Falling Time

by g12345

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.91

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.89

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.59

Falling Time is a simple coin collecting game, completely written in vanilla javascript.

Use the left and right arrow keys to move, and x or space to reverse direction.

Collect 25 coins to reach the next level. 9 levels.

It's probably not very novel or very interesting, but I'm really glad I finished a game in 48 hours.

(I started on Sunday because I got sick on Saturday. I feel a lot better now (not completely recovered) but I will stay home for the next few days.)

Comments20

coryru26 Apr 2021, 22:20

This is awesome!!! The mechanics are super fun and easy to pick up. Reminds of of good ol arcade games. This would have been a great quarter muncher back in the day. Add a good soundtrack put it in a cabinet and sell it to your local bar asap!

Hempuli27 Apr 2021, 02:05

This was neat! I like that the game was beatable, and the gameplay was surprisingly exciting. The lenient collision detection was also very nice because it allowed some tricks for faster coin-collecting.

neontropics1 May 2021, 00:38

It was fun to try and get as high score as possible and the controls and gameplay was very tight! I liked the simple but clean sprites as well.

It's a little bit of shame there was no sound - just one sound effect for coins and one for getting hit would do wonders in providing more immediate feedback and overall feel when moving.

dob1 May 2021, 00:46

A functional, complete game that plays well. I made it through a goodly number of levels, but never saw anything I could shoot - maybe that came later? But it works, and it was done on time, and it looks nice. I hope you're feeling better.

GogglesKitty1 May 2021, 00:57

This is a lot of fun! It definitely reminds me of an early PC game or something from that era. Straightforward, simple, and addicting! Nice work.

Krassenstein1 May 2021, 00:58

Loved this game! Only issue is that my keyboard inputs were sometimes not picked up if I tried to move too fast to one side. (i have a very fast actuation on my keyboard)

Well done!

Thulium Games1 May 2021, 00:59

Nice simple game. It was super simple and I found myself playing for a lot longer than probably necessary.

g12345author1 May 2021, 01:24

@coryru @hempuli @neontropics @dob Thanks for playing. Sorry I didn't had more time to add sounds or monsters.

@dob I feel much better now, thank you. I've only play one or two LD games before today but today I've played a bit more LD games, so I must be feeling better! :smile:

g12345author1 May 2021, 02:07

@goggleskitty @krassenstein @thulium-games Thanks for playing.

@krassenstein That problem you found is actually a setting for me to make sure that I didn't accidentally press some keys too often. I've set it already to as low as possible, but it seems your reaction speed is so much better! :smile:

Dreadusa1 May 2021, 23:13

Very cute little game idea! I like how much use you could get out of one area, very clever and could be very interesting to design with. I love the simple style and colors, super solid entry!

nsadie2 May 2021, 05:46

Nice old school game, it was quite fun. I think you start with a little too much health and a pause before each level starts would be nice!

kleinzach2 May 2021, 16:35

Very cool and classic arcade design. This is one of those concepts that feels like there should have been arcade cabinets for it in the 90s! I will say that because of the fast nature of the game, having the stats screen on the right side of the screen just means that I'll never look there because there isn't any time and nothing over there is important for the second to second game play. Great job!

XOREAXEAX2 May 2021, 18:53

Arcade feeling! Simple but fun :)
I had the feeling that the input is lagging a bit in the html version

tengusheath3 May 2021, 05:04

Cool mechanic

Ryan Harriman3 May 2021, 17:28

I liked the up down mechanic. Little fast for me. I do like the retro feel though.

Tris2503 May 2021, 17:42

Fairly simple mini game, the aspect can make you think of some gameboy game, the game is fun and the mechanics are very interesting, I liked that our character changes direction when touching the ground.

However I find that the game quickly becomes rather repetitive, probably because the levels are too similar and I find that it lacks sound effects and music.

RoofloorWall3 May 2021, 18:01

Definitely an interesting mechanic! I wish there was a little bit of visual feedback when taking damage. Hope you fell better!

SLM6 May 2021, 11:07

Cool! The game is pretty simple but it's very satisfying when you dodge dense objects perfectly, It feels very smooth. I also liked the retro mood a lot!

Ismael Rodriguez6 May 2021, 12:22

Very cool simple arcade game. I'd like to see different mechanics get worked into this, and then just add new things with each level to keep things interesting.

Lv1; just coins
lv2; spikes
lv3, moving spikes
lv4; speed lanes
lv5; slow lanes
lv6; switches and doors

Stuff like that.
Anyway, good job!

GregoryBlomquist13 May 2021, 05:28

Fun arcade-style game with frantic pace! The back and forth scroll made for some interesting planning and challenge. A bit more visual feedback and a chippy soundtrack and this would be a great Atari game!

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