Endless runner/platformer tasking you with passing communication back and forth between two entities trapped on separate, hostile worlds.
Arrow keys left/right control both characters. Up/down jump each character independently. Spacebar throws a letter.
Successfully passing the letter bumps the score multiplier. Enemies appear and must be jumped, or struck with the letter for a 5x multiplier bump. Occasionally, checkpoints appear, which the letter cannot be carried across, but thrown.
Online version uses scoreoid for tracking a global high score. This single line of code is omitted from the Github repo to avoid sharing api keys.
This is well-made but very difficult to do two things at once while also catching the letter! If you ever update it, adding WASD as a second option in addition to arrow keys would be super helpful. :)
Thanks guys! I've got several things I'd like to update here but I don't know if adding stuff like WASD breaks the rules. Also some players have reported poor performance in Chrome :/ Alternative browsers may help, or running the SWF directly (I added a download link to the html).
Greatly well-made, there needs to be a curve for difficulty thought, but it was really well done. I liked the overall concept and the theme relation is awesome!
I really agree on the difficulty curve. I have a development version that goes into solving that with scaling enemy spawns so they allow you easier passage of the checkpoints early on :)
I love the idea, and the different color schemes looked great! I'm awful at doing two things at once, but I managed to make it across a few checkpoints!
There were a lot of games with this general take on the theme, and so far this one is by far my favorite. The multiple things to worry about combined with great tuning for difficulty made it a lot of fun for me. Great all around!
Loved the concept :) I found it hard to keep the checkpoint throwing in mind at the same time as I was jumping over enemies on both sides, but found it very rewarding once I started to get the hang of it.
Controls were a bit hard to get used to at first but this was a very fun entry to play and a really cool take on the endless runner genre. I actually like how you can risk literally playing hot potato with the letter to build up your multiplier (and possibly end up getting hit by an obstacle or drop the letter) or decide to play it safe and only throw when you're about to pass a checkpoint.
Thank you so much for all the feedback guys :) I have a dev version that implements a lot of fixes to issues, specifically things like difficulty ramp and so forth.
As for the jump floatiness it's a tough one to balance. I've had really short sharp jumps before but for as long as a character is on the ground, it is at risk. I decided being able to float one character while checking on the other made for less painful play. Of course, it's subjective.
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Traumendes_Madchen12 Sep 2014, 12:04
The idea sounded fun, too bad it's so hard right from the beginning...
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Also some players have reported poor performance in Chrome :/ Alternative browsers may help, or running the SWF directly (I added a download link to the html).
I found it hard to keep the checkpoint throwing in mind at the same time as I was jumping over enemies on both sides, but found it very rewarding once I started to get the hang of it.
The letter-catching mechanism is actually a really neat idea, good find
A bit difficult maybe: I wasn't able to jump over the checkpoint. '^^
As for the jump floatiness it's a tough one to balance. I've had really short sharp jumps before but for as long as a character is on the ground, it is at risk. I decided being able to float one character while checking on the other made for less painful play. Of course, it's subjective.