TETHER

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.82
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.82
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.52
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★71%
The momentum of two worlds chained between two souls. Press jump as a runner lands to jump higher.

TETHER was made by Shane Rypers (@datacr4sh) for the 48h draw of LD30.

Music made in Bosca Ceoil, SFX in sfxr, art in PDN, game in Unity.

Genres: platformer

Comments32

gandalf120925 Aug 2014, 02:14
Really cool! Graphics honestly don't matter to me if the game is this fun! 9.5/10! .5 isn't there because there wasn't an explanation to how the game works, but it's really easy to figure out, so there's really no reason to have that in there :D
TaylorAnderson25 Aug 2014, 02:17
this is really cool. i like the balancing act of trying to get each player high enough to overcome the obstacles by getting a momentum going. i also really like the death sequence :P
Geckoo1337
Geckoo133725 Aug 2014, 04:48
Interesting concept and minimalist environement - I like it. I don't understand how I can pass through the big obstacles but I like these little guys. Bravo and Thank you ++
Beard25 Aug 2014, 13:44
Great interpretation. I like the idea, and the game is fun too!
Split82
Split8225 Aug 2014, 13:47
Very clever game mechanics. I enjoyed playing this one.
datacr4shauthor25 Aug 2014, 14:05
thanks for all the positive feedback so far! this was an experiment in teaching a mechanic with a mimimal amount of hand holding, i'm glad so many people are able to figure out the momentum jumping so easily :)
pxlcoder
pxlcoder25 Aug 2014, 14:47
Easy to learn, yet challenging to play. Great work!
yodamaster25 Aug 2014, 14:52
Interesting idea, especially the jump-mechanics. Very hard.
dadman25 Aug 2014, 14:55
Awesome! I could play this for days.
dadman25 Aug 2014, 14:56
Awesome! I could play this for days.
A few more check points would be nice though. Still getting 5/5!!
Xgor
Xgor25 Aug 2014, 15:12
Really cool game. Would be nice with more checkpoints because this game is quite unforgiving.
Donar25 Aug 2014, 15:58
Great concept. Simple but challanging and well presented.
mrexcessive25 Aug 2014, 16:30
Hey there. Love the graphics, including the play|replay and death, death, chainbreak sequence. Great sound. Good job!
Konrad Zegis25 Aug 2014, 17:21
I really love that chain breaking effect after losing, and sounds. It reminds me of old NES games ;)
joonamo
joonamo25 Aug 2014, 19:06
Overall excellent package! The minimalist style continues even outside the game to the web page, nice touch.
UmbraTilde
UmbraTilde26 Aug 2014, 01:58
Tons of fun, although you make the player hit the ground running. Quite addictive.
KunoNoOni
KunoNoOni26 Aug 2014, 02:12
Cool game mechanic and interesting use of theme
Empyrealhell26 Aug 2014, 05:20
That was pretty awesome. I liked the concept, the mechanic was fun and executed well. It was a bit punishing once you got to the crazy parts of the game, I felt like I had to go back way too far, and it stopped being fun.
SteveSalmond
SteveSalmond26 Aug 2014, 09:19
I found it quite tricky, but then again I'm terrible at anything involving platforms :) Loved the interpretation of the theme.
syawqy
syawqy26 Aug 2014, 17:16
HAAARD....
nikki93
nikki9326 Aug 2014, 22:27
Fun game! A little annoying some times but that just means I suck at it lol. I like how the website has the color theme too.
Jishenaz
Jishenaz26 Aug 2014, 23:51
Cool music! The mechanics are really fun, but also a little difficult to master. But I'm sure if I played this long enough, I would get really good.
Otrora27 Aug 2014, 03:42
I keep playing and keep dying and keep playing. Well implemented and very addictive.
rRootagea27 Aug 2014, 04:59
The good kind of challenging! Really enjoyed the visual style.
AlucardX6027 Aug 2014, 07:35
Wow. Love the mechanic, the art, the difficulty balanced(no pun intended) enough to be addicting. This is a really good entry. Didn't make it very far though.
MrSylar59
MrSylar5927 Aug 2014, 11:14
Very cool game, it's very hard ! I love that challenge x)
jukimv19861 Sep 2014, 02:17
Cool mechanics! I also really liked how you designed the website to fit the colours in the game. Great job!
lekochen
lekochen2 Sep 2014, 13:15
Solid mechanics.
Teejay5
Teejay54 Sep 2014, 00:45
the death sequence of the chain breaking is perfect! haha, nice game + mechanics! also, that's a nice color scheme you have going for the game.
hbocao
hbocao7 Sep 2014, 23:07
I really enjoyed this! Very cool mechanics. I only didn't liked the death "animation". Took to long and to much effort to retry. Awesome entry, man!
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