eye2eye ... the engine and finish is absolutely awesome
the controls for a c64 game with 1button joystick are superb and really responsive theres a ton of props and background tiles and theres more than one tune too, in a game which i think loads only once (i finished it on vice tho for a reason i'll mention in a moment) its a real neo-retro ("post-2020") classic in the making , this thing has potential HOWEVER, i couldnt escape the "apshai remastered" feeling due to its randomness.If any of the bedroom coders is watching, my suggestion would be to add a finishable game, like 15 to maybe max 30 designed which increase sequentially in complexity and difficulty but remain the same so you can as you would in platformers memorize the layout and mob movements and traps (as you would do patterns in a shmup) so you can get through the second (or 3 4 5 ... ) time around. The generator is great but it leaves blind jumps and i dont think i wouldhave had the courage to go through 17 levels without VICE snapshots here.
IF you had that (designed levels) and then the generator on top as a hiscore chaser with or without friends id give the game five io 4 stars and call it up for GOTY '24 lol this is some really awesome work ... item shop and all included, like "monster boy in wonderland meets rick dangerous" perhaps ?
its fluid too, the music is not too much and not too little its catchy but stays in the background everything is just "done" xept this one thing lol : the randomness without a finishable game.
I looked at the other stuff, canabalt was also quite a nice piece of passtime, completely well done and i dont know the others but ill probably check them some time later this month or next month , if this is "one side" or "64kb" i cant wait to see what these guys do with a 3to6 (ultima-size , monkey island ...) or an easyflash
okay thats more than 20 words sorry
yea so "designed levels" is missing imo, otherwise im utterly and totally impressed, i usually dont do a lot of platformers
GREAT WORK, great potential ... hope to see more
the engine alone can probably spawn 20 titles
im really really really impressed by the versatility of the controls with just a one-button joystick and no keyboard ...
well there
my 2cents
well more like 299 + vat (i cant believe the eurosuits demand VAT on these things, its like they dont want you to have a beer for it)
anyway ... its late ... i have to cycle
impressive , really
but : "a game" on top of the generator ... would make it impressive +1
:)
o btw : i had a screenshot but it seems to only have taken a quarter , on the boss level the bossman boinked the floor out from undre the exit door so after he .. "passed on" i couldnt reach it lol ... major bummer :)
but we persevered