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Those Walls by SimianLogic

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made by SimianLogic for LD31 (COMPO)
Those Walls
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The walls are closing in!

Based on the theme, I had an idea of the screen closing in on you... except when you're holding them back!

Family and Christmas decorating obligations ate up most of the weekend, but with a few hours to go I figured I'd throw a quick prototype together. This is about 3 hours worth of coding, so it looks like garbage but was enough to test the idea.

It ends up playing more like a metronome... but it was a good enough test of the concept that I'm glad I gave it a shot.
Web http://www.simianlogic3d.com/fun/thosewalls
Source https://github.com/SimianLogic/ld31-thosewalls
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=15570

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1500
Overall 2.55 1099
Fun 2.34 1086
Humor 1.80 896
Innovation 3.21 495
Mood 1.92 1100
Theme 3.69 436

Feedback

FerraWare
09. Dec 2014 · 06:58 UTC
Nice little game, I found the mechanic really interesting, you could do something very interesting with it!

After reaching 80 points, you can't win :(
mrexcessive
09. Dec 2014 · 09:51 UTC
Hi there. Like the idea. It has a flaw currently, I think, in that there is a kill everything way of playing, spamming vertical, which just makes it too easy. When screen shrinks to smaller than your character you die anyway... which was a shame. Pity no sound included, BXFR is good...
ehtd
11. Dec 2014 · 00:05 UTC
83!
danidre14
11. Dec 2014 · 17:49 UTC
Really cool, I found it really interesting, espacially those balls erm balloons that gp around the box as it becomes smaller in size!
Rate more games would ya? You got high votes here! :D
andrewkennedy
11. Dec 2014 · 23:51 UTC
I really enjoyed the concept. It's a shame that spamming ended up being the best approach. Maybe a good way to avoid that would be some circles that you shouldn't pop?
error031
13. Dec 2014 · 14:44 UTC
nice one!
phaze112
20. Dec 2014 · 20:25 UTC
Really like the idea behind the use of theme. Wish there was a bit more to the gameplay though.
Chaoseed
21. Dec 2014 · 22:49 UTC
Kind of a clever mechanic. Somehow it doesn't feel like an entire game, though. Well, you probably know what I mean...for 3 hours of coding, it's pretty good!
gallerdude
29. Dec 2014 · 15:43 UTC
Fun, interesting game. You should be able to rotate minutely, and I think the balls should have varying speeds. I got 90 points from spamming vertical.
maxmetallica
29. Dec 2014 · 19:14 UTC
nice game
01rafael
29. Dec 2014 · 19:16 UTC
So strange weapon xD
riktothepast
29. Dec 2014 · 20:19 UTC
Setting the arms to vertical position and spamming the attack button made the game too easy, it's an interesting concept.
belstras
29. Dec 2014 · 23:48 UTC
Interesting idea, good job for only 3hr!