Spy Trouble

by sos
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.01
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.91
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★46%
I wanted to make a platformer properly for once! I hope I did well!

The instructions are in the game!

There are 2 different endings! Can you do the right thing?

Made using FlashPunk!

NOTE:
Read the instructions carefully and learn the controls!
If you have any trouble at some point, refer to the spoiler-free speedrun video I made!

NOTE 2:
I hear playing with gamepad is easier! If you do so, map SPACE, X and C.

Comments96

Spierek
Spierek17 Dec 2012, 03:25
Really fun Metroid-esque game. You've nailed the controls nicely.
ChainedLupine
ChainedLupine17 Dec 2012, 03:38
Haha, very fun! Reminds me of a much more fluid Flashback.
KhaoTom
KhaoTom17 Dec 2012, 04:05
Nice short platformer. I suck too much at wall jumping to win it though. Ow my fingers...
matthias_zarzecki17 Dec 2012, 04:11
Nice Platformer! Love the sliding and the dust-effects. And entire game just around sliding (a runner, for example) would be awesome :D

A few on the screen-transtitions were a tad difficult (if not outright unfair and punishing) though.
adnzzzzZ17 Dec 2012, 05:10
This was really fun. For some reason I found the character's animation really hilarious. The controls and features are pretty nicely implemented too! Really good job.
FireSlash
FireSlash17 Dec 2012, 06:12
Other than the wall jumping which hates me, the controls were really tight and the whole thing is really nice and polished. Graphics are ace, story is cute.
SimianLogic
SimianLogic17 Dec 2012, 06:13
The animations are hilarious and the game looks/sounds great. I'm missing the theme, though... maybe in the ending? I kept dying, though.

The one thing that annoyed me with the controls was the lack of headroom--jumping and hitting something sort of bounces you back down, which makes some of the jumps really hard to hit.
jmk17 Dec 2012, 06:13
Nice job! Clever progressive level design, and great all-around package. I love the over-the-top character animation.

I agree that the screen transitions added some difficulty to otherwise simple moves -- if this was intentional, then it worked. :) If not, scrolling or a larger viewable area would help.
leafo
leafo17 Dec 2012, 08:14
Man the movement is tough to get. The gameplay was fun though, and I enjoyed the different upgrades. Great job as usual!
Marco Jonkers17 Dec 2012, 10:01
Haha, I like it! The game feels complete and it all fits together.
GeorgeBroussard17 Dec 2012, 10:17
Good stuff, as always. Got the common ending, I guess, where you go back in and disarm it. Movement was a little fast for my reflexes but mechanically it was solid.
DavidErosa17 Dec 2012, 11:33
I had SO mucho fun with this one! Unluckily for me, I could not make it to the "final mission" so I don't know what the other ending is. Will find out later :)
spolvid17 Dec 2012, 11:42
Probably my favorite LD25 game so far.
syawqy
syawqy17 Dec 2012, 13:28
the movement is really slippery,but this game is really fun
nate42717 Dec 2012, 14:04
Sos, once again you've hit the nail on the head. It's funny, the controls are natural, the mood is charming, and it's incredibly fun. 5/5 would buy.
fr_automatik17 Dec 2012, 17:37
Nice game, sos!
But I found a bug : You could launch grenades before unlocking them : you need to press X and C at the same time .
SamoojaMies17 Dec 2012, 17:46
So many skills but how I shoot downwards? Did I miss something? Overall good job.
Polar17 Dec 2012, 19:20
Loved it :) Reminds me of all the old Metroid games :P
pighead1017 Dec 2012, 20:24
Transitions are irritating. But otherwise, fun, lively and awesome!
vrav
vrav17 Dec 2012, 22:06
Awesome. I'm guessing <spoilercharacterspoiler> pulls all the strings.
Mago17 Dec 2012, 22:41
Great game. Impresive graphics espessaly main character.
Litte hard I kept dying and dying.
Great work :D
Sgt Squirrelly17 Dec 2012, 23:23
Difficult, but fun! I really like the main character animations, especially the slides. I also really love the way you made it feel pretty non-linear, even though as far in as I played there weren't really branching paths.
Nik17 Dec 2012, 23:43
Very well executed, but I found that the character's shoes were unnecessarily slippery. Nice work though!
refreshcreations17 Dec 2012, 23:43
A Fantastic game! Sweet sprite work, really polished level design which exploits the unlockable abilities throughout, atmospheric music and a great twist at the end, really REALLY enjoyed playing through this.
BNeutral
BNeutral17 Dec 2012, 23:47
The best ending twist.
EatenAlive3
EatenAlive317 Dec 2012, 23:54
This was hilarious! Great entry, but no spoilers here.

Only problem: The controls. Very difficult :P
joekinley
joekinley18 Dec 2012, 00:21
Awesome game as always.
Graphics are dope, music is dope (although there is always a connection to the basic mixdown from MxPixel). The polish is awesome.
The mood is awesome, the humor as always perfect, cool game and nice twist at the end. Overall a top game.
ilo18 Dec 2012, 00:58
Frustrating transitions aside, this was brilliant. :)
01010111
0101011118 Dec 2012, 01:50
Solid platformer, and it's so funny! Great job Sos :D
Dezzles18 Dec 2012, 02:16
Lots of fun! One of my favourite games so far. Controls took a little bit to get used to
Crynix
Crynix18 Dec 2012, 02:24
Really really great. Love the music, level design, graphics, humor, etc. It's all very good.
Cássio Eduardo
Cássio Eduardo18 Dec 2012, 02:26
Greate game, but some controls are really hard(i'm looking at you walljump)
loren18 Dec 2012, 02:49
Awesome game, great character motion, music and art style. So fun! :)
RARoadkill18 Dec 2012, 02:54
Very cool game. Felt very complete. Upgrades made me keep wanting to play.
soy_yuma18 Dec 2012, 02:59
Simple and Fun. Really close to perfect! :-D
permanente1600
permanente160018 Dec 2012, 03:40
i really enjoyed the running animations
zatyka
zatyka18 Dec 2012, 03:47
Very fun gameplay. Awesome graphics. The only gripe I have is the controls for hanging off a ledge. They felt very unnatural. Awesome as always!
zeh
zeh18 Dec 2012, 04:52
Very well done! Great music too.
BenW18 Dec 2012, 05:14
Sweet game. It's a little frustrating that its actually hardest right at the beginning before you get any abilities and while you're getting used to the controls.
atrodo
atrodo18 Dec 2012, 05:55
I thought the controls were a little loose, especially the wall jumping, but a lot of fun anyways. A good challenge.
ddionisio
ddionisio18 Dec 2012, 06:04
I love the ending, that pretty much gave this game's humor... and the Michael Jackson-esque move animations.
Joncom18 Dec 2012, 07:24
One of the funnest games I've played from LD25!
Suese
Suese18 Dec 2012, 08:27
The character animation was great. The music was enjoyable.
Ditto
Ditto18 Dec 2012, 09:52
I wasn't able to defuse the bomb, but the story was hillarious ^^ Your game is fucking solid! Great job! 5 in all fields!
ratking
ratking18 Dec 2012, 10:09
Wow! Great game!
marudziik
marudziik18 Dec 2012, 11:46
Great music and character animations. The movement is a little bit slippery. Other than that, the story is funny and the game fun to play, but also pretty hard. Liked it.
killmonday18 Dec 2012, 12:07
I loved the music! Lovely retro feel too
Pacifist Games18 Dec 2012, 12:51
Fun game, but the agent moved so fast! He was hard to control in almost all situations!
Lashiz12118 Dec 2012, 13:05
It's a great game but the truth is that I suck at platformers so its not a game for me.
Pierrec18 Dec 2012, 13:16
The level design is just perfect. I don't rate it yet just to be sure to play it again later (I'm at work right now)
jujule18 Dec 2012, 13:25
I love the atmosphere and the whole art direction. The intro is super good. But the controls were somewhat frustrating : I felt there was a delay between pressing a key and the actual action. I'd love to play a version with better controls.
kacperski1
kacperski118 Dec 2012, 15:20
Great game! Not as good as McPixel, but still awesome!
Go, Sos, Go!
emveyh
emveyh18 Dec 2012, 15:26
Has some kind of metroid feeling to it. The controls are really fun! The music is fitting and the graphics / animations are awesome :)
Maristak18 Dec 2012, 16:34
Neatly done. Love the music, the graphics and the controls.
YopSolo18 Dec 2012, 17:41
wow, great game and great challenge !
prettymuchbryce
prettymuchbryce18 Dec 2012, 19:45
Pretty fun. I could not tell where I was. A minimap might have helped that. Overall very cool, stylish, great controls. Great job!
DaviDeMo18 Dec 2012, 19:48
OMG beautifull! very very cool animation, graphic and gameplay =D
ahmed.majd
ahmed.majd18 Dec 2012, 20:00
It's amazing not innovative , but very amazing, and i like so much your Level Design...Big up ;)
zompi18 Dec 2012, 20:25
Zajebis... khem khem... I can't believe you've done it in 48h, very long and complex game! It was sometimes frustrating when I couldn't grab the edge even when he jumped to it but the fun was great.
Pierrec18 Dec 2012, 20:50
Hmmm...That was way funnier on my office computer. Mine is way too laggy. Anyway, this is awesome, and you aren't responsible of my bad hardware!
7Soul18 Dec 2012, 21:22
Although really fun, it's quite buggy, and the movement seems unresponsive a lot of the time (not grabbing to ledges, etc).
angrygeometry
angrygeometry18 Dec 2012, 21:44
this is really polished, feels pretty nice to play. lasers killed me a few times (got trapped falling into them) and i'm bad at platform games but enjoyed it. nice one.
Boiúna18 Dec 2012, 22:53
Realy good game, very funny and the metroidvania style is awesome.
recursor
recursor18 Dec 2012, 23:20
I think the pixel style 'agent' art and the rest of the background clash with each other IMO. The agent is really well-drawn and I'd like to see the rest of the graphics done in the same style. There were a couple of places where the controls frustrated some. I think maybe he moves a bit too fast? In spite of those two things I enjoyed playing it!
ahm99
ahm9918 Dec 2012, 23:30
This is hilarious. "YOU IDIOT THIS IS YOUR LABORATORY!!!" haha. Pretty funny. Good job :)
gregfagan18 Dec 2012, 23:57
Great job, though I found the control mechanics to be a little bit difficult at times (especially around the wall jumping and jumping off when grabbed to a ledge).
Mythalore19 Dec 2012, 11:43
Amazing art and very slick gameplay, as good as McPixel!
LaughingLeader19 Dec 2012, 15:09
Awesome job! The controls felt very slick, and the animations were great. I kept getting huge FPS drops whenever dust particles would be created a lot, or right in the beginning when I fell down through a few screens. Not sure why that was.
DST19 Dec 2012, 15:55
One of the best games I've seen thus far!
Clodial
Clodial19 Dec 2012, 16:22
I really liked the speed of the game. Yes, I found it hard but I it added the speed felt right, y'know?
Kuulog
Kuulog19 Dec 2012, 16:56
Fun Medroidvania game with fluid controls.
borso19 Dec 2012, 20:58
Fun! Smooth movement, intuitive controls, feels really fluid!! Kudos for the soundtrack! It's just not representig the theme enough i think.
Per20 Dec 2012, 10:28
Really fun game!
The graphics is great and the overall impression is very professional.
Personally, I think that the guy slides to far when trying to stop.
pighead1020 Dec 2012, 14:27
Also, unfortunately too laggy and small to run on my netbook!
SonnyBone
SonnyBone20 Dec 2012, 16:52
HAHAHA awesome ending! I was able to play with a gamepad and it was much easier. Definitely suited for a controller and not a keyboard. Art is great, music is great, humor is great. The last part is hard as hell, though because you're freaking out so much. But yeah... REALLY SOLID!
char68
char6821 Dec 2012, 01:37
Really awesome game! It's unbelievable you got all this done in 48 hours :) The audio is awesome, the graphics are great, and even the animations are fantastic. Nice work, I hope to be playing more of your games in the near future!
Claite21 Dec 2012, 05:55
Really fun! The controls weren't super tight, but I think it's because I suck haha well done!!
OrangeeZ22 Dec 2012, 07:13
Great game! Movement is very fluid, and essence of metroidvania is nailed quite nicely!
pythong22 Dec 2012, 16:32
Very slippery, really. Maybe the guy should buy different shoes :)
Graphics are slid, love the deatil on the laser shooters. Also, I like how the bgm reminds me of McPixel
lekochen
lekochen24 Dec 2012, 02:25
Fantastic entry! Really enjoy playing it.
MrEvilGuy
MrEvilGuy24 Dec 2012, 09:19
Beautiful controls and game! Kind of wish I was invincible because it's funny watching him not die.
commanderstitch
commanderstitch24 Dec 2012, 20:11
Nice work sos. I missed one room and struggled for a while to find it. i think i got both endings... maybe. :)
kibertoad
kibertoad24 Dec 2012, 20:55
One of the best sos games ever!
Van Merwan
Van Merwan28 Dec 2012, 16:20
Even my fingers are laughing, I can't comment, sorry.
Gungnir
Gungnir6 Jan 2013, 05:48
Terrific fun thanks to well implemented controls, balanced challenge and great level design. Great comedic tone too.
Norgg
Norgg7 Jan 2013, 23:15
Yes.
Xeke_Death8 Jan 2013, 00:08
Had some issues with wall jumping, but probably just my lack of coordination in the morning... Good work..!

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