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A Sassy Platformer by DragonZlay

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made by DragonZlay for LD 38 (COMPO)

You must play with sound on. It's the only thing that makes the game "worth playing"

Just a short, normal platformer, except Daniel isn't a big fan of you, so he points out your flaws and is sarcastic when you do something right.

You go through multiple rooms around a "small planet," as in when you get through enough rooms, you loop back to the first room. (At least that's my non-literal take on the theme)

Daniel will explain the rest.

Also: There is ONE PUZZLE. IF you can't figure it out, then take this hint: ~~You Can Push Stacked Crates~~

I have went through testing to make sure no softlocking is possible. You can always die via monster or jumping off the edge of map.

If you found any bugs or have any suggestions, please give me feedback!

Thanks for playing!

Link to game and source code: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0BxaWbHiSs7YockdfQ21Wc0ZnY28

(Make Sure that you open the right one!)

Tools used:

Programming: Game maker studio 1.4

Daniel's Voice: http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/a-sassy-platformer

Ratings

Overall 501th 2.655⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 472th 2.536⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 459th 2.536⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 481th 2.586⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 458th 2.586⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 244th 2.966⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 85th 3.393⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 459th 2.5⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

xmatos
28. Apr 2017 · 13:29 UTC
Need authorization to download it, could you post a more accessible link?
🎤 DragonZlay
02. May 2017 · 00:40 UTC
Sorry, It's Fixed Now!
harusame
02. May 2017 · 11:07 UTC
The voice remind me Portal, it's quite fun ;) ^^
There are many things in your game, that's a good job !
But the physic is really strange.
pkenney
06. May 2017 · 06:59 UTC
I beat this, I think I had to play the loop three times.

Wow, the controls are really weird. The falling speed is so low that the entire game takes on an unusual feel, especially when coupled with the crazy air control. Combined with the unusual animation of the main character, I felt at first like what the heck is this??

But soon I realized that the challenges of the platform jumping and enemies are crazily well aligned with the odd controls. Throw in the sarcastic narrator, and next thing you know I'm not minding the kind of thing that normally would be worthy of complaint, like blind jumps that sometimes are what you need to do and other times are instant death.

This was a silly weird good time, nice work!

Heads up though, I didn't like having to run an installer and almost didn't play. Much better to just have a game exe that I can run, I think you'll lose a lot of people who refuse to install.
blaster391
09. May 2017 · 18:18 UTC
I think this game has potential, just a few issues with it, the actual physics is a bit weird, especially when you encounter walls (the "hill" sections are very difficult to navigate, sometimes you slide down for no reason), and the camera is really weird, with the way it doesn't follow the the player, it makes it very difficult to see what's ahead (which is kinda important for a platformer)

I did like the sarcastic narrator though, would have been better to have a group of randomized quotes for when you die though, just to mix it up.
tweedle
12. May 2017 · 01:49 UTC
the voiceover stands out, nice work. also, those spiders LOL! ran into a lot of the same moving/physics problems in previous comments, I'd recommend working on a better movement feel next time around. :smile:
OccultOne
12. May 2017 · 02:11 UTC
I played this on Livestream Today at the request of the Developer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zCqO_O0iIo

We discussed in livestream my thoughts. I think the character controller was the chief culprit, and you would have a pretty solid core if that could be tightened up a bit. Funny stuff with the British Microsoft Sam.
blobo
12. May 2017 · 02:20 UTC
Some suggestions, make the walls a darker texture, or different texture than the platforms you collide with. The camera is either way too far on the right or the left, forcing a lot of blind jumps, you made the game so you know what each level holds, but new players are taking leaps of faith. keep that in mind. other than that, the VO was hilarious and incredibly sassy.
gcoope
12. May 2017 · 08:20 UTC
Interesting one! Voiceover really helped - we found that out in our game, really adds a lot! Love the Portal/Stanley Parable feel :)
limejuice123
12. May 2017 · 19:20 UTC
Wow all those memories of MLG parodies are coming back thick and fast. Anyway some cool things here. I like Daniel's Sass and the levels seem interesting and well put together. I would suggest making the jumping lighter and more bouncy; at the moment it's a bit stiff.

Great overall though cheers.
lord-bobyness
12. May 2017 · 23:15 UTC
Hahaha, that walking animation deserves a medal :D
DevOrc
13. May 2017 · 11:39 UTC
I liked the idea! It reminded me of Shoot by Quill18 (http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=7862) Although, I would like to have more death voice overs because it got kind of repetitive! But, the game was still loads of fun and pretty funny!
Mordokay
13. May 2017 · 15:44 UTC
Even with weird physics on the player I really liked it. The graphics were simple but good and the player itself looks good. I agree with the sound part ... it really is more fun with sound :P Good job!
🎤 DragonZlay
14. May 2017 · 00:17 UTC
Wow. How did that happen? Yesterday I had about 5 votes in each category... now i have about 17 each! Thank you to everyone who has reviewed my game, and I wish you the best of luck on yours!
tomdeal
14. May 2017 · 00:49 UTC
A simple but good game, I like it! The voiceover is great, however I had minor problems with the controls.
bestnickname
14. May 2017 · 08:34 UTC
I felt that the controls in this game were way too floaty. Found the narrator pretty amusing however. Would love to see a more fleshed out version of this game with better controls and the humor still intact :)
Stending
14. May 2017 · 11:54 UTC
Wow, the controls are weird but in a way I'm pretty sure that's absolutly what you wanted! It's not unplayable and still fun, so it gives a weird funny feeling to the game. So that's a really great point, actually!

The voiceover is pretty innovative and very fun! I admit that hearing the same sentence multiple times when I die was a bit annoying, I was hoping for different random lines! But that's not a problem at all!

I didn't manage to finish the game though, even with your hint :/
I guess I'll try a again later!

But anyway, super entry, quite original and inventive!
Lucas Ferrantelli
14. May 2017 · 12:09 UTC
Nice game dude ! Wtf controls but still ok^^