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Author:
    orange08
Rating:
    7.8 (5 votes)
Type:
    Game
Genre:
    Platform Arcade
Language:
    GM 8
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Submited:
    December 20, 2011
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Rocket Leaper
Leap from rocket to rocket in an effort to escape from the ever-rising soda! (or slime, whichever you prefer) Freeze rockets with the mouse and use them as platforms to get higher. ChangeLog: http://pastebin.com/WXyCxeik


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Pretty cool game here. Had a good amount of fun playing it.
Posted by Ferret December 20, 2011 16:15 - 1.4 years ago
| [#01]

Just uploaded a small fix that makes the music stop looping when you pause and exit to the menu... not game-breaking, no need to re-download.
Posted by orange08 December 20, 2011 16:39 - 1.4 years ago
| [#02]

that was incredibly difficult. not much for me to say here, except for two moderately-sized flaws that i feel need addressing.

the room is kind of small, this sometimes makes it feel that there isn't enough room to move, and it's one of the only two real reasons why this game is difficult. there should be a bit more space, everytime i died, it didn't really feel like it was completely my fault that i died.

the second flaw is that you can't jump through the rockets from below. the only way you could get on top of a rocket is by jumping to the side to get to the top, which sometimes leads to the player into running into other rockets and dying and due to the small room, this makes the problem even worse.

i understand the game is supposed to be difficult, but these feel like cheap ways to make the game hard.

oh, and one more small problem,(this may be a glitch or bug) i could've sworn I saw the laser go through the rockets one or two times while playing.

other than that, it was pretty good, well polished and pretty fun. but in all honesty, it doesn't seem like a game i'd play again after today.

Overall

7.6/10 (8/10)
Posted by JID December 20, 2011 16:43 - 1.4 years ago
| [#03]

Yes, the game is hard, I've been told that a lot... but so far, you're the first person to say anything about the room being to short widthwise... maybe it's just a pet peeve of yours? I dunno, maybe I've just gotten used to it.

You can't jump through rockets because that's the way the game has always been, it's not that much of a problem if you freeze rockets in good positions. A lot of this game involves strategy. You can't just freeze rockets wherever you happen to see them or you're likely to get stuck. It's a good idea to keep as close to the center of the screen as possible. However, if more people complain about the room being to small, I can probably change that easily. Also, I don't think the lasers go through rockets... I'll check.

Thanks for playing btw :)
Posted by orange08 December 20, 2011 18:20 - 1.4 years ago
| [#04]

Its not that the room is short width-wise necessarily, but it can help the problem.

The problem is that shooting missles makes platforms, but also barriers. It makes it hard to avoid astroids, because not only does it make cover, but also a barrier that you cant jump through. Because of this, either you cant advance, or other missles may hit you.

It is also sometimes irritating when you cant shoot missles at a split second. Like if youre too close to a missle, it may kill you before you get the laser to hit it.

Cool game, but could use some improvement to make it more fun. ;)
Posted by Alert Games December 21, 2011 1:10 - 1.4 years ago
| [#05]

I think it would improve tremendously if you could jump up through paralyzed rockets.
Posted by Ferret December 21, 2011 5:14 - 1.4 years ago
| [#06]

It's a pretty cool game, but it's arcade so there isn't really much playtime except if you want to be nr 1 and keep trying. The game stays the same except if you are higher, but my highest was somewhere around 130 points. The game is difficult so you have to keep trying to get higher. I won't play this game after today, or maybe one time when I forget about this game and try it out. I like games with multiple levels more.
Posted by Naud1234 December 22, 2011 5:07 - 1.4 years ago
| [#07]

Note: I'm not going to make it so you can jump up through frozen rockets. Somehow it feels like it would be weird.

Game updated to V 1.2
2 new modes have been added, "grapzap" mode, and "red and showers" mode.
Grapzap mode may be fun for those of you who want to play the game at a lesser difficulty.
Easy mode has been made slightly easier, the red arrow warning for when a rocket is coming warns you sooner, meteorite showers come slightly less often.

Other changes/additions are listed in the ChangeLog: http://pastebin.com/WXyCxeik
Posted by orange08 December 24, 2011 18:36 - 1.4 years ago
| [#08]

any way to "unfreeze" missiles would be nice. I hate that feeling of knowing I'm gonna lose because I paralyzed a rocked right above mine and I can't fall cause i'll die, and I can't jump through the top rocket because it's solid

or you know, jumping through rockets would be cool too haha
Posted by reidd December 29, 2011 11:30 - 1.4 years ago
| [#09]

Erm... have you ever thought about freezing the rocket slightly to the right side of the one you're standing on? Example Image: http://i.imgur.com/FV2F4.png
Posted by orange08 December 30, 2011 18:22 - 1.4 years ago
| [#10]

Ooo~! that's a fun game, man. I give it a 9. :)
Posted by pounce4evur December 31, 2011 14:37 - 1.4 years ago
| [#11]

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