuals. It's very simply, and the high contrast can hurt your eyes when you're playing at 2:30 AM like I was, but on the whole, the graphics are nice and could definitely be something iconic to you if you so desire. I don't know if you're a really talented artist when it comes to detailed work or not, so maybe this style is too simple for you to associate yourself with.
Conclusion: Have more confidence in yourself, your abilities, and your games! Not only is it appropriate, but it is the only way of progressing and getting somewhere in your career, your skills, your life in general. This is a good game, or at the very least, a good base of one. Good night, gamer!