Colony 31

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.06
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★87%
Help Joe on his journey to save his colony.

Controls:
A&D to move
W to jump
E to use/drill
Q to mount/dismount
R to restart level

Justin Luong - Programming
Kahlil Angeles - Art
Phoenix - Voice
Justin Walker - Music

screenshot
Genres: puzzle

Comments80

baykush_figtree28 Apr 2014, 20:18
Well hello, bastion narrator! hahah :D
I really like the storytelling, the puzzle structure and the art. Good job!
I just think the mech was underused. Nice work anyway!
gwa
gwa28 Apr 2014, 20:57
It is a really cool game and it's fun to play.
minibutmany28 Apr 2014, 21:03
This game has a really good vibe to it. The graphics, and the raspy voice really made it awesome. I like the idea of robot too. I'm having a lot of trouble getting past level 3!
pawegio
pawegio28 Apr 2014, 21:11
Very nice, guy you inspired me for next Ludum Dare! Narrotor rocks!
runvs
runvs28 Apr 2014, 21:15
Great Game. Voice is extra-awesome, it reminds me of bastion. The Gameplay is really solid (with some small glitches on collision) and the puzzle mechanics work very well.
Deity
Deity28 Apr 2014, 21:19
Very good game, narration was great.

As runvs mentioned, there does seem to be some glitches with collision when walking around in the robot.

Also, the sound effects are too loud compared to the narration volume. If I turn my system volume to be able to hear the narration then I get blasted with some loud high-pitched sound effect from jumping or such.
NoorStudios28 Apr 2014, 21:34
Great game! really enjoyed plying it.
BruceDoh28 Apr 2014, 23:45
Awesome narration reminds me of Bastion. Love the mechanic of being able to hop in and out of the mech thingy to get where I need to go.
Jellycakes28 Apr 2014, 23:51
Really nice, the voice over was a nice touch and the mechanics were pretty solid. Overall nice job!
xandy29 Apr 2014, 02:16
nice take on the platformer genre!
RyanNielson
RyanNielson29 Apr 2014, 02:16
This is pretty great. You could take this to some interesting places having basically two characters with different abilities.

I really like the sound and graphics too, they really go together well.
Nuclear_Hammer29 Apr 2014, 02:17
This is very cool, i love your stile. Great art, great game! =D
cirolve29 Apr 2014, 02:18
Wonderful aesthetic, and I love the narrator! There are a few volume issues, of course, but overall a job well done. The drill robot you pilot looks particularly cool!
greysphere29 Apr 2014, 02:23
Wow nice game! It's really neat to see and feel how all the elements the a game - the art,story,narration, puzzles, all work together to wrap you up and really bring you into the world you've created. Great job!
jugglerrob29 Apr 2014, 02:34
Good puzzles and narration.
aneeslol29 Apr 2014, 02:44
The collision gltiches were a bit frustrating, but otherwise this was fantastic in every way! I really want to know what happens next...
muramasa
muramasa29 Apr 2014, 03:14
It's pretty rad. I love the artwork, and the music is good too. It's short, but nice. Levels and mechanics are pretty interesting too. I hope this gets expanded.

Now, I had a few issues. Sometimes the characters (either the mech or the guy alone) got stuck on random places. I unstuck myself by spamming jumps and/or moving back. Then retried and it went normally, kind of strange.
The other thing is that mounting the mech teleports me for quite some distance. That includes occasionally going through walls.
Wertle29 Apr 2014, 15:02
The pacing of how you teach things is very well done. Nice little polish elements.
BuKaneerz29 Apr 2014, 17:39
Really good game !
awesome work! The graphics are sooo cool
Korwegian29 Apr 2014, 19:23
Narrator tries to make his voice all gravelly-Bastion like, little did he know he sounds like he's dyin'. Korwegian don't mind though, He just enjoys the game.
Mekuri29 Apr 2014, 20:31
Nice idea for a puzzle game. I liked the idea with the mech. The narration part was awesome, and the story added some mystery to the game!
Snoother29 Apr 2014, 21:16
Great graphics, mechanics and audio -- pretty much great everything. Loved the Bastion homage and slick gameplay design. Congrats.
travislucia
travislucia29 Apr 2014, 22:19
Great gameplay, graphics are good but tiles need some work. Fun story.
theholychicken30 Apr 2014, 00:17
Brilliant and incredibly polished!
The concept and level design were terrific, and the charismatic voice just sealed the deal.
This is one of the best I've played this Ludum!
BenW30 Apr 2014, 04:47
I liked it a lot and the puzzles were fun but I ran into quite a few bugs. Most of them were minor things like switches not working or being able to double jump by acciden
Thorig
Thorig30 Apr 2014, 07:23
Great game.. I gotten stuck because an elevator was blocked. I could not remove the blocking part. Nice platformer.
bitserum30 Apr 2014, 08:25
Lovely mood, graphics, story and puzzles. The narration was hard to hear sometimes and sometimes the machine would get stuck, but it was still great.
Lyje
Lyje30 Apr 2014, 11:10
Oh man this is so good on pretty much all aspects!
smbe19
smbe1930 Apr 2014, 12:13
Great game with great music.
tripleVisionGames30 Apr 2014, 17:06
This a really cool mechanic, good graphics and music and the level design is really clever. Would have been useful to have a quick restart button for each level as I managed to get stuck on one (I pushed the crates against a door but they needed to go on a switch).
arrogant.gamer
arrogant.gamer30 Apr 2014, 17:06
Would be cool to have a linux build, since we can't have pretty things (like web players).
CodeNMore30 Apr 2014, 19:37
Nicely designed, fun, well done!
local minimum
local minimum30 Apr 2014, 20:13
Mode/story telling was definitely the strong points of this puzzle. I much enjoyed playing through until the map with the different light. I got stuck there. As puzzles go they were quite well balanced up until then.

The one thing that was a bit annoying was the controls and the collisions. The character was very slow to come to an halt and easy to get stuck. I also once managed to mount the drill through a wall. So if you fix controls and some other minor glitches you have a rocker game!
7heSAMA
7heSAMA30 Apr 2014, 20:29
I accidentally made it unbeatable by pushing some blocks in front of a door :c
Crazi456author30 Apr 2014, 20:34
You can press R to restart levels!
Lacaranian
Lacaranian30 Apr 2014, 20:39
Nice vibes and mood! The puzzles were a little messy at times, and you could hop into the mech from anywhere, but in the end it held together pretty well.
Fülo
Fülo30 Apr 2014, 20:43
Cool game feel. Thx
dusho30 Apr 2014, 20:45
nice and polished, also fun. Cool game
Wakka30 Apr 2014, 21:27
well made game, great level design
cageinabird30 Apr 2014, 22:02
Had a bug where I could press Q and jump to mech even though I wasn't close to it.

Putting that minor point aside, I enjoyed the puzzle design and narration. The mech was nicely animated too.
burgerdare30 Apr 2014, 22:37
feels very influenced by Bastion, which is by no means a bad thing. The environment also felt pretty fresh and unique despite being a fairly standard sort of underground-bunker type deal. There were some really cool puzzle designs in here, as well!
mcapraro
mcapraro30 Apr 2014, 23:25
really great! congrats to your team! i love the two different characters, and the graphics are really just awesome! great atmosphere too!
alvarop1 May 2014, 05:17
I had a hard time finishing some of the puzzles, but that's on me, really. Reminded me of Chrono Trigger and Bastion. Which is really good thing, right?
SonnyBone
SonnyBone1 May 2014, 09:27
Saw this in the JellyCakes stream and immediately wanted to try it out on my own. You're getting lots of love because it's a lovely little game. Good job, team!
neekobus1 May 2014, 16:57
Good idea the mecha and the guy mecanic.

-Nice character graphics, and love the mecha animation (remind me a little Metal Slug) !
-Good level design.
But
- I don't like the control keys. Maybe you should remove the "E" key (at least for the guy).
-Some bugs on collisions.
- Need work on the tiles (walls, grounds, doors...)

Keep going !
Harsay1 May 2014, 22:23
Good game! Sometimes glitchy. I liked the voice acting and music. Graphics are the best at cutscenes and "robot" looked very good, but tiles were very limited. I'm waiting for future version! Good job and good luck!
xdegtyarev
xdegtyarev2 May 2014, 13:10
Nice narration ;)
Great polish! I would have expected a lot more drilling and a lot less platforming with a robot of this size that has a drill, but the game is fun!
Rialgar2 May 2014, 14:26
I made a Let's Play of your game, see it here:
Make A Game
Make A Game3 May 2014, 01:17
A bit buggy and the mech drill was underused, but the concept for this puzzle game is promising. Shame that the narrator mumbles a bit.
Crefossus
Crefossus3 May 2014, 02:27
Love the mood including the intro and ending vista. Love the animations and slick artwork.

A few glitches in collision and the button/switch. Knowing the solution but having to redo it is a little tedious.
ninjacharlie
ninjacharlie3 May 2014, 12:54
Nice job :D

I really liked the puzzles, especially the last one. It took me a couple minutes to figure that one out.

Good job :)
Penguincat
Penguincat4 May 2014, 08:43
A very well put together puzzle platformer. The graphics and the atmosphere were great, and it was pretty fun. Some parts were a bit glitchy, such as the crates activating the buttons, but otherwise it was pretty solid. Nice work!
spotco
spotco4 May 2014, 09:18
Where did you get the bastion narrator from?
TobiasW
TobiasW4 May 2014, 18:12
Hey Crazi! Finally I got to play your game myself after seeing it on so many streams :)

I've seen the puzzles being solved a few times obviously by now, but I still like the level design a lot - and I really like how you mixed in the bits of storytelling inbetween the levels. With voice over on top of it! Neat! Also the music was pretty great. The tiles could've needed a bit more variety, but apart from that, the graphics are sweet too, espacially the character/mech design!
Toby Pinder
Toby Pinder4 May 2014, 22:51
Interesting mechanic for a puzzler, great sound/voiceover work (even if it's Bastion inspired) and there's some good puzzles in there. Well done!
conormn6 May 2014, 01:34
Really awesome game here. Lots and lots of promise.
csanyk
csanyk6 May 2014, 03:30
I got stuck at the first obstacle. Drilled through the first wall with the machine, then stuck:( This looks good but if I can't figure out the first thing, it probably needs a bit better tutorial/explanation.
This was lovely! Great puzzles, fine pixelart, awesome narration and mood. Collision boxes were sometimes off, but this was a great, great entry and gets all my top marks!
Almost
Almost7 May 2014, 23:11
The art and sound are really nice. There is a bit of a collision bug where I sometimes can't move after I enter the mech while on a moving platform, but this is avoidable by jumping so it isn't critical.

It's a bit weird that I have such a cool mech but I only use it as a heavy object to hold down buttons.
romandtom
romandtom7 May 2014, 23:11
Great game! :)
lovely design, great idea
well done!
kidder8 May 2014, 01:10
Super polished for a jam. Narration is very reminiscent of Bastion (in a good way). Very well designed levels, too - although I do wish the drill came a bit more into use.
JavadocMD8 May 2014, 04:56
I like the character design and the puzzles are pretty smart. The setting is promising as well, though I think you'd need to try to distance yourself a bit from Bastion stylistically. Strong work here!
HeroesGrave8 May 2014, 07:37
Any chance of a Linux version?
paps8 May 2014, 16:09
loved the art and the music
ripatti9 May 2014, 10:50
Good puzzle-platformer. Need more levels!
TeamInCharge9 May 2014, 14:00
Cool idea using a vehicle like that in a platformer. Well tuned jumping and collision. Great mood. Fun to play... wow! :)
Katamori9 May 2014, 19:36
Engine is a little bit raw, but the concept is great, and the graphics as well.

Check my video for some gameplay-commentary!
Clavus
Clavus10 May 2014, 12:45
Fun little game! I can see where you were going with the narrator, but some subtitles would've helped, I could barely hear the guy :P
jorgemoag10 May 2014, 22:25
Very good entry, but I can not pass level 3 :(
MrShortee11 May 2014, 14:59
Awesome little game with interesting mechanics. More!
NightShadow0
NightShadow012 May 2014, 16:56
Very nice work, shame the drill was under-used but the puzzles were well designed. The Bastion-like narrator was great!
joe40001
joe4000114 May 2014, 06:27
Art/Music were very very good, programming was good but had a couple small bugs, voice acting was decent but I get distracted when I hear somebody doing basically an impersonation of somebody else as a narrator. Somebody else did this in this LD for Glados as far as main idea of the character.

But anyway overall very solid and like I said I loved the art/music. The sprite work was particularly impressive.
ActionRemix15 May 2014, 13:18
I actually considered for a bit whether that was the Bastion VO - good impression! :)
elefantopia
elefantopia19 May 2014, 01:43
very buggy but interesting combination with the mech
IAmSpencer19 May 2014, 21:07
really enjoyed the graphics, and fun gameplay, great job!

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