Awesome game, Very addictive!
Reviews for "Lemming Rescue"
I like this game a lot. I thought the opening video animation was hilarious as is the concept. The music is perfect and the graphics are are really funny. I found it very challenging, definitely not an easy one, but I'm not one to blame a game, rather my own ability, if I find it challenging. Perhaaaaps if you were to make it more accessible it would be good to include different difficulty levels. As I see it, there's three things that make it really difficult - 1) the fact that the basket accelerates as opposed to moving linearly which makes it hard to judge how long to press for 2) the frequency of rocks and rabid lemmings and 3) the frequency of rocks and rabid lemmings that fall just after a good lemming.. the last two are very similar but should definitely be considered separately because it's the third one that always gets you. If you were to create different levels I'd do it with consideration to these points. As it is, I'd say it was top difficulty rating but like TheNDGhost said that's definitely not a bad thing. TheNDGhost managed to get 150 (incredibly) so it's definitely a playable game and as I said I love the concept and it seems to have been developed really competently. Keep up the good work guys.
CactusGaming responds:
Thanks for the great response! It's really nice to get such positive comments like this one and it's also good that you went into so much detail, when describing features of the game. This game is still a working progress and although we believe it is fun and tidy enough to be playable, we are planning on adding things like upgrade shops and a story mode that contains different difficulty levels that you complete one by one. But once again thanks for the comment and kind rating :)
This game is brilliant, pure genius. I'd go as far as to say that this game is the best thing that's ever happened in my life. In fact, I maybe as well jump off a cliff myself, since nothing will ever bring me close to this visceral feeling of life contentment again. If this game was a potato, it would be basted in goose fat and baked in an oven for 50 minutes, being turned occasionally, until perfectly crispy and browned, with a white, fluffy centre.
There are three things you could do to make it super sooth though. Firstly the blood could fade a tad quicker (just a tad, mind) and sometimes when you press esc the blood stays up on the screen and you need to press esc again to clear it. Secondly the music doesn't loop. Thirdly I agree with TheNDGhost that a mute option would be good.
Otherwise I love the graphics, the music, the concept, the challenge and I really enjoy the scoring system. I like that the game doesn't end until you want it to. I think it's great having your own top score showing at all times because it encourages you to keep going and beat it. I've fallen deeply in love with the lemming that's caught in the title sequence and I think you should make merch. lemming dolls so that I can buy one and take care of it myself.
HIGH FIVE!
CactusGaming responds:
Thanks for such an awesome response! I have to say, in all my time spent on forums, social networks and game websites I have never once come across a game being described as a well cooked potato but I guess there's a first for everything! We do actually have a new patch update which allows you to skip the video at the beginning, change the volume of the music and sound effects and Danny is working hard on trying to fix the bug that keeps the blood from disappearing when you save your score. There are still a few more things to add to the upcoming patch but it will hopefully soon be out :)
So, awesome game, super duper excellent and all, in fact the world has been made that little bit better because of the lemmings we now rescue. However, little glitch... when the game is paused, apparently the lemmings don't stop forming, and you end up with a shower of animals afterwards which are evidently impossible to all catch, so the screen goes red and basically my computer died. Other than the whole dying thing, PAT ON THE BACK GUYS *High Five*
to mach blood in my face!