The only growth is in the title unfortunetly... But you can feel like super meat boy with just the 2 mouse buttons (and the mouse).
I would loved to add more than 3 levels and sound. Overall weird enough the control works good for me.
I will be releasing more levels for this, links will be posted here or on twitter.
Some people talked about the mouse being locked, I did this because testing with some friends and family showed that weird enough with the locked mouse you have more control. It takes some getting used to however.
--- Requirements --- !!! Requires java 8 !!! Linux & OS/X not tested, let me know if it works or not!
Having trouble running the jar? Use "java -jar GrowBigOrGoHome.jar" from the command line. Suggested by @batmanasb
--- tools --- The game was written in Java using LWJGL 3, I also used Lombok & Guava. All in a maven project which you can import straight into your eclipse workspace.
--- My Records --- Level 1 - 00:23:75 Level 2 - 00:39:74 Level 3 - 00:21:64
--- Updates --- I released an updated version with 6 levels. You can find the download here http://bit.ly/1QKmOyw
The mouse turning is a really clever idea, but sadly doesn't work well with low sensitivity... but still clever! On a side note, if anyone is wondering how to execute a .jar, type this in the terminal "java -jar GrowBigOrGoHome.jar"
Fun to see Super Meat Boy with only mouse controls. This game would have really benefited from a jump sound or two. I would recommend using bfxr, you can create jump sounds with that in minutes. Great game overall, but very frustrating that you couldn't see the mouse, which results in the character randomly turns around at times.
What a novel control scheme. It's wakened a bit by the fact that I can't see my cursor, but the platforming is pretty solid, the difficulty curve is great and the length it delightful. It doesn't stick around long enough to get old and repetitive. Every level is a new challenge. Could do with a checkpoint on the final level, though.
This is really good. I was pleasantly surprised by the fantastic placement of checkpoints. Really kept me playing. I wish I could see my mouse though...
^Nice piece of gameplay. After a short time of learning how to control the char it was very nice to play this game. With some sounds the game would be much better. Never mind, it feels like a very fast paced arcade runner... leveldesign is very nice... but I didn't pass the 3rd level :D
Sadly, I could not run the jar. I'm on OSX. Here is my stack trace:
java -jar GrowBigOrGoHome.jar Starting... java.lang.NullPointerException at net.jeroenimoo0.ld34.Game.main(Game.java:114) Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at net.jeroenimoo0.ld34.Game.main(Game.java:122)
And just an FYI, my game.data file was completely empty.
Got it working on Linux after some fiddling :) Challenging and fun control scheme, good physics, nice graphics, good level design. Not much not to like in this one, except for the lack of sound and music perhaps :)
Great game! Very addicting, level 3 is very frustrating without a checkpoint though. :D Would benefit greatly from sound, but overall an amazing entry. Well done!
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This game would have really benefited from a jump sound or two. I would recommend using bfxr, you can create jump sounds with that in minutes.
Great game overall, but very frustrating that you couldn't see the mouse, which results in the character randomly turns around at times.
java -jar GrowBigOrGoHome.jar
Starting...
java.lang.NullPointerException
at net.jeroenimoo0.ld34.Game.main(Game.java:114)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at net.jeroenimoo0.ld34.Game.main(Game.java:122)
And just an FYI, my game.data file was completely empty.
Challenging and fun control scheme, good physics, nice graphics, good level design.
Not much not to like in this one, except for the lack of sound and music perhaps :)