First I would like to say thanks to everyone who took the time to play my game. My music took 15th place this time. I look forward to next time when I will add sound effects as well.

Now for the responses to the comments….

ickylevel says …

Cools musics.

Thanks! This compo I spent about 1 hour making the game and 3 hours making the music. (yes I did not get the full 48 hours. I was just too busy.)

eli says …

Great music and variety!

Graphics were cute, could have used sound effects. The start-over gameplay is a bit frustrating.

I would like to apologize for the start over gameplay. I originally planned to have enemies and a life span. neither of which got implemented. So I ended up doing something quick so I could put it up.

Cooshinator says …

Nice music, but the graphics seemed kind of crappy. Other than that, I did enjoy the idea of “Just move around find the lightning bolts”. It was pretty calming

Tenoch says …

Great fun! The simplest ideas are sometimes the best.

Never managed to beat the second level though, these rotating ones are nasty. Adn sometimes the collision detection is a bit severe.

But the great music made me want to finish the game!

If you got to the 2nd level you got to hear all the music. I should of made the rotating ones move at 1/2 or 3/4 their current speed to make them more fair.

Endurion says …

Nice. Simple idea, and the second level is actually harder than one might think.

The 2nd level I spend about 5 minutes making. I took the other level and just changed a couple things… I feel a bit bad for making the game so hard. Next time (If I get more than 4 hours I will have a easy medium and hard mode)

31eee384 says …

Awesome music. But I’ve got to agree with others’ critiques: the restarting levels deterred me from finishing the game.

If you don’t mind me doing so, Diet Chugg, I rehosted your game here:

http://galacticgaming.net/hosting/ludum/SkyLands.exe

Thanks for re-hosting the game for me. I gave you an award for that one. I think next time I will host it on Game Jolt. Just found out about it and I think it would be nicer to use.

jfroco says …

Excellent audio. Simple and fun gameplay. Restarting after dying impeded me to finish the game.

Sorry…. really should of got the life system finished. I had it about 1/2 way when I just ran out of time. Curses only having 4 hours to work on the game.

Tom 7 says …

Not bad. I played through to the “end” (hint: you can see the “end” by pressing the cheat-key ‘esc’ at any time ) and it was challenging even given the simple goal. The biggest hazard was getting stuck on a wall, because if that happens and there isn’t a whirlwind coming, you have to use the cheat key to start over from the first level. Nice, weird music.

Most people find the music I make to be very weird. My last compo I entered into that’s all I got about my music. Some liked it and some hated it.

frosty says …

I really like this. =) Great music. Neat back story. The graphics are rough but fun. I especially like the main character hover dude. Overall good work for a 48h entry.

I’m glad someone noticed the back story. It really wasn’t in the game much, not near as much as I planned. Also Thanks for the trophy, that is the first trophy I have received and it is much appreciated.

SonnyBone says …

I liked dodging the stale bugles and picking up the fruit snacks with my GOLDEN FLEECED SAMUEL ADAMS ON A HOVERBOARD.

LOL! what a hilarious interpretation of my game. I really liked your entry btw. It was really humorous.

Codexus says …

Nice music but restarting the level made the game no fun :/

yep this makes it pretty clear, I will make sure my game next time will not restart you over and over.
Now for my own commentary on the game.

Likes:

1. My music rocked this time. Taking 15th out of 204 entries just made my day. Next time I will have sound effects too because I found out about sdfx and that will really help out.

2. I liked the ragged pictures for the lightning and whirlwinds. I used photoshop for them and I thought they looked pretty.

3.  I liked the back story for the game.

Dislikes:

1.I hated the restart level feature. I really wanted to have the life features in game but never made it in time.

2. Not enough time working on the game. Man that really frustrated me. I had a date this weekend, work this weekend, and went to my grandmas the weekend of the compo. It gave me nearly no time to actually work on the game. (I had other things too but those were the highlights)

3. No ending… really bothered me. It made my game feel incomplete. Which it was but I don’t want it to feel this way.

4. Not enough levels. It really should of had 5 levels with 5 songs to accompany the game.

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