Vupu by Team Trout

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made by Team Trout for LD 42 (JAM)

Play as Vupu the space hamster and run away from the vortex devouring space-time behind you! Collect Time Crystals to keep your timer from reaching zero.

Voopoo_itchio.png

WASD - directions J - Roll-dash K - Jump

  • Game by Lee Griggs and Calum Garlick(Twitter: @limitiv)
  • Music by Alex Ellis

Special Thanks to: - BatteryJellyfish for his palette, Battery24 - Ryan Nielson, for his PixelCamera2D Unity package - The Unity3D team

Ratings

Overall 140th 3.867⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 86th 3.867⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 856th 2.917⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 663th 3.417⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 39th 4.483⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 45th 4.05⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

dangerbackwards
14. Aug 2018 · 14:54 UTC
Viciously difficult but immensely fun and satisfying at the same time. I also love the art and music!
Pass Me The Controller
14. Aug 2018 · 16:33 UTC
Difficult, but very fun! The main highlight of the game is certainly its graphics, as the game is gorgeous. Fits the theme well and offers a lot of depth!
AGsilverAG
14. Aug 2018 · 17:09 UTC
As the others say, cruelly hard but very fun. Could maybe use some checkpoints. Dash-jumping feels great, to the point where it basically doesn't need the regular movement and would maybe work as like a 2 button infinite runner. I also really like the art, gives me great kirby vibes.
🎤 Team Trout
14. Aug 2018 · 19:51 UTC
@dangerbackwards
@pass-me-the-controller
@agsilverag
We're probably going to be working on this game further after LD42 is over so we appreciate the comments regarding the difficulty. Truthfully, the level chunks were sort of slapped together last second so they're not what you might call balanced, although in a final product we hope they will be :)
Katie Dover
14. Aug 2018 · 23:31 UTC
I'm a sucker for gorgeous games and this Vupu definitely fits the bill! I agree that it's extremely hard, but someone better at these kinds of games than I am would probably have an easier time. The controls felt really natural and were easy to learn. Other than the difficulty, I really don't have any critiques for this game. The graphics are amazing, the music & SFX are both perfect, it fits the theme, and the game itself is rather fun. Awesome job!
Purrfexionator
14. Aug 2018 · 23:56 UTC
Wow! A very high quality runner game! It also fits the theme in 2 ways! Not only are you escaping space, you are also constantly running out of space to platform! It was challenging, but still interesting and very fun! The graphics and music were great, keep up the great work!
Flubz
15. Aug 2018 · 01:33 UTC
Overall really good game space for jump would have been nice :smile:
BMOPAPA
15. Aug 2018 · 09:59 UTC
This one is really cute~ Wishing to see more interactive items and levels in the game~
MZA
15. Aug 2018 · 10:50 UTC
Something about that screenshot above made me want to play this game. Really enjoyed it. Just a few pointers:

-- While dashing, disable gravity on the hamster. This is what most platformers do.
-- Enable dashing, while in mid-air
-- This following stage i feel is super-difficult. I thought i left the void behind but it catched up super quick.

![bun.png](///raw/7e4/c/z/19b5c.png)

Overall, the game is solid!
Rs11s21n
15. Aug 2018 · 12:37 UTC
too hard sometimes...
Borys
16. Aug 2018 · 13:06 UTC
I love your art style, sounds and difficult of this game (I like such hard games ^^). Nice job! Keep it up!
My Sweet Whomp
17. Aug 2018 · 13:07 UTC
The game is gorgeous and sounds really good. Too bad there's no death animation, it's kinda frustrating. Otherwise controls are neat, you probably still can tweak them so they feel great though.
Tuteupaituamae
17. Aug 2018 · 13:17 UTC
Art style is amazing ! nice job!
Joloujed
17. Aug 2018 · 13:38 UTC
Very Nice game, the art is so cool, the game plays nice, nice sounds everything great, I was missing like a end screen with distance when you die and like a death aninmation or something. Death feels so sudden. But great game overall.
Sciman101
17. Aug 2018 · 13:51 UTC
Really polished, it's clear a ton of effort went into this. Graphics and sound are really nice, the player controls well, (I actually agree with @agsilverag in that this could be a good 2-button runner). Like people are saying, it's very difficult, both in good and bad ways sometimes. There's a part near the beginning where you can get stuck under a jump block, which doesn't feel great. Still, good job all around!
mrjorts
17. Aug 2018 · 13:52 UTC
Great game! The character sprite extremely good, the controls are great, and the level is very challenging and interesting to learn. The dash jump is extremely powerful and feels great to fly through the level when you know exactly what jumps to make. I found some of the hitboxes to be a little to harsh, especially on the round enemies. It felt like I was dead before I touched them sometimes. I'd also say that I don't like it when holding jump causes a jump to come out. Several times I died because I was holding jump to get up a ledge and as soon as I got over the top the I launched straight up into spikes. Oh, nice music as well :)
Angel Felix
17. Aug 2018 · 14:22 UTC
a fun entry right here. i would love to play this as a full release as an app
sidewalksleeper
17. Aug 2018 · 15:11 UTC
Really polished, in fact incredibly so. Minor issues: I'm not a fan of how the character keeps jumping if I don't release the jump button. The layout is also very tight, not a lot of room for a mistake, especially in the beginning.

I would've liked more easing in, although I have to admit your approach does contribute to the atmosphere of "Holy crap, I've got to run the hell outta here!"
Shakedimus
17. Aug 2018 · 16:25 UTC
It's very difficult but very satisfying. I wanted to keep playing! Also because of the awesome music and graphics!
halomegames
18. Aug 2018 · 08:20 UTC
I really like graphics and game feeling. It needs self explaining tutorial and more intuitive controlling. Sometimes i got stuck and need to move back which is frustrating (should be probably :)) and at first i completely had no idea what would kill me and what should i collect or omit. In the other hand, controlling is really responsive and fluent.
Overall its really great and have potential! Keep going :)
crneumre
19. Aug 2018 · 17:32 UTC
As others have stated its quite difficulty but also fun.
Beautiful art and very cool music.
Good job!
tigerj
20. Aug 2018 · 18:53 UTC
So so pretty and So So hard at the same time. here is your game on my stream:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/299088812?t=00h04m26s
Andrei9
03. Sep 2018 · 13:19 UTC
I liked the Graphics, and the Gameplay was fun, Nice Game. :thumbsup: