Stuck in a science loop by Uncle RIP

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made by Uncle RIP for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Doctor Jake O’Brein receives big cash reward for outstanding science achievements. He decides to spend it on the research that turns his life upside down.

Controls

A - Left

D - Right

W / SPACE - Jump

E - Use

Left mouse button - Attack

* Patch note #1 06.10.2020 19:40 (GMT+3)*

We've fixed some bugs and critical issues. You can enjoy the game now. + Add WebGl build version on https://itch.io/

https://youtu.be/QTr95l7LPWU

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Ratings

Overall 1189th 3.224⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1177th 3.017⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1369th 2.759⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1144th 3.268⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 994th 3.345⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 862th 3⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 690th 2.84⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1118th 3.086⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 65🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

AdrianKrawczyk
05. Oct 2020 · 23:24 UTC
Nice!
Feiko
06. Oct 2020 · 00:08 UTC
the game looks very nice (graphics) the gameplay could have a bit more of more gameplay i'd say if you know what I mean but for a 72 h game it's very unique and entertaining gj and nevermind my gameplay comment in comparison to the other games out there its OUTSTANDING good job guys
Gonzalol
06. Oct 2020 · 17:19 UTC
Looks nice but I get stuck just at the beginning.
🎤 Uncle RIP
06. Oct 2020 · 23:34 UTC
@gonzalol Just push "E" to open the door and try to save the scientist. :)
beats
07. Oct 2020 · 09:01 UTC
solid entry and cool art style, i wish you could skip the text the start of each level because i died alot of times lol
etrealjunior
07. Oct 2020 · 09:30 UTC
I liked your game my congratulations, I also did one if you want to know, and give me your feedback I am very grateful, this is the link https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/resurrection
Dark Prince Zen
07. Oct 2020 · 09:42 UTC
Nice little scrolling platformer. One suggestion I would make is to allow the player to be able to fall through the platforms on a key press combination. But well done!
Alpasyon007
07. Oct 2020 · 10:54 UTC
Like the idea, the gameplay is simple and easy to understand and I really like the art style, there could be some polish made in order to make the game look nicer and with a couple more gameplay loops this could be turned into a nice causal time killer game. Good Job!
etrealjunior
07. Oct 2020 · 19:20 UTC
I liked your game, it even follows you on the itch, I really like the feeling of the agony of time running out and the screen being taken back
Abiral
07. Oct 2020 · 20:20 UTC
I really enjoyed it, You could have mentioned about Left click for fire or something cause I was confused until I read the description of itch. Liked the gameplay and quite easy to understand.. and the art style was cool. Good Luck with the future updates.
SinusQuell
08. Oct 2020 · 07:53 UTC
I loved the graphics of this! At the start I didn't quite understand how to get through the doors, but then it was a ton of fun.
Curly
08. Oct 2020 · 12:57 UTC
Funny first picture on video, good platformer, we also create 2D Game, and I can recommend your game!
Catomag
08. Oct 2020 · 13:23 UTC
Killer thumnail semented this game in first place. The sprites were really well done, and the gameplay was pretty good.
Kharath
08. Oct 2020 · 20:48 UTC
I enjoyed it and kept me going for quite a while. Loved the art style and the animation. The story kept pulling me along to. The only negative comment I'd make is using left mouse for attack seemed odd and requiring you click continues on the dialogs confused me at first. All the other controls were on the keyboard.

I'd recommend you game though. It's lots of fun :)
CG_Fred
08. Oct 2020 · 20:51 UTC
Nice game with great graphics. The actual gameplay was a bit repetitive but in the time given I think that you should be proud of your entry. Well done!
Noam Blei
08. Oct 2020 · 21:06 UTC
Cool art, maybe it's kinda messy so it gets a little bit confussing to understand where to go
Overlook Studios
08. Oct 2020 · 21:09 UTC
Nice submission!
Graphics were nice, and the music was soothing.
Levels were a bit long and unforgiving without checkpoints
A way to skip the or speed up dialogue would be nice too, as it got repetitive reading it after dying multiple times. The electricity could be hard to notice sometimes, unlike the poison gas.
Copito
08. Oct 2020 · 21:16 UTC
This was cool, and reminded me a bit of commander keen. A couple of bits of feedback:
- I found it confusing having 2 destructible doors basically implementing the same mechanic I think it would have been better to stick with 1 or the other
- I found it quite frustrating that running to the right of the screen to get ahead and explore caused the death wall to advance which seemed to punish success

Cool entry though and I enjoyed playing it!
Szatku
08. Oct 2020 · 21:39 UTC
The concept of this game was quite fun. Maybe after restart, should be possibility to skip this dialog which is long. But nice submission. Keep going :)
Squid Inc.
09. Oct 2020 · 05:13 UTC
Great attention to detail!
Shelvid
09. Oct 2020 · 17:47 UTC
Simple interesting platformer, wish the scrolling was a bit faster but the rest was pretty fun :)
kack3y
10. Oct 2020 · 18:10 UTC
Nice entry.

May need the controls at the beginning of the game because I had to find out during my run ^^'
Interesting story even if I didn't succeed to see all of it (lacks of time and skills) and nice graphics.

Hope you had fun !
MatLab
13. Oct 2020 · 16:00 UTC
I didn’t pass the second room. I don’t know what to do… I'm sad, this game seemed nice !