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Super TransGalactian Hyper-Billiards 2014 by ElectricSeagull

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made by ElectricSeagull for LD31 (COMPO)
Welcome to Super TransGalactian Hyper-Billiards 2014.
Navigate around the screen with the arrow keys.
Press Space to pause.

Choose your colour and shape before you start a level.
Red beats yellow, beats blue, beats red.
When two pieces collide, the winning colour performs its action:
Circles take the other piece's colour, Squares explode the other piece and Triangles make the other piece disappear.

The aim is for your colour to gain the majority of pieces on the screen (if you're a circle, you change teams when you change colour).

EDIT (12/12/14): I've fixed the page scrolling bug on the web game in Chrome and IE (it was already fine in Firefox).


Tools: Java, libGDX, Eclipse, GIMP, Zynewave Podium, Audacity.
Web http://electricseagull.itch.io/super-transgalactian-hyper-billiards-2014
Windows / OSX / Linux JAR https://www.dropbox.com/s/mozh38cjwo4jak2/hyperBilliards.jar?dl=1
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/x8a7m2roiq6olu9/hyperBilliardsSource.zip?dl=1
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=38469

Ratings

Coolness 77% 2
Overall 3.30 436
Audio 3.39 174
Fun 3.07 574
Graphics 3.35 391
Humor 1.94 860
Innovation 4.13 44
Mood 3.23 305
Theme 3.41 794

Feedback

Drtizzle
08. Dec 2014 · 17:59 UTC
Great concept, but it moves a bit too slow for my liking.
If this was a bit more fast paced i would play the crap out of this.
PERECil
08. Dec 2014 · 17:59 UTC
This game reminds me Osmos a lot. Fun to play.
Domicuc
08. Dec 2014 · 18:00 UTC
Nice and simply gameplay. Sometimes I don´t know, when I will win, but it is triffle. Fantastic work!
Rozaxe
08. Dec 2014 · 18:01 UTC
Love the music ! Especially when you reach a new level.
Nice graphics ! But a little slow on web.
talecrafter
08. Dec 2014 · 18:04 UTC
Very interesting game. Good job.
But I don't like the concept of moving a character to interact with something that resembles a puzzle. Would perhaps liked it more if movement was faster, more direct.
Liam :D
08. Dec 2014 · 18:05 UTC
Neat game, however my experience was hindered by the web page moving when I pressed the arrow keys or space. The easiest, most painless solution that I can suggest (however by far not the best solution) is that you set the style of the html or body tag to use overflow:hidden. This disables scrollbars. You need to ensure your page is understandable without scrollbars tho.
The Jahn
08. Dec 2014 · 18:07 UTC
Should use preventDefault() on the up/down keydown events to keep the page from scrolling during play on the web version. Downloaded the jar instead.

Interesting concept, gets pretty chaotic but it's a pretty colors kind of chaotic so I can dig it.

Cool soundtrack too. :)
GeeItSomeLaldy
08. Dec 2014 · 18:15 UTC
Other than your iframe being a bit too small (the arrow keys nudged the window around as well as moved the player) this was a fun game. Reminded me of a cross between Solar and Osmos, with more explosions.
CustomPhase
08. Dec 2014 · 18:58 UTC
Always happy to see people coming up with unique game mechanics. Great job!
rincewind_cz
08. Dec 2014 · 19:12 UTC
Definitely interesting idea! As others I would prefer faster movement. Also it's bit overwhelming at the beginning because I was unsure (i couldn't remember) what certain colors and shapes do to each other. But good job! (and small bug at the end: probably if the player already won, this result shouldn't change as the side effect of simulation progressing on the background ;)
borgi
09. Dec 2014 · 00:13 UTC
Great idea! Very good music! My only probelm was that I was scrolling when I pushed up/down :( Good job!
frenzyasii
09. Dec 2014 · 01:24 UTC
awesome :)
TriSquare
09. Dec 2014 · 01:25 UTC
What a shame. . . this Game would of been AWSOME if it wern't for the clunky move ment tho, but great atmosphere.
pontooncity
09. Dec 2014 · 01:27 UTC
Great idea, lots of fun
hd_
09. Dec 2014 · 04:10 UTC
Cool idea, seems like a solid puzzle game. Got some frame dropping though, not sure why.
grid96
10. Dec 2014 · 17:27 UTC
Interesting idea with a chilling music.
rjhelms
10. Dec 2014 · 17:34 UTC
Really innovative concept. Controls felt a bit sluggish at first, but make a lot of sense once I got the hang of them.
blackmagic
10. Dec 2014 · 23:52 UTC
Very interesting ideas, takes a bit of time to grasp everything, but once you get it, you can start playing a bit more strategically :)
Nice audio too !
d3garcia
10. Dec 2014 · 23:54 UTC
excellent idea, I dont know if it's my browser but when I use the arrow keys, the web page moved all around. Other than that I really liked the game, awesome job.
AMS
10. Dec 2014 · 23:59 UTC
Ok, I loved this x3 An intresting concept, a well thought rule system, good audio effects, particles and fun to play! Maybe I would work a bit more on the movement and controls of the main "figure", but good game overall ^^
karol
11. Dec 2014 · 00:00 UTC
An interesting idea. I'd prefer if it was a bit faster though.
Wilson
11. Dec 2014 · 15:02 UTC
Nice concept, definitely requires some thought to play well.
redoxkun
12. Dec 2014 · 21:25 UTC
An interesting puzzle game. Good idea.
Zi
14. Dec 2014 · 00:37 UTC
Very cool and innovative mechanics! Loved the music and atmosphere. I would have preferred easier controls on the player shape though. But anyway, excellent game! :)
Benjamin
16. Dec 2014 · 21:40 UTC
The mechanic is very innovative indeed but I'm totally unable to predict what will happen on each collision. I mean If I'm yellow and I push a yellow circle on a blue triangle. Will it change color ? With the triangle make the circle dissapear ?

There's two protagonists on a collision and without any additional informations on how you choose a power instead of another, I can't understand well how to play the game.
Benjamin
16. Dec 2014 · 21:43 UTC
ok nevermind :) I get it now. The gameplay is very good. could have work for the artifical life theme too.
jonah1nine
18. Dec 2014 · 00:45 UTC
Wow! Very cool game! Simple enough to understand, but really interesting how everything works. Took me quite a while to discover a good tactic.

Good job on the sounds too. Felt like I was in outer space! Well done!
pht59x
18. Dec 2014 · 12:22 UTC
Good idea, sound and music. But speed (or lack of it) is an issue.
Felladrin
22. Dec 2014 · 16:52 UTC
Good game! Nice music and sounds!