MS. PORTAL MAN

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.58
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.40
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★92%
Shoot the rude dudes & warp through portals to avoid the deadly blades.

CONTROLS
MOVE : WASD || ARROW KEYS
SHOOT : MOUSE CLICK || LEFT SHIFT
JUMP : SPACEBAR

What I used:
Unity3D - The Game Engine
Unity's Sample Assets (Beta) & Particle Effects - Character Controller & Blood
ThumbJam (iOS App) - The Soundtrack
Garageband - The SFX
Photoshop - The Graphics
Coffee - Fight Sleep Deprivation
Beer - Because I actually finished a game in 48 hrs!

(Special Thanks to Dallas Society of Play & Improving Enterprises for hosting a place to Jam. Also BIG Thanks to my wife for being awesome and letting me nerd out for the weekend.)

Enjoy!
Nick Culbertson
@MadCalfApps

Comments33

sP0CkEr225 Aug 2014, 15:38
Really nice game. I like the portals and the obstacles. Great job.
pxlcoder
pxlcoder25 Aug 2014, 15:59
Great entry!
I would have liked the "W" key to allow the character to jump.
Josh H25 Aug 2014, 16:01
Very well done. The game seems very polished for being done in 48 hours. The challenge of the obstacles forcing you to use the portals was a good idea. The music was a little annoying after a while though.
reaver25 Aug 2014, 16:03
Pretty cool! Wishing for a bigger level and it was hard to move up and down without being able to see the enemies. Maybe add some more hit points would have helped. The moving saws were a nice touch.
X-0r25 Aug 2014, 16:05
Lovely graphics, and cool design. It's good to be able to rely on the order of where the blades come from. Makes it easier to plan (and to facepalm, if you forget the connections again)
The bottom-left portal is a bit tricky, because you fall down from the same area as the enemies... I suicided that way more than once.
nickculbertsonauthor25 Aug 2014, 16:15
Wow! Great feedback everyone. Thanks!
riktothepast
riktothepast25 Aug 2014, 16:52
It's a fun game, maybe the music is too annorying.
jpmit
jpmit25 Aug 2014, 16:57
Nice game!
43iscoding
43iscoding25 Aug 2014, 18:08
Pretty funny. At first I did not notice portals, and then I just accidentally stepped into it and 'WAAAH!' :D
jawm25 Aug 2014, 18:09
audio too loud, also not much to do with theme. still a fun game, good idea forcing the player to use portals to avoid the obstacles!
Pinqu25 Aug 2014, 18:28
Nice game, but its hard to see what's happening above you. Also rapidly pressing left shift brings up a windows message for sticky keys, perhaps a left control is a better option.
kyyrma25 Aug 2014, 18:37
The music is... rather morbid. I was expecting something more humorous. Nicely polished entry.
Vallar25 Aug 2014, 21:21
That game was fun and I really loved the art. Great job with the portals too.
I liked the concept.

I didn't feel the music matched the "whimsical" feel of the game but it was an OK loop nonetheless. :)
mr.possoms25 Aug 2014, 22:33
Good job, those saw blades caught me by surprise :)
AdricZero26 Aug 2014, 13:13
Did not care for the mouse button to shoot.
simileinchen26 Aug 2014, 21:20
Cool game! However the opponents were no real challenge
Naytron26 Aug 2014, 21:22
Those dudes were indeed RUDE. Fun game, could imagine it getting hectic with loads more rude dudes in there! Might benefit from something telling you which direction the blade is coming from so you can plan ahead a little?
Kato
Kato26 Aug 2014, 21:22
Fun little score-attack, reminds me of Super Crate Box. It would be fun to shoot bullets through the portals. I like the background track.
FeYbraNt26 Aug 2014, 21:24
It's a cool game, very friendly, easy to understand and scalable. Good job.
nerd burglars
nerd burglars26 Aug 2014, 21:27
This game was fun, but I wish it had been a little more difficult. After I memorized the sequence of the moving wall, it got pretty easy. It reminds me of a game I've played before, or maybe I'm imagining things again..
Nut26 Aug 2014, 21:27
Neat! Thought it was going to be easy until the moving pillar things started coming, but then it was pretty challenging.
Spang
Spang26 Aug 2014, 21:37
Very Nice game, I liked the portal idea, the only "problem" i found was the player moving slower, and jumping moving really fast. But in general is a good game. ^^
AtomicVikings26 Aug 2014, 22:01
great gameplay! the music put me off a little though. other than that: Great work! you've earned that beer!
Split82
Split8226 Aug 2014, 22:03
Nicely done platformer. Really a lot of fun.
OnlySlightly26 Aug 2014, 22:27
Really cool visuals, I feel like I really got the hang of those portals. Great job!
DragonXVI
DragonXVI26 Aug 2014, 23:08
Could've done with a bit of polish on the effects? The blood splat's a bit too weak, and wasn't immediately obvious what the portals were. Like the trick of getting past the big spikey thing using the portals though!
Hyoga-3D
Hyoga-3D26 Aug 2014, 23:24
Nice little game, just one thing is that is very difficult to escape from the guys when you are on top of the screen, maybe you could add something to let player know that has na enemy coming.
mrexcessive27 Aug 2014, 20:10
Hi there. Like the animations and gameplay. Found it a bit hard once the blades arrived, survived first three of those both times I played. Good professional production.
alvivar28 Aug 2014, 20:24
good idea for an arcade.

when i appear up, most of the time I get killed, probably the spawning zone for the monster should be placed somewhere else... i think.
varun29 Aug 2014, 06:43
Great shooting mechanics, and awesome music!
awesomeusername30 Aug 2014, 17:12
Nicely done. I was expecting some sort of goal other than staying alive, but it turned out that was difficult enough. :P Interesting and innovate gameplay, I like it.
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