Description
Controls

Movement - Arrows or d-pad

Shoot - Space or 'A' button

Goal

Move to the right on each level, avoiding enemy attacks and breaking through barricades. See how many days in a row you can get Bugle to work on time.

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Summary

Bugle's Commute is praised for its simple yet challenging mechanics, well-coordinated gameplay elements, and appealing graphics. Players appreciate the momentum-based movement, randomized levels, and increasing difficulty curve. Some suggest improvements in control instructions and express curiosity about game progression and ending. A few minor frustrations with certain mechanics were noted, but overall the game is considered fun and engaging.


Gameplay Mechanics Difficulty Curve Controls Graphics/Art Theme Fit Audio/Music Game Progression/Ending Frustration Points Generated by AI based on the feedback Bugle's Commute received.
  • Tero Hannula
    Patron

    I found master strategy to just run down and run there shooting away stop signs, and if there was a wall, go around it and come back to bottom. It was nice little game, but got bored around 13th day and just let spikes get me.

    • Panda-K
      Lv. 17
      Panda-K Designer of Bugle's Commute

      5yrs ago

      Yeah, the walls were a late addition, because I realised that moving forward and shooting was too powerful :) So at least occasionally you had to go around.

  • Veralos
    Lv. 38

    Neat game. It takes a bit to get used to the controls but once you it's fun trying to see how may levels you can get through. My best was 14. It seems like the levels are randomly generated, which is also really cool. The graphics look pretty nice too. I like all the different colours and the weird characters designs.

    • Panda-K
      Lv. 17
      Panda-K Designer of Bugle's Commute

      5yrs ago

      Thanks, I'm glad you had fun!

      I went back and forth on the slippery controls, but found that it was more interesting to play with the ice physics :)

  • Nyveon
    Patron

    Interesting game. I'm wondering, does it have an end? Please let me know if it does so I can give it another try and try and beat it :D

    My main feedback would be that I found the fact that the green moving walls drag you along with them was kind of frustrating at times. I'm not sure if this was a design choice or not, but if it is it might just be a me thing (I'm not particularly good at this type of game :P )

    Enjoyable and challenging experience. Well done Cats and Loops :)

    • Panda-K
      Lv. 17
      Panda-K Designer of Bugle's Commute

      5yrs ago

      Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

      There's no formal ending, the game will keep generating new level bits forever (or until your computer crashes).

      The green walls dragging you was sort of a bug that I could live with. I haven't coded an action game in quite a while, so I'm still learning how to do collisions and so on effectively... Any tips on how to stop sprites clipping into one another would be greatly appreciated :)

  • C0DERP1GLET
    Lv. 36

    Day 13! Yay :D

    Sorry, but I cannot really see how this fits theme theme. There is not really any world, except for the levels. But they aren't really small.

    Who cares? It's a great game after all. The music is good, the controls are good, I didn't find any technical issues and the levels follows a very good difficulty curve despite being randomized.

    I especially like the spikes that appears after you wait too long. The aren't needed. But they shows that you want the player to play in a more aggressive playstyle, which I think is much more fun than playing passively.

    Just Junk!
    Submitted

    Just Junk!

    • Panda-K
      Lv. 17
      Panda-K Designer of Bugle's Commute

      5yrs ago

      Thanks for your feedback! (I've never gotten anywhere near day 13, that's really impressive)

      I agree that the game drifted from the theme a bit. I started with the idea of a world that starts small and grows, but that's it :)

      Another commenter mentioned adding a score system, and in retrospect I think that gaining points for finishing quickly would have been a better motivation than the spikes...

  • illdie
    Lv. 12

    I really like this game, its very simple to understand yet the momentum based movement, bouncing against walls, and limitation to one bullet at a time really forces you to think through how you navigate. I also really like the loop of replaying the same level with extra stuff added in each day/faster shooting enemies. The spikes also are a nice addition that I never died to, but gave me a reason to want to hurry. The mechanics are very well coordinated to make it feel tense and hectic, and the music really complements that. Maybe add occasional bonus level and score counter, and I could see this fitting in perfectly in an actual arcade :)

    • Panda-K
      Lv. 17
      Panda-K Designer of Bugle's Commute

      5yrs ago

      Thanks for your feedback! Maybe a score counter based on how quickly you clear the level could work, to try and push the player to optimise each section and make a mistake...

  • Henry Haak
    Lv. 41

    This was a fun little game! Even though the controls were really simple, I felt like there was plenty of depth with the very slippery movement.

    One thing I would recommend changing is the controls section on the description page and separating keyboard and gamepad controls into their own sections. I lost my first run because I was trying to press the "A" key on my keyboard to shoot. Most people probably aren't as dumb as I am, but it never hurts to make sure!

  • Chris
    Patron

    I really like this game. I love the simple to learn but tough to master mechanics and the increasing difficulty. Awesome job. It's original, fun and the player sprite is very nicely done and looks like she could be a monsters inc. character or something.

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