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Silo by Azlen

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made by Azlen for LD31 (COMPO)
Silo is a game about harvesting and killing monsters, you kill the monsters by harvesting... what the? (It makes no sense but it's fun once you get good at it)

A good game for people who like 2048, Gridland, or strategy/planning games.

Best played in either Chrome or Firefox, mostly was tested in Chrome. There are a couple bugs that happen from time to time, if the whole game stops working just reload the page.

The controls for this game are simple and listed below:

- Arrow keys or WASD to move your player around
- Space will place the next color to where you are standing
- Pressing "e" will harvest the block of colors you are standing on (you must harvest a minimum of three squares at once)

If you imagine that each cluster of colors is a field, "e" harvests the whole field and gains you points. If a monster is in that field (on the right) when you harvest it, that monster will die.

Don't let the monsters touch you!
Web http://azlen.github.io/ludumdare31/
Source https://github.com/azlen/ludumdare31
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=18078

Ratings

Coolness 51% 3
Overall 3.50 266
Fun 3.32 342
Graphics 3.24 456
Humor 1.72 911
Innovation 3.94 98
Mood 3.00 472
Theme 3.61 542

Feedback

DrHahn
08. Dec 2014 路 05:59 UTC
I'm sorry, I'm not good, and don't quite understand it, sometimes commands do things and sometimes not, and I have no idea why. I like the colour scheme you've used, and I'll come back if I end up working it out.
馃帳 Azlen
08. Dec 2014 路 06:27 UTC
@DrHahn, sorry I probably was not specific enough with the "how to play" section. To harvest, you must harvest at least 3 squares at once, or else it does nothing.

Because I coded it, I often forget to convey certain things to the players.
Fonserbc
08. Dec 2014 路 10:07 UTC
This is really cool!
It's a really neat concept you came up with, and it's really well executed!
dethe
08. Dec 2014 路 19:54 UTC
I can't stop playing! Got to get the monster combos for best results (harvest with multiple monsters on the harvest area for multiplied score). Can't wait for this to work on mobile.
ramonparaiba
09. Dec 2014 路 00:54 UTC
hahahahaha, very fun! i love minimalistic games!
hypnoticbytes
09. Dec 2014 路 01:09 UTC
Wow, cool idea and better execution! Love to see this game in my phone!!
Maxom
09. Dec 2014 路 01:15 UTC
I love it. Don't quite understand why you included the second view, that makes the overview much harder.
doos
09. Dec 2014 路 01:18 UTC
Made a lot of sense once I saw the screenshot, kept on getting outmanoeuvred!
ianh
09. Dec 2014 路 01:26 UTC
You could put some text on the web page to explain the game -- I didn't understand it the first time I played. This would work really well as a mobile game!
modwizcode
09. Dec 2014 路 03:57 UTC
This game was really challenging, couldn't figure out the monsters but looked to be cool. Might've just been me though.
sharp911
09. Dec 2014 路 04:02 UTC
Interesting game concept. Like it
alvarop
09. Dec 2014 路 04:40 UTC
Really cool game. It took me a while to figure out what it was all about, but once I got it, I had fun. This could be a really good mobile game I think.
mrexcessive
09. Dec 2014 路 12:56 UTC
Hi there. Interesting idea. Found it awkward to not see monsters on main screen... couldn't it be an overlay or does that make it too easy ? Nice sounds and graphics. Clean look. Good job!
Lokiman
09. Dec 2014 路 19:46 UTC
I like the concept - simple yet interesting and challenging! Also turn based with nice BG music :D
Logun
09. Dec 2014 路 19:48 UTC
A very very nice game ! Loved it, nice graphics, simple end very cool game mechanic. I really enjoyed my play time.
PIXEL^3
10. Dec 2014 路 01:00 UTC
I like the graphics and the mood for this game. Quit simple and fits really well. I liked how simple the mechanics were. More than a puzzle but not as complicated as most strategy games. Maybe try the game on one grid instead of two and see if that works better.

-AlucardX60
Zi
10. Dec 2014 路 04:07 UTC
Very nice! It was so rewarding when I did my first monster-killing harvest! =)
mechabit
10. Dec 2014 路 12:37 UTC
man, that music is grating lol
mechabit
10. Dec 2014 路 12:48 UTC
sorry had multiple tabs open, the music in this is pretty nice :)
lexi
10. Dec 2014 路 13:34 UTC
Very neat game play. I liked the simplistic graphics and the choice of music as well.
cabezotta
10. Dec 2014 路 17:40 UTC
Cool idea! Good work!
phaze112
10. Dec 2014 路 23:34 UTC
A bit complex at first, but it's a great concept and fun to play when you get used to it.
dunin
15. Dec 2014 路 20:04 UTC
But... but... it's time travel... This game fit perfect to the last theme (connected worlds). Nice headache game.
I think the music would be more quiet for this type of game...
johnbrynte
18. Dec 2014 路 21:27 UTC
At first this seemed like a game I wouldn't get, I'm terrible at learning new game rules. But it turned out to be really simple but still very challenging and fun. The game and gameplay seems really polished. Great work, I trult enjoyed this!
2HitAdam
26. Dec 2014 路 16:09 UTC
Loved it! I didn't think it was my type of game at first but then really got into it haha. I like how simple it is, and the way the monsters track made me really stop and think at first, then seemed natural and easy to avoid, then made me sweat when there were three converging on my position... fun times. Scored 1082!
egor-idiot
29. Dec 2014 路 05:12 UTC
Very nice idea!