That's a great concept, really enjoyed playing it, thanks for the experience!

AHAH very fun and cool x) i liked the game gj !

this is really a fun game) full compliance with the topic
:wink:

Fun game :), I wonder which part of the world is it? haha such a hot beach! Well done and all the best!
Feel free to play and rate my game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/split

Neat game! Would be interesting to see that same mechanic in a 3D platform game! Here's mine if your interested! :D https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/$60178

Really cool game you've got going here! There is a pretty sharp spike in difficulty after the first sun umbrella, though! It took me about 5 attempts before I was able to get the sunscreen!

Well done on this one! :)

Great idea for a platformer!

Great connection with the theme and very funny overall. Thanks for this :)

Really interesting! Only critique I had is that I thought that it was a tad unclear to do where you had to jump onto the low parasol at first. Maybe there could have been some sort of incentive for that? But the music and graphics were great and the simplistic gameplay was fun!

Funny! Hope to see more features in the game! Keep it up!

Nice game, a bit hard at the start but it's very nice. A bit too short though. Had fun with the "random" moving shadow :)

Very good game. I enjoyed this on a lot.
Everything felt good in the game.
Some finishing touches will make this an awesome mobile game.

Really fun game! The character and the mood are perfect, especially with this incoming winter :D
I agree with the critic of Cibbler though, it is sometimes a bit unclear what you have to do or where you have to go. But the mecanics are good and the overall is pretty cool :)

Nice Idea. It fun, but difficult.

The concept is fun and I quite like the graphics. In the browser it was really laggy though and jump was a little unresponsive sometimes even after downloading. I also question the choice of having the main character be the same colour as the background. He does show up when he gets red but I think there could have been something more to make him stand up more constantly.

This game has a good flow. From easy to hard. Those are Some nice ideas with the shadow mechanics. And i liked the bouncy sound when you jump over the sunumbrella. The soundtrack was a bit repetetive but thats just polish stuff. Good work guys!


(my game is somehow not shown at my profile so for the case you want to try it here is the link)
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/drugrun

Great ! the Idea is realy fun, graphics are well made and globaly for a game made by two people thee result is just great. I have not seen a score. i thinks this game need one.

Good Work !

come to see my game if you have some times : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/bobbys-awful-idea

A blast to play, wow! The shade moving back and forth was a great idea!

Awesome entry! Fun game with some caribic mood :) For me it was too difficult, after my 6th attempt or so I gave up :)
EDIT: After that I read about the sun screen but too late XD

It's cool. Very creative. The hotter the sand. worse it is.

great work. looks good and plays well

hahahahahaha

Nice game, run from the sun!

Fun game! I love the graphics too :) I did not really feel the theme shining through, but all in all a job well done!

That sizzling sound effect really fit :D The game mechanic is like a comedy platformer version of that one level in Mass Effect (2 or 3, can't remember which). Could work well as a small section in a scifi platformer with the sun burning your shields/health like in that Mass Effect scene. Fun gameplay, good graphics and sounds, funny idea.

Great job! One of the best theme realisation!
The case when realy more is worst!
Just one moment witch is upsetting that there is no checkpoints..(

And Art is good! Looks polished and have some style!
You can already published it, streamer will become crazy! May be just add some stuff like sharks, cocktails and chicks of course ;)

And this AAAA woter! So lovely!
So funy jumping over the umbrellas) You should add more funny items instead of puzzle mechanics!
And the picture is for win screen,.. or loose))


Really funny!! But I can't stop letting him burn to laughth :jay:
The water is incredible

Pretty cool!!!

Very nice theme implementation, with a bit more polishing and a bit of adjust of the game physics I could easily see a mobile release.

Very amusing game, not many times you see a game about preventing sunburn lol. You got points on humor. The animation and graphics look good too. Good job.

Great take on the theme ! Enjoyable experience !

Git gut game!

Cool game. I managed to finish it and cooled off.

Fun idea, I like the effects on the player model after they've been "burned" for a certain amount of time. Good work!

My gf is a ginger and burns easily and this is basically what she did when we went on vacation 10/10

I loved this - humorous idea executed well! The controls make it very difficult, though. Your 3D assets looked great together!

A neat concept, explored in a fun way. Visually, pretty great too. I would have liked checkpoints because it was frustrating going all the way back to the start from near the end. I also think there's good potential for further exploration of your mechanics but that's more for the future.

What was causing the moving shadows?

I love the graphics! It's also funny how true that is! Don't bother looking at my game, I never finished...

Not only is it cool idea, but music fits it very well. + I was all like, ha how can this be hard just press D, but I was wrong!! very hard and cool!

Well done! A really interesting concept, and lots of fun too. The graphics and animations are great, and the animation of him burning up made me chuckle :)

Awsome game! I've died in the shadow, what a pitty XDDDD
Check my Drunken Soviet: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/drunken-soviet

Fun game, nice to see a different art style. Very smooth running.

Great game! I love the scenery and music, and the concept is very innovative!

Music suits the art so well! Good choice there
The game itself isn't too difficult but it does require memory, like Crash Bandicoot to some degree. You go through a level not knowing what you're going to run into then maybe have to restart and you get better each time
Good concept and nice little game!

Love it! The concept is funny and the gameplay is actually hard at times. Well played!

My only real complaint is that the camera movement can be a little jerky. Otherwise, this is a very solid game.

Nice entry, it was quick, it was fun and i really enjoy it for a few runs :) Good job! :)
If you want to try out my game here is link https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/voxel-mob-arena - Thanks! :)

fun and relatable, as I too cannot be in the sun without dying

Extremely fun game! Difficulty and length were just right, models and animation work were great, the water shader was top-notch and the game ran surprisingly well in browser. Well done!

Simple but so effective with this concept.
It brings back memories of holidays for sure. Next step, add NPCs on the beach

Definitely relatable :D I really want to know what's casting a circular moving shadow :thinking:

Very cool game. Love the music too! Just a tip, use unity's post processing stack. It'll make a huge difference for your graphics!

very fun and cool

Fun game and all around good.

Hm... This is much more fun than I thought by looking at the video :)
Also hard though :)
Cool effects with the burn.

nice concept! well done!

Well working mechanics! I think the performance in the browser was a bit low though. it felt like 15 FPS (i have a 980GTX) but everything else was fine :) maybe some features that would be nice:
* Highscore
* Sprint/Dash with Energybar that must be used at the right places to achieve the goal
* Lives (so that you dont die for failing once)
Nice job :)

Thanks for the suggestions @wujood, I think the sprint/dash idea could fit really well! Sorry to hear about the low framerate in the browser, I guess we could improve that by reducing the polycount in some of our models.

Playing a game about getting sunburn in such a cold weather feels so weird :D

Anyway, Graphics, audio, music are great.

Idea was simple enough to execute it properly and polish it in time.

The level design feels great - I was always lead to something unknown the way I was able to understand it fast enough without losing and having to start over again.

The only problem for me was the same as @wujood said - the browser performance was a bit low and I don't think that's caused by our GPUs (I have GeForce GT 740M and I have about the same FPS as he has) - probably problem of browser resources?

Thank you for making this game though :)

Very good game, the concept is really funny.
I thinks it's a bit frustating than you have to restart a te the beginning al the time. May be some checkpoint could be good withlives for those.

Good job !

This is amazing, 5/5 across the board.

Such a simple, yet fun concept! The visual style reminds us of JoWood's "Neighbours From Hell".
The controls are fluid, the movement, jumping, and bouncing feels good. Excellent work overall! :)

An all around fund and solid experience. Great work. I can still hear the sizzling, oh god the sizzling.

I love the sound of sizzling flesh in the morning. Great game and great mechanics!

That was fun to try for awhile. Nice job on the mood of Old Guy at Beach. Nice job.

Simple but great game! The concept is very good according to the theme! Fun to play!

A-ha-ha-ha!Really funy and cool! I need more shadow!))

Pretty fun platformer, great solid idea. The sound design and art assets are outstanding too. My only suggestion would be to soften the quick camera movement when changing directions. It wasn't much of a problem though. Great entry!

This is hilarious for me because I am Greek and I relate to this so bad! And I am impressed that this is your first ludum dare. Great job!

Cool concept. Had a bit of trouble with the first bottle of sunscreen (since I kept jumping towards it from the first bench) and there are a few spots where it's very difficult to get shade due to not knowing the position of the moving shadows.

Besides that I really like the idea and I had fun for a while. Good job.

Graphics and music are pretty good, but the game needs more gameplay mechanics and definitely quicker regeneration time.

I went quite far away and I feel it could have some sort of checkpoints. I liked the dude modelling and the overall looks. The setup is interesting and it is funny to see the poor guy burning. Nice game overall :)

Cool. I got stuck once at the series of shadows that go far/close. Not much in the theme though.

Fun game idea with some creative obstacles to solve. I wish that it would restart at the last parasol rather than all at the beginning.

That was a great game! Easy to understand the concept and well executed. I agree a checkpoint system would have been nice, but I made it to the end after dying twice, so it's totally doable. I enjoyed the character design, reminds me of playing a leisure suit Larry game.

Excellent idea and well done with the 3d production and the variations with the shadows :thumbsup:

Nice game, but it needs more depth.

This idea is so fun =). I think this can be a real nice and fun runner. But now it was hard for me to play =( I have not a second chance if I die.

Wow, this was made on one weekend?! Damn!
The 3D graphics are great (especially the character animation). The sound works, but the music could be less repetitive and I somehow wanted to hear a win sound when I won. I really like the concept of the game! :)

Good cartoony scenario &, for me, the difficulty felt pretty ideal. I completed the game on my second attempt but felt sufficiently challenged throughout. Good job.

A very fun little game.

Such a good game and such a GREAT interpretation of the theme. I would say, one of the most original games on LD40. :) well done! Congratulations

i like how you have come up with something different for the theme, good job

Wow! awesome game, the take on the theme was very particular, also super fun

Congrats on the entry!

Nice entry! It would have been fun to play this in a randomized map tho. good job!

Pretty fun game. Really interesting take on the theme and the genre of game!

Lots of fun though it's like a platformer. I think I need gameover several times to learn how to proceed to the end.I played for quite a while and it's really good. One problem: the white chairs and tables sometimes it looks flat but actually there's a difference in height so I failed several times here.

Check it out!
https://youtu.be/4qUwlnyQt-A

Pretty hilarious idea! :) Loved it. The graphics look as if it was normal game (not competition game), and the gameplay is just a lot of fun.

Love it! Great take on the theme and it's a very charming game. Graphics are great.

:laughing: Cool game! It just need some polish to be a full game, it has the potential! Keep working on it :smile:
I think the game is hard but I guess it was intentional. I have not much to say on how to improve the game, just polishing (level design, music) may be

Fun, but the level design isn't guiding the player enough. The first few steps teach us to boldly run into the unknown, trusting that a parasol will be waiting for us if only we can get there fast enough, but then the player is punished for relying on this new knowledge by a step in which we have to wait patiently for a shadow to appear instead of running towards it. And once the player learns to wait, sometimes they have to wait for a very long time before realizing that this time, they were supposed to run!

I recommend adding a visible water bottle near the beginning of the steps in which the player should run, to indicate that they are supposed to go and grab it right away. Also, the first moving shadow should be introduced in a safe environment, in which the distance is short enough that the player could reach the shadow by running even if their timing is completely off.

Finally, the music: I liked it, at first, but I died many times and eventually it started to get a bit repetitive. I also really liked the ending, very funny!