My goals for this game: Learn HaxeFlixel (I ended up giving up on that and using CreateJS). Have a fully-finished game (almost succeeded). Tell a story (I did come up with a good story, but I don't think it comes across that well). Make the in-game instructions good enough to not need external explanation (success, I think). Learn inkscape (a major success)!
What I didn't get finished: The dark levels are not complete (the collisions don't work right, so I disabled death/restarts in the dark levels). And there's no ending screen to resolve the story if you win. Finally, while I did manage to make the character sprite, I wasn't able to finish the walk/running animation in time, and I would have liked to add a few more sound effects.
This is an interesting idea. I'm unsure how dynamite placement influences building demolition in this game, though, and I wasn't able to make it past the second building.
However, my intent was that the resulting debris from the failed demolition attempts will help suggest how to better place the dynamite (each building has 3-7 different ways it will partially collapse depending on where you put the dynamite, which hopefully would help indicate where to try next).
I couldn't get past the control tower. I was really enjoying the story, and really liked the mechanics of the game. Having the freedom to enter and exit buildings is a really nice part of the game. The dark sections were, random, to say the least, but interesting. I wasn't quite sure on the point of them though.
I loved what I've seen : it's my favorite take on the the me so far. But unfortunately I wasn't able to pass the second building, the way we should place dynamites is not very clear
It's a shame that the dark parts aren't finished as now it just feels like they're only there to slow down retrying. :/ But anyhow, the idea is neat and otherwise it's fun to try different placings. Some kind of undo would be nice, though, as I kept hitting space accidentally and had to go through the retry process again a few times. :/
(Spoiler: Gur fbyhgvba sbe gur frpbaq ohvyqvat vf fubja ba n cerivrj fperrafubg.)
There's really no reason for this simple little game to have a story but yours is hilarious! Giving that extra bit of context, especially with your impactful use of the 10 seconds theme, turns this thing into an epic. I really loved it.
I really liked your concept. It had a lot of character. I couldn't figure out level two, even after looking at you link. Maybe if there were more in-game hints, like support columns. I loved the music too.
Rare to see LD games with story components, so props for that! Unfortunately, like most others, I couldn't figure out how to pass the 2nd level without cheating (reading), perhaps some in-game hints or directions would help this, or at least specifically telling the player to look at the failing demotion structure for hints. I finished it though!
Had a hard time figuring out where to place the explosives. Also got stuck on the 2nd floor of a building. Interesting concept but could use some extra polish. Maybe more instructions or hint of some kind.
Very cool idea, this means extra points in innovation. The gameplay is a liitle bit to haltingly but it is okay, i can handle this ^^... congratulation for your first submission. hope you have enjoyed this weekend.
Interesting idea. The music is great and I learned a bit about demolition. I wish this game was made in 3d though. It would have made for some awesome physics action. Great job.
I loved this game, but I think it deserves a bit more appropriate music... it seemed a bit to "elevator-y"! Such a cool idea, and I love the metaphysical storyline.
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However, my intent was that the resulting debris from the failed demolition attempts will help suggest how to better place the dynamite (each building has 3-7 different ways it will partially collapse depending on where you put the dynamite, which hopefully would help indicate where to try next).
Here are the solutions if you want to see the later levels:
https://gist.github.com/avh4/df3eddea3ded1843a522
(Spoiler: Gur fbyhgvba sbe gur frpbaq ohvyqvat vf fubja ba n cerivrj fperrafubg.)
Good concept :)