Professor Alpha

by marza91
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.12
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.56
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.23
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★59%
You control Professor Alpha as he tries to escape from the scary cave he's fallen into. Use the transparency gun to pass through objects or make them pass through other stuff.

Controls: A/D = Left/Right, W = Jump
Transparency gun: Aim with the mouse, Left click = shoot
Objects stay transparent for 2 seconds only, watch out!

NOTE: I'm not sure if it's my browsers only, but in Chrome, I have to open the game, switch to another tab and then back again for the game to register any input. Try that if it doesn't work for you.

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Comments20

liamtwose
liamtwose28 Apr 2014, 09:42
Would have loved to play more but it didnt seem to be very easy to get over the lava pool? will vote again if fixed.
eugman29 Apr 2014, 23:46
Very interesting idea. The first puzzle was hard. I couldn't get past the second one at all. But rolling on a boulder was fun.
jomomomo
jomomomo1 May 2014, 12:38
Interesting concept, I like the idea of a transparency gun, made for anxious moments getting through the cave on level 2.
Marzaauthor1 May 2014, 13:54
Glad people have tried it :)
I totally agree that the difficulty scale is way too steep, it's one of the things i realised right after submitting. I might do some changes later, but the game will stay as it is for now, since that's how I made it during the 48 hours.
Boodog1 May 2014, 14:12
Good work!
SmilingCat1 May 2014, 14:31
I hope you do develop this further. I really liked the game concept.
SoupWithBits
SoupWithBits1 May 2014, 14:32
Awesome, awesome gameplay! Think you're on to something here!
One of the better action puzzlers I've played!
bazld1 May 2014, 14:34
This is brilliant! Great concept, and fiendish level design. The concept really works well.
Danman9914
Danman99141 May 2014, 14:59
Good use of the mechanic
PapyGaragos
PapyGaragos1 May 2014, 15:18
Good idea with this mechanic, stars for innovation
WhiteWolf931 May 2014, 16:02
Well done with the mechanics! I miss the sound but everything else works pretty well. Nice concept.
blockbot
blockbot1 May 2014, 17:34
This reminded me of the glory day of PC platformers. Really cool, nice work!
MunkeeBacon
MunkeeBacon1 May 2014, 18:21
The concept is pretty clever and fits the theme well, one problem I had was that the blocks reset quickly and if you're inside of them they can reset on you and make the level restart. This can be a little bit frustrating on some puzzle levels when you're at the end and accidentally die.
mogwai1 May 2014, 18:26
Very nice job. Fun game with interesting mechanics. Really gets the pulse up when blasting through that cave and it starts to materialize again.
eskivor1 May 2014, 19:29
Not so funny for me. And the blocks reappear too quickly.
Delca1 May 2014, 19:58
I liked it! Although that big level was too hard for me...
Some audio could have been nice to complement the already-very-good graphics.
l3dx1 May 2014, 19:58
I liked it! Nice retro feel and challenging levels
AtkinsSJ
AtkinsSJ1 May 2014, 19:59
Very clever! A nice idea, and your levels take good advantage of it. My only issue with it is that I didn't get very far because I kept dying! :P
spotco
spotco3 May 2014, 09:57
Really creative mechanics but a little unpolished (checkpoints etc would have been nice)
sP0CkEr25 May 2014, 02:54
really nice idea - good job
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