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10 Seconds to Death by DJLad97

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made by DJLad97 for LD27 (COMPO)
The regular controls W, A, S, D and the arrow keys.
I apologize for the quite sloppy movement; I've only been coding in XNA for several months and I also just learnt tile maps and tile map collision just last week - which is the main reason for the sloppy movement.
Anyway, enjoy :D

You will need to download XNA and the .NET framework.
Before you say: "What?! A download!" You might as well download it because you might need to install it in the future anyway as many games use xna in this compo and outside it as well. (DLC Quest, Super Meat boy (I think), Dead Pixels, Capsized and Terraria. It's very popular with indie game devs.

.NET 4 (You might have it or not):
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851
Xna:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914
Windows http://dc208.2shared.com/download/RZEiUu_k/10_Seconds_to_Death__LD27_.zip?tsid=20130826-130235-a865c87b
Source https://bitbucket.org/DJLad97/games/downloads/10%20Seconds%20to%20Death%20(LD27)%20Source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=24911

Ratings

Coolness 56% 3
Overall 2.63 943
Audio 2.15 757
Fun 2.97 516
Graphics 2.13 992
Innovation 2.40 946
Mood 2.58 670
Theme 2.93 765

Feedback

Zuige
26. Aug 2013 · 11:23 UTC
My windows machine can't play XNA games for some reason. Grumble grumble… Awesome screenshots though! :)
🎤 DJLad97
26. Aug 2013 · 11:25 UTC
That's a shame, but thanks anyway :)
sam1373
26. Aug 2013 · 11:39 UTC
That was a very fun and challenging game, I liked it!
manabreak
26. Aug 2013 · 11:40 UTC
I didn't really catch the point in here, I managed to collect all the coins, but couldn't progress to the next level.

The controls weren't that sloppy, though, especially if you've just learned about doing the collision stuff. Keep working on it! :)
Diogo Muller
26. Aug 2013 · 11:42 UTC
Couldn't get it to run, the installer fails. Could you generate a .zip file with the Relase executables?
KristinnEs
26. Aug 2013 · 12:02 UTC
I couldnt get it to run either :( (Windows 8)
sam1373
26. Aug 2013 · 12:04 UTC
I ran it on Windows 8
Kwrky
26. Aug 2013 · 12:07 UTC
I had a lot of fun with this!
Fireblend
26. Aug 2013 · 12:20 UTC
The graphics could use some work, but the fun is there :) good job!
Xaychru04
26. Aug 2013 · 12:23 UTC
Great, there are little collision problems, and it's annoying to wait 5 seconds to play when you die. But a funny game. :)
HELLO23
26. Aug 2013 · 12:23 UTC
The game is pretty nice. I liked the idea and the music. But It is too hard I think (I couldn't even pass the first level).
I also liked the possibility to kind of stick to the ceiling.
Please consider giving a download with only the .exe and the assets in a zip without installation (installing is pretty annoying).
🎤 DJLad97
26. Aug 2013 · 12:49 UTC
Thanks for the feedback, guys. Regarding just giving the .exe with the assests, I put them in a zip file but for some reason the setup.exe and the other stuff still shows. I would appreciate it if anyone could help me :)
🎤 DJLad97
26. Aug 2013 · 12:59 UTC
Never mind, I've got it working.
🎤 DJLad97
26. Aug 2013 · 14:25 UTC
Also just noticed I spelled ludum dare wrong on the menu screen
timtipgames
27. Aug 2013 · 10:17 UTC
Really really hard :)
🎤 DJLad97
27. Aug 2013 · 19:18 UTC
I enjoy making hard games, but at the same time hate people that make hard games/tracks. So technically - I hate myself :L
kbm0
28. Aug 2013 · 10:21 UTC
I dont know why, but this simple look is very appealing to me. Nice one! :-)
🎤 DJLad97
28. Aug 2013 · 11:51 UTC
Thanks, kbm0 :) It's really awesome to see comments like this to say I've only been programming for a year now, and only C# Xna for several months :D
archaeometrician
28. Aug 2013 · 12:07 UTC
Smooth gameplay, simplistic but kinda entertaining. Great work :)
Kragnir
28. Aug 2013 · 12:28 UTC
Like others have said the collision detection is not perfect. You can stick too the ceiling for a while and picking the right starting position is key to completing most levels.

I do believe you have put a lot of time into testing the levels considering how tight the timing in them are, looking forward to your future games if you continue with the same attention to details.
berkano
29. Aug 2013 · 17:54 UTC
Funky music! Super-hard to start with but I got the hang of it after a while - rewards repeat playing. Nice one :-)
ellipticaldoor
29. Aug 2013 · 21:05 UTC
Don't working on my machine D:
ryebread761
03. Sep 2013 · 23:40 UTC
Really simple but a good concept. Could have used some more sound.
jprogman
09. Sep 2013 · 21:39 UTC
Good thing I was able to move during the 5 second delay so I can practice a bit before I run.
galman
16. Sep 2013 · 07:40 UTC
I like the idea and it is really fun! :D A bit too hard (I'm stuck at the first level :P ) and the music is too intense, other then that it's an awesome game!
Jupiter_Hadley
16. Sep 2013 · 14:51 UTC
I found this idea to be good, though the game is a bit glitchy and I could not pass level 1 :/ I featured this game in my LD27 compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvnhwc_j5Mo
🎤 DJLad97
18. Mar 2014 · 20:02 UTC
Not sure if anyone will see this, but: Did anyone download the source of this game before the link broke & still has it? I've just opened it up to improve some stuff & for some reason there is a game breaking bug it; I hadn't even touched it prior to open it so I am clueless to what happened to it. Anyway the source of the LD version might be able to help me out :)
🎤 DJLad97
18. Mar 2014 · 20:17 UTC
never mind