Runners by kelley

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made by kelley for LD29 (COMPO)
Keep your plant alive by steering its roots around rocks and other roots. Get ready for when the roots split!

Note: If the controls aren't working, make sure the game window is active by clicking on it. Requires Unity webplayer plugin.

Controls:
Hold arrow keys or WASD to move left and right.
Space to cycle through roots.
Click to select a specific root.
Refresh the page to restart.

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1460
Overall 3.37 370
Fun 3.30 330
Graphics 3.04 630
Innovation 4.04 55
Mood 2.76 765
Theme 4.00 43

Feedback

AdamSwaggoner
28. Apr 2014 · 03:01 UTC
At first I was pretty bored by this, but then more roots started sprouting and it suddenly became very interesting. Cool game!
MattV
28. Apr 2014 · 03:02 UTC
controlling multiple at once is really fun!
porousnapkin
28. Apr 2014 · 03:03 UTC
That was quite fun! Would feel a lot better if you could smooth out the camera movement. Maybe try and lerp it at a certain speed to the destination point? Great job with the theme.
Elforama
28. Apr 2014 · 03:03 UTC
Good game. When the roots started splitting it got really fun and challenging.
SuperMsp10
28. Apr 2014 · 03:16 UTC
cool concept and excellent executation
SuperMsp10
28. Apr 2014 · 03:19 UTC
cool concept
Gwinnell
29. Apr 2014 · 12:30 UTC
Is there any reason not to make the roots collide to make the game easier? Perhaps it should go faster when there are more roots, or something sort-of self-balancing! :)
🎤 kelley
30. Apr 2014 · 01:21 UTC
Thanks everyone for commenting and giving such great feedback! I'm really glad you're enjoying my little game.

@porousnapkin: That's a great suggestion. I was attempting to play up the retro/8-bit vibe by having everything move in discrete steps, but it's definitely something I'll consider for future improvements!

@Gwinnell: The roots colliding with one another was meant to make the game a bit more challenge and strategic. Like you have to make sure you don't cut off one of your other roots when moving to avoid a rock. But maybe that makes the game a bit too hard :)
BubuIIC
30. Apr 2014 · 09:37 UTC
Ha, we had a very similar idea but went in a bit different direction (You control every root at the same time in our game). Interesting to see it done this way.
elefantopia
04. May 2014 · 04:35 UTC
Fun, challenging game, especially when the roots split and you're cycling through them. Great work.
RowdyGhosts
06. May 2014 · 02:38 UTC
Pretty clever idea!
NiceAlexanderAS
14. May 2014 · 22:27 UTC
Interesting concept :D very fun, great work :D
xevozfighter
16. May 2014 · 18:26 UTC
I really like the fact that more roots sprout the deeper you go. A little sound would go a long way to add to the mood.
sP0CkEr2
18. May 2014 · 01:54 UTC
184ft - nice game
mark.goetz
18. May 2014 · 02:04 UTC
Not bad! I do like the root splitting as a way of adding more variety to the game, but it did feel like there were too many times where there was nothing to do. Nice job with the graphics too!
CommanderJ
18. May 2014 · 03:46 UTC
Wow those extra roots sprouting makes it so much more difficult (and fun). I really like it. I think it could have used some sound, almost anything really. Nice take on the theme.