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Joe Vs. Loneliness by nate427

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made by nate427 for LD22 (COMPO)
I'm 13, and this was my first Ludum Dare. Originally I was making a survival horror platformer, but I had trouble with the inventory system on Sunday afternoon and realized that I wouldn't be able to finsih, so I gave up and started over. And this is the product of me starting over. It's silly and short, but just have fun. Took about 6 hours.

Press Space to skip the cutscene in the beginning.

I apologize for the crappiness of the endings, I made those during crunchtime.

Source is included in the Windows download.

Made with GameMaker Lite.

(Sorry for the infinite jump, I'd fix it if I could, but I consider changing the game after the deadline to be cheating)

Windows http://www.mediafire.com/?20wug7zuh8m3034
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=7563

Ratings

Coolness 35% 376
Overall 2.43 466
Audio 1.20 531
Community 2.36 398
Fun 2.46 305
Graphics 2.50 374
Humor 2.58 124
Innovation 2.36 370
Mood 2.00 438
Theme 2.69 321

Feedback

xilefian
19. Dec 2011 路 14:07 UTC
It was really fun, but one problem, there is infinite jump. I just got my neice to help me win, she would jump i would mash the arrow keys, never needed to use the slide.
binarycoder
19. Dec 2011 路 15:09 UTC
Fun, but a bit buggy with the collisions.
馃帳 nate427
19. Dec 2011 路 15:11 UTC
Thanks, I made this in 7 hours though. The bugs are a symptom of "Ran-out-of-time" syndrome.
iFred_QC
19. Dec 2011 路 15:42 UTC
First of all, I had popups when downloading your game. Try not to use advertisment upload sites. Try dropbox. The first 10 seconds it was fun but mashing left right quickly became annoying.. :( On the bright side, I felt like I could never ever reach her so I just gave up and will be forever alone. 5 on theme for that!
Caldero
26. Dec 2011 路 19:08 UTC
Very fun, you are talented
angrygeometry
29. Dec 2011 路 03:52 UTC
not bad for a game made in such a short amount of time!
Suese
31. Dec 2011 路 11:48 UTC
Hmm, it was wonky on my machine. The screen dimensions were off and the mouse seemed to be clicking about 96 pixels above where the mouse actually was.
Suese
31. Dec 2011 路 11:51 UTC
Aha! Got it to work, but it appears Joe can FLY!!! and never quite catches his bride to be... Fun graphics though.
caranha
03. Jan 2012 路 01:16 UTC
The graphics are rather nice, and the premise of the game is funny. Like someone else said, the infinite jumping makes the game rather easy.

Mashing the buttons left and right tires your hand too quickly -- maybe you should have done a more traditional runner where the running itself is automatic.
ericdpitts
09. Jan 2012 路 03:21 UTC
Well, as others have said there is the problem of the "flying joe," not to mention the creepy premise (chasing down a girl that has refused your advances, and is now running from you...........), but, not bad for such a short amount of time.

Also, I agree with caranha, going with the "automatic" running, a la Canabalt, may have been a better option.