This is a frantic platformer where your little clockwork dude (named Tock), in the little clockwork world, has exactly 10 seconds to live before his gears break. You need to pick up other gears to survive. And pick up a key and find the exit in order to progress.
Arrow keys to move. Left shift to sprint. Space to jump. Z to punch.
Level Programming and Design by Brad Boudreau. Primary pixel art by Will DiSanto. Miscellaneous pixel art and gameplay programming by Jay Carvalho.
Fun game, if a bit difficult. The difficulty was kind of scattered when I played. It jumped from very easy and straightforward portions to very precise jumping portions. I think this would have been made easier if the controls were a little tighter. I ended up giving up on what seemed like an impossible jump onto a ledge after going down a set of stairs. Besides this, I loved the large gears in the background always turning and Tock is an great main character idea.
Wish the level loads didn't take so long especially when retrying levels. The clock graphics were pretty interesting though, would have liked to see a little more variety!
Has technical flaws, but is somewhat charming. Music loop is good.
Started getting weird half-built levels after level 3 (for a few times, then they were normal). Then the enemy would either give me a time bonus, or not, and without it, you'll just fail and have to wait while the level is rebuilded. Anyway, level 4 (Or was that 5? There's no in-game number.) was too hard for me, learning curve should be more smooth there.
The controls feel a bit strange. But the music is cool and I like the look. One small thing: I would not start the game in fullscreen mode. Let the player decide if he/she wants that. Other than that, good work!
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Started getting weird half-built levels after level 3 (for a few times, then they were normal). Then the enemy would either give me a time bonus, or not, and without it, you'll just fail and have to wait while the level is rebuilded. Anyway, level 4 (Or was that 5? There's no in-game number.) was too hard for me, learning curve should be more smooth there.
All in all, nice. 5 for Theme.