Hue and Cry

by jezz0r
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.22
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★61%
Here is my first ever LD entry: Hue and Cry.

An action and puzzle platformer, with dark themes. Children may not understand it, and non-British people might not get some of the references.

Away on holiday for a week now, post mortem when I get back.
If people really like it I will make Linux and Mac versions when I return (please comment asking for this).

Twitter: @perturbgames

Note that the .exe will probably give you warnings, if you can't get past them try the installer instead.

Comments22

Elenesski
Elenesski24 Aug 2015, 06:52
I wasn't able to start the EXE on windows 8.1 pro. Could have been security related; not sure. Ran the installer, that worked fine.

Wasn't sure how well it fit the theme.
Piotrek24 Aug 2015, 06:57
Nice game.
Some levels were too difficult, but I enjoyed playing.
Music sounds nice too.
uthamon
uthamon24 Aug 2015, 06:58
Beautiful and atmospheric. I dig the idea for the theme and this 4th wall breaking, gamemechanics twist.
Demy
Demy24 Aug 2015, 07:01
hehe, not bad. I like the graphics and the humor.
sydream24 Aug 2015, 07:52
Nice work on graphics / audio and the overall mood. The weather effects are very nice. However there is some unbalance as at time it is very difficult to avoid the enemy. Theme wise, other than the reference that the player is a murderer there isn't much else going on. Perhaps you spent a lot of time on arts/audio rather than gameplay.
scorched
scorched24 Aug 2015, 08:04
Reminds me of Titus the Fox, I really missed throwing objects :-D
The level with long bush at beginning shouldn't start so instant in action. I'd add some meters before "QTE" start :-)
vegapomme27
vegapomme2724 Aug 2015, 08:05
Nice and simple. I like the grpahics. If you keep working on the game,try to make it less difficult somethimes ;)
Kubees
Kubees24 Aug 2015, 08:05
Nice game! I like graphic and audio, also it has great deadly mood. It is pretty hard. Great game!
KodingNights24 Aug 2015, 08:25
Could not make it past the level with the trash dumpster. I guess you're supposed to move it to be able to jump the gap, but how?

Also, it is annoying that you stop in mid-air when you jump...
peterthehe
peterthehe24 Aug 2015, 09:10
I GOT ALL THE REFERENCES :D Nice work.
GeeItSomeLaldy
GeeItSomeLaldy24 Aug 2015, 10:28
Awesome.

That stage in the middle, with the two guys and the bin was really difficult. Once I passed that the rest of the game was really easy.
goost
goost24 Aug 2015, 23:49
It was fun, but the theme kinda promised more.
I wanted to what had happened.
Maybe I just missed something?
orion_black25 Aug 2015, 23:12
The ending was expected(given the theme), but still kind of works. Aside from difficulty(level design), I would suggest to try to sync animation and movement speed it almost seems like the character is surfing through.
Evergreen Games28 Aug 2015, 06:18
Awesome mood. some levels you died without warning. the weather and graphics were great.
Dizzly29 Aug 2015, 20:18
AHAH Nice ending!!! Nailed the theme very well!!!
Reyn30 Aug 2015, 16:39
Very well done. Besides mine this is the only game that I found that you are a monster because of something you'v done.
pnkthrepwood
pnkthrepwood30 Aug 2015, 23:12
Nice fun game!

Some levels are insanely difficult.

Loved the graphics!
mattthehoopy4 Sep 2015, 20:58
Nice. Dark, definitely. Well executed too.
RockhopperGames
RockhopperGames6 Sep 2015, 15:28
Excellent graphics, and high quality music. I found the ending a little questionable though. Since when was other people running off cliffs or shooting each other considered murder?
Team Klappermann11 Sep 2015, 18:41
Really nice for a compo entry Oo
The last levels were a bit annoying due to the almost instant death. Apart from that really solid puzzle platforming!

Keep up the good work!
fedmich9 Dec 2016, 14:46
Good job Jezz, this game is really annoying/challenging to finish :D
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