The Turtle Escape

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.34
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.14
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.84
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.14
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.40
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.93
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.97
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.03
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★79%
A casual entry this time around working with my girlfriend, made in probably about 15 hours of on and off work. Used HaxeFlixel, Photoshop, Ogmo Tilemap editor, and BFXR for sounds.

Controls are WASD or arrow keys, and the idea is to make it to the end of the level, avoiding the dangers, and then play through the level backwards in an alternate world full of ghost turtles! Collect as many coins as you can!

4 levels in total. Sorry for the poor ending!

Sorry Chrome users, web link was broken, hopefully fixed now!

Comments32

cstudios25 Aug 2014, 22:24
the whole game is 100x100px on the top left in chrome.
Transmitauthor25 Aug 2014, 22:27
Hey, sorry I'm unsure why :(! Try the web mirror, or the windows version please. It seems to be working fine on my computer (Story of my life)
Transmitauthor25 Aug 2014, 22:28
Added a direct link to the .swf file, hopefully it will help
yodamaster25 Aug 2014, 22:29
Very small square in the top-left corner of the browser.
Snicklodocus
Snicklodocus25 Aug 2014, 22:32
Pretty cool little game. I had some trouble with collisions: it felt like the turtle's collider was too big and I got stuck on walls. At first I wondered how this fit the theme but it has a fun twist. Good work!
Scott Baker25 Aug 2014, 22:32
Did I just play Cartman as a turtle? That's what it looks like to me. Nice game.
ponywolf
ponywolf25 Aug 2014, 22:34
Had to make my browser to 400% to click on the play button., but after that it worked.
jas722925 Aug 2014, 22:35
The .swf definitely helps, you can't see the spikey things in the web version even when you zoom in to play, so I couldn't figure out why I kept dying. Nice simple game! (:
Transmitauthor25 Aug 2014, 22:38
Sorry, seems to be a problem with running it in chrome, removed that version for now. Will try to get it back up.
nikki93
nikki9325 Aug 2014, 22:57
Nice! The turtle animation is pretty cute and I found the game to be pretty funny in general. Some times the speed of the bullets is unpredictable though and the turtle could use a speedup, but I guess it's a turtle so it should be slow, haha.
Donutttt25 Aug 2014, 23:06
Cool idea. Not sure I've ever played as a turtle before... it was fun!
OnlySlightly25 Aug 2014, 23:06
The turtle was really cute. I liked how he waddled. It was very satisfying to be ghost turtle
NnelGdaBandit25 Aug 2014, 23:43
I like turtles! Nice job, was pretty fun.
Amvere26 Aug 2014, 00:00
I like the way the turtle waggles back and forth! I ended up beating the whole game.
S0rax26 Aug 2014, 00:08
The sound can kill myself, but the tileset and sprite are not bad. Nice entry !
pythong26 Aug 2014, 06:59
collect as many coins as you can? why? what should a turtle do with coins :D ?
Tanner26 Aug 2014, 10:18
Great game!
Transmitauthor26 Aug 2014, 10:45
@Pythong, Take his lady friend turtle out on a date.
Tanser26 Aug 2014, 11:50
Interesting game, good job. :)
jjhaggar
jjhaggar27 Aug 2014, 08:01
I like turtles! ^^ Good job! :D
stvr
stvr27 Aug 2014, 13:11
Adorable turtle! Pretty challenging.
gnx29 Aug 2014, 23:41
First off I really like the visuals and the gameplay feel of the "alternate" world. The regular world gameplay is a bit too slow and also the hitboxes are a bit too unforgiving (you get killed by bullets you'd think wouldn't hit you).

Other than that it is a solid entry and the alternate world gameplay is great :)
ehtd
ehtd29 Aug 2014, 23:49
Liked a lot more the fast world, fun game!
Chikun Dev Team30 Aug 2014, 10:44
Nice game, could've done with some background music though.
~funkeh
mrexcessive30 Aug 2014, 20:14
Hi there. Nice looking, movement slightly clunky, but found my way around. Sound a bit less than expected. Good job!
Ramiel31 Aug 2014, 19:42
Nice idea.
But sometimes the controls get stuck. I think it happens when you try to move diagonally, but I'm not sure about that.
jukimv19861 Sep 2014, 15:49
Turtles are always welcome. Good effort for 15 hours of work. Well done!
Tex Killer6 Sep 2014, 04:31
What a cute little game! The gameplay is a little stiff, but I guess that was considered when designing the levels. Just kind of makes no sense that you go to the GHOST world when you DON'T die, but I guess that doesn't really matter. lol

By the way, I see that you tried to run my game last week, but couldn't. I've detected and fixed some memory errors, so you're welcome to come back and try again, if you like. :)

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