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Give It Back! by Melissa Stodolnik

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made by Melissa Stodolnik for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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Then what are you waiting for? Get my money back!

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So as you read you are about to run after a debtor. There will be a lot of stuff on your way. You'll have to go across that garbage if you want to catch up with the runner, who will just avoid these obstacles wasting speed.

Here's your controls:

Press W or up arrow to jump.

Hold W or up arrow to jump higher.

Press S or down arrow to slide.

Hold S or down arrow to slide further.

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Itch.io https://ssshadowink.itch.io/give-it-back
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/give-it-back

Ratings

Overall 741th 2.738⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 732th 2.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 750th 2.381⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 776th 2.381⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 560th 3.238⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 324th 3.357⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 602th 2.389⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 688th 2.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 7🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

ckane144
Oct 07th · 04:13 UTC
This game looks like fun but the link isn't working. Let me know if it goes back up!
MorePixels
Oct 07th · 04:14 UTC
Just letting you know, the Itch Page doesn't load, you might still have it set to private or something?
Senkoso
Oct 07th · 04:15 UTC
@ckane144 try with VPN
Senkoso
Oct 07th · 04:16 UTC
Impressive work given the tight timeline! The game shows creativity and potential. Great job!
MartianMangka
Oct 07th · 04:18 UTC
Have you published the itch page, the link does not work.
T C
Oct 07th · 04:19 UTC
Like what others have posted, the link is not working ![Sprite-0001-export.png](///raw/a3c/c2/z/6e759.png) is what the itch link is showing.
STLrain
Oct 07th · 05:11 UTC
Link doesnt work.
AncientEntity
Oct 07th · 05:17 UTC
itch page doesnt work you have to set it to public, it's cooked
Andy Wang
Oct 07th · 05:27 UTC
Link doesnt work. Cute game, cant wait to play, so plz quickly fix the link
b0guslaw
Oct 07th · 05:40 UTC
Sorry to also tell you, your itch patch is not working. You did not set it to public
d-demetori
Oct 07th · 08:31 UTC
Yep, still no game
Bumble
Oct 07th · 11:37 UTC
Sadly, the itch page is still not publicly available.
Theogen
Oct 07th · 13:47 UTC
Doesn't open for me either, that's too bad, because the game looks great! Please ping me when it's available, I'd like to play it.
Ciphereo
Oct 08th · 06:11 UTC
The example picture displayed really impressed me with its excellent visual effect. However, the link doesn't work. I hope it can be fixed as soon as possible.
Nnnnneeeedddd
Oct 08th · 15:47 UTC
Very nice graphics. Music is an absolute banger I must say. Very glitchy tho, if you press medium difficulty you win immediately. Bounding boxes were huuuuge.
T C
Oct 08th · 16:37 UTC
@ckane144 @martianmangka @stlrain @anciententity @andy-wang @b0guslaw @d-demetori @bumble @theoratkin Looks like the link is fixed!
b0guslaw
Oct 08th · 16:42 UTC
@t-c thanks for the ping!

Ill update my rating :) I really like the music, I am not sure the game aligns with the theme very well though. I would have also liked a UI that showed how much health I have left. Jumping also feels very floaty and I understand that I need to press S to slide under the boxes, but despite not touching them in a "dangerous" way I took damage.

I liked the art style though and hope you can continue working on the game!
T C
Oct 08th · 16:44 UTC
Nice little runner game! I liked the aesthetic, art and sound were quite good. The pacing was a little off, usually you stay on the left hand side of the screen a bit more so you can have a bit more time to react. Also some hitboxes were a bit strange. But overall nice work! I liked that you could jump to get a speed boost instead of just running.
Bumble
Oct 08th · 16:55 UTC
@t-c I updated my rating! I am not sure if it is a bug on my side, but I was not able to start a run on medium or hard difficulty. I could only get the lowest one to start, which was quite slow and it felt like jumping over obstacles was made more difficult by how slow it was.
Theogen
Oct 08th · 17:27 UTC
Very straightforward runner, I enjoyed it! It took some getting used to to the jumping and the hitboxes, but I was able to beat the game on the second try. I noticed that the obstacles sprites are a bit blurry, you probably need to disable linear interpolation for them, and the character is stuttering a bit when running. But otherwise I really liked the artstyle! Also love the story dialogue in the description - very well-written! Thanks for the ping @t-c!
surf croc
Oct 19th · 21:41 UTC
Cool art and music! I especially liked the background art and the title screen animation. Some notes on the gameplay:
- It would be better to have the player character on the left side of the screen, so you could see more of what's in front of you and the person you're chasing. Right now there is a lot of unused space.
- Some of the obstacles blend into the background too much. The hitboxes are also slightly too big.
- The game kind of ends abruptly when you get close to the debtor, which feels a bit weird.
Myst
Oct 23rd · 21:08 UTC
This one’s pretty good. There's a few glitches, it can be hard to tell the difference between certain obstacles and the background, and the running feels a little bit slow for my taste, but I adore the art style and the music for this game, and the game play itself is relatively solid
cassowary
Oct 24th · 01:28 UTC
Very cool idea! It was a little difficult to tell which things were obstacles, which were pickups, and which were background. Collision detection was also a little difficult, with some objects hitting you before the character overlaps with them, which made it hard to judge the right timing to avoid the obstacles. I like the graphics/music and the framing narrative, and it was cool that you added different areas to add variety, as well as pickups and stuff. There's a lot of good ideas here, keep it up and keep practicing your skills and you will become able to do great things!
YibiRabbit007
Oct 24th · 12:59 UTC
The controls don't feel very good, and playing is not smooth. The foreground and background blend together! I can't distinguish them clearly.
Magalix
Oct 24th · 14:33 UTC
Cool world and character design ! good job
Matthieu Riboulot
Oct 24th · 18:35 UTC
Collision was a bit hard but i guess I enjoyed the game enough to restart 4 times to finally see the victory screen!
Jim jagers
Oct 24th · 20:29 UTC
awesome!