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Running Misadventures by aemiliu5

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made by aemiliu5 for LD 42 (JAM)

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Running Misadventures is an unforgiving platformer that will keep you at the edge of your seat.

After an earthquake at the shrine you were visiting, you are forced to run and escape the crumbling grounds before you get crushed by the rocks falling over you.

Will you survive?

---CONTROLS---
[A, D] Move left/right
[S] Slide
[Space] Jump

---CREDITS---
Music: Nikolas Platon (https://soundcloud.com/platon-music)
Programming: Emilios Seimenis (http://twitter.com/aemiliu5)
Level & Graphic Design: Demetres Provatas (http://twitter.com/TheSheepsters)

The following external assets were used:

https://www.dafont.com/sketch-gothic-school.font?text=Running+out+of+Space
https://codemanu.itch.io/pixelart-effect-pack
https://ansimuz.itch.io/caverns-environment
https://ladyluck.itch.io/vials-and-containers-iconset
https://vnitti.itch.io/glacial-mountains-parallax-background
https://edermunizz.itch.io/free-pixel-art-forest
https://ansimuz.itch.io/magic-cliffs-environment
https://rvros.itch.io/animated-pixel-hero
https://www.scirra.com/store/2d-game-sprites/bear-trap-4316

Windows https://gamejolt.com/games/running-misadventures/361182
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/running-misadventures

Ratings

Overall 845th 3.152⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 829th 2.977⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1191th 2.381⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1249th 2.143⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 483th 3.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 407th 2.947⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 897th 2.725⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

TontonPizza
15. Aug 2018 · 06:19 UTC
Good pace. But the controls are a little too rigid, the jump is not reactive enought and too many leap of faith
CristiHKJ
17. Aug 2018 · 13:26 UTC
Great game! The art style is amazing and the music is great! The movement is raw which is perfect for a platformer. 5 STARS! :D
Could you please try my game? :D
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/zero-star
Renier
30. Aug 2018 · 10:29 UTC
Nice Game the UI could have been a simpler font maybe to make it easier to read, liked your art and the sounds!
Jajo
30. Aug 2018 · 10:39 UTC
The controls felt nice. This is one of the few games where getting crushed by a rock is satisfying. However, there was little to do with the theme involved. Decent game overall :)
Synfoniz
30. Aug 2018 · 11:33 UTC
This game is very nice ! The graphics are great, the music is awesome and the idea is great. I liked playing it even if these rocks prevented me from arriving at the end...
Bredera
30. Aug 2018 · 11:51 UTC
great graphics, love the controls and sound design of the game. This deserves more ratings!
Demn
31. Aug 2018 · 10:47 UTC
Nice entry ! The art style is very good, music is hype and I think the game plays nice (I don't have any problems with controls).

I just feel like the game is little bit too "free punitive". Sometimes the boulder just falls on you and you can't really escape :D I would have loved to see maybe a growing shadow indicating the rock was about to crash, or something like this. Also you did put a lot of leap of faith, which is okay but this isn't great to just fall and miss the platform because we were too fast (can happen with the speed up pot !).
Overall a great entry and game, I just feel like this need some polish in terms of feedbacks for the player ! Good job :)
drikdrok
31. Aug 2018 · 18:23 UTC
Pretty fun, I can't really say a whole lot more.

Please use .zip files instead of.rar as it's 100x easier to use :)

But other than that solid entry!
jellonator00
01. Sep 2018 · 00:56 UTC
My biggest gripe with this game is that the controls feel kinda weird. I don't like how I can't jump from a slide, and I can't control how high my jumps are. The boulders seems to appear in random locations, even right in front of me. There's places in the game where I can't actually see whats ahead of me and I have to take a leap of faith assuming that there will be somewhere to land. It's hard to tell if some of the tiles are in the foreground or the background (specifically, the background rock tiles look like they should be solid).

The music in this game is really good and other than my above complaints the game feels pretty solid. Good job!