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Impossible Worlds by lukz

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made by lukz for LD30 (COMPO)
Impossible Worlds is a platformer game in which you can switch worlds to change position of other players in order to use them as platforms and get to the next level.

Game aestetics base on Red, Green and Blue colors. Each world have different base color.

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Controls:
UP - jump
SPACE - switch world (color)
R - restart level

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It's my first ludum dare entry!
Unfortunately I didn't manage to add:
- UI
- better sounds (were added in hurry)
- more levels (there are only 7)
- particles
- implement menu

Gameplay and style were inspired by games like Thomas Was Alone and The Impossible Game.

I used: LibGDX, Box2D, Universal TweenEngine, sfxr, tiled.

twitter: @lukz_dev, http://infunity.pl/en/

Thanks!
Windows / Linux / Mac http://infunity.pl/files/ld30/impossibleworlds.jar
Web http://infunity.pl/online/impossibleworlds/
Source https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B77srAf1DMzoY2Z6MmtXUFU2NDQ/edit?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=28690

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall 3.28 486
Audio 2.22 791
Fun 3.15 456
Graphics 3.11 552
Humor 2.13 694
Innovation 3.26 479
Mood 2.81 707
Theme 3.19 609

Feedback

Retr0spectrum
25. Aug 2014 路 10:06 UTC
This was really fun to play. Great job!
mess110
25. Aug 2014 路 17:03 UTC
really fun game, one of the best
jpmit
25. Aug 2014 路 17:16 UTC
Nice game. Good idea and well implemented. I really like that it was a runner game, so I only had to worry about jumping and freezing. I like the look of it as well.

Collision with spikes maybe a bit harsh, and some problems when freezing the player instantly when starting the level, and not being able to jump sometimes. But in general, great work!
Joncom
25. Aug 2014 路 18:05 UTC
Cool take on the theme.
馃帳 lukz
25. Aug 2014 路 19:19 UTC
Most of bugs cause switching layer near spawn point. I knew about that but I didn't had time left to fix it. Simple fix could block player from switching layer for 1 sec after spawn.
w84death
25. Aug 2014 路 20:17 UTC
I don't like all those frustrating platform games but this one is make me less frustrated :)
Berail
25. Aug 2014 路 20:25 UTC
Good mechanic it was fun to play :D
sez
25. Aug 2014 路 21:45 UTC
Fun little game, I like it. The switching is a bit late and could be more tight, but overall a very well done challenging little game.
Bozwellox
25. Aug 2014 路 21:57 UTC
Really neat idea and executed pretty well. My only gripe is that the controls seem unresponsive sometimes which makes the game more difficult to play
owyoow
25. Aug 2014 路 22:11 UTC
Timing the world switching was pretty challenging but the game is great fun. Well done
andrewkennedy
25. Aug 2014 路 22:51 UTC
Really nice. I was thinking "this is kind of like Thomas Was Alone and Impossible Game's lovechild" then I read your post. Definitely nailed it :)
LostTrainDude
26. Aug 2014 路 09:03 UTC
Sometimes I wish I could choose right away which block to move instead of cycling through all of them every time, but then I realize that it may result in being frustrating.

Nice and fun! Congratulations!
(Not) Ivano
26. Aug 2014 路 09:40 UTC
I like the abstract art, I had issues playing 'cause pressing UP made the page scroll.
馃帳 lukz
26. Aug 2014 路 10:32 UTC
@(Not) Ivano I tried to block default UP behaviour but it was also not working in game. Although, I successfully blocked space for scrolling down.
ryguydavis
26. Aug 2014 路 15:51 UTC
Great idea. It was a bit hard to play. I had a lot of trouble with the jump button--it worked only about half the time, unfortunately. Even when it was working the game felt pretty difficult to control and not terribly user-friendly, which was a shame since the game itself looked very interesting and I wanted to see what it had to offer.
kdunee
26. Aug 2014 路 15:52 UTC
I liked it, it was challenging. Sometimes the cycling mechanic was a bit annoying and resulted in just restarting the entire level, but overall cool game.
AnnaGavaldaKedavra
26. Aug 2014 路 15:57 UTC
Good mecanics. Game is bugged after the really hard level (5 little jumps in a row. I don't know what is after but until there i think the difficulty is too much reliant on the platform and not enough on the color mecanic. I would be great if the level is finishable only with one color and you have to use others only as platform in the right order. Maybe it's what you did in next levels but sadly i can't play it. Still the game is good, art style is great too.
Jupiter_Hadley
26. Aug 2014 路 17:13 UTC
Pretty sure I broke it... I included it in part 7 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http://youtu.be/8xjQ7S7Vv10
MintArcade
26. Aug 2014 路 21:37 UTC
Nice mechanics, I like minimalistic concept, really fun game.
ButtonMasherBros
28. Aug 2014 路 16:17 UTC
Psst - We played your game on today's Ludum Dare to Believe! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEDWtuUqVjk
Franklins Ghost
30. Aug 2014 路 14:35 UTC
Nice design which works really well with this mechanic but did find the switching a bit delayed. Would definitely like to see this expanded. Fun game.
dcampos
01. Sep 2014 路 16:25 UTC
I like to see simple, yet innovative games like this. The art style looks good with its minimalism too.
grayhaze
02. Sep 2014 路 11:08 UTC
The platforming physics are well implemented and I feel like this could be a really good game, but I'm stuck on the second level and suffering a bug where sometimes I can't jump. With a bit of tweaking this could be fun though. :)
RobotFriend
04. Sep 2014 路 23:41 UTC
Great game concept and levels.