Comic Sans: The Game

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.14
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.12
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.92
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★85%
Well here it is, Comic Sans: The Game. It's built using java on top of the Slick2D library, and should work on all systems (spoiler: It probably won't).

How'd I do?

EDIT
+++++++++

Fixes (I hope) for Linux and OSX with new (post-compo) natives loader.

Comments37

pHOIg4H89229 Apr 2013, 10:51
10/10, has comic sans
TomboFry29 Apr 2013, 13:43
I'd like to play/vote, however I get the following error message (I am running on version 1.6, maybe it's that?):

Could not find the main class: ludumdare.LudumDare. Program will exit.
Raimonds29 Apr 2013, 13:47
Loved the turning mechanic [:
FloatingGhostauthor29 Apr 2013, 14:24
I'm running 1.7 - have you extracted the files from the zip? It appears to hate it if you don't.
metadept
metadept29 Apr 2013, 14:27
Hahah, cute! What if we don't want to rescue it, though?? My only suggestion is to make projectiles/enemies Times New Roman letters for thematic effect.
timtipgames
timtipgames29 Apr 2013, 14:29
Thank god I was able to save comic sans :)
A bit too easy for my taste. The way you implemented ducking is an interesting way to do it :)
Yezu
Yezu29 Apr 2013, 14:30
Can't run on Fedora.
"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no lwjgl in java.library.path"

I guess something wrong with path setup.
FloatingGhostauthor29 Apr 2013, 14:41
Ooh, I did do the linux natives majig... No idea why it won't run.
Morgawr
Morgawr29 Apr 2013, 14:45
Same here, Linux (Ubuntu), cannot run this because of missing main class yadda yadda
Overv
Overv29 Apr 2013, 14:45
Fun little game! I like the replayability through saving Comic Sans again!
FloatingGhostauthor29 Apr 2013, 14:46
That is rather odd. I'll see if I can fix it.
Shigor
Shigor29 Apr 2013, 14:52
Save the COMIC SANS!!!!! Now if there only were some potatoes....
karsyf
karsyf29 Apr 2013, 14:54
"Times New Roman is Victorious" and I lolled out loud =D
Dietrich Epp29 Apr 2013, 15:02
Hilarious and fun! But it seems random how high I jump...
Fabien Porée29 Apr 2013, 15:25
That ducking animation is absolutely wonderful.
Holofire
Holofire29 Apr 2013, 16:16
Absolutely hilarious. Such a simple and original idea. I love it.

The jumping is a bit...wierd.
Merkoth29 Apr 2013, 16:19
Tried to play under latest OSX, got this error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: ludumdare/LudumDare : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
Cosine29 Apr 2013, 19:10
Love the theme. A little short lived, but cool. One problem... Comic Sans can't be saved! Haha.
SenorDiablo
SenorDiablo29 Apr 2013, 20:03
ahaha very funny and fun. good work
errorage29 Apr 2013, 20:08
<font face="Comic sans MS">I had fun</font>
jmf
jmf29 Apr 2013, 20:40
Haha, enjoyed it a lot. On windows had to run it from command line to get the classpath right using "java -jar LudumDare.jar".
Jellycakes30 Apr 2013, 01:39
Pretty fun, too short though. Maybe a bit more polish too but other than that nice game.
lightnarcissus
lightnarcissus30 Apr 2013, 16:59
Pretty hilarious at times! I'm scoring this high on humor because it actually made me LOL-out a number of times. :D
Zed30 Apr 2013, 17:38
Ha, I like it. Very simple.

The theme for the last LD was "You Are The Villain". This would've fit in MUCH better with that, since 'rescuing' Comic Sans makes me feel like I'm committing some sort of crime.
Purplescape
Purplescape30 Apr 2013, 23:04
Funny game! So glad I saved Comic Sans
sP0CkEr22 May 2013, 04:33
its amazing what people come up with at these things -- really nice effort -- gets insanley hard
Cambrian_Man5 May 2013, 02:42
I think something's off in the jump code. Sometimes you do little hops, sometimes it's a big leap. Still, best font-based run and jump game I've played this year!
pvwradtke
pvwradtke5 May 2013, 02:55
I had some problems to run it on Ubuntu 12.04 and OpenJDR6. I had to install openjdk7 and "sudo update-alternatives --config java" to select JDK7 in order to get it to work. Glad i dit it, had a good laugh with this one. Very easy to win, but dodging all those falling potatoes to rescue comicsans was entertaining. :)
sudorossy
sudorossy5 May 2013, 22:12
It was interesting...
Maple
Maple6 May 2013, 03:18
*Ahem*, your hitboxes are terrible, but otherwise you did a good job.

Am I meant to want to lose?

Also, you really shouldn't be mixing post-compo stuff with compo stuff, unless it is strictly game-breaking bugs. You should make a post-compo link for the post-compo version, so people aren't rating what you did after LD.
Skoggy
Skoggy6 May 2013, 13:57
Sorry, couldn't start on my mac :(
FloatingGhostauthor9 May 2013, 18:35
Maple, it was a game-breaking bug. It wouldn't launch on mac or linux, I added 2 lines to load the correct natives. That is all.
badlydrawnrod9 May 2013, 21:22
Jumping is a bit floaty, but ... well, it does what it says on the tin.
Coil_Whine9 Nov 2013, 05:51
yeaaaah I like this a lot.

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