Ludum Dare #20compo

Overcoming danger with trees

by desmont

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.11

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.89

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.27

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.45

Community★★★★★★★★★★2.69

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★7%

My first LD game. Far from perfect, but it's playable.

Comments16

increpare2 May 2011, 09:02

getting really heavy input lag in this game (in firefox, flash player 10.2.153.1 ), can't really play it

Zutty2 May 2011, 12:19

Works fine for me. Awesome idea. Time travel! LOL. Some of the jumps are frustrating, but overall I enjoyed it.

Desmontauthor2 May 2011, 12:23

I'm unable reproduce this behavior. What version of Firefox were you using? Debug or Release version of Flash plugin? What OS?
I prepared an alternative build, where the quality/scaling settings are changed: http://desmont.exroot.org/flash/post_ld20/ - let me know if this one works better.

zachstronaut3 May 2011, 21:17

I really like this, nice work! I played all the way through. I was really pleased by what happened with the time warp. If I was going to nitpick I'd say your final level was a step backwards because it didn't use time warp or introduce a new mechanic or puzzle.

Desmontauthor4 May 2011, 04:12

I agree, for the last level to work, there should me an additional game mechanic (switches or doors) - not just relaying on precise jumps.

Dark Acre Jack4 May 2011, 20:52

I'm a winrar!

I loved this, excellent work and great combination of features.

ThatSnail5 May 2011, 01:06

Ohh cake. Took me a second to figure out the controls. I like the time-traveling mechanic.

amassingham6 May 2011, 04:17

Some frustrating jumps, but a nicely put together game. Time travel was a nice touch.

qrunchmonkey6 May 2011, 04:34

You don't see enough unidirectional timetravel to the future. Clever mechanic.

Winterblood6 May 2011, 12:04

Really fun mechanics - SFX a little grating, but graphics nice and bright! Good job.

pythong6 May 2011, 21:18

the cake is a lie! i'm a winrar!
you've put a lot of effort into creating the two screens with the old guys. but it would have been nicer to see that effort put into more levels. as the others say, the jumps were kinda annoying, but once you get to know how to jump, everything's fine. it's jsut that: once you learn it, the game is over o.O??????
don't forget the music next time ;)!

Jacob8 May 2011, 02:33

Treees!

Endurion8 May 2011, 05:59

I'm a Winrar!
Works fine, good idea!
I'm a fan of puzzle platformers, with a few more gimmicks this could be really good.

elbowroom8 May 2011, 17:24

Nice game, good fun.

mwest15 May 2011, 12:49

Awesome game with a really creative mechanic! Excellent for a first time entry, well done and keep it up!

Some of the jumps were a tad hard, but I guess without them it would've been a bit too short...

Nyaa22 May 2011, 11:21

Very much like the tree growing mechanic :3