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Professor Alpha by Marza

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made by Marza for LD29 (COMPO)
You control Professor Alpha as he tries to escape from the scary cave he's fallen into. Use the transparency gun to pass through objects or make them pass through other stuff.

Controls: A/D = Left/Right, W = Jump
Transparency gun: Aim with the mouse, Left click = shoot
Objects stay transparent for 2 seconds only, watch out!

NOTE: I'm not sure if it's my browsers only, but in Chrome, I have to open the game, switch to another tab and then back again for the game to register any input. Try that if it doesn't work for you.
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27014808/Games/Professor%20Alpha/web/web.html
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27014808/Games/Professor%20Alpha/Professor%20Alpha.zip
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27014808/Games/Professor%20Alpha/Professor%20Alpha%20Src.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=2803

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall 3.26 470
Audio 1.56 1015
Fun 3.12 459
Graphics 2.71 841
Humor 2.23 710
Innovation 3.74 141
Mood 2.59 915
Theme 3.21 607

Feedback

liamtwose
28. Apr 2014 路 09:37 UTC
Would have loved to play more but it didnt seem to be very easy to get over the lava pool? will vote again if fixed.
eugman
29. Apr 2014 路 23:41 UTC
Very interesting idea. The first puzzle was hard. I couldn't get past the second one at all. But rolling on a boulder was fun.
jomomomo
01. May 2014 路 12:33 UTC
Interesting concept, I like the idea of a transparency gun, made for anxious moments getting through the cave on level 2.
馃帳 Marza
01. May 2014 路 13:49 UTC
Glad people have tried it :)
I totally agree that the difficulty scale is way too steep, it's one of the things i realised right after submitting. I might do some changes later, but the game will stay as it is for now, since that's how I made it during the 48 hours.
Boodog
01. May 2014 路 14:07 UTC
Good work!
SmilingCat
01. May 2014 路 14:26 UTC
I hope you do develop this further. I really liked the game concept.
SoupWithBits
01. May 2014 路 14:27 UTC
Awesome, awesome gameplay! Think you're on to something here!
One of the better action puzzlers I've played!
bazld
01. May 2014 路 14:29 UTC
This is brilliant! Great concept, and fiendish level design. The concept really works well.
Danman9914
01. May 2014 路 14:54 UTC
Good use of the mechanic
PapyGaragos
01. May 2014 路 15:13 UTC
Good idea with this mechanic, stars for innovation
WhiteWolf93
01. May 2014 路 15:57 UTC
Well done with the mechanics! I miss the sound but everything else works pretty well. Nice concept.
blockbot
01. May 2014 路 17:29 UTC
This reminded me of the glory day of PC platformers. Really cool, nice work!
MunkeeBacon
01. May 2014 路 18:16 UTC
The concept is pretty clever and fits the theme well, one problem I had was that the blocks reset quickly and if you're inside of them they can reset on you and make the level restart. This can be a little bit frustrating on some puzzle levels when you're at the end and accidentally die.
mogwai
01. May 2014 路 18:21 UTC
Very nice job. Fun game with interesting mechanics. Really gets the pulse up when blasting through that cave and it starts to materialize again.
eskivor
01. May 2014 路 19:24 UTC
Not so funny for me. And the blocks reappear too quickly.
Delca
01. May 2014 路 19:53 UTC
I liked it! Although that big level was too hard for me...
Some audio could have been nice to complement the already-very-good graphics.
l3dx
01. May 2014 路 19:53 UTC
I liked it! Nice retro feel and challenging levels
AtkinsSJ
01. May 2014 路 19:54 UTC
Very clever! A nice idea, and your levels take good advantage of it. My only issue with it is that I didn't get very far because I kept dying! :P
spotco
03. May 2014 路 09:52 UTC
Really creative mechanics but a little unpolished (checkpoints etc would have been nice)
sP0CkEr2
05. May 2014 路 02:49 UTC
really nice idea - good job