Pandaland
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« on: April 20, 2009, 07:45:58 AM » |
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PANDALAND is a game about indie pop girls ("Pandas") in Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden. Help Amanda Panda to save her home from evil brats and boost her with cream buns, cigarettes and cheap beer! Now available for download! (Windows only)
http://www.pandaland.nu/download.php(At the moment the web site is only in Swedish) Screenshots  
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« Last Edit: April 20, 2009, 07:49:31 AM by Pandaland »
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Don Andy
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« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2009, 07:46:41 AM » |
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Now this is the exact opposite of what I was expecting when I read the thread title and the username.
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Played this now and man, that was a pretty sweet, solid retro platformer. I really liked it. It was a bit short maybe, but that's OK, given the replayability value (Hard Mode and Highscore).
An online highscore table would maybe improve the replayability factor a bit more.
I did notice somewhat of a bug though. The sparks the photographers in Carmen shoot flimmer "too fast" on my machine. That means they either flimmer, don't flimmer, or in the worst case are completely invisble.
I am on a Vista machine, and I know GM has it's gripes with Vista now and then, so that may be the case. It's definitely not game breaking though, it just makes you a bit more vary of those damn photographers.
Also I loved this Earthbound/Toejam & Earl esque charm this game was basically oozing and music was pretty good to listen to.
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« Last Edit: April 20, 2009, 08:06:00 AM by Don Andy »
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astrospoon
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« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2009, 08:49:11 AM » |
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Also I loved this Earthbound/Toejam & Earl esque charm this game was basically oozing and music was pretty good to listen to.
This quote alone means I must try this game STAT. However, Boo-urns to the 1st post pimping of Mr. Pandaland. |
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Balrog
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« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2009, 12:00:34 PM » |
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I played this last night. My only beef with it is that tile in stage 3 or 4 that looks exactly like a tile in Super Mario Bros. 3.
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PGGB
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2009, 07:29:43 AM » |
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The character always moves forward, no matter what I do.  |
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michael
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« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2009, 08:13:54 AM » |
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i agree with dandy, not what i was expecting.
that pixel art is flippin beautiful
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you rob the bank, i'll rob stewart
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BinaryMind
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« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2009, 06:02:58 PM » |
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This game is great because it is nothing but simple, it doesn't try to be more.
Also props for making a Swedish game that I couldn't even tell was Swedish for half an hour.
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KniteBlargh
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« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2009, 08:26:20 PM » |
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What BinaryMind said.
Sorry I don't have any good feedback or anything... Really all I can say is that I totally love this little masterpiece to death (everything, from the music, to the art style, to the mechanics), and I'm thoroughly enjoying playing it over and over again. Nice work guys!
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ChevyRay
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« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2009, 02:36:13 AM » |
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Ack, I'm confused. Where did you guys find this download? I must be blind...  EDIT: Nevermind. I am just blind  |
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ChevyRay
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« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2009, 02:44:10 AM » |
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Pretty cool. Made in Game Maker too. I hate that the Escape button on the window doesn't close the game, though (I switched to windowed mode with F4).
Not really my cup of tea, but it was pretty fun to play with a joystick. Felt just like old time retro fun.
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Corpus
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« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2009, 02:57:15 AM » |
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EDIT: Ah, I'll leave it, since it seems to be well-liked and fairly high-quality.
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« Last Edit: April 28, 2009, 07:37:47 AM by Corpus »
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ChevyRay
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« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2009, 03:06:12 AM » |
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Given that your profile name is simply the name of the game you're pimping, I'm not too optimistic, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt for a little while. Yeah, that's why I didn't say anything. I got the feeling that Pandaland here just isn't coming back. We'll see, though. |
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Pita
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« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2009, 03:31:45 AM » |
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Ah! Great!
I saw Pandaland on myspace a long time ago whilst following the chiptune music internet trail. Fell in love with the sprites & tunes then. Playing the real thing is even better.
Darn talented Swedes.
(also, regarding this post as spam. I'm afraid it totally is. fingers crossed you stick around so it doesn't have to be)
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« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2009, 04:13:55 AM » |
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Can't seem to download it, however the swedish site made me smile  |
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yes, I am trying to be funny, please laugh.
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