Anomaly #LD48

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.87
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.26
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.18
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.65
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★57%
An infinite runner with a twist: There's a second mirrored character beneath you!

Navigate tricky random platformer segments, avoid dangerous obstacles, and make sure the two characters never collide while trying to get the high score.

Created with: Unity2D
Assets: Unity2D free sample assets. Background from CC0 opengameart.org art. Sound effects from bfxr.

Source Code: https://github.com/dmarchand/beneath-the-surface

Comments17

FyberOptic28 Apr 2014, 04:46
Really nice animation and artwork on the main character. It's a cool concept, too. It has a Flappy Bird appeal, in that it's fairly unforgiving but also keeps you wanting to play to break your high score. Nice job.
porousnapkin28 Apr 2014, 04:47
Cool idea, it feels neat. Super difficult. My high score after about 10 deaths was 5. I think you have too much text up front, it makes the game seem overwhelming.
NoorStudios28 Apr 2014, 04:48
Really like the concept, great job!
eteeski
eteeski28 Apr 2014, 04:54
Cool idea :) That made for some interesting gameplay. Nice sprites and explosions too.
GAFBlizzard28 Apr 2014, 05:04
Nice graphics and clever idea. Having to control TWO characters at once is rough.

One problem I noticed was that it seemed possible for the random level generation to make a gap so wide, you cannot jump over it -- unless it requires a max held-down jump at the last minute, and I just did it wrong?
mtinkerhess28 Apr 2014, 06:09
That's tricky! The procedural generation is pretty good but maybe with a designed level you'd be able to try over and over and eventually be able to beat it. Or you could use the same random seed over and over.

Really cool idea, good execution of the mechanic, and nice running animation, just a little on the hard side.
Xangotrick6628 Apr 2014, 06:10
I like the concept! Really nice. Perhaps just a bit too difficult from the start.
Empyrealhell28 Apr 2014, 06:10
Too many impossible-to-overcome situations that arise from the level generation for my taste. Seems very highly dependent on luck to get past a few points.
Colorvade28 Apr 2014, 07:21
Difficulty seems insurmountable without a lot of practice, and the jumping can be inconsistent between the two characters and against walls. I enjoyed it when I wasn't facing those issues though.
dusho29 Apr 2014, 13:38
nice concept. game hard as hell.. high score of 3, shameful
DarkMeatGames29 Apr 2014, 20:23
Really cool concept, and fun too. I think it got too challenging too quickly, and I occasionally ran into an impossible jump. I think if you smoothed out the level builder, you could have a really nice game!
ren29 Apr 2014, 22:54
great idea, super hard.
Simon@LD30 Apr 2014, 17:11
Cool concept, but really hard to control!
Monoquartz30 Apr 2014, 17:16
Cool idea, but difficult is too high, as others said. ^^
lukepilgrim
lukepilgrim1 May 2014, 15:32
cool idea but i could only play for 3-4 seconds. its really hard!
Rad Star3 May 2014, 18:52
I love the concept ! really good idea ! the game is really tough :)
garygreen
garygreen4 May 2014, 23:14
Clever idea. I wasn't very good at this game, but I still enjoyed it. :-) Good back story too about why the robots get destroyed.

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