Timebomb by Galan
You are a bomb. A minimalist bomb. Avoid obstacles by squeezing between them, but don't squeeze too hard: you need to skim the walls to increase your time. Hit something or run out of time, and it's game over.
It's Super Hexagon meets an endless runner!
Controls:
W/↑ — Expand
S/↓ — Contract
If anyone is interested. I have put up an HTML5 version on itch.io. It's buggy, so I don't want to use it for the compo, but if you want more, you can play Timebomb on the go (with Chrome). http://elanti.itch.io/timebomb
It's Super Hexagon meets an endless runner!
Controls:
W/↑ — Expand
S/↓ — Contract
If anyone is interested. I have put up an HTML5 version on itch.io. It's buggy, so I don't want to use it for the compo, but if you want more, you can play Timebomb on the go (with Chrome). http://elanti.itch.io/timebomb
Ratings
| Coolness | 62% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.59 | 218 |
| Audio | 2.88 | 365 |
| Fun | 3.88 | 57 |
| Graphics | 2.81 | 640 |
| Humor | 2.20 | 561 |
| Innovation | 3.73 | 148 |
| Mood | 3.17 | 341 |
| Theme | 4.21 | 88 |
Needless to say I enjoyed it.
It worked fine for me on windows by the way.
Also the game is really good. Could be more forgiving but that might be just me.
I somewhat agree with the flappy bird comment. This is the sort of game you mindlessly sit while you are waiting in the lobby for your surprise drug test results. Publish it yo!
Sadly the key word is "could", it's way too difficult and the best I managed to get was around 16s. With a very short game the audio (the average 8s of it) gets very repetitive and a bit frustrating.
It would've been interesting to see how the game plays out if it lasts a few minutes.
Still, gratz on the game idea, you're creative.
The graphics are really simple but stylish and work perfectly with the gameplay. There's just enough juice in the grazing and scene transitions to make it super addictive and satisfying, but not distracting.
The worst thing is the music... it starts up too slow and ends up being annoying since you hear the same thing over and over. You should have really upbeat dance style music and have it continue on replay instead of restart.
I really wish I made this game though because it's so simple and good!
If you polished this a bit, it would stay on my tablet for quite some time.
Anyhoo, yus, the Windows version works well on windows 7 over here I'm pleased to say. Nice wall grazing mechanic in play also, good start on the music and with a bit more polish post-jam, just to make the fonts more consistant and fitting with the rest of the aesthetic I can see this doing well.