Help the four dwarves save their keg of beer from exploding before time runs out and they sober up!
CONTROLS: Left: A Right: D Jump: W Restart level: R Select Character: 1,2,3,4 (based on their color on the timeline at the bottom) Throw: Space (can be held down for longer throws) *There is also an instructional page as a screenshot below!*
This is a neat idea and the puzzles were well done. I only played a few levels, though, because I personally find WASD movement very awkward. In something like this I want to keep one hand on my movement keys and one on my dwarf selection keys, and that's hard to do when they're all crunched together. Overall, though, a fun game!
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noseminer27 Aug 2013, 12:42
You can use the arrow keys to move, I forgot to make them able to start the game though (you will need to press w,a,d,or space to start each level).
Wow, nice concept, really difficult, but it's a good type of challenge! I liked this game; a very original puzzle that's defintely one of the most creative uses of the theme of the contest that I have so far seen :P
Interesting idea. For the art - it is not bad but a bit strange because some bits are drawn, others are pixel and so on. I like the sounds they are good stuff! The reply of the movement though, it seems a bit strange, like not doing the exact same, strange but that might be your concept. Overall, very nice entry. :)
Kind of reminded me of Lost Vikings on the SNES. LOVED THAT GAME. Also this is awesome, really like the mechanics of it and would very much like to play a more polished version of this at some point.
I like the time recording mechanic, and it reminds me a lot of the Adventures of Shuggy. Wish I could have re-recorded guys without starting over, but the R key made restarting easy enough.
Really great innovative time puzzles. My one piece of feedback would be to have some better feedback on which dwarf is currently selected, it would help with error correction.
I really enjoyed this game! Figuring out which key corresponds to which dwarf took some time (as in, my hand didn't do what my brain wanted it to at first), but after I got the hang of it it was fantastic. The colors don't blend together very well, but the dwarf pixel art is nice. The main mechanic is neat. The theme is incorporated in a fairly unique way. Having no pauses in the middle of a level made it intense because I would have very little time to think through each move. I would try to think through the level before I started, which helped a lot. The game is difficult enough to provide a challenge without getting me annoyed at the game. Great job!
Apart from a few bugs (keys being throw in the past not being thrown again, as you've seen on stream), I very much enjoyed it. Gameplay-wise, one my favorite entries. Well done!
Nice idea, some of the levels are very tight. It would be nice if it was easier to see what character corresponds to what number. Sometimes the keythrowing action get skipped in the replay.
I keep laughing while I'm playing this. Very cute character design with very funny music. The mechanics are really unique and interesting! This is one of the most interesting entries I've played so far!
I like the idea of playing coop with myself - like a time-based Lost Vikings! Really cool. But the time limit is actually just annoying - especially if you screw up and have to try again. I believe the game could be really cool if you had removed the mandatory time on characters and if I could go back and forth between them
I like the challenge in this game, completely throws me off! Very unique! Maybe if there's a way to undo the actions. Other than that, I really liked this!
The "working-together-on-your-own" mechanic has been done before, but the way you did it felt refreshing so that was good. Some music during the non-movement time would have been nice.
Fun game, great use of the theme. Loved it. I featured it in my Ludum Dare 27 compilation video series, if youd like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/7EzKbFuvC2A
Hey! Thanks for the comment on my game - now it's your turn!
I've seen a few games where you have to navigate something in 10 seconds - but this is the first where multiple elements have to fit together on a timeline. Nice!
The gameplay is pretty enjoyable, and the graphics, while simple, work well. The puzzles are interesting and tricky. Oh, and I like that you can also use the arrow keys, although that's pretty non-obvious, because you still have to press W, A or D to begin.
One suggestion that would've made it a far better experience for me: Have time only move as long as the active character moves or falls. I see this more as a puzzle game than a reaction game, and since I can't take back my actions (which should be possible, I think!) it can ruin everything I did correctly with the other dwarfs - and then I have to redo those too. Ugh. That would also solve another problem that I had: It sometimes autoselected the (in my eyes) wrong dwarf, and then I lost time on him without any intend to do so.
I'd also expect that if I press left towards a wall that later (with a later dwarf's actions) vanishes, that I still run beyond it. Or the same with floors that vanish: I didn't expect the dwarf to float in mid-air. I think I found a bug in that department too - in the 4th level, sometimes a dwarf throws a key, and sometimes later he doesn't.
And, now that I think about it, Dwarf selection with the mouse would be pretty cool.
Uh, I just realised that I've written more suggestions than other feedback. Note that that's not because the game is bad: It's not. I love the puzzle design and the concept in itself, and it was an enjoyable experience - and were it not for those things I mentioned above, I would've played much longer. Great game, thank you for making it! (And I'd totally play a post-compo version - notify me if you made one, please!)
A fun idea with a cute implementation, although I got stuck on the second level because I missed the instructions screenshot and didn't realise you could throw!
It would be nice to have a 'finished with this character' key, even though it's only 10 seconds you have to wait ;).
Simple but pretty functional graphics, the mechanics were a little difficult to get into but after a while it gets more intituive. I would have prefered an smoother difficulty curve after passing the levels, the 3rd one was especially hard, but may just be a need of practice. I also would have liked a little more of arcade physics, specially 'on air' movement, it was rather stiff. Overall GG you have there.
Great idea! I like your game very much! I just almost finished second level. I will definitely play it again later. You rated our game almost 14 days ago and now is my turn. Today is first day since 27th September when I found some time again for rating games. I hope it will last all 7 days to be able to rate a lot of games! Good job! Thank you. BTW, keys "1,2,3,4" are also controls? It seems to be not reacting at all...
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Interesting puzzle.
Nice gameplay!
I like the sounds they are good stuff!
The reply of the movement though, it seems a bit strange, like not doing the exact same, strange but that might be your concept.
Overall, very nice entry. :)
That may have been too difficult for a first level though. :P
The mechanics are really unique and interesting! This is one of the most interesting entries I've played so far!
I've seen a few games where you have to navigate something in 10 seconds - but this is the first where multiple elements have to fit together on a timeline. Nice!
The gameplay is pretty enjoyable, and the graphics, while simple, work well. The puzzles are interesting and tricky. Oh, and I like that you can also use the arrow keys, although that's pretty non-obvious, because you still have to press W, A or D to begin.
One suggestion that would've made it a far better experience for me: Have time only move as long as the active character moves or falls. I see this more as a puzzle game than a reaction game, and since I can't take back my actions (which should be possible, I think!) it can ruin everything I did correctly with the other dwarfs - and then I have to redo those too. Ugh. That would also solve another problem that I had: It sometimes autoselected the (in my eyes) wrong dwarf, and then I lost time on him without any intend to do so.
I'd also expect that if I press left towards a wall that later (with a later dwarf's actions) vanishes, that I still run beyond it. Or the same with floors that vanish: I didn't expect the dwarf to float in mid-air. I think I found a bug in that department too - in the 4th level, sometimes a dwarf throws a key, and sometimes later he doesn't.
And, now that I think about it, Dwarf selection with the mouse would be pretty cool.
Uh, I just realised that I've written more suggestions than other feedback. Note that that's not because the game is bad: It's not. I love the puzzle design and the concept in itself, and it was an enjoyable experience - and were it not for those things I mentioned above, I would've played much longer. Great game, thank you for making it! (And I'd totally play a post-compo version - notify me if you made one, please!)
I'm just sad that no Dwarf Fortress references were made :-P
Here is a longer video review:
Puzzle are very challenging. :)
It would be nice to have a 'finished with this character' key, even though it's only 10 seconds you have to wait ;).
I would have prefered an smoother difficulty curve after passing the levels, the 3rd one was especially hard, but may just be a need of practice. I also would have liked a little more of arcade physics, specially 'on air' movement, it was rather stiff.
Overall GG you have there.