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Fear - Friendly Extraterrestrial Assembly Robot by Erkberg

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made by Erkberg for LD30 (JAM)
~ Story ~
Whole worlds are cracking and falling apart.
Who you gonna call to reconnect the pieces?
There's only one robot for this dirty job.
It's your Friendly Extraterrestrial Assembly Robot!
His friends call him Fear.

~ Instructions ~
Move with WASD or arrows, use turbo with Spacebar
Reassemble the shattered pieces of the worlds, don't let them fly off (only happens in HC)
Avoid black holes and don't let "her" troll you
Toggle minimap with M and get a hint with H
Quit to level select with Esc

~ Credits ~
Thanks to my brother Mirko aka ketzerbeorn for testing, to my friend Dirk for help with the basic idea and to my bro Danny for general awesomeness

Timelapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l_gBoRCUfM

I had a lot of fun creating this game, I hope you enjoy it!
Web (HTML5) https://erkberg.itch.io/fear-friendly-extraterrestrial-assembly-robot
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33992635/Games/2014%20-%20Fear/FearSource.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=24534

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.13 444
Audio(Jam) 3.49 179
Fun(Jam) 2.89 465
Graphics(Jam) 2.87 587
Humor(Jam) 2.64 287
Innovation(Jam) 3.28 246
Mood(Jam) 2.83 526
Theme(Jam) 3.36 295

Feedback

Tanner
26. Aug 2014 · 11:08 UTC
Nice concept, also great music! Good job.
akymos
26. Aug 2014 · 12:15 UTC
Nice game
Otrora
26. Aug 2014 · 12:20 UTC
Nice idea, it will be best if everything move a little faster. It will make it more fun. Congrats!
chipcaramel
26. Aug 2014 · 13:28 UTC
Her.... HER... Ugh.... I liked this game :D
I found it to be really difficult, but enjoyed it!
klianc09
26. Aug 2014 · 13:37 UTC
Interesting game. Fitting in that last piece is always a chore. Maybe make the pieses snap in place easier?
Also the menu was confusing... Hardcore mode Checkbox should be more visibly different from the level buttons.

And I hoped so much, that completing every level in HC mode would make something special happen. Why did you make me hope for something? :)
Midnight Creators
26. Aug 2014 · 19:46 UTC
Wow! quite liked their mechanical puzzle.
SoulGame
26. Aug 2014 · 21:33 UTC
Original concept, funny alien girlfriend, terrifying living black-hole and insane puzzle system! That would describe the game pretty well :)
Scott Baker
28. Aug 2014 · 10:38 UTC
Great game, that was fun.
Tanser
28. Aug 2014 · 19:32 UTC
Nice game, it is hardd :D I like it!
Nooner Bear
31. Aug 2014 · 06:31 UTC
For some reason I really, really liked this. The art was kinda simplistic, but the character design made the whole physics aspect much easier, and quite satisfying. Great use of physics.
pjimmy
01. Sep 2014 · 11:15 UTC
interesting idea, well done
bytegrove
01. Sep 2014 · 12:43 UTC
Neat idea, and well executed! I love the music, it is really good! I like that you implemented several levels introducing various concepts and different challenges. The graphics are a little so-so imo, but I like the character design. The thought of a smiling moon-sized robot is awesome! :D
AdricZero
01. Sep 2014 · 15:22 UTC
Liked the music. Found it way too difficult.
banana4life
01. Sep 2014 · 21:13 UTC
It's really difficult and with safari you haven't sound and music.
Cheshyr
02. Sep 2014 · 13:42 UTC
clever and cute. nice work.
cstudios
03. Sep 2014 · 21:53 UTC
first i thought that i had to precisely place the planet together. Maybe some "construction simulation" mechanism would be cool. Like you could grab the part... insert it to place and weld it together. Also: interesting take on the theme
whalebot
03. Sep 2014 · 22:24 UTC
I can't even imagine hardcore mode on this... Nice game!
A Flat Miner Studios
03. Sep 2014 · 22:44 UTC
Nice physics!
jukimv1986
03. Sep 2014 · 22:48 UTC
I failed miserably. But good game, the concept was very interesting. Well done!
Tex Killer
04. Sep 2014 · 23:27 UTC
Very nice game, and a good interpretation of the theme! Congratulations!
Jezzamon
06. Sep 2014 · 05:43 UTC
An interesting game, but I don't know if I found it fun. More frustrating, really. :P But I still played through it.

Feedback on your UI: The Hardcore/Regular selection was a bit confusing. Maybe it would be better to have something like

- The Beginning -
Regular - Hardcore

Where clicking on the beginning did nothing but clicking on regular or hardcore started the game.

Just stuff to think about for your next LD!
torvik88
08. Sep 2014 · 18:23 UTC
Great game , music and idea. I dont really have bad things to say about it, so cheers! :D
John Drury
08. Sep 2014 · 20:10 UTC
Quite challenging. Loved the music and physics!
Wertle
09. Sep 2014 · 04:45 UTC
Nice work! I liked how weighty this felt with just physically pushing things around and trying to overcome the angular momentum and such. I had one moment where a piece was spinning across the space and it looked like it was going to spin right into the last slot, but it just barely didn't make it. If you can detect cases like that, I'd cheat them in because it would have made me feel like a badass :D Nice polishy touches like the shooting stars in the starscape, etc.