Elec Dude

Fun little free indie game, not much else to say. Give it a try, nothing to lose!

It's alright as a game developer's first game.

Not bad for a free little 20 minute game, you run over electricity and pick it up while avoiding enemies (and the final boss). Feels like an early Gameboy game.

[h1][i]Elec Dude[/i] - 6/10[/h1] [b]Please for the love of god don't make the most common texture in your game a strobe light[/b] [hr][/hr] [i]Elec Dude[/i] is a short puzzle game where you have to maneuver through a level to collect all the electricity while dodging bugs(?). There's only 20 levels so it's fairly short, but it's fairly difficult for it's length. It's paced fairly well although the difficulty curve looks more like a mountain range, and despite there only being three enemies they compliment each other very well. If that was all there was to say I'd give it a 7 or 8, but the electricity sprite is a [i]flashing[/i] lightning bolt which gets really hard on the eyes when it's covering the whole screen. The music, which is limited to one short, looping track outside of two levels, has very defined beats but the enemies do not move to it. Most of the enemies instead move smoothly between tiles instead of jumping like you do, apart from one which nearly matches up to the beat but desyncs enough to trip you up. This, while strange, [i]could[/i] be forgiven if they actually moved the way they displayed, but I'm fairly sure they actually just jump like you do and only preten…

It's a pretty good game. The difficulty goes up a bit quickly and it can get a bit frustrating but you'll still have a good time if you're patient and able to go slow unlike me. A short experience too so you lose nothing by trying it. The repetetive music is the only other major thing bringing it down

like most retro games and retro style games, it's extremely frustrating. still, it's pretty fun as long as you're an expert at timing and button mashing.