Simple Geometry by olligobber

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made by olligobber for LD31 (COMPO)
WASD to move. Click to shoot.

The entire game is on the screen right from the beginning. As you destroy your enemy's geometric sides, more enemies emerge from the background.

There is a known bug on Windows where after dying or winning, enemies in the background do not render.

The game can be modded by altering the "levels" file under resources. The first number is the number of levels, for each level write the number of enemies, and for each enemy write the number of sides (1,3,4), color(r,g,b), initial position(x,y), patrol poitions(xa, ya, xb, yb) and speed (0-4 is best).

This is the first game I've made and distributed. Hope to do more!

Ratings

Coolness 48% 1414
Overall 2.68 1025
Audio 2.83 491
Fun 2.79 834
Graphics 2.86 696
Humor 1.69 915
Innovation 2.89 735
Mood 2.67 777
Theme 3.57 604

Feedback

Znurre
08. Dec 2014 路 06:26 UTC
Seems like a nice idea, unfortunately I don't get past the fourth level as I cannot completely destroy 2 of the objects.
See screenshot: http://znurre.com/~znurre/uploaded/sg_bug.png
Is there a trick to it? :)
馃帳 olligobber
08. Dec 2014 路 07:22 UTC
@znurre Try moving around a little bit ;)
Raptor85
08. Dec 2014 路 08:44 UTC
didnt notice i could shoot at first, was confused why ramming the smaller objects didnt absorb them into me. Sometimes things spawn under you when you clear a level and instakill you too, somewhat annoying when that happens. music was kinda grating, probably would have been better without or with just ambience.
naufr4g0
08. Dec 2014 路 11:59 UTC
I can't play the game! Windows port doesn't work, even if I download the correct dlls!
jepster
08. Dec 2014 路 13:18 UTC
Damn, no web or mac :(
Wampus
10. Dec 2014 路 04:35 UTC
Not bad for a first game.
uberscientist
10. Dec 2014 路 05:14 UTC
Sort of reminded me of Osmos at first, darn shapes spawned into me an killed me good :(
Hempuli
11. Dec 2014 路 01:40 UTC
Couldn't get it to work :( Windows 7, 32-bit.
Crushenator
11. Dec 2014 路 01:55 UTC
Cool. Port seemed to work just fine for me.
馃帳 olligobber
11. Dec 2014 路 01:57 UTC
Re: Crushenator: its a miracle! I got graphical memory leaks!
馃帳 olligobber
11. Dec 2014 路 01:58 UTC
Re: Hempuli: Probably compiled for 64 bit only. Sorry.
MrMordem
11. Dec 2014 路 02:04 UTC
Good idea, addictive :P
nine baobabs
11. Dec 2014 路 02:33 UTC
Worked for me on windows 7, 64 bit. I might have all kinds of weird dev stuff installed though, visual studio, python etc, etc.

I liked the game. I played a few times, I eventually died on the level with the row of squares coming at you from the right and didn't feel like going through all the levels again. (Maybe a timer would help with this, like "can I do it faster than I did before?" or some kind of metric to try and improve next time.. dunno, just brainstorming.)

I liked the music, I thought it set a wonderful mood to the game. I liked having to try and lead the targets, figuring out this timing was fun. Bouncing off the walls surprised me, I wasn't expecting it. At first I thought it was cool, then I felt like maybe I bounced too far? Dunno.

Anyway, well done! I hope you make more. Also, the "linux, source, buggy windows port" made me laugh. It has a wonderful sort of like classical joke rhythm, like beat-beat-punchline. [Haha, ah, here I am over analyzing everything (thanks ludum dare!).]
nine baobabs
11. Dec 2014 路 02:57 UTC
Oh yeah, I was going to mention, the collision detection felt a little unforgiving. My rule of thumb is always give the player a little leeway. "Better to feel like they dodged a bullet then got killed by air."
oranebeast
11. Dec 2014 路 05:24 UTC
Interesting game. Also when minimized, the click sounds still play, so thats cool.
馃帳 olligobber
11. Dec 2014 路 11:34 UTC
Re; nine baobabs: I have a lot of dev stuff, I think it's just my computer handling the game poorly.
Crefossus
12. Dec 2014 路 04:09 UTC
Music gives a great mood. The pace is a bit slow. Everything needs more energy (maybe particle effects, faster movement, more threat, screenshake...whatever juice ?).

I love the level preview..great effective idea! Also there was some positional requirements (must be able to hit the line) with attacking the enemies so that's good too.
Kabukky
12. Dec 2014 路 13:05 UTC
Really great job for a first game. The music stands out for me but the gameplay has potential also - it might be paced little faster. Keep at it! :)
L0N3 W0LF
20. Dec 2014 路 18:29 UTC
eeee the map draws all the other objects form other leves and draws some werid white squares on all the map D: amking imposibe for me to understand what is going on D: but i started to shoot and i saw the basic concept on the game, great work anyways :D