Well, Mike ran in to problems getting ldjam.com working properly with about 12 hours left in the Compo, so this is the backup plan.
Are you feeling relaxed? Good...in just a few short moments, you won't feel anything of the sort.
Welcome to the STREXTER Stress Test pre-alpha early access program! STREXTER Inc. thanks you for your participation and sacrifice. The STREXTER Stress Test is designed to determine your readiness for [ERROR; DATA CLASSIFIED] by testing your memory, reflexes, intuition, and determination under highly adverse conditions. We can assure you that no humans have died so far in the making of this test, although several proctors have received severe injuries from subjects driven to extreme agitation by test conditions. Fortunately, we have determined from your psych profile that there is a 95.37% chance you will complete the test with only minimal injury to STREXTER personnel, so emergency response teams have been instructed to stand down.
We at STREXTER Inc. hope you will enjoy having your patience and endurance tested to their absolute limit!
Keyboard and gamepad controls supported. WASD/arrow keys/D-pad/analog stick to move.
Developed with ZeroBrane Studio.
Graphics created with Aseprite.
SFX created with Bfxr and Audacity.
Music created with FL Studio.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 50% |
| #60 | Fun(Jam) | 3.96 |
| #135 | Theme(Jam) | 4.09 |
| #185 | Overall(Jam) | 3.74 |
| #247 | Innovation(Jam) | 3.48 |
| #265 | Audio(Jam) | 3.39 |
| #276 | Mood(Jam) | 3.57 |
| #427 | Humor(Jam) | 2.63 |
| #449 | Graphics(Jam) | 3.48 |
Comments
NOT RELAXED NOW!!
Nice game, the sense of urgency is totally there. You've got a strong simple graphical styling that really works, and the audio is a mood-setter.
I would definitely have even played more if the restart didn't take me back to the beginning.
I really liked this! Cool to make it timer-based instead of just "touch this tile and you die." I think it would have been nice if the timer didn't start until you started moving. The room transitions were also really cool. Great work!
This is really good. It would be cool to see the source code for this but I guess it's not available. But yeah really fun. The transition animation is cool
The game is really nifty and has a neat continuous game progression, and it's been juiced pretty well. My only complaint was that it wasn't quite clear that the orange stuff just slowed you down.
This is really well done! I love the introduction to obstacles and how you kept it seamless for one room! Especially when you lose! I nerdgasmed! You should work on this more
Great idea! Very easy to understand how to play and what need to do. Please add more gameplay events and improved graphics solution!
The concept is brilliant! I like your entry very much, well done :)
Pretty fun! I beat it my 2nd try. I liked the block switch effect and how you could have some time off knowing what path would spawn. You could probably capitalize on the transition too with other levels (for example a sequence of silver ones and fake out paths). Anyway great job!
Very intense game! I loved the transitions between the checkpoints.
Nice concept, would love to see more! It was cool how the next level appeared and the player stayed in the same place. You could really play with that to make the game even cooler. Nice clean graphics too, well done! :D
This is such a simple concept yet surprisingly fun. I did much better once I realized that the fire blocks (or whatever they are) werent gonna kill me but just would slow me down. Until then I was scared as hell of them. By the by it took me 4 tries to beat.
Pros:
-Elegantly simple without being boring
- Good length for judging purposes; just enough to be challenging w/o overstaying its welcome. Many games during ludum dare I find myself commenting "needs checkpoints!" but this one doesnt its fine just like it is if this is an example of, like, a level
Cons:
-Unless you add power ups of enemies or something (which im unsure would benefit this concept) alof of it becomes about memorization of the optimal path
Suggestions:
Maybe a button that lets you speed up (a dash?) but has some drawback like if you touch a wall you get stunned. I'm unsure of this though. I do know this tho: if you decide to persue this idea further you need something to either make it less about memorizing the opitmal path OR embrace that that games about the optimal path an add risk/reward mechanics (like the dash) for speed runner types.
Great job!
Also, thank you for allowing me to use WASD and the arrows because after my third try using WASD my forearm muscles wer burnin'-- I thought: man I wish I could use my other hand and then was delighted to find the arrow keys worked too :)
Yeah, my plans for this were a lot more ambitious in terms of content. I definitely have plans to go back and add more sometime - along with new gimmicks to contend with!
Checkpoints were very much something I had in mind. I'm also thinking a better introduction to the red "slowdown" tiles might be to force the player to cross them in order to proceed. A dash mechanic would be fun, now that you mention it, but I think I might implement it in the form of directional "launch" tiles (which could both help and hinder!)
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Really awesome!
The music, timer growing, and flashy lights all make you really stressed!
Was able to win (just barely) on my third try.