Super Marathoner Pro

by jomomomo

Overall★★★★★★★★★★1.86

Fun★★★★★★★★★★1.92

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.97

Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.20

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.00

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.67

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.79

Mood★★★★★★★★★★1.81

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★68%

Had planned to create something a little different, but ran out of time this weekend and ended up with this unfinished game.

Experience the thrill of running a Marathon from your keyboard or mobile device by tapping the highlighted key.

Still missing:
* Multiple layers of buildings to help show progress around the city.
* Display start / finish line
* Wait to start until gun is fired
* Players can collect coins as they run
* Players can turn coins into subway tokens to take shortcuts to get to the end of the race quicker (you know, "Beneath the Surface", eh)
* Players can buy additional coins with real money.
* Sweet sweet running soundtrack
* The sound of someone struggling to run.
* A nice virtual 26.2 sticker for anyone who completes the game.

Will attempt to post android apk later once I get that working.

Cheers!

Comments18

SFBTom29 Apr 2014, 18:41

Ouch, my fingers! I managed to get up to about 13 speed at one point, but I really started to feel it quickly. Marathon indeed!

Kaoin29 Apr 2014, 18:42

Good attempt, not sure how it relates to the theme though.

Tipyx29 Apr 2014, 18:43

Ah ah ah, it reminds me very old sport game on NES and MS :D

pichifino30 Apr 2014, 01:00

Great Game but unrelated

Phyyl30 Apr 2014, 01:25

Good game, no relation to the theme though...

Neonlare30 Apr 2014, 01:30

Doesn't fit the theme at all. Fun, but totally not in key with what this LD was about though.

blockbot1 May 2014, 14:03

RSI here I come!

ccglp1 May 2014, 15:49

Not related to the theme, but it's a good try

hbocao2 May 2014, 01:31

No related to the theme, but it's OK.

nSun2 May 2014, 13:28

Note for AZERTY keybords, inputs are :
[J] [K] [L] [M]

jhrrsn2 May 2014, 13:46

I liked your sprite artwork, and the game certainly felt like a marathon to play!

TheExGenesis2 May 2014, 14:24

Web link seems broken :/

xdegtyarev2 May 2014, 19:07

Funny game!

lorancou2 May 2014, 19:51

Well well, I run an impressive distance of 0 kilometers.

ALobker2 May 2014, 21:30

Horrible controls, would work better with controls for two hands. Also, web link is more a download link.

Dreii2 May 2014, 21:49

Pretty fun, stressful on the hand though! also beneath the surface?

Penguincat3 May 2014, 01:16

I was expecting something a little more QWOP-y, so on the one hand, it was nice that you could run so easily, but on the other hand, hitting that sequence over and over again got tiring pretty quickly. As it stands, there's not much motivation to push past that and finish the marathon. I'd like to play this again when it's more fleshed out with the other features you mentioned.