Ten Seconds

by motty
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.47
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.49
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.67
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.05
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.09
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★94%
It's not great, but it's a game, I made it, and I'm very grateful for Ludum Dare for giving me the impetus to do so. Next one will be better. I promise. See you in a few months.

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Comments30

RandomM0026 Aug 2013, 10:39
What?
I have no idea what to do, pressing keys has no effect after the game starts!
CustomPhase
CustomPhase26 Aug 2013, 10:43
Dont you understand?! Its a "10 second" game! Hehe, get it? "10 second"
rustybroomhandle26 Aug 2013, 10:43
Good god, my brain does not work that fast! Good (if not wicked ;p)entry. Looking forward to seeing you at the next LD.
adekto26 Aug 2013, 10:47
im stuck at 6 not sure how to do that, or is it the end of the game?
motty
mottyauthor26 Aug 2013, 12:09
RandomM00 - pressing keys after the game starts should have an effect, but you have to be quick. You've got about a second to figure it out.

adekto - '6' isn't the end of the game, it's just when the game starts taking the gloves off a bit.

rustybroomhandle - cheers, and likewise :)
adekto26 Aug 2013, 13:16
had to look true code since 6 dint make sense, probably since i never use kiss in the first place, 3 makes no sense ether and the ones you commented where actually pretty good
cwkx
cwkx26 Aug 2013, 13:51
A little cryptic after 6 (I admit looking at the source to finish the last two!)
Gremlin27 Aug 2013, 11:27
That's hard. And confusing. But it's definitely a game.
Spotline
Spotline27 Aug 2013, 11:59
Very hard, but brilliant ideas there :)
Jimanzium27 Aug 2013, 12:37
Nice use of the theme, very difficult though.
Larzan
Larzan27 Aug 2013, 13:55
Errrrr, don't get it, just a countdown after pressing a key for 10 and 9?
ArcturusDeluxe27 Aug 2013, 16:26
Took me a while to figure this one out, but turned out to be somewhat interesting. Very basic idea but tricky. Cool stuff.
esayitch27 Aug 2013, 17:32
Very original I must say, at least among the slew of 10-seconds-to-finish-level platformers xD

Found it very hard, but pretty cool at the same time, good job!
Unept
Unept27 Aug 2013, 18:50
Fun game. Took me a while to conquer.

BUT CONQUER I DID. And how dare you suggest that I used Google to figure out the last clue?!?

One of my favorites so far for sure. It's like my fingers were doing a panicky little dance on the keyboard.
Starspell
Starspell27 Aug 2013, 19:32
Like everybody else I was really confused at first. And I also had to look at the source code *shame* to get an idea of it. Clever little clues in the hints. Very cute little game.
Beerman27 Aug 2013, 20:01
That's just plain evil. Yeah, I cheated, very clever puzzles :)
timujin27 Aug 2013, 21:22
Hehe. Clever.
GarethIW
GarethIW28 Aug 2013, 01:17
Got stuck at 4! Neat idea :)
GSM Productions28 Aug 2013, 12:11
So hard Oo But very fun and clever use of the theme! Well done!
Travis Irby29 Aug 2013, 18:28
Ooo very tricky! Had fun trying to figure it out, eventually had to check the source :) Cool to see a fellow mefi on here (saw the metatalk post (im meta87 on there)) Hope you do more ludums!
Meedoc30 Aug 2013, 06:40
I love the sadistic idea but some input seems to be a bit buggy :\ couldn't press zero twice in a row as the game ask for instance :\
Sh1rogane
Sh1rogane30 Aug 2013, 08:51
Lol, very hard game, had to check the source when "Give a kiss" came
motty
mottyauthor1 Sep 2013, 20:20
Meedoc, the game may well have unsquashed bugs I haven't found yet but without being too spoilery I can assure you that the matter you mention is absolutely 100% definitely not a bug. You certainly can press zero twice in a row, if you like, but the way that is handled - as you describe it - results in entirely intended behaviour ;)
MrBlade
MrBlade3 Sep 2013, 16:59
Hm? This game is okay, seems a bit bland. Nice sound effects!
Darthone6 Sep 2013, 01:44
I didn't really understand this game until I looked at the source, but after reading I played through it and I liked it!
urth7 Sep 2013, 02:40
I thought 3 was S not the large key at the bottom of the keyboard.
Dream Of Sleeping
Dream Of Sleeping11 Sep 2013, 13:52
I never would have figured this out without looking at the source code, and most people will probably not give it a chance but for those who figured it out I bet it was very satisfying, like solving a riddle. Really cool idea.
Brian Stegmann13 Sep 2013, 00:48
Hahaha awesome, it's very simple but very effective use of the theme and cleverly challenging.
MrBlade
MrBlade15 Sep 2013, 06:40
I wanted to say sorry, you wrote such a nice and long review of my game and I pretty much gave you rubbish. Sorry Motty.
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