Too Big For This World by Hallway

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made by Hallway for LD23 (COMPO)
My first attempt at Ludum Dare. I spent too much time fixing my engine so the game is kind of basic, there are no levels it is just a go as far as you can (distance tracked in top right). Difficulty increases as you get further.

Instead of a tiny planet, its a world where everything is tiny. The tiny inhabitants of the planet (apart from some allies) try to kill you because they think you (being normal sized) are a monster.

If you dont have .NET or XNA the exe version wont work. Either use the installer version or download them here:
XNA - http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20914
.Net - http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=17113

Thank you for checking out my game and I hope it was worth it.

Timelapse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtTDWP71eVo

Ratings

Coolness 60% 3
Overall 2.55 691
Audio 1.81 664
Fun 2.93 370
Graphics 1.69 877
Humor 2.63 250
Innovation 2.14 772
Mood 2.23 701
Theme 2.97 473

Feedback

Meedoc
23. Apr 2012 路 11:15 UTC
Simple but fun enough. I just think that the health regeneration should not be. If you take your time, your allies protect you and you can easily go really far! Good job anyway!
Sodaware
23. Apr 2012 路 21:11 UTC
Pretty satisfying to smash the tanks and kick people out of the way. It's a little weird when you stand still (as the clouds move but the grass has no indication of movement), but it was fun. And I love how happy all the little fellas are!
crazyheckman
23. Apr 2012 路 21:36 UTC
Pretty fun for a simple game. Graphics were a little bleh.
馃帳 Hallway
23. Apr 2012 路 21:39 UTC
Thanks for the comments!
Meedoc: Ya, I was never sure if health regen was helpful to the game or not.
Sodaware: I agree, I had planned to add grass or trees to the background to give a better sense of movement, ran short on time though.
tompudding
23. Apr 2012 路 22:01 UTC
The physics on the balls gives it a cool sense of randomness. Nice premise too.
Jacic
23. Apr 2012 路 22:04 UTC
Quite fun :)
devince
23. Apr 2012 路 22:09 UTC
good idea
Truce
24. Apr 2012 路 01:02 UTC
Definitely greater than the sum of its parts. I had fun with it. =)
ThatSnail
24. Apr 2012 路 01:17 UTC
Bouncing on tanks feels amazing. Not sure I quite figured out how to effectively use the allies though.

A little limited but enjoyable nonetheless.
TyrusPeace
24. Apr 2012 路 01:50 UTC
I had a lot of fun with this! It's admittedly a bit clunky and death seems like an eventuality rather than a failure, but at some point while I was kicking my 20th swordsman in a row I realized I was really enjoying myself :).

Nice work!
Jerm
24. Apr 2012 路 01:50 UTC
This was quite fun for a simple game. I really liked the breaking apart effect on the blimps and tanks.

I thought having the friendly rocket launcher guys worked really well. The best strategy I found was to use them to take out the other rocket launcher guys and use the spaceman to destroy the blimps and tanks (if you tried to jump on the rocket launcher guys you would get hurt by the sword guys and if you ran at them you would get shot, so best to just go back and let the green guys do the work :)).

I managed to get over 17000 feet :)
JustinMullin
24. Apr 2012 路 04:02 UTC
Not bad! I wasn't sure what to expect going in, but punting guys around was surprisingly satisfying. xD I like how the wreckage of vehicles does collateral damage.
馃帳 Hallway
24. Apr 2012 路 20:30 UTC
Thanks for the feedback everyone! I'm hoping for the next Ludum I will have a bit more experience and can make something a bit more in depth.

Jerm: That is the strategy I tend to use if there are more than a few of the rocket guys, I think my highest was about 28k.

I created a timelapse video in case anyone is interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtTDWP71eVo
devwil
24. Apr 2012 路 21:08 UTC
***I'm posting this on all non-browser games I bring up in an attempt to encourage folks to make browser games next time around. Do not take it personally.***

When hundreds of people make non-browser games, that means that, to play all of the entries, I would need to download hundreds of games to my computer. I typically use OS X, so Windows-only entries are particularly inconvenient.

Please consider making a browser game next time.
netmute
24. Apr 2012 路 21:09 UTC
Couldn't rate because I'm using a Mac. Sorry :(
馃帳 Hallway
24. Apr 2012 路 21:23 UTC
Sorry about that. XNA is the only game programming framework I have any experience with at the moment.
AdventureIslands
26. Apr 2012 路 17:13 UTC
Hah, kicking little people is surprisingly satisfying, nice job.
Arkazon
26. Apr 2012 路 17:44 UTC
Awesome, good game. I only managed to get 6654 feet but oh well, it was good fun!
tripleVisionGames
28. Apr 2012 路 13:28 UTC
There is nothing more fun than headbutting blimps! Great job!
spiral
29. Apr 2012 路 08:54 UTC
Jumping on tanks and baddies is always fun... graphics need work but well done overall it works!
Datamosh
03. May 2012 路 05:17 UTC
Graphics maybe need a little more work for my taste, but it's fun anyway! Good job!
DDRKirby(ISQ)
11. May 2012 路 12:09 UTC
This is somehow way more amusing than it should be. ._.
JellyFame
13. May 2012 路 16:13 UTC
Unfortunately cannot play, don't have access to windows box.
HTML5 :)