Escape!

Could not run.

cool levels with cute graphics.pretty good!

Thanks @rngsilvercraft !

@ironfroggy Does the game freeze when you presses start ? Are you on linux ? Try to run the jar again, or try the start.bat file !

Downloading over itch.io launcher doesn't work. Could not start the game.

fun little game :)

@arden Thanks Arden :)

@Traincraft Traincraft, did you unzip the folder ? You need the 3 folders of resources in the same folder than the .jar or .bat file and need to have java installed (try java -version on the console to check). Game may not work on linux too, thanks !

the game froze either when I opened it or pressed start, I'm not sure

The controls felt a little weird and I would sometimes move several squares when I tapped the button. Dodging the bullets while having to track power was interesting.

Funny little Game, fits the theme perfectly!

It's pretty solid. I like the precision in the movement. It's smooth, polished, and it fits the theme very well. Good job!

I unzipped the game and when I try to start it gives the Java error Unsupported major.minor Version 52.00 and a bunch of function names.

@mmason Are you on linux ? Have you installed Java ? Did you unzip the folder ? Questions that I ask to each person for which the game was not working properly :) Thanks

@unnamed1334 Thanks for your feedback !

@fireshake Thanks a lot ! :)

@blueman Thanks a lot !! :D

@shabap Hi shabap, did you try to update Java ? It seems you may have a too old version. You can check your version by putting 'java -version' in the windows command console. Hope you'll tell me if it changed something, thanks !

Really cool game. A lot harder when come the ninjas shooting at you ;-)
Keep moving forward.

@kthulhu1947 Thanks a lot ! Yeah some levels are not so easy ! :D

Super cute game! some of the levels are too brutal for me (barely managed to pass lvl 3)

Nice game, really interesting.

@wrexialmt Yes this one is quite hard ! The next ones are quite simple until the hardest : 8 - 9 aha, thanks a lot for playing !

This game is really neat! I have yet to finish it though, it's really though and unforgiving, but that's what make it fun for me. + Puzzle games are from my cup of tea so you hit the mark for me :)

Also, I'm commending that you made this completely from scratch! I wanted to do the same but I quickly trashed the idea, as this was my first Compo and LD in general and I didn't want to take any risks :/

Anyway, GJ with this one!

@uzyfeo Thanks a lot, I appreciate ! Yes I had to make it a little unforgiving as there is only 10 levels :) Don't worry, with tries and fails you'll fast be able to make some nice games :D This is my first LD too but not my first game, thanks again !

This is a very strategic game. I could not make it past level 8, even while trying to plan out how to use the least power moving and shooting. As has been said here before, though, that is what is best about it. Great job!

good game :smile: there is a bug though, when my power is 0 as i approaches the power up, my power level has increased but the game shows i am running out of power, overall this is a good concept of running out of power

I uploaded my gameplay of this game on youtube, you can find it here


Thanks for being part of the stream :)

Nice little game. It is suprising challenging. Had fun to play it.

@artur-hawkwing Yes, aha, thanks a lot !

@ye-yu Yes indeed ! I will fix it when I can :) Thanks for your feedback !

@togis Thanks again Togis !

@twaldigas Thanks a lot ! :)

Couldn't run, sadly. "A Java Exception has occurred" it says.

@gil4 Fist time someone has this error ! What java version do you have ? Did you unzip the folder ? You need the jar to be placed in the same folder than the resources ones :) Tell me if it helped !

Neat game. I really like the mixture between having to plan forward, managing energy, but also timing your steps in order to avoid getting hit. However I got stuck at level 8 :(

@daniel-kartafla Thanks a lot ! Yes the level 8 and 9 are really hard but they are the two last ones ! :D

pretty good, special logical game

Took me a while to realise player was running out of energy based on movement, not time! Cool little game, although movement was a little bit slippery and often I was finding myself losing because I stepped into the hole when I wanted to go faster. Also I could only destroy the walls vertically. That could be fixed :D (If that's not already a feature which I didn't see). Anyway I really enjoyed your game! Have a nice day!

@cihy Thanks a lot cihy ! Indeed, I restricted the shoot to the up and down directions to avoid perma-use :p , have a nice day too !

@konio-softworks Yes, indeed, thanks ! :)

The game is nice, although I did think the power level icon was an item once or twice. Good work.

TFW I had to write the comment three times, because ldjam.com kept throwing me back to the frontpage without warning; thank you, PoV.

What at first glance seemed to be an optimisation puzzle soon turned out to be a pattern-based bullet dodging game, and it's not a bad thing! It's interesting how, despite the same mechanics, different levels gave various gameplay styles. Up-down only shooting was a brilliant idea and difficulty was just right. I gave up on level nine, because I had no solution to the leftmost enemies.

Please add the same build as Linux and macOS versions, as jars will work on them just as well. Thanks for making this!

This is my favorite game till now. There's not a thing I don't like except for the difficulty going up to fast. But balancing is hard to get into the time frame. Balance it and polish either the graphics or give it a even more retro look maybe with some shader or add a gameboy like frame in the background to give the illusion of a handheld. Should be awesome! Also consider adding nice music.

@toonteamj Thanks for playing !!

@starlight-glimmer-is-best-poney Thanks a lot for this big feedback ! I'll check if it runs on my Linux and add the game if no problem ! Thanks again :))

@anudin Thanks a lot Anudin ! I'll consider this ideas, they are quite interesting :) Thanks for your feedback !

Great game and actually very challenging ! I had fun !

@matkubik Thanks for playing !

Fun game and lots of levels! I enjoyed the puzzles. The controls seem to be a bit wonky though, I often ended up running one space more than I wanted to. Maybe slow the game down a bit to prevent that? Also the theme seemed a little shoe-horned in but hey, it worked. Also, you made this from scratch with Java, which is incredibly impressive in its own right. Good work!

Difficult, but hell that's what you want out of a puzzle game! I like the simple mechanics -- makes it easy to pick up and play. I didn't like only being able to shoot up or down though... felt needlessly limiting. Overall, solid entry. Thanks for sharing!

@wheffle I'll consider that, thanks a lot !

@ninjascribble Yes, I needed to restrict the mechanic, otherwiser it would be too op ! Hum, I could increase the power used at each shoot though, thanks a lot !! :)

Really fun game. The difficulty curve felt good (though the last level was maybe a bit to hard). Balancing the number of enemies you kill vs the steps you take is a really cool mechanic. I haven't been able to figure out how exactly the way you face is decides when you move sideways (sometimes it changed, sometimes it didn't) and sometimes after I died/restarted I moved in a direction without pressing anything or some of the items were already collected. Except for those minor issues I quite enjoyed playing the game. Great work.

@junber Yes, at first the collecting items thing was an issue but I decided to let it as I think it acts like a 'help-feature' when the player die too many times, when you spawn with the power item already collected, you just have to focus on the key, I think that's not bad. Thanks a lot for your feedback ! :D

Very nice little game! The levels didn't feel too repetitive, and they each got progressively harder. Good job!

@mikomikisomi Thanks for playing ! :)

Nice entry! Pretty minimalistic, but the level design is good, the difficulty makes it enjoyable, and the graphics made me kinda laugh :) I would have liked the overall game to be a bit clearer though, I had trouble seeing breakable walls and the paths of enemy bullets. Good job!

I really liked the difficulty and well designed puzzles. I think locking the player to a more strict grid would be helpful and make the controls feel a lot tighter.

Very nice game. I loved it. Congrats.

@turbotfish Thanks a lot for your feedback !

https://ldjam.com/users/dirkinz I take it in consideration, thanks for playing !

https://ldjam.com/users/mianagames Thanks for playing ! :D

Gameplay is good. A short controls tutorial would be helpful.

@shaolin-dave Thanks for testing !

very simple yet very fun. I enjoyed the concept of this game and it fits the theme really well. It is also very similar concept to my game :)

graphics were a bit simple, but gameplay was not!

@elit3dgaming Nice ! :D Yes I already finished your game, and left feedback :) Thanks for playing !

https://ldjam.com/users/christina-antoinette-neofotistou Thanks a lot for your feedback ! Yes, the level 8 is potentially the hardest one :p

Hey, nice game! I like the concept, simple and fun! Nice job.

Solid entry! The graphics and sound were very minimalistic but it didn't bother me much. The gameplay was fun and challenging. That said, a couple of things you could do to improve is perhaps implement grid based movement, similar to the old Pokemon games so the character feels easier to control. Also some kind of visible grid in the background would have been nice (some floor tiles or something as to be able to more easily keep in mind the bullet trajectories). Overall though, good job!

Thanks for playing !

@shell-pirate I do agree with your ideas :) Thanks a lot for your feedback !

Cool game, but maybe next time you can improve graphics a little!

@c0nst4ntin Thanks for playing !

Really fun game, works perfectly for me on Linux. The mechanics worked well for the most part but not sure if intended or not but I kept the key sometimes when I died and didn't have to collect it again. Maybe it was only for silver keys? Same thing happend to health pickups sometimes too so not sure.

Still the game managed to catch my attention and it was fun but level 8 was just too hard for me. The timings needed to be really precise and after dying on the same level over and over I gave up so maybe a level selector or level skipper could be implemented so I can check out all the levels :)

Good job overall though!

Nice game. It's a bit annoying that the power is just enough if you never move wrong. You can't correct a mistake, you have to start over. Also the third level was way too difficult for me with all the shooting. But cool idea that you have to go pick up energy.

@linus Thanks a lot for your feedback ! Indeed the level 8 is really hard, but feasible ! :D The things you mentioned was, at first, not intended, indeed. But I chose to let them as I think it simplifies the level when you failed too many times :)

@smbe19 Yes, this is what I wanted: do a simple game not so simple :) Thanks for your feedback !

Overall very decent game, I quite like the small nature of the graphics they seem to fit the style of the game well. Some of the later levels can be really punishing if you make a wrong move though. Overall really solid entry, well done!

And to answer your questions over on my jam page, the 3000 views for the flash game is because it's on Newgrounds, a popular site for flash games, that everyone can play. It was even posted on the front page which means more exposure, and it's just me, no team. It was all made in under 73 heck a lot of stuff got cut from the finished product, like cutscenes and some levels.

@sinclairstrange Thank you for your feedback ! Wow I'm really impressed, congratulations for your work ! It is the most solid entry I saw until now !! :D

Very nice game! I loved, it is polished and fun. Simpluy mechanics but you not get bored at all. Nice level design ;)

@krunoslav Thanks for playing ! :)

Don`t start run on my comp. I try one more time

Great little puzzler. It's a bit buggy when you die while moving. Background music would have improved the experience a lot.

Hi @pavelsovushkin did you unzip the zip file ?

@pschichtel Thanks for your feedback !

I had fun playing this. At first, I didn't understand exactly how power was decreasing, but it wasn't hard to figure out.

Nice level design, good obstacles, make you stop and plan before moving.

When I saw the pictures I thought id' play a little cute game, didn't expect it to be this hard haha, was surprised by the challenge but in a good way! Cool entry :)