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Review by joeld42 all reviews by joeld42

The smoke effect was really cool -- definately one of the best in the compo stylistically. The player and enemies were cool and had personality. The gameplay made me think of Abuse (which is a great game). More variety in the level terrain would be nice, and it was kind of frustrating to shoot at them, I think if you could watch the bullets flying this would be really fun. Overall, excellent start, hope you continue to develop the gameplay!

Overall - Good start, but rather incomplete.

Artistical - Looks great, loose connection to \"news\" but it\'s there.

Technical - The smoke looks fantastic but I didn\'t see any fire FX.

Genre - Garbage plays a role in the backstory, but not much impact on gameplay.

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 4 Technical 2 Genre 2

Review by joeld42 all reviews by joeld42

This was pretty fun. The levels were challenging and the gameplay was simple but effective. Good player controls and collision detection. I liked the variety of enemies (natural disasters).

Overall -- Pretty fun and challenging. Nice that it had five levels.
Artistical -- Not bad for programmer art. Didn\'t seem to have a strong connection to news or current events though.
Technical -- A little buggy. Smoke was nice but there was no fire.
Genre -- Definately a good fit for the genre!

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 2 Technical 2 Genre 4

Review by joeld42 all reviews by joeld42

Very fun. Well done and looks good. The monkeys are great.

Overall: Fun game. Good use of garbage and monkeys.
Artistical: Good.. Looks great and there was news in there.
Technical: Both smoke and fire, looked good and had some connection to gameplay
Genre: Great idea of digging through garbage! This was a lot of fun

Scores: Overall 4 Artistical 4 Technical 3 Genre 3

Review by joeld42 all reviews by joeld42

Pretty impressive for just having one day to work on it. It seemed to lock up when I died though. Nice graphics and funny concept.

Overall -- A good start. music is a plus.
Artistical -- Definately based on current events, and good graphics too.
Technical -- Nice multiplane scrolling. But the smoke/fire was kind of weak. :)
Genre -- I didn\'t see any garbage.

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 3 Technical 3 Genre 2

Review by joeld42 all reviews by joeld42

Wow.. this game was unbelievable for being done in a weekend. Hats off. Gameplay, a story, smoke, fire, it had everything. Fantastic work. And origional and fun gameplay on top of all that!

Overall -- Great work. Gameplay was new and fun. Nice puzzle/action mix.
Artistical -- Great graphics, and current event showed up in the storyline.
Technical -- Amazing technical acheivement.
Genre -- Not quite sure how it related to \"garbage\" tho...

Scores: Overall 5 Artistical 5 Technical 5 Genre 4

Review by joeld42 all reviews by joeld42

I love adventure games so you get points just for making one. And a complete winnable game, too, even though a little short. Nice work. And so true about 4 am...

Overall -- finished, playable. Nice.
Artistical -- it had artwork.. with shading and purple garbage. Not much \"news\" though.
Technical -- Impressive, inventory, scrolling, different rooms. Smoke/fire weren\'t really FX though.
Genre -- The main obstacle was getting past a big mound of garbage, so that fits the theme!

Scores: Overall 4 Artistical 2 Technical 4 Genre 3

Review by joeld42 all reviews by joeld42

Cool game. I like that there are a lot of levels and a little variety. Nice twist in that you weren\'t tring to shoot the enemies, just clean up their garbage and avoid them. I liked the retro isometric look of it, too. I did get stuck between some of the crates sometimes tho.

Overall -- Good work, playable and lots of levels.
Artistical -- Decent gfx, and some connection to the news (but im not sure heat waves cause garbage to spontaniously combust)
Technical -- playable engine, lots of levels. The smoke and fire looked pretty good and were important to gameplay.
Genre -- Definately a game about garbage, and a good use of garbage for gameplay

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 3 Technical 3 Genre 4