Runner by mephisto

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made by mephisto for LD31 (JAM)
Controls: Any key or mouse button, click the 'm' to mute

The idea was to create an endless runner on one screen.
Created in 4-5h...

Tools:
Eclipse
GIMP
SunVox

I'm not joining the compo this time (connection failed, little free time)...
Good luck to everyone!

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1550
Overall(Jam) 3.21 504
Audio(Jam) 2.81 468
Fun(Jam) 3.11 455
Graphics(Jam) 3.39 443
Humor(Jam) 2.33 634
Innovation(Jam) 2.82 640
Mood(Jam) 2.84 654
Theme(Jam) 4.04 120

Feedback

frondeus
08. Dec 2014 · 16:27 UTC
Simple but addictive.
I like this graphics style. It's... pure.
MMOOxy
08. Dec 2014 · 16:29 UTC
I like the music, but sound effects are missing. Had a small bug, where the death animation was playing after a retry.
yongcamu
08. Dec 2014 · 23:42 UTC
Man, that's some good stuff there. I'm with frondeus on this, simple but addictive!
Team Flashlight
09. Dec 2014 · 15:07 UTC
Great fun playing this and really addictive! The art style is cool.

The interest curve of this game could be a problem as I did not see the difficulty rise / the new obstacle appear after a long play.

Overall great work!
sanchitgulati
09. Dec 2014 · 15:36 UTC
what's you high score ? I got to 265.
Nice game, really liked it.

I was thinking something like this for my jam game, had circle on screen but lacked vision on that front.
So end up doing something else entirely different.

But this was satisfactory
Techblogogy
09. Dec 2014 · 19:14 UTC
Nice and simple
GameDevExtreme
09. Dec 2014 · 19:17 UTC
there was no player an score like there is on the screenshot.
Magicolo
09. Dec 2014 · 19:18 UTC
-Would've been nice to be able to vary the jump height :(
-Sometimes, there are impossible jumps :(
-Visually simple but pleasant :)
-Lack of progression :(
Hammers
09. Dec 2014 · 19:23 UTC
Woop 403 :D

That was good. It was really nice seeing the world get bigger as you kept going which was a nice visual reward for doing well. I like minimalist style too.

Also nice tune :P
🎤 mephisto
09. Dec 2014 · 20:05 UTC
First of all, thanks @all for playing the game :)
@MMOOxy I had some simple sound effects at first, but they got annoying very fast.Also, thanks for letting me know about the bug.
@GameDevExtreme Probably the images were in the wrong place (img folder next to jar). Other than that I have no idea (are you using Linux/MacOS?)
@Magicolo -true -during playtesting that occurred only once -thx :D -I know, would have made more than that if I had gotten more time
@sanchitgulati/Hammers 448 :D

I'll probably port it (/a better version) to Android some day, it feels like a good concept for a one-click game.
Basim
10. Dec 2014 · 17:01 UTC
Great game and a very original idea! Sound effects would have added to the atmosphere as well though
oh_andrej
10. Dec 2014 · 17:04 UTC
Simple and addictive with a great clean visual style. Music is nice but sound effects for jumping and dying would've made things even better. Even though I really like this one!
FUN TIME ! WASN'T THERE AN OLD GAME MAKER GAME SIMILAR TO THIS ?
ElectricSeagull
10. Dec 2014 · 23:26 UTC
Good use of the theme and nice minimalist styling. I like it.
Bloxri
11. Dec 2014 · 02:49 UTC
No player. Ran the game a few times and this still happened. Didn't take score away though, concept was cool. Fitting theme. Graphics were clearly not strong or intensive but that clearly wasn't the goal. No humor or mood in this piece. The audio got kind of annoying.
Rick Hoppmann
14. Dec 2014 · 10:27 UTC
Doesn't seem to work for me. It starts up, but there isn't any gameplay, just a planet and some particles.
01rafael
17. Dec 2014 · 08:11 UTC
Look simple & stylish)
CodeNMore
21. Dec 2014 · 15:05 UTC
Great game!
Lynx
28. Dec 2014 · 21:29 UTC
Very simple yet visually beautiful game. I feel the music didn't help add a good atmosphere to the game though...the song kind of gives it a monotonous kind of mood where I think if you gave this game a more upbeat and faster paced song (maybe something like chipstep) and made the jump a little less floaty, you'd have yourself a rely awesome mobile phone game that you can pass around to all your friends and challenge them to beat your scores!

Can't wait to see a post-Jam version of this, especially for my mobile devices!