A simple concept, but actually quite fun. Closing out of the main window (in Windows) is strange and just opens a new instance of the game using the batch file (just had to close the cmd.exe to get out).
The graphics didn't line up for me. The line was not at the midway point between the numbers which made it difficult to judge which side I was on. Ubuntu 12.04, using java-7-oracle jre
Just a side note, the game kept relaunching for me until I closed the console. Intended or unintended. The concept is great, the game is interesting, as well as a bit addictive. It wasn't clear to the players that the numbers would count down if they weren't hit by the players. The switching at times seemed a bit wonky and the player might hit the number while switching, but nothing too game-breakingly unpredictable. Overall, the game looks good, sounds good, and plays well!
Beautiful and relaxing. I wish I could accelerate on lower level. When you replay it for 5-6th time they start to be boring.
If you want to keep one button maybe try to accelerate on hold click. The problem would be you can't swap on release, but having to release to click again can be a problem especially if you're fast.
Or maybe : The speed always increase and it decreases on swap. So you can try to go full throttle by just making making necessary swaps, or brake hard by double or triple swap.
Anyways congrats for the great intro, your song is still playing while I'm writing it's so good.
This was actually a lot harder than I thought it would be, I liked it. Maybe a little more randomization of the tracks would be cool, but other than that, nice execution. :D
A very nice game, the visuals are excellent, the game is fun and challenging. The music is good, the sound effects are maybe a bit simplistic, but they serve their purpose. The game looks great, it plays smoothly and is just pleasing in general.
There are some great concepts in here. I love the idea of a nonlinear, potentially self-crossing track, and the way numbers decrease, changing the path you have to take on successive laps.
The only thing I dislike is how slowly the speed increases. A higher difficulty setting would be very nice.
Also, don't use Zip for the Linux version, because it doesn't preserve permissions - the script needs to be executable (and a #! line would be nice).
It doesn't seem to clear the screen after every frame here. This causes the game to bleed out, and after some seconds, a lot of the screen is white, which makes it hard to see! I'm using Windows 7, 64-bit. It must have something to do with these errors the console reports:
(...)\one\monorail\ld28-gdx-desktop>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\java" -cp "..\ld28-gdx\libs\bloom.jar;..\ld28-gdx-desktop\bin;..\ld28-gdx-desktop\libs\gdx-backend-lwjgl.jar;..\ld28-gdx-desktop\libs\gdx-backend-lwjgl-natives.jar;..\ld28-gdx-desktop\libs\gdx-natives.jar;..\ld28-gdx\bin;..\ld28-gdx\libs\gdx.jar" uk.co.alynn.one.Main The system cannot find the path specified.
...My Java isn't installed on Program Files (x86), I chose a custom path to install my Java to. Oh well, looks nice, and I wanted to give it a try, to see how challenging the later levels would become, but...
I like the clean minimal look of the graphics, and I think the difficulty was escalated appropriately. The music really fit, however it doesn't sound like it was made during the time limit specifically for this game?
Really simple game. But nothing stood out for me... :(
It's nice the you tried to make seamless levels, but switching from between them had no animation and was too abrupt. Also, if only (notable) differences were the color and the numbers positions... There's no increase on the speed, no new challenges... this made the game somewhat boring after a while...
Perhaps I didn't play far enough and it would get faster and more challenging - I did stop after 4 or 5 swaps. But those are my only complaints.
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The concept is great, the game is interesting, as well as a bit addictive.
It wasn't clear to the players that the numbers would count down if they weren't hit by the players.
The switching at times seemed a bit wonky and the player might hit the number while switching, but nothing too game-breakingly unpredictable.
Overall, the game looks good, sounds good, and plays well!
If you want to keep one button maybe try to accelerate on hold click. The problem would be you can't swap on release, but having to release to click again can be a problem especially if you're fast.
Or maybe : The speed always increase and it decreases on swap. So you can try to go full throttle by just making making necessary swaps, or brake hard by double or triple swap.
Anyways congrats for the great intro, your song is still playing while I'm writing it's so good.
The only thing I dislike is how slowly the speed increases. A higher difficulty setting would be very nice.
Also, don't use Zip for the Linux version, because it doesn't preserve permissions - the script needs to be executable (and a #! line would be nice).
(...)\one\monorail\ld28-gdx-desktop>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\java" -cp "..\ld28-gdx\libs\bloom.jar;..\ld28-gdx-desktop\bin;..\ld28-gdx-desktop\libs\gdx-backend-lwjgl.jar;..\ld28-gdx-desktop\libs\gdx-backend-lwjgl-natives.jar;..\ld28-gdx-desktop\libs\gdx-natives.jar;..\ld28-gdx\bin;..\ld28-gdx\libs\gdx.jar" uk.co.alynn.one.Main
The system cannot find the path specified.
...My Java isn't installed on Program Files (x86), I chose a custom path to install my Java to. Oh well, looks nice, and I wanted to give it a try, to see how challenging the later levels would become, but...
Idea with theme is awesome!
Simple and cool, yeah =)
But nothing stood out for me... :(
It's nice the you tried to make seamless levels, but switching from between them had no animation and was too abrupt. Also, if only (notable) differences were the color and the numbers positions... There's no increase on the speed, no new challenges... this made the game somewhat boring after a while...
Perhaps I didn't play far enough and it would get faster and more challenging - I did stop after 4 or 5 swaps. But those are my only complaints.
Nonetheless, good job!