Little Dude's Epic Adventure by Jim Haslett

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made by Jim Haslett for LD31 (COMPO)
A Little Dude goes out for a walk, and has to find his way back home...


Controls are the arrow keys.

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall 3.33 409
Audio 3.50 116
Fun 3.07 574
Graphics 2.58 887
Humor 3.22 165
Innovation 3.12 563
Mood 3.43 173
Theme 3.32 893

Feedback

Carl Graves
08. Dec 2014 · 03:46 UTC
The narrator is a nice touch.
Valon
08. Dec 2014 · 23:39 UTC
I agree nice touch with the narrator. The controls are good too everything is smooth.
madameberry
08. Dec 2014 · 23:39 UTC
The narrator was pretty great.
Paperscraps
08. Dec 2014 · 23:40 UTC
The narration was cool, haha. Simple game, but enjoyable.
Gaspard_
08. Dec 2014 · 23:42 UTC
I like the narrator too!
The violin though, got quite annoying after a while...
I found this very cute :)
chaosed0
08. Dec 2014 · 23:43 UTC
I love the random sawing at the violin in the background.
johnbrynte
08. Dec 2014 · 23:44 UTC
This was, despite the seemingly annoying violin, a really sweet and beautiful game. The voice is very soothing and actually gives you a much better relation to the character. It's nice and all to know that the little dude is home safe, but I kind of wanted to continue his adventures. Great work!
Divitos
09. Dec 2014 · 07:35 UTC
I like the narrator, and the controls feels precise, but you feel a little too sluggish when in-air.
stray
09. Dec 2014 · 07:38 UTC
really nice concept.
Goodjob dude
🎤 Jim Haslett
09. Dec 2014 · 22:17 UTC
Divitos, That is on purpose. You actually have no control while in the air, as you can't apply force to move right or left. The controls are based loosely on physics. The ground has friction, and you apply force (really just acceleration) based on that friction. Same for jumping and falling. There is force (acceleration again) of gravity and jumping force that counteract each other.
Newt_
09. Dec 2014 · 22:43 UTC
Really liked the narrator! Also the movement animations looked very nice.
Yarek
09. Dec 2014 · 22:49 UTC
Love the narrator it really gives life to the game. It reminds me to the game Thomas was alone :)
ShadowStryker
09. Dec 2014 · 22:55 UTC
I really liked the narration. It was an excellent game, and it's always nice to see a fellow LWJGL user! Only issue I had with it was that I was able to outrun the narrator's voice, starting the next sound-clip before the previous one had finished. Playing both at the same time.

That doesn't take away from the game at all in my opinion though. Great job!
HuntTheWumpus
09. Dec 2014 · 22:56 UTC
Nice little game. Narrators are always cool in games and I liked it :)
flegmatical
09. Dec 2014 · 23:54 UTC
As the others, I also think the narration was great. I thought the "little dude found a box, looks like a parachute" was hilarious, until I understood he actually found a parachute. Thought he didn't understand the concept of gifts at first :D
Jyrkface
10. Dec 2014 · 01:12 UTC
I agree with johnbrynte on everything. Great example of how aesthetics and feel can make a game much more than its mechanics :)
egos
10. Dec 2014 · 01:58 UTC
when the game transform in a real basic platformer the end comming
You focus on the narration so great job !!
lurumdurum
10. Dec 2014 · 15:16 UTC
The narrator part was pretty cool, I like how it was done. The level changing mechanic was pretty cool as well, you could do some cool stuff with that. :)
GameDevExtreme
10. Dec 2014 · 15:18 UTC
liked how the graphics changed over time
Zettelkasten
10. Dec 2014 · 15:33 UTC
The platforming feels very good and I really love how you implemented the theme! Good job!
christopf
10. Dec 2014 · 16:24 UTC
Well, that was a fast one. Love this minimalistic style and you made me laugh a few times. Also how you break the expectations in me made feel good. Good job!
Oh the critic i nearly forgot: It could be longer of course and maybe more of a story? I feel you could do that easily and the setup also is inviting. Keep up that good work!
DaRaziel
10. Dec 2014 · 16:25 UTC
Very nice little adventure there. Narrator rocks, there`s not much of them in games nowadays... Liked it!
christopf
10. Dec 2014 · 16:25 UTC
Well, that was a fast one. Love this minimalistic style and you made me laugh a few times. Also how you break the expectations in me made feel good. Good job!
Oh the critic i nearly forgot: It could be longer of course and maybe more of a story? I feel you could do that easily and the setup also is inviting. Keep up that good work!
oh_andrej
10. Dec 2014 · 16:36 UTC
Charming little trip with Bastion-esque narration. Short and sweet. Just hope Little Dude didn't pay too much for that house, the location seems a bit inconvenient.
skulioskarsson
11. Dec 2014 · 23:15 UTC
1+ for the narrator ;D
Meral
12. Dec 2014 · 16:12 UTC
Cute thing. I had a little trouble with the controls, but maybe that's just me and platformers.

Good job!
DonovanWu
18. Dec 2014 · 03:44 UTC
Very nice audio!
L0N3 W0LF
24. Dec 2014 · 19:31 UTC
Nice little game here (: felt the deep side of the game, the narrator was great, Great work :D