Blob Thing's Epic Escape From the Lab by samgj

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made by samgj for LD31 (JAM)
A game by Sam Jackson and Shawn Marion

A blob monster is trapped in a lab filling with acid. It needs to escape with as many other blobs (contained in capsules) as it can.

Controls:
Left and Right Arrows - Left and Right
Up Arrow - Jump

Splat sound effect by the Blender Foundation:
http://opengameart.org/content/flap-splat-poo-yo-frankie

Ratings

Coolness 22% 2152
Overall(Jam) 2.61 932
Fun(Jam) 2.65 800
Graphics(Jam) 2.83 697
Innovation(Jam) 2.12 948
Mood(Jam) 3.00 517
Theme(Jam) 3.67 387

Feedback

Recursiveanomaly
08. Dec 2014 · 04:20 UTC
Neat idea. I like how you have to use the ladders to jump higher.
karlipoppins
08. Dec 2014 · 07:42 UTC
This is so hard lol It took me 5 times to not drown while getting the 2 left-most capsules! I love the blob animation, it feels sticky and heavy. No music though?
Liam :D
10. Dec 2014 · 16:08 UTC
I know that this was not the intent but the "You Were" at the end is eerie. It's a really spooky way of telling you that you died... Woah man...
mrexcessive
10. Dec 2014 · 18:10 UTC
Hi there. Got to end of level but not all capsules. Found it a bit of an eye strain, so tiny. Nice sounds stuck ladder climbing. Good job!
SuperDisk
11. Dec 2014 · 02:11 UTC
Neat game. Unfortunately, bad collision detection can be the death knell for a platforming game, and it seems to be the case here. Otherwise pretty neato.

Don't mind the newgrounds guys tearing you apart; they do it to everyone.
SinistraGames
12. Dec 2014 · 16:28 UTC
It was *almost* very good. The ladders were a little buggy and the green toxic could be slowed down a little, or a better level design. Also there should be a reset button. Annoying to refresh the whole page. And fix the text, it just shows half of it. Fix those and it would be quiet fun! : )
LeReveur
13. Dec 2014 · 02:59 UTC
Interesting physics behavior, simple game, easy to understand. Maybe two levels more with increasing difficulty would be a plus ? :)
brainstorm
14. Dec 2014 · 12:07 UTC
Innovation n/a: It isn't innovative... It isn't bad but I can't rate that category.

Fun 3/5: Difficult and with only one level, but a good one.

Theme 3/5: Simply ran in a single screen.

Graphics 4/5: Cute retro style, glitchy jump animation.

Mood 4/5: I felt a bit nervous because the green liquid was going up.

Overall 3/5: Too simple, but continue with that idea, you can make something awesome!
hexagore
15. Dec 2014 · 10:09 UTC
Funny what a huge difference the green slime coming up from the bottom makes. :P
rodobodolfo
21. Dec 2014 · 20:59 UTC
the controls are really solid, great platforming!
However there are some problem with the animation when you collide with walls.
solarexplorer
22. Dec 2014 · 03:06 UTC
controls are a little difficult
Samm
22. Dec 2014 · 03:06 UTC
You seemed to launch off when you got to the top of a ladder, which was sort of odd. Fun game though!