The Grand Carpet Hotel

by dunin
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.89
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.14
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★90%
Made in 72h with herbal tea, proud and fun by: Anabelle, dunin, Lucile, trouba and Thomas.
Thanks to these tools: Phaser, GraphicsGale, Tiled and Audacity.
Inspired by the aesethics and fun of the film The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson.

04/21 : fix the annoying space bar default action.
04/23 : fix music problems (volume + double launch)

screenshot
Genres: action
Tools: Phaser

Comments33

Lyxilion
Lyxilion21 Apr 2015, 09:21
Nice game ^^ great idea.
AdricZero21 Apr 2015, 12:09
Innovative game with nice graphics. The music volume is way too loud compared to the sound effects.
trappytrap92
trappytrap9221 Apr 2015, 18:29
Cool idea, i laught a lot. Loved the music. Just one thing, using the spacebar and having a scroll on a small window makes the scroll to go down and you can't play, but it's alright if it's going to be on mobile. Good job!
Jakob37
Jakob3721 Apr 2015, 19:03
I liked it a lot :) Nice idea with the mat, and well executed. Music and graphics were nice tool. I also had trouble with the spacebar-scrolling, which made it hard to play. If you are using Phaser, you can 'capture' buttons from the browser using following line:

game.input.keyboard.addKeyCapture([Phaser.Keyboard.SPACEBAR]);

Will replay later on bigger monitor :)
dunin
duninauthor21 Apr 2015, 19:36
@trappytrap92 @Jakob37 : we test it only on big screen, sorry. Thanks for the phaser code. It must be fixed now...
AnimeGeek32
AnimeGeek3222 Apr 2015, 05:29
Nice concept! However, the music gets played twice at the same time at restart.
Jakob37
Jakob3722 Apr 2015, 08:34
Nice, it works fine for me now :)
Tselmek
Tselmek22 Apr 2015, 11:58
The theme is fully respected and the gameplay is great. The graphics are good but the music is way too loud. Good job!
MasterOfNaN22 Apr 2015, 12:23
Great idea, and nicely implemented - good stuff!
(Royal Tenenbaums Tennis next please!)
spin-down
spin-down22 Apr 2015, 16:00
Good concept and the graphics were very nice too. Well done!
Chaoslab
Chaoslab22 Apr 2015, 17:05
the music on reset is doubling and tripling up ... ahhh ...
oinariman
oinariman22 Apr 2015, 17:13
Funny game! I like the bell sound. You might want to add some in-game sound effects. Also, in my opinion, you should be friendly to your colleagues :)
dunin
duninauthor22 Apr 2015, 18:12
@AnimeGeek32 @Chaoslab : some people of the team like the funny music bug, some don't. We don't know if we want to fix it or not...
@oinariman : colleagues are your rivals, colleagues are dangerous, colleagues are a lie.
nonetheless22 Apr 2015, 21:22
damns strange game with nice noisy audio :)
esayitch22 Apr 2015, 21:23
Pretty innovative, carpet as a weapon xD. It feels good to knock those buggers out too. Graphics are pretty cool, sound is all right but can get annoying. Cool game :) I noticed that in the first level, I actually died, but still went to the second level.

Good luck!
DesignerNap
DesignerNap22 Apr 2015, 21:26
Great idea, like the Wes Anderson reference and good level design. I wholly approve!
Blobo
Blobo22 Apr 2015, 21:49
Nice game, but the music stacking on top of itself when restarting after losing got annoying.
TeamCalcium23 Apr 2015, 13:05
Great animations and graphics!
The game itself was a bit too easy.
HotBoxGames
HotBoxGames23 Apr 2015, 13:06
Interesting mechanic, was confused at first but it actually turned out to be quite a nice little puzzle game :D

Persistent graphics style, varied scaling levels - kept me playing till it ended! Think the music could have used a bit more but still it fit the game, well done :)
Tanser23 Apr 2015, 16:19
Nice game, the souunds are INCREDIBLY high though.
bace100023 Apr 2015, 16:26
The music is way too loud :(
There should be some visual feedback if you're in the correct place to wave the carpet. Interesting concept, though!
drludos
drludos23 Apr 2015, 19:05
Nice idea, well executed, I like it! :)

My only complaint would be that once we loose a level, we have to restart in the basement - way too frustrating for a game with many level like yours :)

I like the graphics style too, and the humor throughout the game!
gnx24 Apr 2015, 05:28
Definitely an unconventional weapon in this one :)

Animations are super pretty and the game in general has a lovely style and setting.
I noticed some hit detection bugs with the carpets where it wouldn't launch a wave despite standing on what I thought was the right spot.

Also while I commend you for having music, it does get on the ears a bit after a while :D

Good game.
peterfsat
peterfsat25 Apr 2015, 13:50
Wow awesome idea! I loved your mechanic - that random walking makes it hard! I really like the graphics, animations feel complete and consistent!

One of the best games I've played in this compo ;)
Arche-san
Arche-san26 Apr 2015, 11:02
Nice concept. I think it will be more fun if the player has a feedback when it can launch a wave on a carpet.
Chris M27 Apr 2015, 15:14
Nice ideas, reminds me a lot of those old crazy amiga games. I was hoping for closer adherence to the Wes Anderson aesthetic though- something I don't think I've seen in a game before.
jayson
jayson28 Apr 2015, 07:08
Hi guys, well done, very unique and fun game!
sputnik
sputnik29 Apr 2015, 14:18
Nice idea! Great graphics and really good, simple and effective core mechanics. Music is really loud though.
cdgugler3 May 2015, 03:03
Awesome idea, one of the more unique entries I've come across. I love the style as well.
Omiya Games
Omiya Games6 May 2015, 00:56
I think it has a good potential for timing/stealth-ish/puzzle game. The graphic definitely takes the cake. I wish there were better sound effects and music. The randomly moving NPC/enemies did not help the level design of the small stages.
011011016 May 2015, 15:36
Cool idea, very nice art! Two things though: it's hard to know where you can stand to activate the carpet, even when you've done it before, and the music gets a bit annoying after a while ^^ But other than that, very nice entry, congrats to you all :)
zerocreativity18 May 2015, 00:38
More forgiving save states would be nice. Its got a neat mechanic. its a fun little game.
Dorgam10 May 2015, 12:33
Fun little game, I was really sad I had to reset from the beginning each time I lose!
Loved the animation.

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