The Box by OriginalOldMan

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made by OriginalOldMan for LD31 (COMPO)
GenericMan was a happy video game character...
But then he was trapped into a single screen by the Evil Ludum Dare theme. Help GenericMan fight the theme and free himself from The Box.

Ratings

Coolness 92% 2
Overall 2.88 884
Audio 2.38 731
Fun 2.90 735
Graphics 1.84 1173
Humor 2.43 597
Innovation 3.00 652
Mood 2.48 935
Theme 3.20 975

Feedback

karlipoppins
08. Dec 2014 · 04:42 UTC
Nice puzzler. The control mechanics were sometimes hard (manipulating multiple robots) but I quite enjoyed it :)
cxsquared
08. Dec 2014 · 05:00 UTC
Good work on the puzzle design. The characters where sometimes hard to control though.
locknic
08. Dec 2014 · 05:15 UTC
Cool game. You actually managed to get quite a lot of mechanics in the game! Though it is very unpolished though.
FinnMacd
08. Dec 2014 · 06:09 UTC
Perhaps it's me, but the game doesn't seem to be working in the windows version, looks cool though.
stray
08. Dec 2014 · 06:18 UTC
The characters are really cool.
game is fun
hazzahazzam
08. Dec 2014 · 06:20 UTC
Canon level took some time, love this simple puzzle platformer, one of my favorite kinds of games!
SeriousDeath
08. Dec 2014 · 08:26 UTC
I had some troubles with the robots glitching into walls, the cannon didn't seem to fire for me, and sometimes the level was pushed off to the left a bit.

Other than these, I got through some nice introductory puzzler levels.
Interface
09. Dec 2014 · 05:30 UTC
Enjoyable puzzle game. Will have to come back to play more. Well done.
spacedoubt
09. Dec 2014 · 05:38 UTC
The game didn't fit on my screen (ironic, considering the theme).. I managed to play it a bit anyway. I love the concept. Would love to see a cleaned-up version.
barry.p.evans
09. Dec 2014 · 05:39 UTC
love the mechanics!
Joof
09. Dec 2014 · 05:40 UTC
Nice job.
Kaijuu
10. Dec 2014 · 04:01 UTC
Nice mechanics!
It was interesting to play!

May be you should have use minimalistic graphics
deyteris_team
12. Dec 2014 · 09:33 UTC
good little game for everyone. Liked the evil
rjhunter
13. Dec 2014 · 04:32 UTC
Good level design/pacing -- the first few levels worked well as a tutorial.

The in-game button controls are a great idea but I found them hard to keep straight.

Amusing graphics and story :-)
GAFBlizzard
13. Dec 2014 · 05:39 UTC
The mechanic of controlling two things at once with different controls was pretty neat. I get the feeling you didn't care for this theme much. :P
ianatherton
13. Dec 2014 · 11:12 UTC
Nice play on the theme!
calavera
13. Dec 2014 · 11:23 UTC
not exactly on one screen but i guess making fun of the theme counts as using it? sorta?
pjimmy
13. Dec 2014 · 23:50 UTC
it looks and plays rough, but it's quite original, well done
benmcnelly
16. Dec 2014 · 07:16 UTC
Nice puzzles! Keep it up!
Samm
18. Dec 2014 · 05:21 UTC
A bit unpolished, and sometimes the physics seemed a bit odd, but a really clever concept! Plays really well for 72 hours :)
MrShoestore
19. Dec 2014 · 02:41 UTC
I like the way the levels are set up. The canons were difficult at times. Like the shit talk on the theme.
Divitos
24. Dec 2014 · 06:37 UTC
Very interesting puzzle game!
aeveis
24. Dec 2014 · 06:43 UTC
nice puzzles, liked how the blocks came in and out during the transitions.
elvaq
28. Dec 2014 · 05:34 UTC
Nice puzzles! Felt a bit like Portal at times. Seems like you've got the right idea with developing the systems but the polish and the sequencing of the levels could use some more work. Cool stuff though
monika
29. Dec 2014 · 08:21 UTC
I've learned something about myself: I will give full humor points to games that whine about the theme. :)

The puzzle design was solid. If you polish it up, let me know.
01rafael
29. Dec 2014 · 18:00 UTC
So lovely graphics!
Ossi
29. Dec 2014 · 18:02 UTC
Very simple and very cool puzzle game! I liked the complexity of controlling the multiple robots. It did feel a bit weird how the controls were mapped to the keyboard, sorta felt like playing twister with my fingers haha! Well done!
maxmetallica
29. Dec 2014 · 19:51 UTC
nice work
fuzzalicious
29. Dec 2014 · 22:45 UTC
Fun puzzler. You really should polish the graphics though.