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Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.45
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.53
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.37
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.71
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★53%
A game where you fly onwards trying to avoid the deadly saws behind you. Collect coins, or bounce off blocks to feed energy into your generators. Time-energy is the precious resource which you have set out to procure. It's the most rare form of virtual unobtainium to exist in all permutations of space-time, hence why evil saws are out to get you, and steal it! If you find the stars are not to your favorable alignment, and you get into a tough predicament, you can spend some energy to reverse time for a short duration.

You can control with either joystick or keyboard.
For keyboard use WASD, spacebar, and "r" key for restart / start.
The joystick controls are only tested on my own, so you'll have to experiment to find which buttons and axes do what.

Have fun =)

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Comments23

Infernal29 Apr 2013, 04:23
Errored when I tried to play:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\initscripts\Console3.py", line 2
7, in <module>
File "game.py", line 427, in <module>
File "game.py", line 296, in __init__
File "C:\Users\be24019611\vegards dropbox\Dropbox\ludum dare 26 game\input_han
dling.py", line 111, in __init__
File "C:\Users\be24019611\vegards dropbox\Dropbox\ludum dare 26 game\input_han
dling.py", line 11, in __init__
IndexError: list index out of range
vegard1992author29 Apr 2013, 04:32
oh dang, it needs a joystick / gamepad plugged in. sorry
cwilloughby29 Apr 2013, 04:35
Cool. Good start - it might help if it was a little easier at the start and there was a tutorial. Joystick and keyboard both worked for me, after I figured out the controls.
vegard1992author29 Apr 2013, 04:41
fixing the error now guys, give me 5min
vegard1992author29 Apr 2013, 04:46
i think its fixed, anybody confirm?
fueelin29 Apr 2013, 05:24
I'm able to run it now, couldn't before so hopefully that means it's fixed... I didn't get that specific error though. Yeah tutorial would be good, a bit confusing.
Cybearg
Cybearg29 Apr 2013, 06:05
Very unintuitive. I'm not going to rate because I don't want to rate down what could be a fun game just because I don't understand how to play it, but there are seriously no clues, which is a bad thing for a game that relies on the player to figure out how to play it.
paulopn
paulopn29 Apr 2013, 06:51
Took me awhile to learn how to play it, but it's definitely a fun game. I'm impressed with the time rewind mechanic.
You could make the beginning a little slower and be more forgiving on the use of fuel, that would go a long way towards making it easier to learn.
vegard1992author29 Apr 2013, 11:30
thanks for the criticism
i got progressively better at the game as i kept running through cycles of coding and debugging, and so i ramped up the difficulty because it felt easier every run.
i shoudlve totally added some modes like "easy", "experienced", so people can actually get into it lol
vegard1992author29 Apr 2013, 11:31
appparently im allowed to change it if its "unbeatable", ill head over to IRC to see if i can change it so the speed ramps up from a slow start
vegard1992author29 Apr 2013, 13:08
so the guys over at irc said it was ok since it was so hard. i made it start off slow and increase, also flashes a few text messages the first time you start, as a tutorial. i put a small number that is an objective score, so that the game is technically "beatable" as it should be.
PushmePullyu
PushmePullyu29 Apr 2013, 14:53
Kinda hard to get and pretty challenging but, oddly, that's also its good points.
josefnpat
josefnpat29 Apr 2013, 15:45
I was able to run this via wine in linux very well.

Nice game, I like the "Chronos" mechanic!
dasrkrain29 Apr 2013, 15:48
Very confusing. Controls should be waaay more simple.
Holofire
Holofire30 Apr 2013, 23:09
Difficult, but fun. Took a while to get the hang of it, but it was great fun. Nice work!
Smaxx
Smaxx30 Apr 2013, 23:44
Very interesting concept. I don't really understand why a spaceship would have to flee some kind of saw(?), but it's really nice. That replay feature reminds me a lot of the Prince of Persia.
Scott McBee1 May 2013, 03:13
While interesting, I didn't see how the time mechanic really fit into it. Any time I tried to use it, it didn't rewind me back far enough to make any difference.
cardboard2 May 2013, 23:15
I beat it! Quite tricky to get the hang of, but really fun once I got the controls down. I got stuck a few times where even reversing time didn't save me, but I don't think that is a fault with the game. There were a few times where I almost died and things got pretty intense for a second. Overall, really cool and interesting game.
zanzindorf3 May 2013, 22:36
I really like the audio. It reminds me of a really awesome DOS game. The game is really hard and confusing. I couldn't figure out how to play. There was a certain point where I died every time because the thingy kept overtaking me.
triplefox
triplefox5 May 2013, 02:09
After an initially perplexing learning curve I had some fun with this.
Ryusui
Ryusui8 May 2013, 20:00
I have no idea what I just "played." WASD just make me fly in random directions and the on-screen prompts are of no help whatsoever.
OU GDA11 May 2013, 17:40
The music was pretty catchy, but some of the transitions were a bit hard between tracks. Maybe a fadein/out would have helped with that. Also the darkgreen on blue made it difficult to see the ship. The red line of site was an interesting idea, but I guess you didn't have enough time to hide the barriers in the red? or was it just a cosmetic thing. Ultimately, though, the game wasn't really that difficult, and really only used the time rewind mechanic when I just a path that didn't have an exit since the visibility was low. Some really cool ideas though.

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