Beneath the Surface: Monkeys story

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.26
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.51
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.93
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.19
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★82%
Funny runner. Safe monkey-girl from poachers.

Run forward to the end of the map. Use Abilities(only Jump works) to avoid mines. Press [<Space>] to use Jump-ability.
Spend as less "monkeys"(100 penalty points per dead "monkey") as possible. Spend as less time (10 penalty points per second) as possible.
Control person by joystick (set direction of running).

Comments26

Nelly28 Apr 2014, 22:33
It was really frightfully for me)
Cosine28 Apr 2014, 22:35
Why do I keep exploding randomly? Textures are a bit odd. Controls are awkward with Keyboard / Mouse.
DevWouter
DevWouter28 Apr 2014, 22:37
Seems like a decent idea, but the fact that I'm forced to play with the joystick thing on the right doesn't make it an enjoyable experience.
lamphj
lamphj28 Apr 2014, 22:38
Nice graphics and controls. There are a lot of mines so I didn't make it to the end :)
Warzone Gaming28 Apr 2014, 22:38
Its hilarious having monkeys blow up left and right! Awesome game!
SmilingCat28 Apr 2014, 23:36
Exploding monkeys are always fun, though I couldn't really use my powerups because my mouse cursor was tied up working the onscreen joystick.
TomCooper3D29 Apr 2014, 00:11
cant tell when im gonna explode ahah but it was a great effect
DarkMeatGames29 Apr 2014, 00:13
I liked that you remembered where the mines were, but wished they were more spread out. Controls on keyboard/mouse weren't very good.
Raiyumi
Raiyumi29 Apr 2014, 17:05
Controls could use a lot of work. It seems more for touch-based gaming, but it's an interesting and weird game. (In a good way). :)
daandruff29 Apr 2014, 19:47
Would be nice to be able to have some kind of chance against the mines. And the controls is terrible. Why no arrow keys?
mclewis29 Apr 2014, 19:48
The onscreen controls seem like it would be great for mobile, but for PC it was slightly frustrating. Other than that I thought it was pretty fun, although there were a crap ton of mines.
mcburrobit29 Apr 2014, 19:51
With an otherwise finished visual style, the stretched textures really stick out. I also didn't feel like I knew what I was doing, it seemed that I just randomly blew up. Other than that, a very solid game, could easily see this for sale on mobile platforms with just a little bit of polish.
javifugitivo
javifugitivo1 May 2014, 23:04
Looool! Nice red ass! Muehehehe Thats really fun.
0Creds
0Creds1 May 2014, 23:07
Thought the game was fun, but it doesn't seem as though there is a way for me to strategically estimate where the mines might be. Good Job.
Nizar892 May 2014, 11:11
As theire is no sign at all on where the mines are, I felt like random is everything here. I died more than 10 times on the first 5 sec.

Still, the special effects are cool!
lowcade
lowcade2 May 2014, 14:56
That is cruel!
This is really hard to play the keyboard ...
But I liked the idea, animations and the pile of dead monkeys :)
CDK2 May 2014, 15:06
couldn't play as lack of joystick - why not add keyboard controls as well? to widen your audience?
zorfmorf
zorfmorf3 May 2014, 08:44
linux version 404's
zorfmorf
zorfmorf3 May 2014, 08:46
I just noticed that it's just two times the regular link in a row, so easily fixable
GamerTaters
GamerTaters3 May 2014, 09:01
Liked the explosions effect. I just wish I understood why I kept blowing up all the time. Controls were a little strange too. Interesting idea though.
dosER_42author3 May 2014, 09:02
linux link was updated
zorfmorf
zorfmorf3 May 2014, 09:08
Played it all the way to the end! Lots of dead monkeys (around 30 I think). I definitely like your take on the theme.

- It would be more fun if you could have any indication where the mines are. Maybe a small red dot so if you pay attention you can avoid a mine?
- The controls are quite difficult.
- What do the other two abilites on the left do? I can click them but they don't seem to have any effect. Oh and it would be useful it the cooldown for jump would reset on death.
BadPaul34
BadPaul348 May 2014, 17:57
Hmmm. It is very frustrating ! I like the monkeys ass ^^
Martin_Monosys8 May 2014, 20:53
Pretty bad you cant' really see the mines, that onscreen joystick had me running around in circles, too... don't know what else to say, sorry...
Hermes
Hermes17 May 2014, 16:20
Controls are pretty hard and a bit frustrating
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