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Couldn't crack 500 points, I'll give it another go later to see if I can make it farther. Fun graphics and sounds, nice idea adding the option to leave unscathed. Simple but fun gameplay. And being able to knock this out in 2 days while still in high school is impressive! (this is coming from someone who teaches game development to high schoolers) Congrats on your upcoming graduation.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":626615,"author_name":"rakart","author_uid":"rakart","epoch":1619446731,"text":"I really enjoyed the idea of being able to jump in what usually a \"move left and right\" genre, it really is a refreshing take.\nBeing able to leave is also quite clever, it could really work in more games of this genre.\n\nOverall it is a cool, but really unforgiving, concept. \n\nCongratulations on your entry !","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":626912,"author_name":"Pincushion","author_uid":"pincushion","epoch":1619448415,"text":"Fun and straight forward gameplay. It's a good difficulty for a jam game. It's easy enough to get started, but still pretty challenging. The music went well with the game too.\n\nI agree with the comment above: \"Easy to click out of the window though\". Aside from that, controls felt good.\n\nLooking forward, consider adding ski jumps :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":627313,"author_name":"3amsoda","author_uid":"3amsoda","epoch":1619450565,"text":"Really cool idea letting the player decide if they want to end the run manually or risk losing a bunch of points to medical expenses if they die. Also I appreciate how the blocks stop moving once you approach them nice touch. ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":629419,"author_name":"Kevin S","author_uid":"kevin-s","epoch":1619461901,"text":"I love the retro pixel graphics! Nice booming sound track. Combined with the mouse controls makes for some great twitch game play.\n\nI really want to be able to do something with my loot :cry: or am I missing something?\n\nReally great job and keep up the good work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":634401,"author_name":"Chensu","author_uid":"chensu","epoch":1619486439,"text":"Love the graphic and the art style of this game ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":634986,"author_name":"wujood","author_uid":"wujood","epoch":1619488439,"text":"Hey @squigglez thanks for submitting your game! :robot: I really liked it! As said a leader board would increase the \"addiction factor\" 10x and i think this game has a good chance to work on mobile :grin: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":643035,"author_name":"OgelGames","author_uid":"ogelgames","epoch":1619525065,"text":"Really fun game, great sound effects and music, and quite addicting! One thing I would suggest is to make the collision boxes a bit more forgiving, many times I crashed by touching the side of a rock I thought I had already avoided :P \n\nI also agree with @wujood, a leaderboard would be great. ([dreamlo](http:\/\/dreamlo.com\/) is a good free one)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":646919,"author_name":"Nerzal","author_uid":"nerzal","epoch":1619538338,"text":"I liked the fact, that you did not stop and restart the music between the single game-plays-rounds. \nThe music itself was not annoying - and that is goood! \n\nThe controls felt good, as soon as i found out, that you can use the spacebar to jump. \nThe mouseclick to jump, did not feel very natural for me, which is why i really appreciate the spacebar jump, although it was not noticed in the \"tutorial\". \n\nThe gem-collecting feature adds another level of competitive factor, as you can show off more skill by collecting the stuff AND reaching a certain depth compared to only focus on not hitting the rocks. \n\nThe arcade game style enables the player to have some competition with their friends and\/or people on the internet. If you ever create a post compo verison of the game, such a feature would add great value. \n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":652474,"author_name":"negabyte","author_uid":"negabyte","epoch":1619556015,"text":"Fun game. I ended up playing for a lot longer than I had planned to.\n\nAs @madelfino said, it also reminded me of Skifree which I played endlessly when I was younger (I made it past the yeti once!).\n\nWould have loved to have been able to buy upgrades with the loot I had collected.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":653688,"author_name":"lectvs","author_uid":"lectvs","epoch":1619560142,"text":"A fun and addicting little game. I felt the loot distribution and difficulty were heavily influenced by RNG, but it's enjoyable nonetheless! I really like the concept of bailing in the middle of the run to save your loot. :smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":673992,"author_name":"marcmagus","author_uid":"marcmagus","epoch":1619716766,"text":"Thanks for bringing your game by my stream to check out Monday night. If you'd like to watch again, the highlight can be found at https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/1005053858","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":686946,"author_name":"MeritCoding","author_uid":"meritcoding","epoch":1619951405,"text":"Feedback\n- Liked the jumping and the coins\n- The loot was a bit useless maybe add an upgrade shop","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":690922,"author_name":"Invixel","author_uid":"invixel","epoch":1620074487,"text":"A simple idea executed well. Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":691002,"author_name":"bentglasstube","author_uid":"bentglasstube","epoch":1620076789,"text":"The art and the music are really well done, and give the game a nice feel.  The controls are good although I think the jump is a little too short, making it easy to land on a rock you are trying to jump over.  Great job overall.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":691377,"author_name":"JustinMullin","author_uid":"justinmullin","epoch":1620092043,"text":"I had a lot of fun with this! My only complaint is the music is very loud. Jumping worked really well, and I definitely replayed quite a number of times trying to get a high score. I was going to exit having gotten a bit of entertainment out of it after 9-10 runs, but then I realized I hadn't understood the \"medical expenses\" line. Once I grasped what was going on there I had to try a few more runs. I really love the touch of being able to decide when you've had enough, and preserve your points! It adds a really cool risk vs. reward decision to the whole thing, and I thought it was really clever!\n\nHere's my best score. =)\n\n![reverseSummitScore.png](\/\/\/raw\/c01\/z\/421f9.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":702730,"author_name":"Lisichka","author_uid":"lisichka","epoch":1620991489,"text":"this is interesting, a good implementation has room for growth)\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld48\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/squigglez.itch.io\/the-reverse-of-the-summit","text":"GMS2 project"},{"url":"https:\/\/squigglez.itch.io\/the-reverse-of-the-summit","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"77746","g_author":"1005712","g_event":"LD48","g_eventkey":"109","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"374516","g_title":"The Reverse of the Summit","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"220","g_commentcount":"20","g_site2_node_id":"249971","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"249971","n_urlkey":"374516","n_parent":"233335","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/the-reverse-of-the-summit","n_slug":"the-reverse-of-the-summit","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"5712","n_created":"1619396283","n_modified":"1778866035","n_version":"751810","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":2,"author":5712,"body":"![trots title page.png](\/\/\/raw\/056\/1\/z\/3c95a.png)\n![trots help page.png](\/\/\/raw\/056\/1\/z\/3c965.png)\nYou've always been a skillful skier. 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