1-800-Monsters

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.77
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.45
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★73%
Dial up 1-800-Monsters and begin your quest as the hapless Jimmy, ex-pyrotechnician, now birthday party entertainer extraordinaire. Destroy castles, steal the presents and avoid children on your way to victory.

Genres: puzzle

Comments28

ponywolf
ponywolfauthor24 Aug 2015, 23:27
Hotkeys:
R - Restarts level
M - Turns music on/off
Esc - Opens menu

Note:
All graphics/sound/music created by the team for the Jam in under 72 hours

Known Issues:
Text is a little blurry on Windows
Joystick support is a flakey at best

Tools:
Lua (lua.org)
Corona (coronalabs.com/) - SDK
Tiled (mapeditor.org/) - Level building
BFXR (bfxr.net/) - Sound Effects
Figure (propellerheads.se/figure) - Music
SeaMonster131
SeaMonster13125 Aug 2015, 00:00
Interesting idea and nice graphics. Good work.
Selzier
Selzier25 Aug 2015, 07:16
Top notch entry here guys!! Really fun game I made it all the way to the end and ready for more :D
Literal Games25 Aug 2015, 15:06
Great entry! The idea and the graphics were fantastic! It was quite hard to push blocks sometimes, so maybe look into a nicer way of doing that?
TaleEngineer25 Aug 2015, 18:01
VERY well done game!

Fantastic visuals, nice level design, interesting mechanics.

My only complaint is that there wasn't more of it.

Best game out of the jam I've seen so far. Good job!
mzmiric5
mzmiric525 Aug 2015, 19:07
Music and the very nice graphics go together quite well, the mood is fun, and I always enjoy Sokoban style game. The game crashed for me when I didn't solve the level and a the lose condition should have been triggered.
Lucho925 Aug 2015, 22:42
the visual graphics were very good, nice work. i like the fact it s a boy disguised as a monster and exploits all
tmpxyz
tmpxyz26 Aug 2015, 02:22
nicely done, the visual style is great.
thegdr26 Aug 2015, 04:34
made it to end! Nice!
anarbitrarymustache
anarbitrarymustache26 Aug 2015, 11:09
Great interpretation of the theme. Loved the visuals. The controls need to be tighter, maybe consider snapping the movable pieces to a grid to allow for easier/predictable sliding/placement .
monetai
monetai27 Aug 2015, 16:55
Awesome art and gameplay!!
SecondDimension
SecondDimension27 Aug 2015, 16:56
Fantastic idea with wonderful visuals. I found that pushing objects around was a little clumsy and they would get stuck on scenery or not quite fit in gaps, but you made the game forgiving enough to compensate for that. Overall, a really great entry!
Nikteddy9227 Aug 2015, 16:57
Hahahaha the game idea is great!
A little tricky some times to place the pieces, but smooth and enjoyyable gameplay!
Love the visual style! Well done!
plusultra27 Aug 2015, 18:20
nice job! lots of levels and great art.
Headmade27 Aug 2015, 21:02
The art style is very cute and some of the puzzles are good.

Why does the game send me to the first level again? This is super disappointing. Just quit the game, show some text, anything!
Still a very good entry.
Ninja Garage28 Aug 2015, 05:26
Great, beautiful, funny game!
RougeRogue
RougeRogue28 Aug 2015, 18:47
Really liked the mechanics. Kids were very annoying as they would be to Jimmy.
bossmojoman
bossmojoman30 Aug 2015, 04:58
Very polished, fun puzzle game. The Graphics are and sound re top notch. One of the best of the competition hands down. Awesome Job guys!
OnionBlaze
OnionBlaze30 Aug 2015, 10:08
The art looks cute. I wish there was a way to pull blocks sometimes. Funny entry, good job. :)
Wekid31 Aug 2015, 22:29
Awesome game, loved the style. Managed to get blocks stuck a lot haha
puppetmaster
puppetmaster1 Sep 2015, 20:50
I love the art of the graphics. Animation of monster are very cool. Without the time the puzzling would be more relaxing. :-) Very good entry!
dickpoelen
dickpoelen2 Sep 2015, 12:15
Love your illustration style. And it's a fun little puzzler
Franklin's Ghost
Franklin's Ghost3 Sep 2015, 13:58
One of the best looking games I've seen so far, loved the whole design and colours. Favourite touch though was that when things exploded you got to see you were actually just a kid in a costume.
spotco
spotco5 Sep 2015, 01:16
Very nice graphics and polish, gameplay could have used some more mechanics (got repetitive after a while)
randomhuman
randomhuman14 Sep 2015, 17:15
Love it! Great learning curve, very addictive, and cute graphics. The only thing I think it needs is for the blocks to pop around obstacles if they are just one or two pixels off. Or maybe I should just not suck so much :P
chunkybrewster
chunkybrewster14 Sep 2015, 18:42
Pretty darn fun! The ability to pull blocks and tweaking the hit detection to not be so pixel perfect would make this even better; I found myself restarting a lot because I pushed a block too close to an obstacle. Love the monster costume design

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