Boulderpunch by Lemonade

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made by Lemonade for LD32 (JAM)
In these ruins, you find the legendary MAGIC GLOVES OF BOULDER PUNCHING. However, upon picking them up, the entrance seals off and the room slowly fills with spiders. It's up to you to use your new power on the conveniently placed boulder in the middle of the room and survive against your eight-legged attackers for as long as possible.

Controls: Arrow keys, WASD or TFGH to move. Mouse to aim. Left click to punch.
Objective: Punch the boulder. Avoid the spiders. Sending the boulder towards spiders is the only way to kill them. Get hit three times and it's game over.
Crushing spiders increases your combo level, displayed around your cursor.
Reach full combo to gain a level, letting you punch the boulder harder.
There are no win conditions. Have fun!

I only started working on this entry game in the last 24 hours, so it's not very polished and there may be some errors here and there, but it should be good enough.

Song by chirimoya, sound effects made with SFXR.

Made with Game Maker 8.0.

Feedback

TheMeorch
21. Apr 2015 · 21:20 UTC
I really enjoyed playing this. The physics feel good, and I like that your own weapon can hurt you. I'd love to see what this could look like if everything moved faster, there were multiple boulders, and the game were more hectic overall. There's a lot of potential here, great work!
NoxNode
23. Apr 2015 · 03:20 UTC
Pretty good game. Well fitting with the theme and pretty fun.
Os_Reboot
26. Apr 2015 · 19:52 UTC
Awesome game! Regardless of the time constraint, this game felt very polished. The simplicity fit well, although I would have liked to see a faster difficulty curve, the first few minutes were very, very slow. Seriously good job though!
Langouste
28. Apr 2015 · 15:53 UTC
Super game! I love it, thanks ;)
Mossy Frog
12. May 2015 · 00:27 UTC
Well done, a pretty solid game and the physics work well. Nice entry :)