The Turtle Escape by Transmit

made by Transmit for LD30 (JAM)

A casual entry this time around working with my girlfriend, made in probably about 15 hours of on and off work. Used HaxeFlixel, Photoshop, Ogmo Tilemap editor, and BFXR for sounds.

Controls are WASD or arrow keys, and the idea is to make it to the end of the level, avoiding the dangers, and then play through the level backwards in an alternate world full of ghost turtles! Collect as many coins as you can!

4 levels in total. Sorry for the poor ending!

Sorry Chrome users, web link was broken, hopefully fixed now!

Web mirror	http://www.fastswf.com/iRlUE0c
Windows	http://www.supersaurus.net/Games/LudumDare/Turtle.zip
Swf file	http://www.supersaurus.net/Games/LudumDare/Turtle.swf
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=11002

Ratings

Coolness	79%	2
Overall(Jam)	2.34	764

Audio(Jam)	1.93	620
Fun(Jam)	2.14	735
Graphics(Jam)	2.40	701
Humor(Jam)	1.97	541
Innovation(Jam)	1.84	755
Mood(Jam)	2.03	700
Theme(Jam)	2.14	700

Feedback

Pantelis Petsopoulos

25. Aug 2014 · 21:51 UTC

I lose for no perticular reason. Other than that its great!

Pantelis Petsopoulos

25. Aug 2014 · 21:51 UTC

I lose for no perticular reason. Other than that its good!

cstudios

25. Aug 2014 · 22:19 UTC

the whole game is 100x100px on the top left in chrome.

🎤 Transmit

25. Aug 2014 · 22:22 UTC

Hey, sorry I'm unsure why :(! Try the web mirror, or the windows version please. It seems to be working fine on my computer (Story of my life)

🎤 Transmit

25. Aug 2014 · 22:23 UTC

Added a direct link to the .swf file, hopefully it will help

yodamaster

25. Aug 2014 · 22:24 UTC

Very small square in the top-left corner of the browser.

Snicklodocus

25. Aug 2014 · 22:27 UTC

Pretty cool little game. I had some trouble with collisions: it felt like the turtle's collider was too big and I got stuck on walls. At first I wondered how this fit the theme but it has a fun twist. Good work!

Scott Baker

25. Aug 2014 · 22:27 UTC

Did I just play Cartman as a turtle? That's what it looks like to me. Nice game.

ponywolf

25. Aug 2014 · 22:29 UTC

Had to make my browser to 400% to click on the play button., but after that it worked.

jas7229

25. Aug 2014 · 22:30 UTC

The .swf definitely helps, you can't see the spikey things in the web version even when you zoom in to play, so I couldn't figure out why I kept dying. Nice simple game! (:

🎤 Transmit

25. Aug 2014 · 22:33 UTC

Sorry, seems to be a problem with running it in chrome, removed that version for now. Will try to get it back up.

FXCesinha

25. Aug 2014 · 22:34 UTC

Nice Fog!

nikki93

25. Aug 2014 · 22:52 UTC

Nice! The turtle animation is pretty cute and I found the game to be pretty funny in general. Some times the speed of the bullets is unpredictable though and the turtle could use a speedup, but I guess it's a turtle so it should be slow, haha.

Donutttt

25. Aug 2014 · 23:01 UTC

Cool idea. Not sure I've ever played as a turtle before... it was fun!

OnlySlightly

25. Aug 2014 · 23:01 UTC

The turtle was really cute. I liked how he waddled. It was very satisfying to be ghost turtle

NnelGdaBandit

25. Aug 2014 · 23:38 UTC

I like turtles! Nice job, was pretty fun.

Amvere

25. Aug 2014 · 23:55 UTC

I like the way the turtle waggles back and forth! I ended up beating the whole game.

S0rax

26. Aug 2014 · 00:03 UTC

The sound can kill myself, but the tileset and sprite are not bad. Nice entry !

pythong

26. Aug 2014 · 06:54 UTC

collect as many coins as you can? why? what should a turtle do with coins :D ?

Tanner

26. Aug 2014 · 10:13 UTC

Great game!

🎤 Transmit

26. Aug 2014 · 10:40 UTC

@Pythong, Take his lady friend turtle out on a date.

Tanser

26. Aug 2014 · 11:45 UTC

Interesting game, good job. :)

jomomomo

27. Aug 2014 · 02:52 UTC

Nice turtles!

jjhaggar

27. Aug 2014 · 07:56 UTC

I like turtles! ^^ Good job! :D

stvr

27. Aug 2014 · 13:06 UTC

Adorable turtle! Pretty challenging.

gnx

29. Aug 2014 · 23:36 UTC

First off I really like the visuals and the gameplay feel of the "alternate" world. The regular world gameplay is a bit too slow and also the hitboxes are a bit too unforgiving (you get killed by bullets you'd think wouldn't hit you).

Other than that it is a solid entry and the alternate world gameplay is great :)

ehtd

29. Aug 2014 · 23:44 UTC

Liked a lot more the fast world, fun game!

Chikun Dev Team

30. Aug 2014 · 10:39 UTC

Nice game, could've done with some background music though.
~funkeh

mrexcessive

30. Aug 2014 · 20:09 UTC

Hi there. Nice looking, movement slightly clunky, but found my way around. Sound a bit less than expected. Good job!

Ramiel

31. Aug 2014 · 19:37 UTC

Nice idea.
But sometimes the controls get stuck. I think it happens when you try to move diagonally, but I'm not sure about that.

jukimv1986

01. Sep 2014 · 15:44 UTC

Turtles are always welcome. Good effort for 15 hours of work. Well done!

Tex Killer

06. Sep 2014 · 04:26 UTC

What a cute little game! The gameplay is a little stiff, but I guess that was considered when designing the levels. Just kind of makes no sense that you go to the GHOST world when you DON'T die, but I guess that doesn't really matter. lol

By the way, I see that you tried to run my game last week, but couldn't. I've detected and fixed some memory errors, so you're welcome to come back and try again, if you like. :)