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Eggcited by intelligentbean

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made by intelligentbean for LD28 (JAM)
My Idea was to have a creature that only has one chance of having a baby. The creature has an egg and you have to keep it from breaking.

The original idea was to have the game only playable once and any time you came back to play again you would just see the creature there looking sad because it lost it's egg. Although I still like that idea it wasn't very fun. So I decided to add a reset button so you can play again.

The game turned into an infinite running game even though that wasn't my original intention. There isn't really an ending to the game. It just goes on forever. Maybe I will come back later and add an ending where the egg hatches.

All of the assets in the game were made by me except for the music. I got the main song from this post on reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/ludumdare/comments/1supfy/looking_for_background_music_for_ld28_game_jams_i/

by abstraction on sound cloud. you can see more of their work here:
https://soundcloud.com/abstraction


*this game requires java
Windows (jar) http://jmilstead.com/ld28/eggcited.jar
OS/X (jar) http://jmilstead.com/ld28/eggcited.jar
Linux (jar) http://jmilstead.com/ld28/eggcited.jar
Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intelligentbeans.dare
Source (github) https://github.com/ragingRobot/LD28
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=28360

Ratings

Coolness 70% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.26 188
Audio(Jam) 3.26 152
Fun(Jam) 3.06 198
Graphics(Jam) 3.57 178
Humor(Jam) 3.56 51
Innovation(Jam) 3.00 214
Mood(Jam) 2.83 295
Theme(Jam) 3.49 74

Feedback

rincewind_cz
16. Dec 2013 · 11:53 UTC
Well, I completely suck at this. No wonder Dodo is extinct.. :-D Graphically it's nice, I like this simple style (only these spikes - they shouldn't be opaque). The game seems also memory hungry when the reset is clicked few times - probably some leak.
joppiesaus
16. Dec 2013 · 19:05 UTC
This is the only game I rated this high! I caan keep this playing forever! I suck at this game... but I love everything of it! Except the file size, of course. Here's the HTML code for a web-version:
<applet code="com.intelligentbeans.dare.Main" archive="eggcited.jar" width="1024" height="640"></applet>
DrPrettyPatty
16. Dec 2013 · 21:08 UTC
Nice! The graphics made me smile haha
rnlf
16. Dec 2013 · 21:13 UTC
Wow, this one is really fun. Is it intentional that the creature is running all the way over on the right side of the window? It is almost impossible to see obstacles early enough, quite frustrating. (NOTE: I just played again and maximized the window, now she is running roughly in the center, you might want to check your geometry or start the window maximized).

But all in all, the gameplay is really smooth and fun, the graphics are some of the nicest I have seen in the compo so far and the music matches the theme very nicely.

One of the best games in the compo!
zconnelly13
16. Dec 2013 · 21:16 UTC
Wow, that was so hard! But the graphics were so cool, haha. I loved it. The music was amazing.
bttf
16. Dec 2013 · 21:16 UTC
I couldn't get too far! But very nice graphics, cool music. I laughed out loud when I saw the characters face after dropping the egg. Nice job
Recursiveanomaly
16. Dec 2013 · 21:17 UTC
I love his face when he is looking sad.
oskardevelopment
16. Dec 2013 · 21:20 UTC
Great graphics and fun gameplay! It's nice how much time that's spent on the animations! :)
Doctor Broccoli
16. Dec 2013 · 21:25 UTC
A fun concept, I really like the graphics. My main problem with this is that the camera is too far zoomed in so you can't see the obstacles coming.
Nisshoku
16. Dec 2013 · 21:30 UTC
Charming game, though I would have liked it if you could look farther ahead.
multikorv
16. Dec 2013 · 21:34 UTC
This is really good!! And really nice music as well. :) I love the look on its face when I drop the egg..
Linus Lindberg
16. Dec 2013 · 21:41 UTC
Love the graphics, incredibly cute!
I found it a little to hard, but that's probably just me sucking! :P
David Colson
16. Dec 2013 · 21:45 UTC
A Fun little game, its quite difficult, but can be rewarding when you make a jump without dropping the egg. Also I really like the concept, you did something other than "You only get one life" or "you only get one bullet", nice work!
DaanVanYperen
16. Dec 2013 · 22:01 UTC
:D O
:C .o.
joserodolfofreitas
17. Dec 2013 · 04:27 UTC
I sucked at it, hehehe. But I got the idea, and it's nice. I think it could be nicer to have a bigger fov for the camera, so we can see more of the screen and therefore of the egg when it is flying. Most of reasons why it's so difficult is because you can really see the egg, and handling the acceleration it's already a fine mechanic to keep the game fun.
zkenshin
18. Dec 2013 · 19:40 UTC
Fun way to pass the time, nice audio (:
Tomski
18. Dec 2013 · 20:44 UTC
Awwww, his face when the egg breaks :(

Nice and fun game, I failed pretty hard though.
StMatn
19. Dec 2013 · 23:01 UTC
The game is fun as it is, since it is quite hard too keep the egg, but you might want to double check the hitboxes and eggdropping mechanics, since it feels a little bit frustrating instead of challenging. I would think about either fixing the eggs x-coordinate to the player or give the player more movement options, to make it easier to recatch the egg.
Besides that, the graphics are quite simple, but really awesome! They fit really wel in my opinion :)
ParaPup
19. Dec 2013 · 23:04 UTC
It was fun and funny only cause of the bugs but it was fun cause it was a fun game it a nice try and a nice effort great music too.
jsjwooowooo
19. Dec 2013 · 23:21 UTC
Fun game, but very difficult! Poor little egg!
Enneract
19. Dec 2013 · 23:49 UTC
I loved this. The character's face just makes it. Hard but that makes it addictive.
glovecat
23. Dec 2013 · 19:02 UTC
It's a funny game but so hard for me :D
hadesfury
25. Dec 2013 · 22:08 UTC
I tried it on android, it's really hard! I managed to jump over a few obstacles after many tries. I like a lot the expressions of the little dude!
One nice thing, you didn't forget to have a clean way to exit on android!
Moosefly
02. Jan 2014 · 23:20 UTC
Like others have mentioned, carrying the egg is quite tricky! Interesting twist to the infinite-runner-genre, would've liked more freedom in the movement though.