The Connection

by jas7229
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.97
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.10
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★47%
My first Ludum Dare entry! :D

Two siblings have been separated into 2 different worlds! Luckily, one has the ability to fly and go find the other, while the other can take care of obstacles in the way through the special connection they share. Will you help them reunite together?

I started out with graphics, moved on to music~ then finally got around to some gameplay and programming...which probably shows a little, haha. Used Inkscape, Audacity/Garageband, and Stencyl.

Overall I'm super happy with the result though, especially having taken liberal sleeping/eating/real life breaks :P

Please give it a try and let me know what you think!

Comments25

eatsleepindie
eatsleepindie25 Aug 2014, 05:26
After figuring out my favored hand/mouse/keyboard combination (love games that make me rethink where to put my hands to get the best score) I managed a score of 60 (I also love games that make you want to brag about your score). What a great game. The intro is incredible, followed up with a fun & beautiful game that is quick to pick up but will be a challenge to master. The music selection is the cherry on top.
PunkerellaSummers25 Aug 2014, 05:28
Beautiful, though I am really really bad at it :)
greysphere25 Aug 2014, 06:24
Cool game. Interesting way to add gameplay to flappy bird. I feel like people who've worked w/ cash registers will have an advantage!
shico25 Aug 2014, 06:28
This game looks pretty good, too bad I'm terrible at it.
DJWizardCop
DJWizardCop25 Aug 2014, 07:19
Cool concept, very difficult though.

Beautiful palette.
FerrenReve25 Aug 2014, 07:24
Nice concept for controls. Haven't seen numpad use in a while.
ahmedmohi25 Aug 2014, 07:26
Great art and good concept , abit hard but nice :D
I actually didn't manage to make high score I suck at this style of games :D but still I liked and don't know if you did or not but it will be good if the more the players the faster it become .
polarkac
polarkac25 Aug 2014, 07:39
It looks good. Music is too short, after some time its really annoying.
Franklins Ghost
Franklins Ghost25 Aug 2014, 07:44
The title screen was nicely done and the colour choices worked really well. Liked the concept and the way you had to think about the two different concepts at once. Clever game.
Ossi25 Aug 2014, 09:00
Nice idea, I really like the use of dual controls. It's really tough during the narrow parts, I always get pushed off screen! Well done!
badlydrawnrod25 Aug 2014, 14:52
An interesting take on the Flappy Bird mechanic. Looks wonderful.
micahcowan
micahcowan25 Aug 2014, 16:41
Gorgeous and fun. Like the intro. Nice way to make me exercise two different parts of my brain at the same time.
Kinta
Kinta26 Aug 2014, 10:05
Awesome graphics, the music was nice, but way too loud. I liked the gameplay, but I was pretty bad at it. ^^
ATTA Games26 Aug 2014, 10:07
Great entry! Nice idea about control with numpad.
puppetmaster
puppetmaster26 Aug 2014, 10:09
+Intro
+color
-what can i do with the numbers?
-theme
Simon@LD26 Aug 2014, 11:26
Congrats on your first entry! The art and music were very good. Using the numpad is an interesting concept i haven't seen a lot before. Cheers!
CatOnMars
CatOnMars26 Aug 2014, 12:40
+Title screen is gorgeous.
+Nice music
+Innovative control scheme

-control scehme is a bit complex
-no sound effects
-slow tempo

Overall: Not bad, keep working!
Vytheros
Vytheros26 Aug 2014, 15:43
The control scheme is pretty unique, had to switch to the line of numbers after a while. I only got 23 though :(
Hexadecima127 Aug 2014, 01:18
I enjoyed this overall, I would probably have done better if I had a numpad. I really like it when games have challenges that extend into the meatspace.
(I'm the guy who wrote about this on PoemsAboutGames.tumblr.com btw)
LaFleur
LaFleur27 Aug 2014, 05:14
Very pretty game, and quite challenging too! Well done!
CAT_IN_THE_DARK_WOOD27 Aug 2014, 16:18
Beautiful music, petty nice graphics, good concept and idea! I like this game, 5 out of 5!
ceosol28 Aug 2014, 04:02
I like the overall concept. It runs very smoothly for the amount of content you included (enemies, fireballs, obstacles, gates, flapping and numpad). I did not pick up too much on the theme. However, I think you could have used two game modes at the same time as connecting two worlds or even two game archetypes being connected.
Natrium729
Natrium72931 Aug 2014, 23:53
The graphics are fantastic (especially the title screen) and the gameplay is good; too bad it is difficult without a numpad. But it is something I would play on a touchscreen, if it has some more modes.
grayhaze
grayhaze2 Sep 2014, 12:08
A simple, but really well thought out game that manages to handle performing two separate tasks simultaneously in an intuitive way. I'd like to see this expanded with other tasks utilising the keypad, such as sums. Well done! :)
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