Really awesome gameplay mechanic, I love the clean cut art style and I'm very much a fan of the typography in this game. Good work, I'll be sure to rate highly once we can! :)
Very impressive an polished work! I cant believe you did all this in 48 hours!!! Great music and sounds. Love the interaction between the two critters. The random generated paths were cool, but I think I had one or two levels (with mines) that were impossible to complete. You should totally keep working on this. I would prefer hand crafted levels though. I'm a C2 user too (total newbie). See ya on the Scirra forums.
Slick design, great audio. I enjoyed the game, has a solid core mechanic and the aliens just make me smile. The occasional double jumps where awesome (bug?).
@Ako the good thing in random levels is that you have time to focus in other things, instead of level design, but is a great idea to remake this with hand crafted levels!tks
@feiss The music sounds complicated, but actually this was recorded in one take(live recording),this is not sequenced, the trick is in putting several layers of differrent intruments, playing the same thing.
Great game, the mechanic is pretty original and works, the only thing that ended up boring me was that every time I died had to wait like 3+ seconds, would have preferred something like super meatboy where you are immediately alive once you die. But overall it feels nice.
Came for the game, stayed for the song. The game was really nice too, though! Getting random generation working in two days can be pretty hard, but you pulled it off quite nicely. Really good job!
Veeeeery nice. Love the music and sound-effects. In particular, the elastic snapping noise of the mega-jump is cool. The idea is quite unique, and I especially like how evocative it is: one of the characters is slower, but it is left up to my imagination to fill in that blank.
Good ideas and very cool game. I liked the jump and double jump. Generating levels is a good idea here cause there isn't much to gain by crafting them. Also it's not really possible without losing some of the fun.
The music, graphics and gameplay are all fantastic and the whole package feels really polished. If you were to work on this and add more gameplay variety this could become something really sweet. One of the best entries I've rated so far.
Great game. High ratings from me on everything except humor and theme. Definitely one of the best games I've played for this Ludum Dare and a great example of what can be achieved in such a short time frame. :)
I don't feel a strong connection with the theme, as lots (too many) games have only one path, but everything else is amazing. Great work!Great music and sound too.
Very good game overall. The style reminds me of world of goo. Some generated levels seem undoable. Have you made sure that it is possible to finish every level?
You have a clever mechanic here that could improve a lot with adittional gameplay mechanics, for example, rush levels, doomday levels. The game feels great when trying to play without stop running, that feel of flow is awesome. So, you can take advantage of it forcing the player to not stop running.
I think there's a bug where the megajump is repeated in mid air. Don't fix it, it is a feature, maybe you can make a power where pressing jump makes that double jump, and with that you can add vertical expploration, doble lane levels etc.
Another iproving could be that, when dying, don't generate again another layout, maybe you can put a menu with options replay level, or regenerate it. Regards.
@Kayelgee Thanks.I think you can beat most of the levels in a row, at least the first 10/15 levels, then it will go on and on...(i didnt play more than that).The game has a strategic element; by running back and/or using the walls and holes to make the reposition of the Aliens(distance between them).But i think there's a lot of room for improvments for sure.
I made it to stage 4 (X6) before running out of patience.
On the making itself, it's very neat very polished ! Nice graphics, sweet music and nice audio.
It stroke me as strange though to have a die and retry where you don't get to memorize the path since it's being regenerated every time ^^ I guess that's part of the innovation of this game, but also something that can be pretty frustrating.
Keeping your two characters at a correct distance from one another is pretty strange as well, and contrasts quite a lot with the theme of this LD (you only get one path, yes, but you have to deal with two characters though ^^)
Overall a sweet game, and congratulations on making it to the compo ! That's my personal next challenge, to finally make it in 48 hours ^^
The music and graphics are great and the randomly generated levels are excellent. The double characters game mechanic is pretty interesting but sometimes frustrating.
Wow, very impressive. It's rare to have a new jump mechanic and this one is really fun. Also works well with the generated levels. I loved the look and all its nice little details like the spotlights in the background. Bravo/
A game made with Construct 2? Great! Really cool concept. It's indeed pretty amazing to see how much you could do in 48h, and that includes what most people don't have time to do: polishing! My only reproach would be that sometimes, it's hard to do the jumps between the mines because the distance between the two guys is getting larger and larger (in an unexpected way)...
Also, is the double jump effect something you thought about when implementing the gameplay?
Hi @Kyatric thanks! good to see you here, My last LD48 try was frustrating..i tried to improve every single sprite, and i ended up with a very unfinished game in other areas, so i didn't submit it. As a music producer i always said "the first take is always the best take", so i just did that way, i took the first sprite i draw, the first background, the first music and i never looked back.Just my tip to finish the 48 hours compo :)
@yosh yes! C2 rules:) You can control the distance between them by using the walls and holes in the path, but i think it's not easy to see that strategic element for a new player,Maybe i can emphasize that in the fist/tutorial level. No i didn't thought about the double jump in the beginning, was only luck i guess.)
I loved the art style. Very simple and cute! Also, I loved the music. Speaking of which, is there any way I can get that music? The sfx are good, do what they're supposed to do and fit the mood. The game itself is very addicting. There are a lot of platform games that use this kind of mechanic where you have two control two or more characters at the same time, but I have never seen such a clever use of this idea.
I love the look. Simple but effective. Also it's clever that they move at slightly different speeds, although it can make some of the jumps a little more difficult.
Superb game, but that you already know by now I'm sure. Graphics, mechanics and controls. And that you manage to generate maps while still having them completable. Quite amazing.
Thank you guys again for the comments!!!! i made a new link to the "post-compo update", just to fix some animations and audio glitches, and a better learning curve when progressing through the stages.
This is a fantastic platformer. The mechanic is brilliant and easy to use, but deep and interesting. Procedural levels are great for playing more than once. The music was perfect. One of the better entries I've seen. Very slick and polished.
Very cool. Great art style, music, and interesting mechanic. Nice job on level generation too, I know that can be a pain in the butt to build. The "blast" jump was quite satisfying. My main complaints is the weak connection to the theme. Otherwise, I really enjoyed it. Nice job!
Nice entry! I think you could also allow user to control the second character with WASD instead to control both of them with Arrow keys. SImple yet addictive gameplay, and I loved the random generated levels.
Have to control both characters, while they move at different speeds, was a really great idea, and made this game very challenging. The level generation could use some tweaks, as there were a couple times when it would have been impossible to beat it.
so many things about this game are awesome. the graphics, the audio, the mechanic. Would love to have it a little simpler, so i could get further than 3
The music is great, the silhouette really effective, the characters cute. I'm not sure it works quite right on OSX as the explosions leave a large black rectangle. Controls work well though - how does your procedural alto work? Does it vary from stage number to stage number or is always the same? Are all paths complete able? How do you guarantee? Interesting!
Sometimes it seemed like they duders wouldn't jump if they recently landed which lead it to feeling a little unresponsive.
The mechanic is very interesting and looks like it could be explored further. Perhaps some pre-made levels to explore specific situations would be interesting.
Very neat gameplay. Congrads on getting so much done so quickly! I can totally see a control scheme here for touch devices too! Keep working the project.
@jimmypaulin thanks, the animations are now fixed in the post-compo update.
These are the steps for the procedural creation of the levels in my game(summary):
-Make the terrain with a simple "snake" path. -The snake may go up, down and forward, but has more chances of going forward. -Avoid that the snake goes too high or to low in the scree(to enable all the jumps). -Use an Auto-tile function to tile the path with the correct tile of the tileset. -Run a loop to create the mines. -Create them in places according to the tile mumber of the path. -If the tile mumber is 10(terrain with grass on top), you can place mines there. -Do not create in the other tile numbers, because they are corners or they are too close to walls. -Check if there is a minimum distance between the mines(if not, destroy them), to able that a player can land in that gap(this is improved in the Post-compo update). -Create the "snail mines" the same way, but toggle their movement direction when overlaps a tile different than "tile 10". -Create more enemies as progress you through the levels.
Thanks for the explanation, I like the looping mine delete part and also auto tiling- always a head scratcher but you nailed it and the results are so much better than just using a single square fully -filled tile as you often see. Could you recommend where you learned your auto tile algo or did u invent urself? Thanks!
Cute and spot on graphics, great music and sound design. Procedural Level Design is also very ambitious. Lots of polish. One of the best games I played so far this LD :)
Got me addicted ! :) I love your mechanic of double jump and procedural level design with construct 2 ! I want to know how you managed that :) Awesome game :)
Wow, what a great game! The replayability is very good, the graphics are fantastic, the music, too. The randomized paths were also a lot of fun. Enjoyed it very much!
Really nice look, a clever and innovative concept and fun experience. The sound is excellent and the music incredibly fitting. I also adored the absolutely devastating way the little fellows would die, so horrific.
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The art style is quite nice as well.
The only complain is that it's not that close to the theme.
@Ako the good thing in random levels is that you have time to focus in other things, instead of level design, but is a great idea to remake this with hand crafted levels!tks
Cool aliens deaths and loved the art style.
Cool theme tune and sfx too!
And if you made the music from scratch, you are very good, doctor.
@feiss The music sounds complicated, but actually this was recorded in one take(live recording),this is not sequenced, the trick is in putting several layers of differrent intruments, playing the same thing.
But overall it feels nice.
It. Gets. Hard!
It gets quite difficult very quickly (even stage 2 was a mess for me). One of the best entries in the Compo.
I am not sure how much the theme is actually fitting tho.
Cheers, Marcus
You have a clever mechanic here that could improve a lot with adittional gameplay mechanics, for example, rush levels, doomday levels. The game feels great when trying to play without stop running, that feel of flow is awesome. So, you can take advantage of it forcing the player to not stop running.
I think there's a bug where the megajump is repeated in mid air. Don't fix it, it is a feature, maybe you can make a power where pressing jump makes that double jump, and with that you can add vertical expploration, doble lane levels etc.
Another iproving could be that, when dying, don't generate again another layout, maybe you can put a menu with options replay level, or regenerate it. Regards.
On the making itself, it's very neat very polished !
Nice graphics, sweet music and nice audio.
It stroke me as strange though to have a die and retry where you don't get to memorize the path since it's being regenerated every time ^^
I guess that's part of the innovation of this game, but also something that can be pretty frustrating.
Keeping your two characters at a correct distance from one another is pretty strange as well, and contrasts quite a lot with the theme of this LD (you only get one path, yes, but you have to deal with two characters though ^^)
Overall a sweet game, and congratulations on making it to the compo !
That's my personal next challenge, to finally make it in 48 hours ^^
If you have time, rate my game too! I would really appreciate it! :)
Really cool concept. It's indeed pretty amazing to see how much you could do in 48h, and that includes what most people don't have time to do: polishing!
My only reproach would be that sometimes, it's hard to do the jumps between the mines because the distance between the two guys is getting larger and larger (in an unexpected way)...
Also, is the double jump effect something you thought about when implementing the gameplay?
Good job!
My last LD48 try was frustrating..i tried to improve every single sprite, and i ended up with a very unfinished game in other areas, so i didn't submit it.
As a music producer i always said "the first take is always the best take", so i just did that way, i took the first sprite i draw, the first background, the first music and i never looked back.Just my tip to finish the 48 hours compo :)
This time i took a different approach, i
You can control the distance between them by using the walls and holes in the path, but i think it's not easy to see that strategic element for a new player,Maybe i can emphasize that in the fist/tutorial level.
No i didn't thought about the double jump in the beginning, was only luck i guess.)
Also, I loved the music. Speaking of which, is there any way I can get that music?
The sfx are good, do what they're supposed to do and fit the mood.
The game itself is very addicting. There are a lot of platform games that use this kind of mechanic where you have two control two or more characters at the same time, but I have never seen such a clever use of this idea.
i made a new link to the "post-compo update", just to fix some animations and audio glitches, and a better learning curve when progressing through the stages.
http://www.cesisco.com/audio/YogoPath.mp3
I think you could also allow user to control the second character with WASD instead to control both of them with Arrow keys.
SImple yet addictive gameplay, and I loved the random generated levels.
Sometimes it seemed like they duders wouldn't jump if they recently landed which lead it to feeling a little unresponsive.
The mechanic is very interesting and looks like it could be explored further. Perhaps some pre-made levels to explore specific situations would be interesting.
The only thing that was amiss was the use of the theme.
These are the steps for the procedural creation of the levels in my game(summary):
-Make the terrain with a simple "snake" path.
-The snake may go up, down and forward, but has more chances of going forward.
-Avoid that the snake goes too high or to low in the scree(to enable all the jumps).
-Use an Auto-tile function to tile the path with the correct tile of the tileset.
-Run a loop to create the mines.
-Create them in places according to the tile mumber of the path.
-If the tile mumber is 10(terrain with grass on top), you can place mines there.
-Do not create in the other tile numbers, because they are corners or they are too close to walls.
-Check if there is a minimum distance between the mines(if not, destroy them), to able that a player can land in that gap(this is improved in the Post-compo update).
-Create the "snail mines" the same way, but toggle their movement direction when overlaps a tile different than "tile 10".
-Create more enemies as progress you through the levels.
http://www.saltgames.com/2010/a-bitwise-method-for-applying-tilemaps/
Otherwise a well made entry :)
i've done the same control concept at my last LD "feather and son"
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=7279
but this one is very nice !
design really looks like the app "Type Rider"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wHpn7lv-NQ#t=10
You did well sir :) French review here : http://youtu.be/kiqfOmpvTdU