Lepton Epoch by Jacob123
It has been a fun two days. Without further ado I present my game: Lepton Epoch!
Story:
When the universe was only a second old a very important event took place. This event was the Lepton Epoch. It was a period that lasted 10 SECONDS where leptons and anti-leptons annihilated one another until only one remained. You are a lepton who is determined to be the last one to remain and be the base for everything that is created in the universe.
The game has 10 levels. One for each second of the Lepton Epoch. Oh, one more thing. Once you start moving there is no stopping. Your only form of protection against all the Anti-leptons is to jump. Good luck! You'll definitely need it!
Controls:
Right Button = Start Level (you won't move until this button is pressed)
Space = Jump (hold in to jump higher, I would recommend testing jump first before starting the level)
Download:
The URL will take you to the homepage of a website I made especially for this event. The download link is on the homepage (not hard to spot at all).
Story:
When the universe was only a second old a very important event took place. This event was the Lepton Epoch. It was a period that lasted 10 SECONDS where leptons and anti-leptons annihilated one another until only one remained. You are a lepton who is determined to be the last one to remain and be the base for everything that is created in the universe.
The game has 10 levels. One for each second of the Lepton Epoch. Oh, one more thing. Once you start moving there is no stopping. Your only form of protection against all the Anti-leptons is to jump. Good luck! You'll definitely need it!
Controls:
Right Button = Start Level (you won't move until this button is pressed)
Space = Jump (hold in to jump higher, I would recommend testing jump first before starting the level)
Download:
The URL will take you to the homepage of a website I made especially for this event. The download link is on the homepage (not hard to spot at all).
| Website (source and download on homepage) | http://gamesmadeawesome.weebly.com/ |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=26000 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 79% | 2 |
| Overall | 2.58 | 981 |
| Audio | 2.12 | 767 |
| Fun | 2.66 | 788 |
| Graphics | 2.00 | 1051 |
| Humor | 2.00 | 693 |
| Innovation | 2.38 | 959 |
| Mood | 2.30 | 872 |
| Theme | 2.76 | 890 |
Graphic-wise the game is not pleasant to they eye. It's always the same alternating colors. This game could use more tiles. The enemies' and the player's sprite were kinda fuzzy around their edges (transparency/alpha channel issues?).
The soundtrack is way too repetitive. So repetitive, I had to turn the sound down. You would have better results you just used sound effects (for instance, when you get stuck to a wall).
Finally, I find no connection (other than the story that's not in-game) with the 10 seconds theme.
Not all is bad, mind you. The redeeming qualities of this game are:
* Not so bad level design: I had fun playing this game (the most important thing while playing a game is to have fun)
* Although the jumping control is not "usual" I find that it works really well with your game.
* The death screens and win screens are a nice touch.
* I liked the story.
All in all, I rate your game 6/10, will play again if you improve it =)
There's plenty of room for improvement.
After about 30 seconds the music became grating.
I like the little electrons spinning around you. It would have been nice to have more variety to the sprites, but then the source material didn't leave much room for that.
Thanks for all the feedback guys! Much appreciated.
>Only died twice in beating it
Not sure that that the universe started exactly as you said,
or I just read to much false things about it!
Good take on the theme!
I also thought the game was a brilliant use of the theme, and it took me forever to finish. But in a good way. It was hard and fun, and I really enjoyed it :)
it'd be nice if the main character could move around within the screen, seems like once you're pushed back far enough you've lost.
it'd be nice if the enemies moved(but it is plenty difficult without them moving)
Stop hating on the anti-leptons, what did they ever do to you? They just want to see the universe be created.
#TeamAnti-Leptons
The audio is quite harsh and it did feel a little slow but it was pretty fun.
game is exciting
btu nothing gonna change besides levels
I had fun with this! It was the right length and had a nice difficulty curve. Art was basic, but served the game well. It got a bit stressful when the player lost speed and the edge of the screen was "catching up".
I kind of agree with the suggestions of less lives. Apart from that, it's fun and the tweaks you made to the post-compo version made it even better. Great job! :D
Good work!
BTW Is this your first LD? (I'm asking because this seems to be the only entry you've submitted by your own to LD). If so then congratz! it's quite an enjoyable game!