Darn Clock

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.97
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.14
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.91
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
In Darn Clock you play as a late for work employee. You have 10 seconds to catch the bus otherwise you will come in late and lose a bit of your salary. Don't be late too much or you will lose your job! Don't worry about the collateral damage you might cause...

This game is inspired by my daily morning. Except I don't have a suitcase...

This was done in 36 hours because I had forgotten about the LD this weekend. So it probably lacks polish and has lots of bugs. Tell me what you think in the comments and I will be grateful!

UPDATE: linux version was missing files, fixed in the new link

UPDATE 2: added Post-Ludum version with sounds, improved graphics and minor tweaks

Comments36

SamC27 Aug 2013, 01:24
Fun game, brought back Frogger memories.
Lightmare Studio27 Aug 2013, 01:24
I really enjoyed this game! It's very intuitive to understand how to play it. The small character moves also nicely.
kantieno
kantieno27 Aug 2013, 01:26
I liked it, it was rather lighthearted and some of the effects made me very slightly chuckle.
JayProg27 Aug 2013, 01:27
Awesome game, watching the exploding traffic mayhem had me cracking up.
cjordan168327 Aug 2013, 01:28
Very fun, love the concept. Good game!
themushroomsound
themushroomsound27 Aug 2013, 01:41
This is great! :D
Love the graphics, the blood, the explosions, and the general mayhem resulting from catching my bus.

I'm really, really disappointed not to hear any sound though, and that font doesn't quite do justice to the rest of the game. I'm still gonna play it some more. :)
Zephyr8927 Aug 2013, 04:58
The amount of things that can happen in this game is awesome! eg. Runs in front of car. Car spins out of control following me. I walk into another cars side. first car hits me. Explosion!
Nerlin
Nerlin27 Aug 2013, 07:34
Damn, this is awesome! So much fun. I like effects , some sounds could make it perfect. Implementation of theme is great.
Darien
Darien27 Aug 2013, 07:35
Great fun. I love that there's no penalty for causing mayhem. The only complaint I have is that the controls for getting on to the bus can be a little fiddly; you have to hit the door fairly accurately.
bitserum27 Aug 2013, 08:21
Great game. I really enjoy playing even without making to the bus. Just making havoc was fun.
dancingflame
dancingflame27 Aug 2013, 09:12
It really reminds me "Frogger". The art style is simple but feels good, the animation is really epic. Nice work overall.
FireZenk
FireZenk27 Aug 2013, 09:13
Fun game I like it!
Kotstulle27 Aug 2013, 09:20
Damn I love how the cars turn over when I touch them xD I also LOVE games with reduced graphics like in yours! One of the coolest games i've seen so far^^
Lars Faust
Lars Faust27 Aug 2013, 09:40
Amazing! That jumpy little fella is really darn cute and the physics extremely fun.

Great job!
Qaterknan
Qaterknan27 Aug 2013, 09:47
I like this one, and I was definitely amused by the death screen.
mboaj27 Aug 2013, 09:48
Really a great game! Congratulations Dorian.
Lidfrid
Lidfrid27 Aug 2013, 15:02
Ahaha very fun game, the traffic explosion surprise me. It was cool :)
naufr4g027 Aug 2013, 19:56
Really like this modern frogger! :D
I love new obstacles coming out at each new level! :)
killmonday27 Aug 2013, 19:57
So far my top favorite game!! Really nicely polished and great idea to take something we all have experienced and make it into a game :) Sounds!:O!!!
boneloaf
boneloaf27 Aug 2013, 19:59
Very funny game, we dislike bus drivers
IHateATMFees
IHateATMFees27 Aug 2013, 20:00
Nice job, loved the car crashes!
Amber
Amber28 Aug 2013, 01:35
This was a lot of fun! I like the graphic style and the bright colors.
Lustdante
Lustdante28 Aug 2013, 01:44
Great entry! There are just so many hidden humors that collectively make this the most humorous game I've rated so far! Only if it had audio, the experience could've been near perfection. Great Job!
Reaperguy
Reaperguy28 Aug 2013, 13:36
Really like it, addicting as hell, and the special stuff that can happen that you added(stopping in front of a car and causing an accident, walking into other people and falling, etc) are really great!
ratalaika
ratalaika28 Aug 2013, 16:35
good job. entertaining game
magicdweedoo
magicdweedoo29 Aug 2013, 06:52
real cool I wish there was like a zoom out option once you die to watch all the chaos!!!
Nick Weihs29 Aug 2013, 08:05
Dude this was the most hillariously awesome game I've played so far! The cars tipping and exploding, etc. was awesome! I only managed to keep my job for 9 days though X_X. My only complaint about this is the mouse controls made it really hard to be precise for me (maybe I'm not used to it) and it seemed like sometimes I could get into the bus from the street side? (Maybe a bug?) Anyways loved it I hope you do something more with it!
mrspeaker
mrspeaker1 Sep 2013, 15:57
Hahah! So good - i didn't know to click-to-run at first so I kept missing the bus. After that... was awesome!
rincewind_cz1 Sep 2013, 20:14
Really great! Reminds me GTA II in some way.
haxpor
haxpor3 Sep 2013, 14:53
Haha, have a lot of humorous sense in this game. Enjoy playing it alot :)
Lokarunith
Lokarunith3 Sep 2013, 23:12
HOLY CRAP!! just getting the bus to work is such a mess I don't want even to imagine what's his job. An incredibly fun caricature of our society.
danhett
danhett7 Sep 2013, 15:42
This is brilliant! Particularly enjoyed the pixelly particle blood. Lovely job.
sergilazaro7 Sep 2013, 18:10
Nice take on Frogger, I liked the simple graphics based on cubes and spheres. I loved the cute animations and explosion effects. You did a lot with really simple elements, kudos!

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