April 26th-29th 2013 :: Theme: Minimalism
Ludum Dare 26 — April 26-29th, 2013
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"Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts." Wikipedia
I wanted to make a Megaman-style platformer, except that instead of accumulating more and more powers, the player loses abilities, until all that is left is the basic platformer elements.
I used Flixel with DAME for level editing
my journal: http://enzyme-attack.tumblr.com/tagged/ludum-dare
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 69% |
| #117 | Graphics(Jam) | 3.80 |
| #126 | Fun(Jam) | 3.31 |
| #195 | Humor(Jam) | 2.47 |
| #248 | Overall(Jam) | 3.20 |
| #276 | Mood(Jam) | 2.93 |
| #349 | Innovation(Jam) | 2.73 |
| #368 | Theme(Jam) | 3.00 |
| #465 | Audio(Jam) | 1.25 |
Comments
Really nice, fluid animations. I've tried quite a few times but I can't seem to bit him though!
VERY fluid controls and animations.. one of the best games I've played so far this LD! :D
Very nice. Would be cool to see it extended in to a fully fledged game!
The hit box was a bit off for the last stage. Great animations and movement! Bonus for not restarting at the beginning when you die.
Quite the fun game, although I had a hard time understanding the correlation with the theme (before reading your explanation). Good job!
I got pushed through the door by a collision with the boss: http://imgur.com/VEIdNjB
Could really use some audio, and I couldn't figure out what the weak point indicator was indicating.
Great animations and flavor, though - I did really enjoy it, despite the bug!
The difficulty curve was excellent. Just as you start to get better at learning his patterns and the controls, you start to lose abilities. Very fun!
I think it was actually easier without the threat detector, and the magboots and double jump armor weren't really that useful either. Maybe it was because I got better at the game as I played?
AWESOME! Reverse Mega Man! You really nailed the Mega Man feel. Awesome graphics. Needs some audio to make it PERFECT! Great great great job!
Awesome animation, controls worked well too, but I couldn't beat the bad dude. Awesome job!
I must disagree with some of the earlier comments: I think it's easier than most Megaman boss fights. In fact, it's very well balanced, Major Pain has a good range of moves, great learning curve, and lives up to his name! Threat detector is a nice feature to start with, too.
Your interpretation of the theme seems similar to what I came up with, but yours comes across more clearly, and I really liked the power core being the "discovered true important thing" after she is deprived of all the other superfluous things (which actually, weren't as good). You made the theme ring true with the gameplay/progression really well, which I don't know if our team entry quite managed. Top marks for that!
Just in terms of gameplay I'm not sure what was meant to happen with the power core, though: I just kinda ran into him. And a shame there was no ending screen, the art is cool! Nice feel, nice to play, and slick.
You should totally use SFXR next time round - it'd be ideal for sound effects for this kind of action shooter.
Great job!
I like the idea, it was enjoyable to play, and nice art by the way :3
Thanks for the comments, all! Next time I'll plan more for sound design, hehe
What a great game! Fun and really really hard... love the artwork!
It is a bit buggy, but playable. I liked the idea very much, and strangely, I got better at fighting him the less the powers I had!
Very hard, but I enjoyed it anyway. The graphics are well made, but as someone else mentioned here, the game gets easier because you benefit more from your experience as from the powerups.
Forgot to say I beat it :P it's not that hard, I really like boss battles! Great game ahah
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Couldn't get it to start :/