Growth by solarexplorer

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made by solarexplorer for LD31 (COMPO)
Eat and grow, rack up combos by lining up shots or bouncing off the edge.

Ratings

Coolness 40% 1695
Overall 2.83 921
Audio 2.44 698
Fun 2.88 752
Innovation 2.65 875
Mood 2.63 814
Theme 3.48 716

Feedback

v01pe
08. Dec 2014 · 22:17 UTC
Hey! I liked the simplicity of the game, a little more variety would be nice though - things like attracting spots, moving objects, … at some point it is impossible to continue, because you can not not run into red things - a cashing in mechanic like in BIT.TRIP VOID would be nice.
4th round I had a bug where no red things appeared, and I got super huge, basically getting a point per frame :D
Germanunkol
09. Dec 2014 · 16:15 UTC
Hi, nice game idea!

I would have liked to have a trajectory kind of display while dragging, or at least an arrow from the object to the mouse - it would have made the idea of "pulling" the shape more clear.

Side note: Your readme says to run "kivy main.py" - that didn't work for me (Ubuntu). Instead, I had to run "python main.py".
Also, kivy seems to be available in the repositories - so it's actually easier to get it from there (no need for a ppa).

Nice game!
Wakka
09. Dec 2014 · 22:32 UTC
I am not rating or playing the game, because I would need to download a 100 MB runtime. Just want to let you know that you should consider a more accessible technology next time ...
SpartanIceCream
09. Dec 2014 · 23:42 UTC
Nice, simple, and sweet!
Croze
10. Dec 2014 · 03:13 UTC
@wakka the point of ludum dare isn't to make a game that'd available for everyone, it's about making anything you want to make and anyone who is able to give feedback can.
🎤 solarexplorer
11. Dec 2014 · 02:09 UTC
Wakka, I agree with you somewhat, I think a 100mb file for what I packaged is unnecessary. I am currently in the market for a new "prototyping" framework that's readily cross platform (and lighter weight). Kivy is good for some things, but I think it doesn't do too much to optimize its packaging, and just includes everything (I haven't audited how the packaging works, so it's not very fair for me to criticize it much more than to say the packages seem large).

I chose Kivy because I'm familiar with it, and it can be reasonably packaged for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
SolomaZ
11. Dec 2014 · 20:59 UTC
Looks like an interesting minimalist game. Sadly I can't afford to install anything. gl
MrShoestore
12. Dec 2014 · 02:21 UTC
enjoyed it, but could use some work with look and sound. and the game closed completely when i died
ramyaanudeep
14. Dec 2014 · 01:03 UTC
wow wat a great concept
rantt
16. Dec 2014 · 03:43 UTC
Nice minimalistic game. Good job.
snickersnacks
18. Dec 2014 · 03:16 UTC
Straight and to the point. I like it! Great job in just 48 hrs :)
KrisDevelopment
22. Dec 2014 · 08:37 UTC
Simple but fun :)
maxmetallica
28. Dec 2014 · 05:42 UTC
nice dude
mohammad
30. Dec 2014 · 00:58 UTC
Intreating. Game of life mixed with some snake.