Space Jumper

by djlad97
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.25
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.39
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.06
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.21
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★53%
Forgot to add:

W - Jump.

You only get one jump, you have to hit the boosts.

Well after scraping my first idea after the first day, I made this in about 15 hours, so it's not as polished as you would expect after 2 days. I finished this at 1:30am (while hungry and tired), so I haven't really tested it. (Be cool if you could report me any bugs :) ) This didn't go as well as my first one back in the summer, but I got something completed and is out there and that's want I always want to achieve. Not expecting to people enjoy as much as my last entry, but oh well. (Excuse my grammar and construction of sentence - I'm really tired and starving)

XNA Required:

My speech as I put it for LD27

You will need to download XNA and the .NET framework.

Before you say: "What?! A download!" You might as well download it because you might need to install it in the future anyway as many games use xna in this compo and outside it as well. (DLC Quest, Super Meat boy (I think), Dead Pixels, Capsized and Terraria. It's very popular with indie game devs.

.NET 4 (You might have it or not):

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851

Xna:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914

My Timelapse:


Comments22

Brunodev16 Dec 2013, 18:05
I really liked it! The controls are smooth and graphics are nice. Got 1278 before I hit an UFO!
DJLad97
DJLad97author16 Dec 2013, 18:18
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :). Just wish I had more time to polish things out.
ocmu
ocmu16 Dec 2013, 23:09
Bouncy bounce. Fun game.
PEBKAC
PEBKAC17 Dec 2013, 06:55
Not bad for 15h, but you die too easily if tehere's no powerup spawning below you.
DJLad97
DJLad97author17 Dec 2013, 12:40
Yeah, I had a go at changing the spawning rate to 100ms and that seems to work better :)
Venks17 Dec 2013, 16:24
Really like the art style for this game. Plays like some older arcade games, but has a fresher set of paint. Good stuff!
DJLad97
DJLad97author17 Dec 2013, 16:33
Thanks, art is my weakest point. I had plans on animating them but didn't have time
ChuiGum
ChuiGum17 Dec 2013, 22:28
Very nice for 15 hours! Graphics aren't that bad either. Simple, but fun
d_0o_d18 Dec 2013, 19:02
Its not starting. Don't get an error message either...
Nelien
Nelien18 Dec 2013, 19:18
The link is broken :( I will try later again.
Adam Tea18 Dec 2013, 19:18
Great little idea. I'm glad you still pulled through despite scrapping your first idea. Good to see people trying their best. I'm sure we'll all do better next time, but good effort this time :)
NiceAlexanderAS18 Dec 2013, 19:21
I cant download your game or the source D: Dropbox is sayin there is a problem ): hope this is fixed soon
zkenshin
zkenshin18 Dec 2013, 19:29
Pretty fun and has some potential.
creative63018 Dec 2013, 20:22
I like this quite a bit, quite charming and the jump felt great :)
DJLad97
DJLad97author18 Dec 2013, 20:56
Thanks, Adam. I wasn't a big fan of this theme; took me quite some time to get my first idea.
DJLad97
DJLad97author18 Dec 2013, 20:58
Sorry for the guys who can't download it, other people can seem to download so I'm not sure whats up :(
juaxix19 Dec 2013, 14:17
it's fun :)
badlydrawnrod20 Dec 2013, 19:58
Harsh difficulty, but nicely implemented.
Daveloper
Daveloper22 Dec 2013, 19:30
I liked the gameplay concept, though it didn't feel quite balanced enough because sometimes it's impossible to jump higher because of missing platforms.
LemonTree
LemonTree23 Dec 2013, 16:37
Great idea! Simple but fun!
BluShine
BluShine29 Dec 2013, 15:13
Gameplay was fun enough, pretty much a basic "infinite jumper" game. Graphics and sound are fine. Would have been nice to see more variety, and it seems like you usually die from just bad luck. Still, it's pretty impressive for only 15 hours.
StMatn2 Jan 2014, 16:34
Nice game!
The booster spawn behaviour is quite challenging :)
Good work :)

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