Help Dot reach the goal in under 13 steps. It’s measured in keystrokes, you have to be judicious about every movement.
\nIf you complete all 13 levels, you’ll be scored by total time and total keystrokes. No storage; remembering scores is up to you. Time spent standing on the goal doesn’t count.
\nIf you get stuck, just dance until you explode.
\nThere’s a fabulous mini comic, and comments form, on Itch: https://aksommerville.itch.io/economy-of-motion
\n","source":"aksommerville/ecom","stars":0,"comments":[{"at":378815990,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"Loved the music and gameplay! Simple and efficient\nNice animation of numbers at every step\nOn my second run I died only twice :)
\n","games":["13 Steps to Escape"]},{"at":378835718,"author":"Antonio Salvati","login":"salvan13","gh":260311,"url":"https://salvan13.github.io/","twitter":"salvan13","text":"first game I finish! nice idea to fit into the theme, innovative.
\n","games":["Kyabetsu"]},{"at":378836655,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"One of my ideas this year was to make a game where we’re limited to 13 moves. Glad to see this entry achieve it as a 2D platformer!
\n","games":["O HIII BAD SKATEPARK","EMOJIPHOBIA","GREAT PLUMBER 65"]},{"at":378847104,"author":"Cliff Earl","login":"Antix-Development","gh":17822130,"text":"Great fit for the theme. I liked the short tune, it wasn’t overly annoying at all. Well done!
\n","games":["Badluck Butter Chicken Goes To Outer Space","Badluck Butter Chicken Flies The Unfriendly Skies"]},{"at":378853062,"author":"Homer Dilpleu","login":"HomerDilpleu","gh":66157330,"text":"I enjoyed playing and I have completed all the levels! The concept perfectly fits the theme and I loved the music.
\n","games":["Unloved 13"]},{"at":378887757,"author":"Tleffelman7","login":"Tleffelman7","gh":178530206,"text":"super fun, good music, fun mechanic and puzzles that makes you understand mechanic
\n","games":["The Thirteen Storms of Divine Wrath"]},{"at":378891131,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"I got 4 -? levels in, and I couldn’t get by the one with all the long ladders? Takes exactly 13 to navigate up and down to the goal, but then you die. Great game idea! I played longer than I thought I might because I wanted to beat the ladders level. Tell me how to beat it!
\nGreat music! I love that you managed to get in a ‘game over’ separate music riff. Good touch, polish that’s usually missing from JS13K entries.
\n","games":["Six And Seven"]},{"typ":1,"at":378897961,"re":378891131,"author":"Andy Sommerville","login":"aksommerville","gh":1869768,"url":"http://aksommerville.com","text":"Thanks for the kind words!\nA hint about the ladders: Keystrokes only count when you press them, and you can hold as long as you like.
\n"},{"at":378891740,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Fun and innovative puzzle with a few gotchas along the way, where not just the move count is limited, but how often the key is lifted. I wish there were more and more difficult puzzles. I missed a reset button to restart a level when I already knew I screwed up. The final scores seemed to sum up everything, but most rows were zero?\nThe music is lovely.
\n","games":["Thirteen Terrible Stunts"]},{"at":378898662,"author":"Rémi Vansteelandt","login":"remvst","gh":3472387,"url":"http://www.remvst.com/","text":"Completed with 298 steps!
\nI like the concept, thought it was going to be a different type of puzzle and then was very happily surprised. Also this fits the theme quite well!
\nIf you’re looking for areas to improve, I think the jumping could be polished a bit, and platform graphics could be more varied.
\nSolid entry overall!
\n","games":["SQUAD 13"]},{"at":378909573,"author":"Raptor Dev","login":"raptor0999","gh":74460924,"twitter":"Raptor_IndieDev","text":"Great entry!
\nLove the concept and implementation of mechanics also! This game is just plain fun.
\n","games":["Primonumerophobia"]},{"at":378917776,"author":"Alex Delderfield","login":"AD-Edge","gh":3481465,"url":"www.delta-edge.com.au","twitter":"Alex_ADEdge","text":"I like the theme integration with this one, a neat idea. Also a fun moment to discover that a single held button press only counts as one move - the level which forces you to realize this was pretty smart :)\nGood work even getting some music into your entry! Not easy
\n","games":["The Anti-Poker Protocol"]},{"at":378932176,"author":"Javi Agenjo","login":"jagenjo","gh":393515,"url":"http://tamats.com","twitter":"tamat","text":"I enjoyed the main game mechanic.
\nI felt some level really explored the idea of 13 moves while others felt more like regular platformers. Embracing the first ones would had make it more interesting.
\n","games":["Deep13"]},{"at":378937853,"author":"Logan Tempez","login":"LoganPB","gh":114475709,"twitter":"MamonakuStudio","text":"Very cool! I finished it, good gameplay. The theme is correctly respected. My favorite level is the one with all the ladder, there’s a little trick on it. I would like some more difficulty.\nCongratulations, nice game!
\n","games":["13th Restaurant Rush"]},{"at":378948354,"author":"Mohammad Jawad","login":"mhmdjawad","gh":22205462,"url":"https://pdemia.com/","text":"use of the number 13 as this is cool, also motion and animatiosn are very good.
\n","games":["The 13 Invaders","Cookie Maze 3d","Maze Runner vs 13","Tower Defence Walking 13s"]},{"at":378949668,"author":"Zark Attack","login":"Noah-Zark-22","gh":181499250,"text":"Really fun game, excellent premise, and good audio. It plays like a Hudson Soft game :) This game has inspired me to become more economical with ALL of my motions. From playing guitar to picking my nose, I WILL be more effiecient!
\n","games":["Primonumerophobia"]},{"at":378953634,"author":"Hogia","login":"Hogia","gh":2686337,"text":"Love the idea and the gameplay gz!
\n","games":["13 Seconds To Midnight"]},{"at":378959891,"author":"aselitto","login":"aselitto","gh":17676172,"text":"I enjoy the movement and the insta death on 13 when jumping! Fantstic 2d game for 13k.
\n","games":["Dekatria Mansion"]},{"at":378960163,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"Fun game with clear goal. Easily to make player to know how to deal with the levels! Great entry.\nIf there are more elements about the character or maybe more interactions between items and the character, that will be super fun!
\n","games":["Templar's Final Stand"]},{"at":378970069,"author":"Jonas Olmstead","login":"sanojian","gh":428082,"text":"I love the goofy keystone cop and many of the puzzles are thought provoking. Nice use of the theme.
\n","games":["Wendol Village"]},{"at":378981746,"author":"IroncladDev","login":"IroncladDev","gh":50180265,"url":"https://connerow.dev/","twitter":"IroncladDev","text":"Love the idea and simple gameplay.
\nGreat job
\n","games":["Salvadoran Reclamation: MS-13"]},{"at":379019687,"author":"Eoin McGrath","login":"eoinmcg","gh":96340,"url":"http://eoinmcgrath.com","twitter":"eoinmcg","text":"Fun game with nice gameplay and music!
\n","games":["Gecko Blaster"]},{"at":379061644,"author":"Alexander Petrov","login":"baturinsky","gh":632779,"twitter":"baturinsky","text":"Innovative! And a good level design - not too easy, not too hard.
\n","games":["Terra Mobilis","Triskaidekagenesis"]},{"typ":2,"at":379086596,"author":"Michelle Duke","login":"mishmanners","gh":36594527,"url":"mishmanners.info","twitter":"MishManners","text":"Love your GitHub README, especially the fact you thought about what to do afterwards; ie. having a TODO for things you’d like to implement.
\nCool take on the theme. The music is fun, and the “winning” fanfare is great. The colour animation on the words (ie. when you get to 10 it goes red) is a nice touch.
\nThe 8 bit animation on Dot is great too - nice work (ie. claps hands when reaches the goal).
\nFun and easy game to play - good intuitive controls.
\nI got stuck on the six ladders; could only work out how to do it in 13 moves, but it kept exploding on the goal line. Nice work though!
\n"},{"at":379326064,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"Nice integration of the theme into a platformer!\nThe “press the key as long as you like, it counts as one” mechanic is great.\nAnd i love the small details, like the clapping when you reach the finish ;-)\nGood music, and sharp controls.\nGreat and entertaining entry!
\n","games":["Aargh! Triskaideka attacks!"]},{"at":379380588,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"This game has the best interpretation of the theme I’ve seen so far. I think it’s clever, and blends well with the gameplay.
\n","games":["Bubble Burst"]},{"at":379490406,"author":"Cody Ebberson","login":"codyebberson","gh":749094,"url":"https://cody.ebberson.com","twitter":"codyebberson","text":"I completed with Time: 161, Steps: 212, Deaths: 9, and Total: 21. Excellent entry! Clever use of “13” in game design. Great music and sound effects as well. Great job!
\n","games":["Phantomicus"]},{"at":379504736,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"Simple, fun, sometimes challenging. Music, sound effects and pixel art all good,
\n14 deaths I think I had, a few tricky levels.
\n","games":["The Fear Factory"]},{"typ":2,"at":379572462,"author":"Christer Kaitila","login":"McFunkypants","gh":2111957,"url":"http://www.mcfunkypants.com","text":"really polished and tight gameplay mechanic!! very hard, but very fair! great work, I really enjoyed this; the levels were just right
\n"},{"at":379579088,"author":"Jure Triglav","login":"jure","gh":238667,"url":"https://juretriglav.si","twitter":"juretriglav","text":"I tried this one during drafts and loved it then already! Awesome game, great use of the theme. I completed in 630 something steps, I have no idea how you can complete in < 300 steps, that will have to remain a mystery. The whole vibe of the game, the graphics, sound and music remind me so much of Dangerous Dave II, one of my favorite games.
\nCongrats on a well-executed, well-polished & innovative game!
\n","games":["The Dandelion Wars","plusminus13"]},{"at":379900206,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"A fun platformer with a hard-as-nails mechanic limiting your moves.
\nThe pixel graphics were well designed and worked well.
\nThe music was funky as were the sound effects.
\nThe levels were challenging and looked well designed, although in places just touching the goal felt it should have been enough instead of needing to be on top of it.
\nIt felt a bit harsh for a directional jump to take 2 moves away
\nI got stuck on the level with the 6 ladders.
\nPerhaps a suggestion for improvement would be to allow jumping through platforms from below (although I know form experience that this isn’t trivial)
\n","games":["rollermaze"]},{"typ":1,"at":379927900,"re":379900206,"author":"Andy Sommerville","login":"aksommerville","gh":1869768,"url":"http://aksommerville.com","text":"That’s a good idea! When the goal is floating, as most of them are, doing them as one-ways would feel more correct.
\n"},{"at":380070803,"author":"Benjamin Boyd Austin","login":"bbaustin","gh":18755168,"text":"Cool game! Really clever implementation of the theme.
\nIt made me really conscious of how many keypresses/micro-adjustments I naturally make while playing a platformer game.
\nThis would be a cool game to expand upon after the jam to have more levels/obstacles, etc. (but maybe the concept is too weird without the context of this year’s js13k, haha)!
\nMy final score was 185, 238, 10
\n","games":["PicoBuddy"]},{"typ":2,"at":380137447,"author":"Clément Pasteau","login":"ClementPasteau","gh":4895034,"twitter":"ClementPasteau","text":"Such a clever game.\nSo simple, yet so fun.
\nHonestly, I love those types of games that don’t have one unique concept they use all the way long and is really fun.\nMusic is top, game is super easy to grasp without the need of a tutorial.
\nReally not much to say! Super fun!
\n"},{"at":380282758,"author":"Ben Fox","login":"BenjaminWFox","gh":9467046,"twitter":"benjaminwfox","text":"First off, best instructions ever, “If you get stuck, just dance until you explode”
\nBut really fantastic game! Simple gameplay, easy to understand, but still challenging. The audio fit perfectly, and the clapping animation was adorable.
\n","games":["SECTOR 13"]},{"at":380352714,"author":"Jack Le Hamster","login":"jacklehamster","gh":5171849,"url":"https://dobuki.net","twitter":"jacklehamster","text":"Innovative use of the rules to mix puzzles and skills!
\n"},{"at":380427787,"author":"Rob Louie","login":"roblouie","gh":5448110,"url":"roblouie.com","twitter":"rob_louie","text":"Very enjoyable game and cool idea. Sometimes my inputs got counted twice, not sure if this is a bug or just a quirk of the controller. As others have said, the ladder level is a difficulty spike that requires you to learn that you have to use diagonals. It’s actually a very clever idea, but maybe should have been the final level, or closer to it. Once I realized that, I actually noticed I was able to change diagonals without it counting against me and finished it very easily though.
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