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The Last Rock by JaviCepa

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made by JaviCepa for LD28 (COMPO)
You and a rock are the only survivors in this zombie-infested apocalyptic mountain.
Grab your static partner as your only defense and guide it through the other side of the mountain in search of a legendary weapon left by the ancestors.

This is my second LD entry and I have to say it's been a huge leap from my previous game. This time I even had enough time for composing some music. I have also recorded the sound fx myself with a micro and I really like how they turned out.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I have making it! :)
Web https://googledrive.com/host/0B98T0gDTPHDHVkxpWmNia1dVODQ/Web.html
Standalone (Windows/Linux/OSx) https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B98T0gDTPHDHVkxpWmNia1dVODQ&usp=sharing
Source https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B98T0gDTPHDHTFViUHU0TkkzTGs/edit?usp=sharing
Android https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B98T0gDTPHDHeDdvVlRVV1AtbVk/edit?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=19200

Ratings

Coolness 67% 3
Overall 3.73 74
Audio 3.40 106
Fun 3.75 42
Graphics 3.86 108
Humor 3.25 142
Innovation 3.11 356
Mood 3.33 169
Theme 3.62 119

Feedback

Darkcoder
16. Dec 2013 · 08:55 UTC
If LD had a 'Satisfying' rating, you'd get 5 stars from me. I didn't think you could top the sound of the zombies dying as your thow the rock-thing through a group of them... until the bulldozer.
redhotvengeance
16. Dec 2013 · 08:56 UTC
Very nice. Good mood. Great production value. Well done!
MRvanderPants
16. Dec 2013 · 09:03 UTC
Love the art and animation in this game! Gameplay is very smooth too! Very nice
ThatGuy
16. Dec 2013 · 09:03 UTC
I thought it couldn't get any better when the zombies slowly killed themselves by tripping on the ninja star, that bulldozer proved me wrong. I agree with Darkcoder, it was just satisfying. Please turn this into a full game, great work.
Juno Nguyen
16. Dec 2013 · 09:04 UTC
Best game I have seen this round and potentially a winner. Great work!
ThetaTauTau
16. Dec 2013 · 09:10 UTC
A bit short but it still very nice.
TheCams
16. Dec 2013 · 09:12 UTC
The graphics and the animation look great !
Hyde Wyvern
16. Dec 2013 · 09:15 UTC
Perfect simply perfect!!! The best one I've seen so far! It's really fun and you really got the theme. I love, the kind of game I would love to have on my phone to kill spare-time
Steve [tacospice]
16. Dec 2013 · 09:15 UTC
Basically what everyone else said.

After I got the bulldozer I had to drive way way back again just so I could push all the zombie corpses around.

Sound effects are subtle but add a nice touch, and the music's great.

Amazing! Overall 5/5.
Ozeotropo
16. Dec 2013 · 09:22 UTC
Thank you so much everyone for the nice comments!!
@HydeWyver: I'll probably port it to mobile when i have some extra time ;)
Blizzil
16. Dec 2013 · 10:53 UTC
A really good game, you got everything right - simple but nice graphics, nailed the theme & fun gameplay. Well done.
Split82
16. Dec 2013 · 10:58 UTC
Very nice entry. I love how the creatures are destroyed.
raarlac
16. Dec 2013 · 11:18 UTC
The mood was very good and the animation of the creatures dying is really so good! I also like the theme usage
I would change the fact that the enemy dies just by touching the rock and not by the hit, but I guess the game would be too hard though...

and the new unity 2d features are indeed really awesome
juxiliary
16. Dec 2013 · 11:19 UTC
Really fun. I felt like the character moved rather slowly though.
ExtreLime
16. Dec 2013 · 11:32 UTC
Not bad atmosphere, pixel-art graphics, I loved it =) It was really fun to play it.
*spoiler*
Finally I reached the invisible wall. Is it the end of the game?
Suese
16. Dec 2013 · 11:35 UTC
Nice polish. Love the idea and the mechanics felt good. I wish there was a way to win though.
Dry Tree
16. Dec 2013 · 11:40 UTC
The best game I've played yet! I especially love the arm-flapping animation as the character lands a jump!
Ozeotropo
16. Dec 2013 · 11:55 UTC
@Suese: There is a way to win... pick the thing at the end and bring it back to the beggining. Maybe I should have pointed out that more clearly...
zebi24
16. Dec 2013 · 12:11 UTC
Very very good! But once I got my weapon in a corner surrounded by zombies I was sooo screwed. :D
feiss
16. Dec 2013 · 18:33 UTC
Amazing!! I hope this one wins! The gameplay the physics and the rock provide is really funny, it's a pity the game is so short :)
Ted Brown
16. Dec 2013 · 19:07 UTC
Can you zip up the .app OS X version on your drive? That way people can download it, instead of browsing its contents. =)
Ted Brown
16. Dec 2013 · 19:13 UTC
Strong concept, pleasant color palette, cute animations (I love the "flapping" falling animation), and good sound design.

However, I was unable to throw the rock over the cliff and resign myself to joining the zombie horde. For this I give you zero points.

haha. No, you did well. Thumbs up!
Ozeotropo
16. Dec 2013 · 19:56 UTC
@TedBrown: Oops! Sorry about that. The zipped version is just uploading for your enjoyment. It'll be ready in a minute.
bitslap_
16. Dec 2013 · 19:57 UTC
Haha, very smash on zombie. Sploff. Great game, i love the improvised animation.
pighead10
16. Dec 2013 · 21:54 UTC
Simple but fun and satisfying gameplay.
timtipgames
16. Dec 2013 · 22:03 UTC
Darkcoder put it very well: Your game is very 'satisfying' :) Well done!
lightsoda
17. Dec 2013 · 06:27 UTC
Quite fun, getting the vehicle at the end and pushing around zombie bits was a nice touch, quite enjoyable while it lasted.
Jgpicatoste
17. Dec 2013 · 08:25 UTC
Graphics are cute, controls are precise and fun and difficulty is well adjusted. Cool!
Strangelander
17. Dec 2013 · 08:36 UTC
More fun than it had any right to be. Picking up the ninja star (or rock, if you insist) in tight spots was trickier than it should be. Also, enemies tended to kill themselves on the star lying on the ground.

Played web version, got to invisible wall before cliff, no bulldozer? Had to commit suicide.
AdventureIslands
17. Dec 2013 · 09:12 UTC
Funny little game. The splat sound effect was oddly satisfying. Great idea to be able to just ride back with bulldozer and push all the corpses around. Shame there isn't any real win condition though
Ozeotropo
17. Dec 2013 · 09:27 UTC
AdventureIslands: There is!! Take the bulldozer back to the beggining and jump the cliff
Ozeotropo
17. Dec 2013 · 09:30 UTC
Jump off the left cliff*
AdventureIslands
17. Dec 2013 · 10:37 UTC
I did that, but I just kept falling on forever. No congratulation text or anything. That's what I meant by no ending.
phi6
17. Dec 2013 · 10:39 UTC
Great physics on this simple platformer. Really good idea that you used velocity of the rock to determine damage. Art and colours are very nice also, and breaking pixels when they die is a fun touch! Overall great job for your second LD entry!
Lissar
17. Dec 2013 · 11:43 UTC
The fact that a zombie can kick a rock until it's dead makes this a winner in my book.
rottenmage
17. Dec 2013 · 12:00 UTC
Awesome! Bulldozing the zombies is super satisfying!
AdventureIslands
17. Dec 2013 · 12:18 UTC
Weird, I got no congratulation text in the end at all, bug? Oh well. It's well done and funny game regardless.
Ozeotropo
17. Dec 2013 · 13:30 UTC
Probably a bug... thanks anyway!
primaerfunktion
17. Dec 2013 · 16:57 UTC
This is really nice. Good work!
acronaut
17. Dec 2013 · 22:59 UTC
Nicely done of the shruiken mechanics..
Good use of pixel parallax (bg layers) niice!
despite only 1 shruiken the bounce-kill effect is pretty rewarding.. well done! (also discover this game thanks to twitch.tv from user: Jellycakes1)
Jellycakes
17. Dec 2013 · 22:59 UTC
Really well done, had a lot of fun playing this, and the ending was pretty satisfying. Also the trail effects on the rock were pretty nice. Nice work!
Nick Weihs
17. Dec 2013 · 23:00 UTC
Pretty fun and short experience. The ending made me laugh.
mcgraw
18. Dec 2013 · 00:58 UTC
This was slick! Really digging it, great work!
zkenshin
18. Dec 2013 · 02:23 UTC
Really fun! Small oddity that if you leave the rock between you and a zombie they will kill themselves, but great entry. :)
ian_snyder
18. Dec 2013 · 14:44 UTC
Pretty much awesome :P Very satisfying SFX, graphics, and gameplay. Squish! *****
AtomicVikings
18. Dec 2013 · 19:17 UTC
really great game! lots of room for expansion too! I would suggest making this into a bigger game! great job!
danbo
18. Dec 2013 · 19:17 UTC
love 2 bean the zombs with my rock
xhunterko
18. Dec 2013 · 19:34 UTC
Okay. That made me chuckle a little. Well done!
jdpalmer
18. Dec 2013 · 23:41 UTC
Looks great - the accumulating pixel parts are a nice touch. I saw you have an Android version - does it support game pad input (e.g., Ouya)?
embero
19. Dec 2013 · 08:50 UTC
Wow, it's simple but everything feels right. Sound, graphics and animations are well done.
drludos
19. Dec 2013 · 09:43 UTC
Excellent Game, a very good gameplay. I like how the rock "splits" the zombies! :)

I tried the Android version on my tablet, it runs wells, but there is a small annoying bug: each time I die, the game doesn't restart. I have to exit the game, kill it, and relaunch it to play again.
Jiggawatt
19. Dec 2013 · 17:20 UTC
Despite being short, it managed to be quite repetitive. No challenge to it at all. A reluctant bonus point for the bulldozer, which was the best part of this little presentation.
tobbez
20. Dec 2013 · 14:32 UTC
Nice game, really liked the graphics and the audio. The zombies falling apart looked great. The only bad part I believe is the rockusage it feels really odd.
Arkrothe
21. Dec 2013 · 11:54 UTC
The physics was pretty good in the game. Didn't realize that thing was a bulldozer until i read the comments.
archaeometrician
21. Dec 2013 · 20:47 UTC
Wow nice game ! Amazing mechanics, the gameplay is smooth I love it. Nice use of sprite pixel, cool animation and funny sounds and great rewarding end !
JohnnySix
21. Dec 2013 · 23:39 UTC
Really dig the left to right / right to left change - and the weapon is ultimate zombie destruction. :D
Anshul Goyal
22. Dec 2013 · 04:26 UTC
well made! graphics and animations are cool.

btw, I bumped into the big enemy and my character disappeared, couldn't do anything after that :p
WojWorks
22. Dec 2013 · 05:07 UTC
I just love how this game ends. Great, funny twist.
Senevri
22. Dec 2013 · 06:49 UTC
Kind of missing a 'win' condition?
Colapsydo
22. Dec 2013 · 12:33 UTC
The ancestors really known what weapon they should left me.
The decomposition of the zombies in small pixel blocks is a great idea.
Nice job on the audio.
Maple
22. Dec 2013 · 12:56 UTC
Hah, pretty awesome! Sweeping the zombie bits away with the bulldozer felt awesome.
Diptoman
22. Dec 2013 · 16:03 UTC
Short, but very good! I loved the pixel art and the slow-moving clouds! Just needed some music, though the sfx were great xD
My only complaint would be that sometimes it was really hard to detect live zombies in a pile of zombie corpses :P
mcapraro
22. Dec 2013 · 16:17 UTC
this was really awesome! really simple, but great looking and i loved the physics of the rock, really well put together!
Alink
22. Dec 2013 · 19:38 UTC
Very fun physic effect, and the pixel art make it really special. Almost missed the bulldozer (thanks comments). I would really like to play more of this.
Alex Higgins
22. Dec 2013 · 22:48 UTC
Rock is now one of my favorite in-game weapons of all time. I love all of the unexpected ways that it bounces and causes damage.
Senevri
23. Dec 2013 · 03:37 UTC
Ah. Bulldozer. Thought it was some sort of a weird dead-animal-horn or something.
anvoz
25. Dec 2013 · 05:21 UTC
Nice and simple. I really love the graphics and the ending.

I have to read some comments to understand how I can finish the game. The bulldozer just looked like some bones on the ground.

Overall 5/5.
loxo
27. Dec 2013 · 12:35 UTC
I like the nice graphics, audio and the game concept. I don't like the controls (only fun to use on qwerty-keyboards), level design, length of the game and that the "stone" is deadly to the enemies even lying on the ground. But nonetheless overall a good entry.
Ditto
28. Dec 2013 · 15:33 UTC
Holy cow, full points from me! :D great job! Really like the ending! :D
GFM
28. Dec 2013 · 23:55 UTC
Great game! :)
Pushing every zombie part afterward was really fun.
Husky
29. Dec 2013 · 07:06 UTC
Wow! You made it really good!
Nice graphics and gameplay, all got well polished,
Good job :D
Jeremias
01. Jan 2014 · 21:57 UTC
Nice visuals and music - as well as the sound effects (I love this splash sound while killing a zombie). The platforming and especially the stone throwing physics are great and it was fun to fight against the zombies. The item you pickup at the end was fun, too. It's sad that you hadn't the time to make the game a bit longer or to dig into these two mechanics (stone and the other item) deeper!
mmickyman
06. Jan 2014 · 08:36 UTC
Not bad, good art.