Alien Buddy: Beneath the Surface of a New Mexico Landfill by SecularBaron

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made by SecularBaron for LD29 (JAM)
Collect the five buried Alien Buddy cartridges while avoiding the authorities.
Controls: Space - Interact(when icons at top of screen are present), Arrowkeys - Move
Art - Jane H.
Programming - @SecularBaron
Made with : GameMaker, GraphicsGale, MilkyTracker

Ratings

Coolness 79% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.09 446
Audio(Jam) 2.50 554
Fun(Jam) 2.59 576
Graphics(Jam) 3.15 465
Humor(Jam) 4.08 21
Innovation(Jam) 2.71 500
Mood(Jam) 3.42 215
Theme(Jam) 3.98 29

Feedback

Scruffylooking
29. Apr 2014 · 02:38 UTC
Felt like I was playing a 2600 game, from the controls, the sounds, the big blocky characters. Very nice design.
mechabit
29. Apr 2014 · 03:55 UTC
Hah, very topical, well done
pvwradtke
29. Apr 2014 · 04:04 UTC
I had a good laugh. Initially it plays as bad as the original Atari 2600 E.T. game, but adding the digging sequence makes up a lot. Could find some cartridges. Very fun!
gene-z
29. Apr 2014 · 04:24 UTC
Great idea for a strange game
Lolshouse Dev Team
29. Apr 2014 · 04:26 UTC
A fair rehash of the Atari 2600 game E.T in which you dig the graves of your foes whilst being pursued by child predators in a hellish, abstract dreamscape. Educational!
kirbytails7
29. Apr 2014 · 04:45 UTC
Delightfully clunky and conveniently topical. Great job!
ChuiGum
29. Apr 2014 · 04:51 UTC
Nice graphics and nice game
LandoSystems
29. Apr 2014 · 05:17 UTC
Oh the nostalgia, it burns! Funny topic
sP0CkEr2
29. Apr 2014 · 05:35 UTC
I was hoping someone would do this. and you did not disappoint. epic movement sounds. did someone see elliot?
coquinounet
29. Apr 2014 · 12:47 UTC
Like it :D Very fun
ezolotko
29. Apr 2014 · 12:48 UTC
Fun, I like two different viewpoints.
vogon101
29. Apr 2014 · 15:51 UTC
A very fun game. I didn't quite get the point but great nonetheless
RARoadkill
29. Apr 2014 · 23:59 UTC
well that brings back memories, not great memories, but still well done on the game
Jyrkface
30. Apr 2014 · 00:02 UTC
Hilarious and very true to the original game :)
epiplon
30. Apr 2014 · 00:03 UTC
Oh no, why the alien doesn't merge with the Kid? ;-;
So sad...
JumbocactuarX27
30. Apr 2014 · 00:03 UTC
Well that was unexpectedly relevant to recent events. Kudos to you two!
Switchbreak
30. Apr 2014 · 00:06 UTC
This is really hilarious. I've never played E.T. but I've seen it being played a few times so I was laughing pretty hard at how accurate this is. Sometimes it's a bit too accurate though, a little less confusion and some less ear-grating sounds would have helped.
Jason Lay
30. Apr 2014 · 00:08 UTC
Nice!
Moosefly
30. Apr 2014 · 00:09 UTC
I started my gaming career with NES, so I didn't have first hand experience on E.T. for Atari 2600, but after hearing A LOT about it on the net, I just knew I had to try this one out.

I had no idea what was happening. I thought the music would break my headphones. I still don't know what some of those graphics resemble. I loved it!

Anssi@MooseflyGames
GeorgeBroussard
30. Apr 2014 · 00:28 UTC
I had fun! I really liked the 2600 style art and I loved how topical this was to this weekends dig. Great job.
yo_milo
30. Apr 2014 · 02:13 UTC
Very funny and Ad hoc game...

Also, the atmosphere and the graphics are great, perfect mock up!

5 stars on theme, graphics and Audio... for sure.
🎤 SecularBaron
30. Apr 2014 · 02:19 UTC
Thanks everyone for the nice comments. Keeps me motivated to work on my larger projects.
hanoth
01. May 2014 · 00:45 UTC
Hilarious! I love the 2600 style.
Thorig
03. May 2014 · 12:50 UTC
Fun game, I was wondering if people made an ET game for this LD. This is one fun ET game.
Jupiter_Hadley
08. May 2014 · 03:30 UTC
Nice version of ET I included it in part 14 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/-VvtqXfr-Xs
csanyk
10. May 2014 · 17:21 UTC
Yay, I'm glad someone else had the same idea that I did. I liked your take on this!
Dutchess Games
17. May 2014 · 18:40 UTC
Very true to the original. Wasn't expecting that twist ending.
Delca
17. May 2014 · 19:27 UTC
The digging part was good, however the noise just destroyed my ears. I ended up muting the game...