Limb by Limb uses ones arms and legs as both projectiles and as health. To activate levers, throw an arm at it (but not a leg, that would be silly... do not do that). But be careful, because once you have reached the lever, you might not have any arms left! OOOOOH, SPOOKY!
(!!! FIXED !!!) Sadly, there is no audio since I had problems with the export, but the soundtrack is still available on Soundcloud if anyone is interested (is rly good).
Controls: left arrow: run left right arrow: run right up: jump space: "shoot" esc: exit (to restart a level, just throw away all your limbs, it is easy, trust me)
If running from the jar: run via the command prompt (it will probably not work otherwise).
EDIT: I'm sorry that it doesn't work for a lot of people. I don't know what the problem is, so there is no need to write error messages. Sadly, it was hard enough to make it work at all.
EDIT 2: Apparantly you're allowed to fix bugs after submission. So I fixed the problem with audio, so now there's music! There are still no sound effects (hit, jump, etc), but I hope that the experience is a bit more pleasant now.
Looks like I need to sign into Google to download, but after signing in I get an Access Denied. Please fix because this looks great and the soundtrack is fantastic!
Creative, your limbs are your ammunition, cool mechanic. I completed whole game and some levels require some platforming and ability to plan ahead, smart level design. In overall it's really fun game and well executed. BTW: music is pretty decent too That would be a great game for Halloween :D
There's no need to post error messages. I know that the game has really bad compatibillity (especially the JAR), and I do not know what the problem is.
I'm really thankful for the comments regarding the game!
Nice graphics and audio. The idea is cool, but I think it's lacking in execution; the levels basically play out like they do in a normal platformer with only one or two exceptions.
Ran fine for me and I played all the way through to the end. Really great idea and fun interpretation of the theme. Reminded me of Monty Python. Also I liked you tree sprites
'it's just a flesh wound!' Haha, this ticked a lot of boxes (ahem) for me! Humor, weird game mechanic, nice puzzles. it gives fear of separation a completely new meaning! great!
Really loved it :D cool concept and nice art style. I enjoyed throwing my limbs so much that I often became over-zealous and threw them all away prematurely.
Made me and my girlfriend laugh pretty hard how you have to throw all your limbs away to get to the next level. After carefully planning limb usage through the level to then get to go crazy at the end is a welcome design decision.
I feel like more could have been done with the idea. A boss fight or perhaps some more innovative puzzles beyond throw limb at thing. Maybe that isn't what you were going for.
Sorry to hear about the soundtrack buddy. I saw in the timelapse you spent a fair bit of time on it. Must be painful.
All in all an enjoyable game! Made me laugh pretty hard which is rare from a game. Good luck with it pal!
I really like the weapon idea and execution. Especially the "throw away all limbs" style game over. And the character holding his hat while jumping was a nice little detail. The build runs successfully on my Arch Linux. I don't hear sound but it is probably because I use Alsa instead of Pulse Audio.
Oh man... this is awesome! Innovative concept and great implementation. Too bad you're not able to put the song. It's awesome! I even came back to play the game with the soundtrack playing. PLEEAAASSE try to include the song in game. Nobody will care. I guess.
So, I'm almost done fixing the sound problem. And I've made a bunch more levels (that are quite hard), game functions, and bug fixes. I will upload this version seperately (not as part of the contest), because I feel like it would be cheating.
Nice game. The last level was a nice challenge. :) Would have been great with some audio!
Just so you know, you are allowed to fix bugs (like the audio, or the crashes). There is a text at the bottom of the page detail what you're allowed to change.
Very nice game! The "next-level" system is a bit confusing at the start. It's nice to have a game that is challanging without being broken or glitched.
Unable to get it to run on Windows, clicking exe does nothing. Unable to run the java stuff also, 'A Java Exception has occured'. Too bad, was looking forward to play it.
I have to agree with the other comments. It looks and sounds nice so the mood (why have you disabled that rating :P) is definitely good, but I think the mechanic shoudl've been taken further, because it really does play like standard platformer for the most part.
Solid entry though. Didn't encounter any errors either.
Cool game! Pretty funny idea. Makes for some neat puzzle gameplay too. Graphics remind me of an Amiga game, with the limited colours and rainbow gradient backgrounds, which is nice. Good stuff overall!
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Run from Arch Linux (No rating posted)
Good luck with your game!
I completed whole game and some levels require some platforming and ability to plan ahead, smart level design. In overall it's really fun game and well executed.
BTW: music is pretty decent too
That would be a great game for Halloween :D
Run from Arch Linux (No rating posted)
I'm really thankful for the comments regarding the game!
In any case, I love this concept. A lot. Just wish there was sound.
Haha, this ticked a lot of boxes (ahem) for me!
Humor, weird game mechanic, nice puzzles.
it gives fear of separation a completely new meaning!
great!
I feel like more could have been done with the idea. A boss fight or perhaps some more innovative puzzles beyond throw limb at thing. Maybe that isn't what you were going for.
Sorry to hear about the soundtrack buddy. I saw in the timelapse you spent a fair bit of time on it. Must be painful.
All in all an enjoyable game! Made me laugh pretty hard which is rare from a game. Good luck with it pal!
Innovative concept and great implementation. Too bad you're not able to put the song. It's awesome! I even came back to play the game with the soundtrack playing.
PLEEAAASSE try to include the song in game. Nobody will care. I guess.
Also, thanks for the great reviews!
Just so you know, you are allowed to fix bugs (like the audio, or the crashes). There is a text at the bottom of the page detail what you're allowed to change.
Solid entry though. Didn't encounter any errors either.
Thanks for sharing.