SEINOU by Harsay

made by Harsay for LD28 (COMPO)

- Information -
Play the bugfixed version. (on low fps you jump higher on both versions - fixing it today)

!!! READ IT PLEASE. SOME PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND CONDITIONS TO COMPLETE THE LEVEL !!!

You only get one ablility

- Controls -
F1 - change display mode
Arrows - movement
Space - ability button
Enter - suicide (even if you are in godmode)
ESC - quit game

- About -

You have to complete the level with
- Time equal or shorter than given once
- All potatoes collected once
- Every ability possible to use once (you have to guess which are possible!)

Available abilites:
- Jump and Double Jump
- Low Gravity
- GodMode (gives you immortality)
- Fly Push (allows you to bounce in air horizontally)

Spikes can kill you!

Have fun!

FAQ:
Q: What does seinou mean?
A: It means ability in Japanese

Q: How many levels?
A: 3

- Known bugs -
- Sometimes player jumps too high.
- On FPS lower than 60 collisions are getting crazy.
- On lower FPS you jump higher (weird mistake in code, fixing tommorow)

jar (a lot of gamebreaking bugs)	http://goo.gl/02qhig
jar (fixed gamebreaking bugs)	http://goo.gl/ieXk8l
Source (bugfixed)	http://goo.gl/888yuC
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=17616

Ratings

Coolness	66%	3
Overall	3.11	414

Audio	2.16	642
Fun	2.97	415
Graphics	2.94	493
Humor	2.12	555
Innovation	3.37	216
Mood	2.69	545
Theme	3.71	83

Feedback

dcolgan

16. Dec 2013 · 06:18 UTC

Cool platformer - I like the different mechanics and good use of the theme.

rincewind_cz

16. Dec 2013 · 22:02 UTC

Somehow I didn't find out how to beat even level 1 with other abilities than jump, double jump and god mode.

🎤 Harsay

16. Dec 2013 · 22:51 UTC

Updated description. Now there is better explanation about conditions to beat level.

🎤 Harsay

17. Dec 2013 · 08:21 UTC

I was testing the game with friends and we found some gamebreaking bugs. I will release version without these bugs soon.

rnlf

20. Dec 2013 · 22:45 UTC

I don't understand fly push. It doesn't seem to do anything for me. had fun with the other abilities though.

mcapraro

20. Dec 2013 · 22:48 UTC

i really like the color cycling background and the look of the game. hard to figure out how to win though

Freel4tte

20. Dec 2013 · 22:51 UTC

Very nice game. After some tries I found out how to beat the levels. Love how you give us only one ability to use, but you need to use more abilities to beat the level. Very nice.

taocayo

20. Dec 2013 · 23:00 UTC

Visually speaking, the potato is a bit out of place but the atari-like visuals and sounds fit the mechanics very well. I found the concept of finding as many different solutions as possible for the same level innovative. It feels the ability to jump may share too much in common with double jump.

glovecat

20. Dec 2013 · 23:01 UTC

Nice and original game, and excellent use of the theme!. Double jump is little indeterministic, sometimes the second jump is very short, and other times extremely long (one time i get stucked into the roof)

minibutmany

20. Dec 2013 · 23:39 UTC

On the second level, there is one small platform with which you cannot land on.

🎤 Harsay

20. Dec 2013 · 23:52 UTC

Ohhh i forgot to mention. It's a troll block :)

mtrc

21. Dec 2013 · 00:21 UTC

Wow. This was great! I really loved the concept and the visuals. Thinking about which abilities might make the level possible was really, really interesting to me.

LD_LAN_Party

21. Dec 2013 · 00:24 UTC

Some small bug, but nice little platformer.

f7f5

21. Dec 2013 · 00:26 UTC

The idea is really cool, but the game is hard! I got to level 2 and beat it with lowgravity and godmode, but failed to do it with doublejump.

Double jump seemed to be buggy, even in the bugfixed version - many times I would get the sound for the second jump while jumping for the 1st time, and couldn't jump the 2nd.

The "troll block" was confusing :)

tobbez

21. Dec 2013 · 00:46 UTC

An interesting platformer, some of the abilities are a bit poorly used and the endingcondition is a bit overly complicated. Also slow gravity was much slower to complete levels with than the other mechanics since it made you fall slower and a mistake in slow gravity cost quite a bit of time.

evilindiegames

21. Dec 2013 · 01:22 UTC

nice, nice, nice and hard!:)

lalanl

24. Dec 2013 · 00:25 UTC

I like the way you used the theme, and your level design works so well with the different abilities to make the same level feel interesting. Great job!

Tanser

27. Dec 2013 · 15:51 UTC

Amazing, the game is awesome!! :) I really like the idea. Btw it could be cool if you didn't give the player the ability to see the level so he would have to explore the level and get an idea how to play it that way! :)

themachinestarts

31. Dec 2013 · 02:26 UTC

I love the idea. The white on colored background works really well. Didn't beat it, took a while to figure out that you don't have to beat it with ALL abilities just all possible abilities. Also got frustrated with falling through walls in windowed mode.

StMatn

02. Jan 2014 · 15:29 UTC

Cool game!
I like, that you can choose your ability and have multiple goals, that need to be done, before the level is won!
Great work!

cappelnord

04. Jan 2014 · 12:58 UTC

Cool concept, unfortunately I couldn't beat level 2 :(

KEFIR

04. Jan 2014 · 17:50 UTC

Really nice concept and very good explanation on the mechanics! I couldn't beat the first level.. yet :)

NiceAlexanderAS

06. Jan 2014 · 17:51 UTC

wow interesting game :D loving the simple graphics here :D Great work! :D