Running out of Pow E.R. by larzan

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made by larzan for LD 39 (JAM)

As always not enough time, i had to work this weekend, so i only had a few hours to spare and had to go for the Jam. BUT that allowed me to use some really fitting music by the Dirtyphonics, it creates a great atmosphere. My collaborator from last time, Foya could unfortunately not participate this time either, thats why i am back to the 'it would be charming if a kid had drawn it' gfx style :)

So, you are waking up in an E.R. in the small town of Pow and before you know what is happening you are running for your life as the town has been taken over by {{ enter your favourite 'the end times are near' monster / creature }}.

Don't hit anything, use Cursor up and down to jump and to accelerate your landing (don't ask me why, i realized that after a while it was impossible to jump between obstacles, this way you can get around that).

So, DOWN key makes you come down faster, thats important after ~60 seconds.

Of course there are also earthquakes and general disorientation going on, so... have fun :)

TL;DR

Don't hit stuff.

Cursor UP to jump,

DOWN to sink faster to the floor (important only later)

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Ratings

Overall 639th 3.038⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 327th 3.296⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 718th 2.5⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 805th 2.481⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 667th 2.815⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 344th 2.583⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 404th 3.261⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

hav24
03. Aug 2017 · 16:49 UTC
Please double check the link of the game, it doesn't work to me unfortunately! :(
Farhan Qureshi
03. Aug 2017 · 16:53 UTC
pressing down to come down faster is a neat idea, and overall this is well done for the time you spent on it. i would tweak the jump button so holding it doesn't repeat your jump, that killed me a couple times. i think the down mechanic should make you come down faster to make it more intentional, right now it feels too floaty. good job though!
Steing
03. Aug 2017 · 16:57 UTC
Lol that dubstep music was ON POINT haha
Simple but good idea, i would just deplore the fact that the down dodge seems not to be implemented, but anyway i liked the game
Couldn't surpass the 50 seconds though, i had this feeling that sometimes obstacles cannot be dodged ?
Anyway good job guys ! :)
krishnasism
03. Aug 2017 · 16:59 UTC
That was the most hyped up track I have heard in-game ( after burn dem in Far Cry 3 :P), and I loved it!!

Amazing game. You could've done something affecting the obstacles with the beat of the music. Nonetheless, it was a fun and cool game. Liked the graphics, and obviously the music!
Quaternius
03. Aug 2017 · 17:02 UTC
The game looks nice, the zoom was a bit annoying though. good job!
Vladlen
11. Aug 2017 · 12:12 UTC
Nice game : ) These platform rotations and zooming are very cool : ) Looks very stylish, well done, i've enjoyed!
LegalSoul
11. Aug 2017 · 18:24 UTC
Love this kind of games: simple but makes you wanna just play more :)
Good job!
Also, the zooming adds variety and fits interestingly.
Valphera
15. Aug 2017 · 10:47 UTC
I simply loved it haha!
The music is great and kept me playing!
Just a little thing, the player's hitbox should be located on his feets rather than the whole sprite, when I collided with obstacles it often wasn't really readable why it counted as a collision!
The rotations and zooms were amazing, that's a really cool game, keep it up!
simonhutchinson
15. Aug 2017 · 12:12 UTC
Hear-pumping little runner! I kind of like the minimalist graphics (and the camera zooms). Nice work!
azziliz
15. Aug 2017 · 13:42 UTC
Looks like you really had some fun playing with the camera. Good job.
zorsy
15. Aug 2017 · 14:23 UTC
Man i love how creative you got with the camera! it actually was a good fine line between making the game super interesting but also not havoc to give me a headache!

The music was spot on as well! really fit the animation, but could be cool to mix your sound effect wubs and music with some of the camera movements too! i enjoyed this quite a bit! and didn't get too easily frustrated
Mengane
15. Aug 2017 · 15:00 UTC
Nice little game ! The moves of the camera are really awesome and fit well with the music, the run...
Nice work :) !
nerdyHerbivore
15. Aug 2017 · 15:02 UTC
The camera and music really set the mood! I also like the pun with the theme. :)
Carsen D.
15. Aug 2017 · 18:23 UTC
I think you managed to take what would be a very simple and basic endless runner and made it really cool and fun with just the clever use of music and camera movement! It makes things seem a lot more epic, when in reality you're really just jumping over some dudes in bed. I had a good time with it!
ledez
15. Aug 2017 · 19:14 UTC
Camera effect are awesome. Nice endless runner!
Tyler Miller
15. Aug 2017 · 20:05 UTC
Got kinda dizzy with the camera effects but I'm a :baby: so. feel like when I lost I didn't actually hit anything but I had fun playing, good job!
mamoniem
21. Aug 2017 · 16:07 UTC
Good game, you played a lot with the camera, which some times was nice, but other items was a distraction for me to lose :D but I loved:
- Most of the camera function
- The music
- The linear complexity in progression
- The loading time was not that bad

One thing i want to mention, while it was loading the game mentioned using the mouse cursor up/down to play, which meant for me swiping with the mouse, but i ended up using the keyboard arrows!

-m