But you don't need to balance it, because by nature it's way easier to dodge or shield a projectile than a melee attack, since you see it coming from so far away. So yeah, projectile characters are safer but also way less effective, so I don't see how it's a problem for Kerfuffle. 

If you still think it's a problem, you could also just make it so that you actually spawn a shield that stays in place at the players's location. If it is destroyed by a melee attack, the attacker gets stunned, projectiles destroy it in one hit but it gives a window of escape for the character using the shield, while making it less effective against melee guys. Would/could this work?

Why can't the shield just deflect bullets back at the source?

Wait, you're not putting the zelda games on there because you don't want to advertise something already popular, but you're willing to include mario games on your list? What?

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=47555.0
I'd already made a post about my entry so I'll just link to it here. I might continue working on it too in order to improve the menu, graphics and music, as well as some other details. I might even add more things to the game itself, but we'll see about that.

While we're on the topic of languages:

Omelette du fromage

The version with the bandage has slightly derpy eyes! I love the detail on this!

and j-snake continues to win the tigsource award for "person most likely to be ayn rand herself"

FIFY

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Here's my submission to the most recent Ludum Dare. I'm probably going to keep working on it some more so I'd like to get some feedback on your playthrough of the game. I'm mostly looking for feedback on the level design and game design in general, because I'm aware of the graphics not being the best and the music being really repetitive. Basically looking for things I overlooked.

Oh, and I should mention that the game is ONLY PLAYABLE WITH A CONTROLLER! If you do not have one, you'll be unable to get past the menu screen.

Or take part in a Ludum Dare, that worked wonders for me this weekend. I finished the game I started for the first time ever, and I'm really pround of it!

When you want to jump, which one makes the more sense, !onAir or onGround?

On_floor (Or onGround as I like to call it personally) is much more practical because it allows you to check for a myriad of things super easily. And it makes more sense, yeah, which makes code more readable.

Also, to answer your question, this behavior is due to the nature of your collision checking. Basically, the player does not need to be directly on top of ground for it to change it's speed to 0 because you based your collision off of your lateral speed. You need a move to contact function somewhere in there.

Dropping my game: http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=7102

You need a usb controller tho.

Sorry I missed my level two milestone...

Just do it man, that's what ludum dare is about!

Commenting for notifying, cause just pressing "notify" feels creepy.

I'd like to witness such a discussion actually, could you link me to the thread once it's made? Please

Yeah, but Steam is a distribution platform, not a game portal. I think the closest you can find is Nitrome.com and sorry for not mentionning that earlier.

I love the spinny stars! Please use that one as inspiration for the others. And doodles are always fun, at least IMO.

I think you programmed fractals by accident.

Agreed. Jam pack your game with stuff to do!