apples by Space Nomad
https://youtu.be/5CsLsQh-B2M
your little friend is hungry. luckily, your planet has a lot of apples!
or are these even apples?!
walk - wasd shoot rock/feed apple - space
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| Youtube | https://gamejolt.com/games/apples/488439 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/apples |
Ratings
| Overall | 2267th | 2.931⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 2270th | 2.679⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 2139th | 2.768⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1633th | 3.466⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1927th | 3⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 1407th | 2.739⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1766th | 3.054⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 9🗳️ | 16🗨️ |
Greato Jobu! :smile:

The game is quite difficult to play! Perhaps if you make the the hunger bar go down slower/make it possible to jump while holding an item would make it more user friendly. Nice work!!
I wanted to see a maximum of your level design but I find it really difficult to not die from hunger. After about 10 attempts I must confess that I gave up. But what I saw of your level design looks well thought. Maybe a slower descending gauge would make the game's lifetime longer.
Great game overall that needs a little balancing in my opinion.
Neat idea though!
Mechanics wise, I struggled a bit with a lack of visual feedback between holding rock / holding apple states, but the game was simple enough to figure everything out. The level design was quite clever, you've nailed some "aha" moments and tension for reaching that apple in the last possible second in several areas was good. And I liked the clarity of sprite design - while it was simple, I'd never mistake enemy for friend, and vice versa. I felt like apples should be also thrown like rocks, but for some reason you've made a shortcut for that.
As for music, well.. it's irritating. Some people would say that it's better to go without any music than including something written badly, but I'll disagree. Making complete game includes audio, so it's a good thing you've allocated time to do that. As for the quality - there's always room for improvement. I'd recommend some pre-harmonized samplers and loopers like https://www.incredibox.com/ to get something simple and fast.
