To What a Mountain?

by ilo
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.07
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.37
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.93
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.10
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
My first Ludum Dare entry. Made in Unity and Gimp. Quick to complete. I tried to compensate for the poor gameplay with humour.

SPACE to jump. CTRL to punch.

Edit: downloadable version 'should' work now.

And 'WARNING: there is some rudeness, yes. I apologise if it's not your cup of tea.' :)

screenshot

Comments74

m4c0
m4c022 Apr 2012, 22:45
Hey, it was cute and somewhat fun! :)
Evgis23 Apr 2012, 13:17
I still have no idea what i just played, i just know it was fun!
Flyboy
Flyboy23 Apr 2012, 13:24
With the downloadable one, I got an error.
"There should be 'TWaM_Data'
folder next to the executable"

You need to include all the files methinks.
guzzungo23 Apr 2012, 13:25
Muahahahahahahahahaha
mastazavr
mastazavr23 Apr 2012, 13:32
I really laughed at start and I think this game is really cool! Good job!
aaronsnoswell
aaronsnoswell23 Apr 2012, 13:41
It was really fun! I disliked the... shocking final scenes though ;) Very funny, and a nice difficulty curve (I finished with no health left). Some music would have really made it ;)

COME HERE LITTLE VILLAGERS... BWA HA HA.
the8donut
the8donut23 Apr 2012, 13:42
This made me laugh pretty hard :D DAT MOUTH!
Kimau
Kimau23 Apr 2012, 13:44
I enjoyed the humour ^_^ Otherwise a straight forward platformer. The jump sound was a bit repetitive.
pgil
pgil23 Apr 2012, 13:47
Fun little game. If I had to critique one thing, the positional panning of the sound is too extreme. Since the player character is on the left side of the screen most of the game, 90% of the sounds come from one speaker. This was great though. Loved the ending!
Toast
Toast23 Apr 2012, 16:12
Haha, brilliant.
Suese
Suese23 Apr 2012, 16:13
Hilarious.
J0hnjwj23 Apr 2012, 16:28
I have to say that the first twist was freaking hilarious.
nuprahtor23 Apr 2012, 16:31
That was fun. And a bit harsh, but it's ok!
karnakgames23 Apr 2012, 17:19
Hahahah YOU SHALL NOT PASS
Lacutis23 Apr 2012, 17:20
Fun game, On the web player with ear phones I didn't hear any sound though.
The humor was good. I especially liked them commenting on his hands and then the reveal at the end.
There were a few glitches where you could be standing on the edge of a building and not crush it.
Thotep
Thotep23 Apr 2012, 17:42
The writing is funny, but I didn't really like the gameplay.
angrygeometry
angrygeometry23 Apr 2012, 17:52
the controls were really unresponsive to me but i guess that's the wooden pc i have. still, i got quite far. the humour wasn't really my thing, but it was okay!
Lidfrid
Lidfrid23 Apr 2012, 18:15
Great humor :)
crazyheckman
crazyheckman23 Apr 2012, 18:18
Pretty fun, with good art. I felt like there didn't need to be two scenes where people are gettin it on right in a row. But it was funny and lots of fun.
jlauener
jlauener23 Apr 2012, 19:39
Audio didn't worked for me (web)
Andrew25 Apr 2012, 17:34
I wish more games would try to be funny.
Pitoum
Pitoum25 Apr 2012, 17:38
Ah ah ! Love love love the end :) Was a brief nice funny moment ! Thanks a lot (and nice graphics !)
zorf25 Apr 2012, 17:41
A similar idea to our game. :) Great fun, although the ending was a bit... surprising.
Mårten Jonsson25 Apr 2012, 21:46
Funny:) Reminded me of the dialogue in Super Mega Worm
yanmania25 Apr 2012, 21:52
Great fun! He reminds me of Grawp.
Shigor
Shigor25 Apr 2012, 23:55
Heh, glad to see that I'm not the only one who put some "mature" stuff in the LD :)
Yeah, gameplay mostly sucks, but it really is funny. Extra points for the postmortem in verses :)
fatSquirrel
fatSquirrel25 Apr 2012, 23:59
And who was firing the cannons? Good work.
johnfn
johnfn26 Apr 2012, 00:00
Hilarious game. Good work. "Who's firing the cannons anyway?"
Yapikom26 Apr 2012, 00:08
Funny, Looks semi-nice but incosistent. I loved the animation of the people running away, but that may have been the weakest punch a giant have ever done. :D
strega
strega26 Apr 2012, 01:01
Very funny. stomping on the villagers was really fun. I liked the simple art style.
omaha26 Apr 2012, 03:49
That was hilarious! Especially the scene with the king. Love it.
jeroenimooo
jeroenimooo26 Apr 2012, 08:16
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!! i passed :D real funny game!
Raptor8526 Apr 2012, 15:57
tried running under WINE on linux but it locks up at start, so can't test.
blob
blob26 Apr 2012, 21:24
SQUISH. The game was fun! Final scenes were... not my style.
matthias_zarzecki29 Apr 2012, 08:13
The random texts make this awesome.
azurenimbus
azurenimbus29 Apr 2012, 23:48
It was a lot of fun and hilarious. But it got a bit repetitive, even though the dialogue was awesome. There could be more to do.
vigrid30 Apr 2012, 19:43
Congratulations on completing LD. Too bad there was no sound. For some reason I didn't really like this stomp-and-destroy game as much as I liked the other ones - probably because of the blood and swearing. Odd, because this is exactly my cup of tea.
FrederickK1 May 2012, 01:44
Best humor!
But I don't see how it fits the theme...
KevinWorkman
KevinWorkman1 May 2012, 02:36
Hahaha, nicely done. This is a great start, and it included a surprising amount of variety (different enemies, different kinds of levels), especially for an LD game. Great job.
iloauthor1 May 2012, 03:01
@ FrederickK - size is relative. If you are big, then the world must seem tiny from your perspective, right?

Anyway, I ought to have commented sooner, but thanks to everyone who commented and played my game - I had a real blast making it and I'm glad to see that, for the most part, the humour hasn't gone unnoticed or been lost on too many people (as I feared). :D
free_napalm1 May 2012, 15:21
You redefined antihero with this game lol
I had a lot of fun despite of the rather repetitive gameplay, due to the dialogue and story.
Fireblend
Fireblend1 May 2012, 17:15
Haha, this was like a not-so-arcadeish and more rude version of my game. Really enjoyed it, great job!
Datamosh
Datamosh1 May 2012, 23:41
THE most humorous game so far. The graphics helped and are really good AND funny (the tiny people waving their little arms). Stops at the right moment, when gameplay maaaybe starts getting repetitive, but I actually wanted to see more dialogs :) Pleaaaase make a big massive version of this.
spooks
spooks2 May 2012, 17:59
Very fun! funny as well. Actually it had a great mood as well.
amodo2 May 2012, 20:14
rofl
ratboy27133 May 2012, 00:45
Cute and funny, but the opening scene is too long and he moves too slowly. Also, for the future, don't use CTRL or SHIFT as primary keys, StickKeys are a pain in games.
AdventureIslands
AdventureIslands3 May 2012, 17:13
Hah! Well this sure was.. different. Well done, hilarious little game even though the gameplay wasn't so great. Good thing you lose nothing when dying because some of the projectiles were next to impossible to dodge.
30dogs3 May 2012, 18:51
By far the most LOL-inducing ludum dare game. Very well done. Bahahaha his haaands!!!
johanp
johanp4 May 2012, 06:19
I had a fun time! Love the verse at the ending.
Muu? (lanoiadimuu)
Muu? (lanoiadimuu)5 May 2012, 16:27
The graphics were really bad, but some animations like waving arms and the humorous part made me think this game is good. :P
dr_soda
dr_soda6 May 2012, 02:38
How delightfully goofy!

I don't know what to say that hasn't been said by others at this point. I think their feedback is pretty accurate.
SethR6 May 2012, 03:14
Came for the violence, stayed for the funny texts
derosa7 May 2012, 02:03
Haha, I laughed with the shaking arms :D
Jigxor7 May 2012, 11:14
That was hilarious! My favourite part of it was how every character was unique. Every phrase was very funny to read, and the ending was unexpectedly funny - the poem was awesome too!

Overall, great game, I sure did laugh :)
dustmyte
dustmyte9 May 2012, 08:26
Hahaha, perfect ending. You've got a great sense of humor. This was extremely fun to play!
DDRKirby(ISQ)9 May 2012, 13:43
Better than it seemed at first glance, actually.

The ending was the best part xP Well, that and the squiggly arms everyone had.
Krisjet
Krisjet10 May 2012, 15:52
This is the funniest game so far :D
olkeencole10 May 2012, 23:45
Cute fun game of rampaging through the city. Fun references throughout
Knighty
Knighty11 May 2012, 09:41
It's a city full of wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube men!
Sheep11 May 2012, 10:57
That.. was weird.
jimmypaulin
jimmypaulin11 May 2012, 19:38
Hahaha that was totally hilarious! Best ending to an game I've rated by a mile, congratulations! I like the art and how you tied the "lack of hands" into the story etc, really amusing. And a whole poem, all in 48hrs! Excellent work, 5 stars
hungyg
hungyg11 May 2012, 20:00
great text :D
Wyzfen11 May 2012, 21:29
Good humour and story, but annoying controls.
tomhunt13 May 2012, 19:37
The dialogue is nicely done and adds a lot of humor to the game.
SonnyBone
SonnyBone13 May 2012, 21:13
Pretty dang funny. Good job on the single screenshot on this page... really sets you up for the reveal. Nice job!
Tom 7
Tom 714 May 2012, 00:00
Wow, that took some surprising turns. :) The game itself is pretty repetitive, but I did laugh a few times, and I found my main character's graphics really funny too. Big ups for the verse-based credits. That was my favorite.

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