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Block Trail by Thor7791

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made by Thor7791 for LD32 (COMPO)
You are a red square. Your goal is to get to the blue square. Avoid purple circles and yellow squares. However, you know that weird trail following you? It kills the yellow squares. Have fun wall-jumping through all 6 levels! This is the first game that I've ever made! There is no score system, no sounds, and no title screen but it's still my game. It was a challenge for me to come up with an idea, stick with it, and make a fast 2D movement system. I didn't REALLY stick with the theme but, eh. All feedback is appreciated except that which is simply "ur gm sux".

Things that I know are wrong and don't need to be pointed out to me:
My collision method is sketchy
It is impossible to jump straight up while next to a wall
No menus, scoring, or sound

Enjoy!
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/u2tm7w317tvvma9/BLock%20Trail%20Windows.zip?dl=0
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/s/ycvddkwmk7cdv1b/Block%20Trail%20Mac.zip?dl=0
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/eubdl9e2tyc2tm3/Block%20Trail%20Linux.zip?dl=0
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/cbfqoksvnrqehhr/Block%20Trail%20Source.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=41923

Ratings

Coolness 73% 3
Overall 3.28 450
Fun 3.53 206
Innovation 2.92 670
Mood 2.86 612
Theme 3.05 792

Feedback

ViliX64
20. Apr 2015 · 04:17 UTC
Interesting game mechanics and level design.
OmnipotentPotatoDEV
20. Apr 2015 · 04:25 UTC
I get what you were trying to do with the zooming, but it just seemed like a huge annoyance to me because of how much it moved.

The killing mechanic is cool, but in my opinion does not go well with the theme. Everything else was pretty much just any ol' platformer.
daleth90
20. Apr 2015 · 04:33 UTC
Really interesting mechanic!!
stoarch
20. Apr 2015 · 08:02 UTC
Great game. Pitty me it so short. I like puzzles it have.
siryakko
20. Apr 2015 · 16:15 UTC
Fun and great mechanics.
piratequentin
20. Apr 2015 · 16:34 UTC
Nice little game ;) but pity for menu :/
BtheDestroyer
20. Apr 2015 · 16:38 UTC
Good game! I'll probably try speedrunning this later ;D
CireNeikual
20. Apr 2015 · 16:42 UTC
I really like the mechanic, seems a bit underused though. I mostly just avoided enemies instead of destroying theme. This would make a great multiplayer party game though!
bace1000
20. Apr 2015 · 17:17 UTC
Really wish there were more levels! Nice graphics style and it's very fun to play around with.
cgmorton
20. Apr 2015 · 17:57 UTC
Not bad. The platforming is pretty smooth. I felt a little out of control sometimes with left-right movement, slightly sharper turning might be in order.

I don't really know why the trail had to kill yellow guys. I played a second time and had no problem beating the game by just avoiding them.

Honestly, I would have prioritized making bigger and more interesting levels. I can accept a 1 minute game for a web game, but not for something I have to download and run myself.

Also, you should name the download files something more descriptive, I don't want a bunch of Windows.zip files sitting around, especially when I have tons of other Ludum Dare files in the same folder.
huminaboz
20. Apr 2015 · 22:58 UTC
Fun to play, the trail meets the theme. Could be expanded into further gameplay features that depend on the trail for navigation.
purenickery
20. Apr 2015 · 22:58 UTC
This was a fantastic entry for it being your first game! It played really well and I liked the camera zooming. I thought some of the levels seemed a bit out of order in difficulty, and they also started to repeat without warning, but great job!
rd127p77
20. Apr 2015 · 22:59 UTC
Love the level design.
Alexander Ramsay-Baggs
20. Apr 2015 · 23:05 UTC
Very fluid movement, impressive.
JerryLeeLodbrok
22. Apr 2015 · 01:49 UTC
Very cool, I like the minimalism
CarlsonAndPeeters
22. Apr 2015 · 04:14 UTC
I would've put this up for Graphics voting; I thought the visuals worked really well. Simplistic but fitting for the game. Jumping was nice to; just would be cool to have more levels.
remiv
22. Apr 2015 · 09:58 UTC
I like the simplicity of it all. And the weapon make an interesting fighting style.
dcolgan
22. Apr 2015 · 15:16 UTC
Not bad for your first game! It was legitimately fun!
Enneract
22. Apr 2015 · 15:30 UTC
Fun game, and nice clean design. I really liked the controls and the ability to wall jump/stick, the only problem was that they seemed a bit too sensitive.
TeamCalcium
22. Apr 2015 · 15:36 UTC
Nice Game, the feedback to the palyer input reminds me of Super Meat boy. Nice Idea to use the trails as a Weapon.
TheMeorch
22. Apr 2015 · 15:36 UTC
The feel of the platforming here is really unique, and I like it. The clean graphical style is also great. I'd love to more levels where you really have to use your trail-killing ability in interesting ways. Great job!
OrkyOrks
22. Apr 2015 · 15:48 UTC
Fun short Super Meat Boy style game. It would be a nice if there was a way to quit the game without having to alt-f4.
OnlySlightly
23. Apr 2015 · 03:16 UTC
I loved how smooth it felt and the minimalist aesthetic combined with the physics and block trails made it very pretty :)
f7f5
23. Apr 2015 · 19:00 UTC
Movement was super-cool, but you need some more control over that sliding.

There were some bugs on level 4 (the 1st with the purple things, had 2 yellow squares, both on the same platform - sometimes one of them just flew off the right side and the other seemed stuck - that's how I cleared the level!)

The graphics, despite having very simple shapes worked out really well! Why did you opt out of that category?

And please name the zipped folder something better that "Linux" :)
Hovester
23. Apr 2015 · 20:32 UTC
Simple and Fun good work !!
WhiteVoidia
25. Apr 2015 · 14:23 UTC
I'm getting a 404 on the windows dropbox link
🎤 Thor7791
25. Apr 2015 · 16:38 UTC
Sorry, fixed it.
lizard455
26. Apr 2015 · 20:07 UTC
Am I the only one getting the linux download when I click windows?
Dining Philosopher
26. Apr 2015 · 22:27 UTC
I also get the Linux file when I click Windows.
🎤 Thor7791
27. Apr 2015 · 00:59 UTC
Now it's really all fixed!
Dining Philosopher
27. Apr 2015 · 18:55 UTC
I liked it! Nice mechanics, but I would like to play more levels in which it is not so easy to avoid the yellow blocks. Good first game!
Langouste
28. Apr 2015 · 15:55 UTC
Super game! I love it, thanks ;)
wcwedin
10. May 2015 · 17:36 UTC
Pretty fun; cool idea. The ability to wall-jump off the same wall repeatedly is way overpowered. I used it to do a full pacifist run my second time through, though, which was pretty easy until level 6.