I've finished the Game "Jack is gonna Die!". Yeah. It was hard and more then 70% of the cool planed game features has been killed in the early hours. Now I've created the game only with the core features for the theme "10 seconds!" Its the second time at LudumDare for me. It was really fun again. Love you!
The Idea: Jack has been contaminated by radioactivity... he has only 10 seconds left to life. He want to see his family for a last time. There are pills that can help him. Get them. Every pill will refill his 10 seconds lifetime battery... Guard him home...
how to play: left arrow key = go left right arrow key = go right up arrow key = jump alt = puke (that radioactive puke kills enemys) space bar = swallow a pill
WARNING: There is no visiual indicator for the time that is left... only a "ping"... you have to count seconds and swallow the pill at the right moment. If you are Dead... you have to restart at the starting position ;)
Canceled Features: More then one level More animations Better controlls for platfomer (glitches) Teleporter More enemys better sounds cool selfmade music
Bugs: Glitches while jumping against solid walls sometimes some animations are invisible :( Maybe a view more... I'm tired... have to sleep for a while.
I don't know if the absence of timer is on purpose or not, but this is what I enjoyed the most, counting the seconds myself. "Was it 8 or 9" ? Haa, let's take a pill anyway!" I think it would be better if there were less pills in the level. I never fell shortage.
Love the puke-attack, especially coming from this mild-mannered, glasses & turtleneck wearing dude! I couldn't figure out why I was dying sometimes, I thought I was taking my pills?
Really good , it really catch the theme , you really cannot forget the 10 seconds , if you do , it's sure death... fun to play , the only "problem" is that sound could make it a lot better... maybe after the end of the votes you can make a refined version ?
Was a bit tough, the lack of the timer complicated things, I kept getting stuck in walls and had a lot of trouble jumping to clear obstacles. The whole "you instantly die" when touching the drips from the ceiling confused me at first, I though I must have missed a pill or something as I never even saw the drips that were killing me! Not a bad game overall, would be cool to see the concept expanded on.
Yeah I see that Sound is a big fail at this... but there was no time left to do :.(
My thoughts was, that to count by your self will take some brain capacity, so that simple commands like jump left or puke this enemy will take some more extra brain power ^^
will work at the game after jam... because i want to see it run better ^^
Love the pings as a timer that you have to keep track yourself. Perhaps your character could be a bit shorter, I felt like it clashes with the size of the tiles and the enemies. I like the story you setup for this character as well, great job!
I really liked the design of the main character, but other artwork was hit or miss. Had some difficulty managing the controls (felt jump was a bit weird, but that may have just been the lack of animation for it?) but maybe it's just me!
I found it tough to remember to press the space bar every 9ish seconds, just as some people who take medications find it difficult to remember to take their pills. Very good mechanic with a very real real-life meaning behind it. Whether you meant it or not, this is a problem a lot of people deal with, and I understand how terrifying it can be if they forget to take their medication on time.
If you wanted to add something to it, I think overdosing could be an interesting mechanic (like if you take it within 6 seconds of your last pill, you collapse for three seconds, or something).
The platforming control was a bit iffy, and I wish there was a bit more variety in the gameplay, but I enjoyed the concept and got my own meaning out of it :)
It took me a while to understand when I was supposed to take the pill and then I loved it. I really didn't like the buttons configurations. :( alt+space it's not a good combination.
Didn't beat it, but at least I know the ending by the screenshots Well, didn't like this one so much, but I found the lack of a timer thing interesting, it gives an unique tension that makes you getting pills not matter what time do you have, this would've been frustrating in a long game, but in this one, it works nice. Some more animation and sense would help.
Very nice sprite! Too bad it have so little animations.. Love the idea of puking instead of shooting, didn't liked the lack of visual timer and some lifes (i don't want to be killed at first hit with some yellow liquid)
Cool game. I like the idea of mentally having to keep track of your remaining time. Just a shame you couldn't get more of the planned features implemented in time, maybe you can expand it a little in future. Good job!
THIS GAME IS AWESOME! I like how you not put a counter! I have to count mentally to 8 or 9 before pressing space. Also by counting mentally, the game made me confused with controls. Like pressing space instead of alt, by which I have to count back from one again, before I know it, that slime got me. Have to redo a lot and finally made it to the finish line.
It's nice, I like everything... take all my stars! :D
Good entry for 48 hours. I don't know why, but the guy reminded me of Steve Jobs :) On a Mac, the alt key caused problems. Should map to another key to avoid stuff like that. Very hard game :) I liked that you could collect pills and choose when to use them.
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I think it would be better if there were less pills in the level. I never fell shortage.
(Why does he puke ? ^^)
fun to play , the only "problem" is that sound could make it a lot better... maybe after the end of the votes you can make a refined version ?
Loved your art thought.
Yeah I see that Sound is a big fail at this... but there was no time left to do :.(
My thoughts was, that to count by your self will take some brain capacity, so that simple commands like jump left or puke this enemy will take some more extra brain power ^^
will work at the game after jam... because i want to see it run better ^^
thanks for so much feedback till now :D
If you wanted to add something to it, I think overdosing could be an interesting mechanic (like if you take it within 6 seconds of your last pill, you collapse for three seconds, or something).
The platforming control was a bit iffy, and I wish there was a bit more variety in the gameplay, but I enjoyed the concept and got my own meaning out of it :)
Well, didn't like this one so much, but I found the lack of a timer thing interesting, it gives an unique tension that makes you getting pills not matter what time do you have, this would've been frustrating in a long game, but in this one, it works nice.
Some more animation and sense would help.
Cool idea, keep going!
It's a good thing he doesn't overdose on those pills! He also seems to have an endless amount of puke, that's quite the symptom!
My only complaint is, as you mentioned, the character getting snagged on walls.
I like how you not put a counter! I have to count mentally to 8 or 9 before pressing space. Also by counting mentally, the game made me confused with controls. Like pressing space instead of alt, by which I have to count back from one again, before I know it, that slime got me. Have to redo a lot and finally made it to the finish line.
It's nice, I like everything... take all my stars!
:D