Neanderthal Twins

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.45
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.67
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★41%
THE WEB PLAYER LINK SHOULD NOW BE FIXED :)

This was my first LD48 so Im just happy that I managed to finish something. It lacks a lot of polish and artistic direction because I made the choice to concentrate on making it playable first. Im glad I did, but one of my big regrets is not managing to create 2 different player sprites. I used a cheap re-colour to fix this and make it more playable.

Use your mouse buttons to play. Each click makes a different player jump. Reach the end to win. Watch out for portals as they will swap player positions.

Controls:
Left and Right mouse buttons
or left ctrl/alt

Comments19

Hoopsnake Games25 Aug 2014, 11:55
Can you provide the public link directly to the Unity HTML page on your dropbox?
DvanderAart
DvanderAart25 Aug 2014, 11:56
On the web player i got this message:
""Built with beta version of Unity. Will only work on your computer!""
I installed the windows version instead and that rund fine.
At first i though bah an endless runner but the two characters in seperate lanes and specially when they switch is a nice twist. The screenshake is a bit too much for me though.
ZirconCode
ZirconCode25 Aug 2014, 12:12
Awesome gameplay, good speed and challenge, very frustrating when they start switching (in a good way). Nice Screen Shake!
Blue Thumbs Gaming
Blue Thumbs Gaming25 Aug 2014, 12:42
Congrats on your game! Oh man this is a challenging but very fun little game. I really want to be better at it but the portals screw with my stupid brain too badly and I always die soon after. That's no fault of the game mind you! Solid gameplay and mechanics that fits in really well with the theme, the only thing I didn't like was the screen shake seemed a little heavy handed to me and a backing track would have helped set the mood a bit more. Cheers, Ben.
panurge25 Aug 2014, 14:30
Frustrating but in a good way - I kept going back for one more try. I actually quite like the screenshake and everything else worked beautifully. Great visuals, sounds (although yes, a backing track would be awesome), gameplay and mood. Excellent!
graebor
graebor25 Aug 2014, 15:37
Good work! The main annoyance for me is that the context menu comes up when right clicking in the web player. I don't know if it's possible to restrict that or not. Anyway congrats on finishing a game! :)
neipo1325 Aug 2014, 16:53
Very cool concept, would love to see this further fleshed out!
mutuware25 Aug 2014, 18:43
Needs more screenshake.
GeorgeBroussard25 Aug 2014, 23:08
Solid entry. Well done. Liked the Megaman inspired jump frame. Devious to flip the character on the second level after I'm used to the controls :) Bug? On my Mac, the RMB brings up a menu in the browser, so I had to default to keyboard. Challenging game.
RegularSlinkyauthor25 Aug 2014, 23:49
Thanks for the comments, guys. I need to look into disabling that menu with right clicks.
George: The stream was fun. I hope you'll be doing it again in December.
Axebane
Axebane26 Aug 2014, 17:10
Challenging yet fun game. Good work!
pinion26 Aug 2014, 17:26
Love that title screen.

My brain just can't process the game apparently though - I never made it past the pit/spike.
TrickFishPie26 Aug 2014, 22:53
Cool - Real nice pace to the game. Quite difficult switching between buttons and working out where to concentrate(specially with a touchpad)
Linusson27 Aug 2014, 18:17
Wow, it gets hard when the controls get flipped. :D But a fun little game. I liked the screen shaking on the countdown. :)

I also get a menu on the right mouse button.

A score / high score function would be nice. But as my score would have been bad I can live without it. ;)
mrexcessive29 Aug 2014, 15:48
Hi there. Good fun, but I was very bad at it, sons not here and cats refused to play. Nice smooth jumping and animation. Nice pixelart and chiptunes. Good job!
HotBoxGames
HotBoxGames4 Sep 2014, 17:58
Love the difficulty curve - nice take on the connected worlds theme. Great job!
uvwar
uvwar5 Sep 2014, 16:46
Screenshake was making me a little sick, probably combined with the slight slowdown I was getting in-browser. I also wish you could hold down the jump and get a different arc or something, as now you need to time your jumps perfectly or its pointless-you can't make the distance. Very nice first game, though!
jukimv19867 Sep 2014, 09:28
hahaha nice funny game, it was hard though when passing through portals to adjust to the change. Great take on the theme and simple yet effective game mechanics. Great job!

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