Surf Ace by soulrot

made by soulrot for LD29 (JAM)

Play as a surfer (and three of his pet-cats ;)) that has to dodge hostile fish and birds. Can you survive long enough to reach and defeat the ultimate evil!?

Tips:
Regain a bit of health by hitting fish and/or birds during a dash.
Dashing can only be done with a full 'dashbar' (orange, below healthbar)
Moving out of the screen on the left side will get you insta-killed!

Controls:
Forward/Backward: Arrow keys left/right
Jump: Arrow key up/spacebar
Dash: Shift key
'Catpedo': Control key

Runnable .jar file	https://mega.co.nz/#!XIpnnYbY!pgKfr5w_br560YaD6pK0hizJekIti2Fko7tXjA0hfsM
Source	https://mega.co.nz/#!3MIUCAoa!Qzv48cwYGaoNB9AuiC-OvUHfqYhle0_JBoueb9Z0LXY
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=13381

Ratings

Coolness	63%	3
Overall(Jam)	2.38	716

Audio(Jam)	1.80	639
Fun(Jam)	2.44	618
Graphics(Jam)	2.11	737
Humor(Jam)	2.77	292
Innovation(Jam)	2.00	734
Mood(Jam)	2.23	693
Theme(Jam)	2.44	660

Feedback

Dominator_101

28. Apr 2014 · 20:37 UTC

Another surf ace appears!

Nice little game. Was not expecting that final boss :P

I kinda expected the waves to affect my movement. Like let me ride up them or something.

Anyway, nice work! I'd give it a rating of: Tubular!

hexabeast

28. Apr 2014 · 23:53 UTC

Nice game, the choice of this final ennemy is really strange x)

chipcaramel

29. Apr 2014 · 09:20 UTC

Hilarious. Shows potential!

Tomski

29. Apr 2014 · 09:34 UTC

Great fun, would be awesome to ride on waves though!

Ragzouken

29. Apr 2014 · 10:17 UTC

i think this doesn't work on my computer - the cursor keys don't seem to move the menu selection and i can't start the game :(

DMinsky

29. Apr 2014 · 12:02 UTC

Ahah, funny surfer) Simple and addictive mechanic

🎤 soulrot

29. Apr 2014 · 13:33 UTC

@Ragzouken - The menu should be working with the arrow keys. If they still didn't work after a restart of the game then.. not sure what the problem could be :/ Will check if it can be reproduced and if there is a solution.

ArcturusDeluxe

29. Apr 2014 · 15:57 UTC

Yet another Surf Ace! Some amusingly quirky touches in this game. I feel like the fishes move up and down a little too quick.

Cirrial

29. Apr 2014 · 21:09 UTC

Got to the boss, my time came to an end. The waves were sort of deceptive: it's a surfing game, surely they should do something? Collision with enemies feels a little too harsh like the hitboxes are larger than they actually are. Neat little game either way!

Ragzouken

29. Apr 2014 · 21:13 UTC

just got it working - i ran it from my downloads folder rather than the browser and it seemed to work - odd!

demonshanker2

30. Apr 2014 · 14:04 UTC

Is something supposed to happen with the waves?

dertom

30. Apr 2014 · 14:09 UTC

Neat little game! And funky hard :D I have to admit that I didn't got to the 'final' enemy others wrote about I made 192 Points :D Maybe I will try later.
Good game!

🎤 soulrot

30. Apr 2014 · 15:22 UTC

@demonshanker2: No, nothing is supposed to happen with waves. We did have some wave-related stuff planned but we did not have enough time to implement them.

v3games

01. May 2014 · 01:02 UTC

It won't run for me. It gets to the title screen but won't respond to any of my inputs.

Jezzamon

01. May 2014 · 01:05 UTC

Kinda interesting! I think the physics of jumping could be improved, I think it would've made a big difference.

elliottd

03. May 2014 · 22:45 UTC

could not run. could not find the main class soulsocks.main.game not sure what that's about

SoupWithBits

08. May 2014 · 13:06 UTC

Don't know what it was, but kept freezing when the catpedo hit it's target.
Other than that was pretty fun!