Ludum Dare #25compo

Bug Story

by demurgos

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.14

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.76

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★41%

It's the story of a bug. :)

More info here :
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/01/07/bugstory-recap/

I decided to add some new levels and elements in a PostMortem version.
(Play it on Kongregate to support me :) )

Timelapse :

(I'll complete this field later.)

Genres: action

Comments15

nSun17 Dec 2012, 17:31

J'ai bien l'idée qu'un zéro barré ressemble à certaines portes dans les jeux vidéos, où on entrevois un escalier.

nSun17 Dec 2012, 17:32

Pas d'accents !?

Je reprend :
J'ai bien l'idee qu'un zero barre ressemble à certaines portes dans les jeux videos, où l'on entrevois un escalier.

Colapsydo19 Dec 2012, 09:19

This is a really nice ASCII platformer. It needs more levels.
Great idea to divide the screen in story and action.

0110110119 Dec 2012, 10:56

Good job with the graphics, it's simple and works really well :) Reminded me of Thomas was alone, with the bug storyline and all. The controls are VERY frustrating though...

pythong19 Dec 2012, 17:33

the intro is waaayy to long :P but nice usage of ascii. who said you have to be able to raw to make a game?

Yacodo19 Dec 2012, 18:15

Haha, this one totally made my day.

We worked on the concept dev/bug with Silii bug we couldn't figure out something good with this.

har_g19 Dec 2012, 20:42

Très surprenant. l'ensemble a son charme. GG

neekobus20 Dec 2012, 13:20

Nice idea.
I like the idea that the computer guide the bug and give hints.
Maybe "dev" commands could lead to event in the game.

What I dislike :
- jumps are not confortables
- intro is a bit to long

3dwoody20 Dec 2012, 17:10

Nice idea. Pretty fun to play along and see the story pan out. There were some frustrating points with the jumping but overall it's a solid use of the theme.

CireNeikual20 Dec 2012, 17:52

Nice game! I like the chat going on while you play. The only issues I have with it are that the controls and physics are a bit awkward. Fake ASCII art where the player can move in increments lower than 1 character could aid jumping. Also, bumping into a wall seems to cancel a jump. Still, it was quite fun!

Mase20 Dec 2012, 18:01

The tricky platforming had me muttering curses, but I dig the graphics.

hypp20 Dec 2012, 18:21

Great! Loved the retro feeling!

berkano20 Dec 2012, 19:40

Love it! I thought the difficulty was really well balanced (gets harder, but doesn't take a ridiculous amount of time to improve movement skills). Nice work!

jujule21 Dec 2012, 18:51

This is so good ! Ascii art ( my own entry is somewhat an ascii game and almost all my LD entries have been ), platform, brilliant. So yes, the LD version is buggy but hey, it is still playable and very much enjoyable in this state.

J'adore grave ! Comme on dit...

Houly23 Dec 2012, 15:53

Oh man, those controls where killing me. But the intro was funny and the game overall nice.