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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #569 | 3.741 | 3.741 |
| Artwork | #1054 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Enjoyment | #1340 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Narrative | #2478 | 2.926 | 2.926 |
| Creativity | #2995 | 3.593 | 3.593 |
Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You play Count Down, a vampire, who has to get down to his cave before sunrise!
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Laz
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I love the city skyline and how its above the clouds, I would have never come up with that. Also I see you really polished the game as much as possible, I love the red border and the dithering. Also from all game that all somehow have a countdown, for me this one was the most stressful. I only wished for a last screen beyond the finish where its like a blueish cave and the vampire chills with his bat buddys, as a reward for getting down. And btw I got down with 11 seconds to spare, took a few attempts though. Nice job!
Great art style and sounds, the game looks very pretty. I liked the fact that the character has a little bit of inertia and doesn't stop moving immediately after releasing the button, adds a nice challenge. To me personally the game felt a bit too punishing, I would have preferred a smaller hitbox for the clouds, less clouds overall, or some implementation of i-frames to avoid getting stuck and bouncing between the same clouds and the top of the screen for several seconds, which felt a bit frustrating. This is just a personal comment though, probably skill issue ;) A great game overall!
Overall great execution! I loved the unique style and the challenge level was just right. The float-y feel was fun as I made the descent. Was able to complete it barely in time
Perfect Pico8 Game! Graphics, Sound and balancing are on point! Had a blast getting to my cave <3
Suuuuper cool graphics and music, and the physics of the bat is top notch ! It really did feel like a panicky little bat rushing to safety (source : I have rescued bats before)
great aesthetics, both music and visuals are creating this oldscool feel I have really liked
Very addictive and cute game but the gameplay isn't very clear. good job. 7/10
A very lovely infinite runner, I enjoyed the game very much. My best score was 500m, those damn clouds! The bat sound is so adorable ^^ The input handling is wild but still makes you feel like you’re in control.
We are brothers on interpretations for the theme jaja.
Love the art style, could see playing it on the bus on a trip trying to speedrun it. Was a little frustratingly some parts, but sometimes that is part of the spirit.
Very great job!
great game! the controls are a bit frustrating towards the end when you just bounce between everything non-stop but the art is lovely
as a side note: always impressed when I see the Pico 8 loading screen!
It is a fun simple game premise executed well! What I will say though is that it was just frustratingly annoying rather than fun to bounce on the clouds and walls, but despite that I still greatly enjoyed the game.
The game looks very nice. Love the artwork. Gameplay can be a bit frustrating with the floaty movement paired with needing to have precise movements so you don't bounce to the top of the screen. In my opinion, the movement should be a bit less slippery, but overall not bad. The game's good, and I think you did a great job!
Thanks, I think you're right about the movement, It def need some polishing. Thankyou for kind words about artwork.
Quite addictive! The cloud hitboxes felt a bit big and i got stuck a few times where i hate to navigate super precisely between the clouds, maybe the clouds breaking after you hit them a couple times would help that
The moving clouds adds some nice difficulty and variety when you get closer to the ground
I'd love it if you release the png cartridge version, it'd be great to play on my phone!!
Thankyou! Glad you liked it. I think that cloud breaking idea is really good.
I hesitate to post png cartridge version here, dont want to risk breaking rules of updating the game during the voting period.
Having said that I've also uploaded to the lexaloffle website under the Jam section so you should be able to find the png download there if you'd like to.
The art and music are lovely! I'm definitly not skilled enough to reach the cave though. The moving clouds got me stuck more than once. Addictive nonetheless!
This has some real potential to become a great little game!
Really great pixel art. I barely made it in time with a few seconds left. Could be expanded with more obstacles like planes or birds that acts like the current clouds, with the clouds slowing you down instead. Controls a bit floaty, but it makes sense here since you’re flying.
Thanks! Yea i was planning on adding more obatacle but ran out of time unfortunately. That's a good idea with the clouds slowing you down too.
Man this would be a major game in Atari days, really cool concept. Nice job!
I was reeaally set on bringing the count to his cave, got so many tries under my belt but made it eventually, Fun concept to play for a little while. Well done!
Hope he doesn't fly around 3KM again anytime soon, got quite close with the timer..
Haha, im glad you enjoyed it. I may tweak the difficulty a bit after the voting period, we will see.
Anyway, thanks for playing and commenting!
Fun game with great artwork!
Thankyou!