Keep Charlie Alive

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.48
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.65
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Charlie has a deadly virus that is slowly draining his health, collect the gems to restore some HP and find the key and finish the level before Charlie's HP reaches 0, you must Keep Charlie Alive!

Controls are:

WASD or Arrow Keys to move or left joystick on a controller

Space to jump or A on an Xbox Controller.

It's shorter then i wanted but it was my first Ludum Dare and i had fun doing it! If you like the game, let me know! !

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Tags: #2d
Genres: platformer

Comments17

gamesplusjames
gamesplusjames21 Apr 2020, 15:38
That was fun! I like the level design, and the controls felt nice :) I really like the camera zoom mechanic when you moved or stood still that was a cool idea! Nice work!
Ryulan23 Apr 2020, 02:13
I laughed when I hit an enemy the first time - I didn't expect to go flying like that! I would have preferred a higher difficulty to the levels - but it was fun overall. Good job on your first Ludum Dare!
Terrykk23 Apr 2020, 16:48
Enjoyable game! Keep it up!
Black Flag
Black Flag23 Apr 2020, 16:49
Really liked the level design as well as the camera movement! Overall, it was a very fun platformer!
Anthony Pengelly23 Apr 2020, 16:57
That was a lot of fun - well done! Really enjoyed the level design
Coolguy6316
Coolguy6316author23 Apr 2020, 17:07
Thanks everyone, glad gou all enjoyed it! :D
cheesepencil
cheesepencil24 Apr 2020, 02:20
I thought it was cute and fun! Of course I wanted more but I totally understand it's hard to make a lot of content in a short amount of time! I liked the colorful sprites.
PicusBGames24 Apr 2020, 11:18
Hey @coolguy6316 , I quite liked your little platformer, and love the assets (Kenny Assets!). These are the same ones I'm using in a little game called Sam Jones Treasure Hunter :) I think the only feedback I have is that the water by default is difficult (maybe I have old man eyes) to see haha but managed to finish it pretty fast after two water deaths :) Great entry!
@bigbadollie , SamJones!
Coolguy6316
Coolguy6316author24 Apr 2020, 14:18
@picusbgames Thanks! glad you liked it :D I'm hoping to next time try do my own assets, going to be interesting xD
PicusBGames24 Apr 2020, 15:56
@coolguy6316 Oh don't get me wrong, using existing assets is a perfectly valid and good option to save time. Also, I'm not artist so I generally go in knowing I will be finding art, music and sound assets to use (unless I'm teamed up with an artist!)
Suchista
Suchista26 Apr 2020, 16:25
Hey, it was a nic little game. The controls felt a bit weird, and I didn't like restarting the whole game after some fails. But congrats on finishing a game!

Also, I had an UI bug, where it was a bit tricky to start the game:
Gamer Fates
Gamer Fates27 Apr 2020, 15:27
Nice clean positive game. Good job!
Nicu Comiati1 May 2020, 13:53
Pretty cool game. Felt nice and clean.
Honest Dan
Honest Dan11 May 2020, 18:25
Hey - grats on doing the LDJam! Like I said on stream - the main pitfalls here is that the theme isn't really strong. I can see you put effort into making it seem important - but the thing you're keeping alive is essentially a glorified timer! However, I enjoyed the level design and was good to see a bunch of mechanics implemented.
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