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I am not a Monster by PurpleApes

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made by PurpleApes for LD33 (JAM)
A Runner Like Game!

I Am Not A Monster

Help the man thought to be a monster to escape from an angry Mob of Villagers.


tips: The Rocs are just for show!

Please Comment and Share your Score!

Highest Score: @HotBoxGames 9680

Story behind the monster:

BullCrcoc, as he was named during his childhood, was not like the others. His skin colour was different and we laugh at him for that. He endured this situation for all his childhood until he decided to discover the world beyond. He left his village alone along with a wooden club. But this is where he learnt the hard truth: outside, people are even meaner. At the first village encountered, the villagers took him for a monster and run after him with pitchfork and torch...
Web http://www.purpleapes.com/iamnotamonster/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=39859

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 2.49 1046
Audio(Jam) 2.43 620
Fun(Jam) 2.43 966
Graphics(Jam) 2.72 834
Humor(Jam) 2.20 819
Innovation(Jam) 2.07 1018
Mood(Jam) 2.34 979
Theme(Jam) 3.39 578

Feedback

celisoft
24. Aug 2015 路 22:15 UTC
Really hard to avoid obstacles & projectiles but it's a good beginning for a future game !
Andrew
25. Aug 2015 路 05:02 UTC
I wish there were some way to use that club.
johnhattan
26. Aug 2015 路 19:47 UTC
Yeah, it's a good start, but it didn't feel like a complete game. If you had to dodge and club the rocks, it would've been better.

Also it needed some story. Why are you being chased? Are you just too monstrous? What happens after the you're subdued by the villagers?

Yeah, I know these are probably not the questions to ask yet. I'd just like to see this made into a more complete game.
Justo Delgado
27. Aug 2015 路 01:05 UTC
I like it, it's simple but the graphics are nice and the music is good. I had 6990 points!
馃帳 PurpleApes
27. Aug 2015 路 05:48 UTC
@johnhattan Ye
NoWandStudios
27. Aug 2015 路 06:37 UTC
First time i think rocks wasn't just for show xD. Simple idea but it's hard avoid spears and rock. I think it's spawn too many times
peterthehe
27. Aug 2015 路 06:55 UTC
It would be nice to be able to jump out of a roll. Nice work anyway.
Culturebosh_games
27. Aug 2015 路 07:17 UTC
Hey! Thanks for making a game.

What we liked -
Nice clear concept, sticks nicely to the theme of the jam, the music was fun and fitted with the rest of the game, simple and fun art.

What could be improved -
Seemed like whenever you needed to jump over a rock they threw a spear and you always needed to roll when they chucked a fireball, made it very difficult given the controls.
HeyZeus
27. Aug 2015 路 19:23 UTC
Awesome, very clever idea, I like it.
Mister_Melon
27. Aug 2015 路 19:31 UTC
Overall I liked this game, it wasn't very innovative as it is an endless runner, it might have been fun but there are some issues, the spears are way to hard to dodge, the rolls last way too long and you can't jump from them and it often screws you over as a result, the art style was nice but the cartoony characters and pitchforks and torches didn't go well with everything else being serious (especially the background), just looked a little odd to me, the audio was nice but the mood was bad due to a lack of ambience. Decent entry but could really do with a lot of touch ups here and there, well done all the same.
Slashee the Cow
28. Aug 2015 路 09:20 UTC
I'm not sure what those rocks are doing there, but at first I thought you had to jump over them (which caused me to get hit by a few pitchforks I thought were unavoidable). Could use a bit more depth (most LD games could though) but definitely a good start!
SamH
28. Aug 2015 路 18:11 UTC
A bit too difficult because the enemy hits and the obstacles are too random; it could become a nice endless runner if you ensured all obstacles can be avoided!
AdayMC
28. Aug 2015 路 19:59 UTC
Nice graphics and its a good themed idea but gameplay sometimes is really hard, low time to react to the enemy attacks.
Twiebs
28. Aug 2015 路 20:18 UTC
It was frustrating not being able to break out of rolls. It made it to hard to dodge the projectiles and rocks.
MartinFernandez
28. Aug 2015 路 20:39 UTC
good game.
HotBoxGames
28. Aug 2015 路 20:40 UTC
Nice entry! I scored 9680 :) I spent most of the time looking at what was being thrown and not paying attention to the coins as there was very little time to do much except dodge. I ended up dying when jumping over a fireball and ended up having a pit directly where I landed :( I'd recommend trying to account for things like that, but overall good entry! :D
Goodzilla
28. Aug 2015 路 21:22 UTC
Basically impossible for me to avoid spears and the rocks in the same time
still nice, made it to 4700 points...
DarkBoulevard
29. Aug 2015 路 14:04 UTC
Nice entry! Movement feels awkward and It's kind of hard to avoid the obstacles and the projectiles! Anyways, good job! Keep it up!
Skyfish
29. Aug 2015 路 15:12 UTC
The game gives you impossible things to handle. You can't dodge a projectile if it is over it is over a rock at the same time as you are.

-TZer0
xevozfighter
29. Aug 2015 路 15:48 UTC
It is a nice little game. It gets really annoying though when a stone comes from the right and the villagers through a pitch fork.
Galan
29. Aug 2015 路 15:51 UTC
Nice minimalist endless runner. Make the controls more responsive and time villager attacks better, and it would be quite enjoyable.
dpisarcik
29. Aug 2015 路 15:51 UTC
Shows promise for a fun, easy mobile game.
Electron
30. Aug 2015 路 10:25 UTC
stuck at loading screen :?
Mathieu Muller
01. Sep 2015 路 09:25 UTC
Cool little runner game. It's a bit hard at the beginning, to get the correct timing, but once understood, it's well playable.
ALobker
02. Sep 2015 路 09:24 UTC
The scoring system makes it a nice competitive game.
Almax27
04. Sep 2015 路 12:24 UTC
Spent a while jumping over rocks and into pitch forks until I noticed the tip in the comment. They really do look like obstacles :P Otherwise nice solid entry, great work!
Demy
06. Sep 2015 路 12:48 UTC
Simple but nice game.
shawn42
07. Sep 2015 路 18:40 UTC
Fun little game. I found myself just focusing on avoidance and not collecting coins. Maybe every 30 coins could give you an extra life (Mario style). On my first run, I still hadn't realized that the rocks were for show. Somehow make those look less like a real obstacle. I also think a little left/right movement would help too. Nice entry, fun take on the theme.
crucknuk
08. Sep 2015 路 14:59 UTC
Nice runner!You should just check if there is a rock in the way before throwing forks. Anyway, good job ;)
bombjack
10. Sep 2015 路 10:43 UTC
classic gameplay. completely in the theme.
superfreak
14. Sep 2015 路 09:49 UTC
Enjoyed the graphics! Felt like it could have used a little bit of balance at times but overall a fantastic and thoroughly enjoyable entry!