Mercury Frog by plop

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made by plop for LD27 (COMPO)
Tip: You need to avoid the red things by jumping over them. Hold space to start charging a jump, and release to jump.

(Pr0t1p: You won't accelerate while jumping.)


I didn't have time to figure out how to add sound, although I did make a loop so you can download and play the loop (The soundtrack link). Thus, you can of course mute and adjust volume as you wish; *Wow!* :D Beware of high volume; it's a chiptune so it should be self-explanatory, made in MilkyTracker in some minutes.

The first day didn't go very well and I was close to throwing this project away but all I needed was some sleep.
And today I've been coding non-stop.
I'm happy I got some (a tiny bit) exercise in pixel art and animation, which I'm utterly new at. And that's probably partly what made me frustrated on day #1.

I've just submitted and school starts in 3-4 hours :|
But I'm happy that I submitted, after all it's just really worth it every time!


Made in Java using no external libraries.

Ratings

Coolness 36% 1477
Overall 3.12 489
Fun 3.00 476
Graphics 3.56 202
Humor 2.21 570
Innovation 3.12 447
Mood 2.86 444
Theme 3.60 184

Feedback

馃帳 plop
26. Aug 2013 路 02:27 UTC
If your FPS is below 60, it'll be hard to get a good score. There's some bug currently that makes the exported .jar game run with low FPS. But when I run it in Eclipse, it is at 60 FPS. I'm working to solve this issue. And if I can't find the source of the problem, I might update the game to make it less fps-dependent (fast bug fix).
馃帳 plop
26. Aug 2013 路 04:19 UTC
The bug is no longer (seemingly)!
mrspeaker
26. Aug 2013 路 16:36 UTC
Hey, this is excellent! I find the jumping a bit to uncontrollable though: like it's so slow that it's hard to time jumps as you move faster - but I love the style and aesthetics... very promising.
SpiralCodeStudio
26. Aug 2013 路 16:39 UTC
Good graphics, I like the look. At first I thought it is a waveform on the background, seemed so cool. But turned out to be just a background image.

Very hard to play.
ThirteenWB
26. Aug 2013 路 16:50 UTC
I found it really difficult to time my jumping, but it was really fun once you got up to speed. :)
Good game :)
nathanhoffer
27. Aug 2013 路 03:07 UTC
I like the idea of time flowing differently. Creative!
necmelt2006
27. Aug 2013 路 16:40 UTC
Nice game, graphics are excellent. My computer is slow so i got 30 fps and that unplayable, i tried that on another one. Good game even if the control are difficult.
tripleVisionGames
27. Aug 2013 路 20:32 UTC
I really like this. Kinda Zen like when I got into the rhythm of it!
euske
07. Sep 2013 路 10:40 UTC
The soundtrack is terrific. I'd love to have it in game.
keyboardmonkey
07. Sep 2013 路 14:34 UTC
My gawd this game is difficult to master! The color cycling background is beautiful and the art is enjoyable. Excellent use of the theme!
SusanTheCat
07. Sep 2013 路 17:48 UTC
Cool use of theme.
Jacob123
09. Sep 2013 路 11:41 UTC
Fun game, really hard! I never got farther than the 3rd enemy.
Sascha
11. Sep 2013 路 11:57 UTC
Liked the idea of time passing slower as you move faster. The jump mechanic wouldn't really have needed a charge feature though :/ Also liked graphic style!
ShellfishGames
11. Sep 2013 路 14:15 UTC
Nice concept and aesthetics! The jumping could have been a bit higher, it is kind of hard to tell if the character was jumping at all and if he was going to hid the weird red things.
Mironix
11. Sep 2013 路 14:24 UTC
Splendid physics learning game :) very hard jumping mechanic dude.
commanderstitch
14. Sep 2013 路 15:19 UTC
loved the little bug. the jumps are so rewarding that i cringe every time i miss a jump. neat background. liked the reasoning behind wanting to live as long as you could.