Pale Brown Dot by Fritzendugan
Pale Brown Dot is a short little platformer with a few puzzly elements.
All of the code, music, levels, and art were made in 72 hours for the Jam. The exception is the bunny, which I had made in a previous LD but released publicly. The credits music I made in less than 5 minutes :P
There are only 2 levels, but I'm thinking of doing a post-compo version.
Time-Lapse : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrSV2yjHT58
Controls:
a,w,s,d OR (arrow keys) : move and jump
space : Absorb life material
Hints (spoilers):
Level 1 - hold space near flowers. You can jump while you're in the air if you haven't jumped yet (as in, run off a platform then jump)
Level 2 - pixel perfect jumps! You can squeeze through many tight places. Drain the life from the rose bushes. Get as far to the right as you can and grab the powerup, then dash your way to victory (by pressing and holding space in the air)
All of the code, music, levels, and art were made in 72 hours for the Jam. The exception is the bunny, which I had made in a previous LD but released publicly. The credits music I made in less than 5 minutes :P
There are only 2 levels, but I'm thinking of doing a post-compo version.
Time-Lapse : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrSV2yjHT58
Controls:
a,w,s,d OR (arrow keys) : move and jump
space : Absorb life material
Hints (spoilers):
Level 1 - hold space near flowers. You can jump while you're in the air if you haven't jumped yet (as in, run off a platform then jump)
Level 2 - pixel perfect jumps! You can squeeze through many tight places. Drain the life from the rose bushes. Get as far to the right as you can and grab the powerup, then dash your way to victory (by pressing and holding space in the air)
| Play in your browser | http://fritzendugan.com/ld26/game.html |
| Timelapse | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrSV2yjHT58 |
| Source | https://www.dropbox.com/s/i1j5wj3o67j1o2l/LD26_source.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=14538 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 50% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.24 | 236 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.39 | 136 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.86 | 281 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 2.97 | 330 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.00 | 300 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.41 | 132 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.56 | 95 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.17 | 307 |
My character did seem to move a few pixels up and/or right when I was life-sucking; made me bounce around a lot even though I thought I was safe.
But why did the bunnies have to die :(
I legitimately felt horrible beating both levels, lol! Great atmosphere!
The concept is very interesting, absorb life of nearby plants. Why not animals too? :P
The music was really cool, and so the animations. I understand the lo-fi graphics are because of the theme.
I found out that the absorbing part was really slow, because if you are going to do that every time, it should be super rewarding or very fast. What about absorbing things while moving?
The first level as tutorial was great.
The second one doesn't feel like the second place, because of the increased difficulty. It should have been the third one in my opinion.
The power up concept was interesting, but it's a shame you didn't continue it; I was expecting a new level to use my newly acquired power up.
What about absorbing powers from nature, ala kirby?
Anyway, really neat concept, but it should be worked on further. I would really like to play a full game based on the absorbing thing.
A little later: <Buster Bluth>I'm a monster!!!</Buster Bluth>
lol, great game. Quick note: on level 2 after it happened... an (unmoving) rabbit was blocking my path through.
joe40001: Thanks for playing! Can you be a little more clear about what you mean about the rabbit blocking your path? Was this after you grabbed the power-up? Did you grab enough souls to activate the portal (and have everything die)? Was the rabbit already dead?
mrexcessive : can you be a little more specific about the "rejumping?" If you mean you can walk off a platform but still jump, that's intentional. If that's not what you're describing, can you give me some steps to reproduce it? Where exactly and on what level were you able to double jump?
Thanks for playing guys :)