The Stones Back Home

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
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THIS GAME WAS MADE IN 48 HOURS FOR THE COMPO, BUT AS IT
USES ROYALTY FREE MUSIC, IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE JAM SECTION.

Apologies for any confusion/inconvenience. The rules were
not clear on use of drums/instruments vs. full recorded
tracks.
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WASD to move
Mouse required for menus

Randomly generated cave runner with 5 levels about fleeing from your responsibilities (guess who wins)

Sound mute buttons occasionally do not work. But I compressed that nine minute banjo track myself and you better enjoy it.

Comments41

YukonAppleGeek
YukonAppleGeek28 Apr 2014, 04:21
I love the this game! The art is great and the music is very fitting. The only issues are that sometimes it hard to see at the bottom if there is a block. Other then that great game.
microapple
microapple28 Apr 2014, 04:27
Fun game, enjoyable graphics. Music does not stay off between games though. (Wanted to turn it off b/c its a bit loud).
lief28 Apr 2014, 05:03
Great game! Simple, classic graphics with a well chosen subdued and limited palette.

I liked the music, it set a light hearted almost frantic mood.
SlamBlasta28 Apr 2014, 05:41
I love endless runners. Well done, too. It seemed pretty polished, but sometimes I couldn't tell if there was ground that I could stand on because the foreground image blocked it. Really fun regardless (and great soundtrack!)
NTR28 Apr 2014, 05:42
The audio's really impressive for 48 hours, and the graphics are nicely simple.
OhFiddleDiddle
OhFiddleDiddle28 Apr 2014, 05:42
I pretty much kept playing for the music. :D
There were a couple of times where it seemed like I had to fall to my death though, I am not sure if I just couldnt see the blocks at the bottom or not though.
Otherwise great game with cool music and nice graphics.
Lacaranian
Lacaranian28 Apr 2014, 06:36
Very cool! The vertical zig-zag bits threw me the most. Thumbs up!
angelk28 Apr 2014, 08:10
Very nice job! I love the graphics. Sorry to hear about the music causing you to file as Jam and not Compo. The art, graphics, gameplay and style are all cohesive and complement each other.
stoo28 Apr 2014, 20:56
I really enjoyed this! It's tough to play but the music suits the game perfectly, lots of fun.
Geckoo1337
Geckoo133728 Apr 2014, 22:10
Run baby run :)
Cool game and nice music ++
Two Scoop Games29 Apr 2014, 00:58
I really liked the music and art style. I had a bit of trouble with the jump keypresses not always registering.
jrapauthor29 Apr 2014, 04:25
I am actually awake now update:
+Upgrades now save properly between games (a true that should have been a false)
+Key presses now register a little better (HTML5's fault, not mine.
+Minor performance improvements on some machines
+Newgrounds and itch.io links added
*A windows download version may come in the future.
SaintHeiser29 Apr 2014, 05:34
This game generates me unpassable levels =(
crustforever29 Apr 2014, 06:27
Fun, although I think I hit a dead end once. Cool art style.
SecondDimension
SecondDimension29 Apr 2014, 16:10
Fun game and music, I especially liked the title screen.
Catman
Catman29 Apr 2014, 19:34
Nice endless runner!! The art style is good and I liked the spikes in the foreground, didn't find hard blocks thus far! Well done!
jeferx29 Apr 2014, 22:55
Hello, very good game, liked the pixel, like to see the source code of the game, is off :/
jrapauthor30 Apr 2014, 06:25
sorry about that jeferex, the 29/4 update must have broken the link. Not to worry, it works fine now.
spotco
spotco30 Apr 2014, 07:09
Pretty fun (noticed a bug(?) where you could jump above everything.
Enjoyed the music, though have no idea how it was supposed to fit together, lol.
jrapauthor30 Apr 2014, 07:45
Jumping over stuff is intentional, it gives an extra reason to get the grav and jump upgrades, and circumvents some otherwise unpassable level generations.
Artylo
Artylo30 Apr 2014, 07:47
Amazing game, really cool music. Sets the mood perfectly. Overall a very solid game.
Keehan12
Keehan1230 Apr 2014, 07:49
One of the best games I've played so far! :) the graphics followed a theme and the game play felt intense and playable! Good Work!
Marcus_siactro30 Apr 2014, 07:51
Great game, I liked the atmosphere and music :) However I ran into a complete wall of blocks and there was no getting around(or there was one and I was to blind to see it...)
Ludipe
Ludipe30 Apr 2014, 07:53
Nice and polished game, it's simple yet very fun. I found two minor bugs, nothing game-breaking.
skymen
skymen30 Apr 2014, 16:16
Pretty cool
kirbytails72 May 2014, 05:36
Nice choice of music. Your level generator is a bit off; I got stuck a few times behind impassable walls.
(I made an endless runner too, if you'd like to try it.)
xdegtyarev
xdegtyarev2 May 2014, 15:47
Very funny and the visuals are stylish.
Troy3 May 2014, 04:44
Great job for such a short amount of time. My main concerns are when there is a section that is impassable due to the random generation, and when the foreground covers blocks. Sometimes you can't see if there's a floor there or not.
pyrogames3 May 2014, 04:47
Nice, but the weird spikes at the top and bottom of the screen sometimes make it a bit hard to tell where the tiles are. The text on the death screen is also a bit hard to read
pansapiens3 May 2014, 10:05
Pretty solid runner - great choice with the banjo track. Now I feel like every (finite or endless) runner should have banjo music. It just works. Also the approaching mist of responsibilities is a great motivating effect. I found that jump didn't always seem to work for me - not sure if it was because I was touching the side of a wall, or if the key repeat on jump was set too slow. Also some of the invisible holes are a bit evil - I'd at least leave those until level 2 or 3. Also, I'd quite like to be able to continue from the start of the level after dying rather than going all the way back to level 1 (maybe in a less-hardcore-mode ?). Twitch stream here is you are curious to hear me ramble as I play: http://www.twitch.tv/omgwtfgames/c/4177965 . I probably didn't explore it enough honestly, since I never saw the upgrades.
Snoother3 May 2014, 21:54
Really stylish graphics/colour palette. I like the premise, though it felt underplayed in the game. The gameplay itself is fun and exciting, especially with the well-suited music, but I too hit a few dead-ends. Oh, and it's got a great title.
tchem
tchem5 May 2014, 01:56
Pretty game,,, the graphics are cool
Cake&Code5 May 2014, 02:00
That was really fun! It felt like the jump failed me a few times but it was overall very fair and really challenging. Loved it :D
conormn6 May 2014, 02:59
Very nice vibe. I died a lot :)
Bekokstover6 May 2014, 07:38
Why is there a hole in the ground so often just before the exit? Otherwise, very very nice.
Spierek
Spierek6 May 2014, 07:48
It was quite fun, but sometimes the jumps don't register (I think it happens when you're standing on the line between two blocks) :(
GarethIW
GarethIW6 May 2014, 19:21
Not a bad little runner, nice visual style. Did get an unpassable level twice though!
stvr
stvr9 May 2014, 17:43
Lots of fun, but if you weren't lucky enough to get a few triangles on the first leve, the second is impossible.
Striwx
Striwx13 May 2014, 14:23
Funny concept, love the character !
Anoarith
Anoarith16 May 2014, 17:15
Nice Canabalt successor :) ! There was some mistakes : some levels may be unfinishable and I didn't understand these three screens (power-ups ? ô_o) between levels.

But a greet entry for a compo anyway :) ! Good job !

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