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“Beat the Heat!” is officially released!
 
 
A very big thank you to ArtsofAllKinds for all his help and hard work in the development process! He put a lot into getting this thing working, so I’m so glad it’s finally out!
 
Game description and details below:
 
Welcome to Beat the Heat!, a runner game that pits you against the citizens of a lust-filled town in a race to home! Do your best to avoid the swaths of enamored stallions to reach your house safely before your willpower is used up!
 
Use left and right to speed up and slow down, and up to jump, and be sure to collect floating powerups to regain some willpower!
 
Click the source for the link, and Enjoy!

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Shads

Joined the site just to log in and tell ya that this is awesome. Thanks for the fun little game. Stallion lust is always a plus!
Combing101

@Background Pony #73E4  
Figured it out, there’s the four for dying then you have to get home three times, one on green health, orange health (first stage, no pink), and one on orange health (second stage, pink). Look at the outline for the face in the top right
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@Exedrus  
All good critiques, and I didn’t even think of the parallaxing one! Unfortunately my developer’s schedule is too busy to work on the game further, and I myself don’t know how to code, so this will be the current state of the game for the time being.
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Not a bad start. I particularly liked the cute little reactions that the main character had when he was hit. But there are a few things I’d suggest changing:
 
  • Make the “Distance to Home” a progress bar across the bottom of the screen. This would be easier to interpret than the current count-down timer and would put that information closer to where the player is going to be looking.
     
  • Add constraints for enemy placement. There were some instances where I though the combination of enemies/platforms would’ve been really difficult to get around. For instance:  
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    Having two stallions so close to where a player has to land doesn’t seem ideal.
     
  • Start with lower difficulty and make it harder as the game goes on. Possibly vary up the number of enemies placed/types of enemies placed or the speed of side-scrolling?
     
  • Make different background plains move at different speeds. This would make the background feel like it has a bit more depth.