Not Making It by Mattias Wargren

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made by Mattias Wargren for LD31 (COMPO)
Quick time events are stupid right!? Anyways ... make this coder happy by getting him to his computer.

# Features #
Pixels
Game references
Cheezy music loop
Camera shake
Quick time events

# Controls #
Any key to navigate menu
L,D,3,1 for movement

# Software #
Unity3D
Photoshop
Logic Pro
Cfxr

Ratings

Coolness 86% 2
Overall 3.12 644
Audio 3.58 102
Fun 2.89 743
Graphics 3.47 326
Humor 3.61 75
Innovation 2.70 847
Mood 2.98 503
Theme 3.65 482

Feedback

Muffinhat
08. Dec 2014 路 04:08 UTC
This basically explains developer procrastination. Can't get to my computer without arbitrary QTE's. Neat idea!
Anikki
08. Dec 2014 路 13:58 UTC
Nice mood.
Iak
08. Dec 2014 路 14:03 UTC
I mildly hate you for making a game all about Quicktime events. Then again, looking at some of the more recent Resident Evil games, you might make it into Capcom if you send them a copy of your game!
jepster
08. Dec 2014 路 14:09 UTC
Great music, great art style. His dance moves are infectious!
The placement of the buttons in the logo don't match their placement on a QWERTY keyboard, so it really messed up my brain!
馃帳 Mattias Wargren
08. Dec 2014 路 14:17 UTC
@Iak Mild hate is my favourite hate.
馃帳 Mattias Wargren
08. Dec 2014 路 14:18 UTC
@jepster Thanks. And ... it is supposed to mess with your brain :)
tonypai
08. Dec 2014 路 16:08 UTC
I'm reach to level 12, and I can't handle it anymore. I was wondering maybe some surprise showing until I reach level 10, but it didn't. A little sad. :(
DesignerNap
08. Dec 2014 路 16:23 UTC
heheh, this made me chuckle. A nice idea and well implemented. Good job.
馃帳 Mattias Wargren
08. Dec 2014 路 17:17 UTC
@tonypai The suprise is at level 999
Dream Of Sleeping
08. Dec 2014 路 18:05 UTC
I got to level 31. I kept thinking it was going to get harder but it didn't. I'm not even sure what quick time events are so maybe the easy gameplay is some kind of in joke that I don't get. I thought overall presentation was really good though. The music suited the mood of the game, and it drive me to crazy even after hearing the same bar about a 1000 times!
Dream Of Sleeping
08. Dec 2014 路 19:12 UTC
that was meant to say DIDN'T drive me crazy after hearing it about 1000 times.
mrexcessive
08. Dec 2014 路 19:37 UTC
Hi there. Like the control scheme. Amusing how little time spent at computer... Like the music.
Tasteslikefuture
08. Dec 2014 路 20:54 UTC
love the 8 bit feel! Gameplay is a bit simple, but this game oozes character!
jthistle
08. Dec 2014 路 20:56 UTC
Quite short, but great music and good graphics :)
ponk
08. Dec 2014 路 21:05 UTC
CoooOoooollLL ... !
OldPeculier
08. Dec 2014 路 21:39 UTC
That's funny. Bizarre. But funny.
Ossi
08. Dec 2014 路 21:40 UTC
Nice use of the theme and that's a really good song loop! The positioning of the keys was the biggest challenge and made the game really fun and interesting. I managed to get to level 21 before seeing what the lose state was even though I made a lot of mistakes. It perhaps felt a bit too easy. Well done!
TheDreik
08. Dec 2014 路 21:42 UTC
Why coder are topless? It would be fun if in the next levels we developed some game using QTE or something like that. But in another hand theme...
anokta
08. Dec 2014 路 21:45 UTC
neat art style! felt like there was no point on passing levels after the first couple of them though.
apiotrw
08. Dec 2014 路 23:14 UTC
A pretty funny take on QTEs
Kuupu
08. Dec 2014 路 23:18 UTC
hahahah! nice idea!
level 12 is my maximum!
Jupitron
08. Dec 2014 路 23:30 UTC
Awesome style overall! Nice art.
andrewkennedy
08. Dec 2014 路 23:47 UTC
Music is actually pretty cool! My only complaint is that I had to twist my fingers kinda weird to be able to hit LD31 keys quickly enough haha.

That's a pretty hardcore punishment for not reaching the computer though...
QuexD
09. Dec 2014 路 02:39 UTC
Great! how did you come up with the amazing controls!
馃帳 Mattias Wargren
09. Dec 2014 路 07:35 UTC
@QuexD Plain luck I guess!
Drtizzle
09. Dec 2014 路 11:37 UTC
The guy's smile made me smile :)

Nice audio and pixel art!

Gets a bit repetitive, but hey, thats what QTE's are about right?! :D
馃帳 Mattias Wargren
09. Dec 2014 路 21:20 UTC
Thanks for the comments!
Rob Glen
10. Dec 2014 路 23:08 UTC
This was cool, I like the peculiar yet relevant choice of keys. The music loop is pretty catchy too!
Kitch
12. Dec 2014 路 06:20 UTC
I personally resent the way you portray coders as shirtless grinning idiots, dancing around, wanting nothing more than to get to their computer...
wait a minute...
*puts shirt back on, stops smiling and dancing, and gets to computer*
Hey, nice game! Good work!
thopis
12. Dec 2014 路 18:16 UTC
Very good!Liked the mechanics with letters and beautiful music too!
BoxedMeatRevolution
13. Dec 2014 路 01:26 UTC
It got pretty fun when things got fast!
ruthiepee
13. Dec 2014 路 01:32 UTC
Put a shirt on! Here's a list of things I liked: the simple style, the goofy music, the cactus, the completely un-intuitive controls, the particle effects and the Wilhelm scream. The gameplay would be repetitive if not for the quickly increasing difficulty (I made it to 13). Man, that guy has a really tall ceiling!
panda
13. Dec 2014 路 03:31 UTC
I love the dancing guy graphics! Simple game, but well executed! This is fun!
andyphobic
13. Dec 2014 路 03:43 UTC
I really admired how you messed with my brain.
Pixlexia
13. Dec 2014 路 11:35 UTC
Nice game, very polished and the music is really catchy too!
Tangible Games
25. Dec 2014 路 15:05 UTC
Great choice of controls makes it sooooo difficult! :) LD31! It would not be as fun with ordinary arrows or something. Placement of keys on the keyboard turns this QTE into a mind-breaking masterpiece ;)
Jupiter_Hadley
28. Dec 2014 路 13:25 UTC
Simple game, very well made. I Included it in part 18 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/fGRz-9CpOIg