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4.12 / 5.00 18,041 Views1-Button Suicide Javelin
- Score:
- rated 2.86 / 5 stars
- Views:
- 10,209 Views
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- Genre:
- Sports - Other
- suicide
- sports
- javelin
- flixel
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Author Comments
Welcome to one of the less well-known summer games events: the Suicide Javelin. In this event you can increase your overall distance by getting hit by your own javelin!
Use 'J' for all the gameplay controls:
-1. Set the angle by pressing 'J' (and keep holding it to run).
-2. Throw the javelin by releasing 'J'
-3. Accelerate the rocket by pressing 'J'. Release 'J' to break.
- 'ESC' to get back to menu (eg. for restarting game).
- 'R' for quick restart during game.
- 'M' to toggle mute.
- 'H' to show hiscores in title or demo screen.
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6.9.2012 UPDATE:
I think I found out what was causing the humongous lag for some people. This has hopefully now been fixed. Please tell me if you're still experiencing lag! Also if you find bugs, please describe what kind of a bug you encountered!
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24.9. UPDATE
Added medals to the title screen.
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25.10. UPDATE
Added possibility to control with mouse clicks. Also added 'R' as a quick restart key.
Reviews
Rated 4 / 5 stars September 3, 2012
Not bad, it did take a lot of practice measuring the speed and the height of the javelin to time it right.
I got 1.2 million, I couldn't get past the pile of junk at like 350 meters.
Thanks and well done on the result of over 1200 meters! :)
It does indeed take some practice. And of course trying to repeat a good throw is part of the challenge. It might work as a competition against a friend. ;)
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars September 3, 2012
I think the idea of this game is really nice, but the "1-button" thing just doesn't fit right in this type of game. So with new controls this game would be 5/5.
Thanks.
It was a quickly made game for the Mochi competition in July, and one of the rules was that it should be a 1-button game. Otherwise I'd probably have added one extra button for the controls.
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars September 3, 2012
Damn it... The instructions are given "on the fly"....
I've already heard about learning fast, but this is ridiculous.
5 stars for the original idea.
-1 for weird game play (there is some bugs due to the lack of optimization)
-0.5 for placing instructions where I sould be playing rather than reading.
Thanks for the feedback!
I think that in almost any hiscore type game like this you any way won't get your best result on the first try. So in that way, perhaps the way of giving the instructions isn't that bad? You'll any way need to try a few times before grasping the idea or getting good results. A separate practice mode would be maybe too much for a simple game like this but of course I could've made it so that when trying the first time, it would pause the game between the control changes, so that the player would have enough time to read the instructions.
Ps. The game controls are also mentioned in the game description, but one useful button was missing from there: you can use 'ESC' to reach the title screen, if you feel you'd like to restart your attempt. That instruction's been added now.
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars October 2, 2012
It is not a particularly good game, easy controls, it is the type of game to waste time with
Yes, that's pretty much what I was aiming for: nothing particularly special but a somewhat entertaining short time waster. :)
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars March 15, 2013
Wow, this was a challenging game for sure. The last medal took me about 2 hours to get into the groove of things. I only have a few complaints with this game and the main ones are with the art/animation. The art for the runner was sub-par and his running looked very sloppy. The last thing is the camera view. I know it makes it more challenging the way it currently is, but if the camera zoomed all the way out after you threw the javelin I think it would improve the overall play of the game.
Interesting twist on the toss-type games though. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you liked it in general.
Both your criticisms are also well founded. The dude was very quickly scribbled and I never did a rehaul on him. A better camera view would probably also make the game more pleasant to play.