Jump, shoot, dodge, collect the boops, defeat the boss!
This is a straightforward platform shooter. It should be pretty easy to beat in a single sitting. For more of a challenge, try to beat it without dying :)
I started from the question: "what would you need to do to make a classic platformer with no scrolling?" and came up with: a platform landscape that shifts over time, with slowly ramping difficulty. So that's what I built! I can't claim that it's particularly innovative (borrows lots of elements from "robot wants..." games, mario games, sonic games, and so on)... but I hope you'll find it entertaining!
KNOWN BUG: I'm aware of one bug, which is that occasionally (perhaps 1 in 30 games) the boss clips outside the arena, rendering the game unwinnable. I haven't been able to isolate the behavior, sorry.
The code is pure javascript, written from scratch without a framework. It's not very efficient, but it seems to run well in both Firefox and Chrome on my computer (but not Safari, and almost certainly not IE :/). It wants to run at 850x736; use your browser's "zoom" functionality if that doesn't fit your window.
I used http://www.drumbot.com/projects/sequence/ to make the drum loop (and yes, it is supposed to sound like that! ;)), cfxr for effects, and aseprite for the graphics.
Cute little platformer. I think you should mention controls somewhere, I had to find the shoot key myself.
Maybe the character should have a jetpack or something to reach top of the level. right now best way to get up quickly is kill yourself and hope you spawn up, because climbing is hassle with these jump physics.
I entirely second the idea of a jetpack. That would tripple the awesomness :D Good platformer, but I think it needed more player content (powerups or somthing) Good game though!
You won but you died 54 times. It would be cool to have the number of deaths displayed during the game so that I would know that minimizing that number is one of the goals. At some point I started using deaths as a means to get to remote places. For some reason while you can move left/right with A and D, you cannot jump with W. It took me a moment to realize I can instead use the arrows. It annoyed me a bit that the player character accelerates so slowly. It wasn't obvious that after collecting all the boops the boss would appear. I'm glad I managed to get the last few of them. I like the idea of the terrain constantly changing around you. I think it adds a lot to the gameplay. Overall I had a lot of fun playing the game, and I wish there was more of it.
Contrtols feel pretty solid. One thing I noticed is that if you hold jump you can continue unless you do a move or collide in between, maybe that was intentional? But I feel like holding jump and continuing to jump would be neat. I also like the speed of it. Physics on the bouncing 2d elements look nice. This would feel great on something like iCade. Anyway, nice work.
Mentioning the controls (and a mute toggle) would be nice. I had to find 'X' to shoot as well. Also 'A' and 'D' move left and right, but 'W' does not jump for some reason.
The game seemed to get laggy near the end and it became quite difficult to find platforms to jump on to reach the boss. With how easily you die, the other enemies and hazards could probably be disabled in the boss phase without hurting the experience.
Random map generation looks nice and adds some fun. When you're collecting last dots you feel a little bored but then this big thing appears and adds some dynamics. Nice set of enemies. I didn't get is there any ending and how to enteract with the boss (?), so this part is a little bit confusing.
it is not bad at all .... it is not the best i tried but not bad definitely ... it works well on linux using chrome ... it should have a technical rating !!! i would give you 5 stars there :D ... javascript from scratch :) good for you !!!!!!!
graphics are pretty cute as well as it is pretty fun. doesn't seem to have an ending though. just goes on forever even when you collect everything :P. Overall its pretty good :D.
well done, maybe the physics need to be less heavy to make the controls better. Items are graphically a bit confusing, i don't know what is dangerous or helpful.
The jump physics really felt unnatural in the beginning, but I actually learned them in the end. Made it through to the boss without knowing about the laser, then I realized there needed to be something more. I agree that jetpack would be nice. Maybe add laser and jetpack as upgrades throughout the game?
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Maybe the character should have a jetpack or something to reach top of the level. right now best way to get up quickly is kill yourself and hope you spawn up, because climbing is hassle with these jump physics.
The game seemed to get laggy near the end and it became quite difficult to find platforms to jump on to reach the boss. With how easily you die, the other enemies and hazards could probably be disabled in the boss phase without hurting the experience.
I didn't get is there any ending and how to enteract with the boss (?), so this part is a little bit confusing.
Items are graphically a bit confusing, i don't know what is dangerous or helpful.