Escaparazzi by Felipe Budinich
Escape from the Paparazzi! Don't let them take too many pictures or you'll be lost! Avoid the cars and cross your fingers, let's hope you make it 'til the taxi arrives!
Controls:
WASD or Directional Arrows.
Software & Libraries:
Flixel <- old version, 2.3 (not sure) I think that the current version is suffering from feature creep. (Tho the allure of Flixel Power tools is strong)
Flash Develop <- Love this IDE.
Pixel Bender <- I made the camera flash with this. Really fast and powerful tool for simple shader work.
Aria Maestosa <- really simple midi sequencer (and Flight of the Bumblebee was one of the first songs I learnt on piano, so i tought, why not?)
GXSCC <- Pretty lame I know, but i wanted the oldschool sound without having to learn how to use a mod tracker during a 48hr compo :-p
Audacity <- Easiest way to record, remix and export sound.
ASEPRITE <- The oldschool feel, yet powerful feature set makes me all fuzzy inside.
SFXR <- I think we are all familiar with this piece of sheer brilliance.
Controls:
WASD or Directional Arrows.
Software & Libraries:
Flixel <- old version, 2.3 (not sure) I think that the current version is suffering from feature creep. (Tho the allure of Flixel Power tools is strong)
Flash Develop <- Love this IDE.
Pixel Bender <- I made the camera flash with this. Really fast and powerful tool for simple shader work.
Aria Maestosa <- really simple midi sequencer (and Flight of the Bumblebee was one of the first songs I learnt on piano, so i tought, why not?)
GXSCC <- Pretty lame I know, but i wanted the oldschool sound without having to learn how to use a mod tracker during a 48hr compo :-p
Audacity <- Easiest way to record, remix and export sound.
ASEPRITE <- The oldschool feel, yet powerful feature set makes me all fuzzy inside.
SFXR <- I think we are all familiar with this piece of sheer brilliance.
Ratings
| Coolness | 14% | 26 |
| Overall | 3.24 | 130 |
| Audio | 3.23 | 75 |
| Community | 2.36 | 269 |
| Fun | 3.15 | 110 |
| Graphics | 2.60 | 278 |
| Humor | 3.30 | 34 |
| Innovation | 3.10 | 166 |
| Theme | 3.80 | 39 |
Also, I took a while to realize the papz were following me in a snake-like pattern, so I shouldnt worry about them catching me.
My only complaint would be the money taking too much time to appear, maybe you should increase the requirement to 10 monies, while increasing the spawn rate of it.
Congrats!
I only really have two criticisms: firstly, that the "Extra Extra!" screen never seems to stay up long enough to read it; and secondly that I can't lead the paparazzi into the path of a car. ;)
I planed on expanding the entry with more info, but since the LD webiste was having issues i thought that maybe it wasn't a good idea to overload the server with requests :-p
About the cars running over the paparazzi: I tought about that, but the function needed to remove one of them from the array, then moving the remaining ones one spot was too complicated for time i had remaining.
I'll add the softwares I used now ;-)
I do like the "jiggly" motion, but I also don't like it. I guess I wish there were better cues for collision, I couldn't tell if the positions were on a grid +/- a little bit or if they were just random offset.
I wish I could kill the paparazzi by running them into cars, of course that would change the game significantly.
Good job, quite challenging to get that last $ and cab!
I loved the music by the way. Good Job dude.
Well done!
Download the source, go to the assets folder, search for the *.aria file. From there I exported to midi, and then I used GXSCC to make a WAV, then I used Audacity to make the MP3.
I even made some mistakes (it does not sound exactly like the original song), and as far as I know, Flight of the Bumbleebee does not loop :-p
http://soundcloud.com/fbudinichd/evilot-turkey-town
http://soundcloud.com/fbudinichd/03-the-end-wet-bread
I used a song I knew because:
a) Theres no time to compose something really good. I'm a better performer than composer.
b) I'm not yet familiar with the software, I learnt to play piano, on an actual piano.
Play the post compo version, I already added the dead paps mechanic ;-)
Anyway, like the music but gameplay needs improvent to be more interesting.
Regarding gameplay, controls were basic, yet functional and did their job really well. Same can be said to graphics and audio (gawd, that soundtrack really got into my nerves, in a good way!). However, all things together with this interesting approach to old school snake made a really nice cake to enjoy!
Good entry. I didn't realize it was "snake" until I read some of the comments. I was getting frustrated because I was lapping the paparazzi. Like everyone else, I kept trying to maneuver them into the path of cars.
The trick is to play it slow then change the tempo :-p (Tho I must agree that being able to read musical notation is sooo helpful)
You should try the post compo version, I made te graphics even more retro, and added the "run over the papz" mechanic.
I already finished the save system, now i've got to put that data to use with achievements and highscores, should be done today. After that I'll post my post mortem.
If you happen to pass by, test the post compo version. Your idea was *the* killer feature.