Heart-Pounding Action

Woo... that had me going for long time. My score was 399 at the end of it. Well let's take a look at it. The intro was nice and gave me a light chuckle. Then I come to a screen where I have to enter my name and I do, which I like the little typewriter sound effect when doing so, a nice touch that wasn't needed, but appreciated.

The game loads up and all I have to do is collect treasure chests. Starts out kind of boring really, but then some spikes appear... which no big deal for me, then boulders start rolling which at first the sound of effect of the boulder rolling and crashing was getting on my nerves. Then we have walls moving and the boulders moving faster at which point I was more than happy about the boulders loud noises to alert me to their appearance. Afterwards chests started appearing on the spikes which had me really tense. I was on the edge of my seat while playing which I can tell you I haven't had a Newgrounds game do that for me in a while. I was completely invested in everything.

The presentation isn't much to look at it, the chests honestly look like doors, other than that though it does get a pass, I know what everything is supposed to be and what is going on so it's a simplistic style choice that has no meaning other than to look neat and that I can appreciate, because there is still a game here, a good one at that.

There is no music to be found here and I can't decide on whether that is a good thing or a bad thing. Ultimately it isn't needed, but at the same time it would have been nice for it to be an option at the very least.

The controls were tight and responsive and the game introduced elements to you slowly overtime so when I died it was my fault not the game's, I got too wily in trying to get that chest and I didn't account for the possibility of a boulder even though I felt like I was in a gumball machine that was being fed quarters by a child with ADHD with too many damn quarters!

Overall it was fun!

|| Cheers ||
*Good Presentation
*Great Sound
*Superb Concept
*Superb Controls
*Masterful Gameplay

|| Jeers ||
(none)

Really a minigame, no more :)

Flashes after each chest are horrible, first they blind you for one second (so at higher level you just can't be able to see fast boulders coming) and in second time it hursts my eyes after some minutes playing it.

I don't understand why you added SHIFT to run, because you run everytime...

After 225 gold, a very fast boulder appeared just one square behind me, and I saw I was dead just after it while getting a chest... Making appearing the boulders randomly on the map, it's ok, but limit it with a length between player and the square boumders appear...

(I liker the trolling horse !)

Pros:
Pretty decent. Gameplay is solid for what it is.

Cons:
I've been playing for a few minutes, and it seems like that this is the only map. Doesn't seem like much of an "Epic Quest" to me.

Also that bright white light you get whenever you collect a chest... Ugh, that's annoying. I don't think I'm epileptic, but that hurts my eyes.

Also try adding some music.

Really fun and good hope you get the game steam green lighted dude!