Shinyrock by jesseleavethisplace

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made by jesseleavethisplace for LD30 (COMPO)
**YOU ONLY GET A GOOD FRAME RATE IF YOU USE CHROME**

This is my first Ludum Dare game. If you get stuck press s. I might make a post compo version with music, power ups, and movable blocks. It was made with html5. You only get a good frame rate if you use chrome. Safari completely botches the game, though it could be argued that the game completely botches safari (it's super hackish).

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1426
Overall 2.38 1153
Audio 1.67 950
Fun 2.00 1161
Graphics 2.28 1044
Humor 3.27 122
Innovation 2.68 903
Mood 2.67 829
Theme 3.16 632

Feedback

duncankeller
25. Aug 2014 路 02:55 UTC
The beginning of this was great. Very funny and entertaining. I was really compelled to play the game after it. The game itself I did not find to be that enjoyable, but I thought the mechanic was a really cool idea, and given more time I'm sure you could have done some awesome stuff with it. Unfortunately, I got caught inside the objects a number of times.
WesleyJohnson
25. Aug 2014 路 03:20 UTC
I got pretty far and then I ran into "d:draw" written out on the screen and the graphics started to blur/repeat as if the screen buffer wasn't getting reset or something? Very odd. Kudos on the intro text, very funny.
馃帳 jesseleavethisplace
25. Aug 2014 路 03:23 UTC
thanks duncankeller. i agree with you the beginning is much better than the actual game. hopefully i work on a post-compo version.
馃帳 jesseleavethisplace
25. Aug 2014 路 03:27 UTC
thanks WesleyJohnson. yeah at that point i was very tired and i i realized i wasn't clearing that part, and i decided to leave 1000 pixels that didn't get cleared. beyond them theres just more of the same.
馃帳 jesseleavethisplace
25. Aug 2014 路 03:29 UTC
oh yeah duncankeller the collision detection is incredibly bad. it's basically several layers of hacks.
Josh Riley
25. Aug 2014 路 03:49 UTC
I really liked the setup and the idea. Encouraging full screen helped a lot in this regard, I think. The graphics were also really cool, but the gameplay was a bit confusing. Once I figured out what to do, it was fun, although a bit clunky at times. Overall, good job!
kenrickrilee
25. Aug 2014 路 04:01 UTC
Such an awesome intro :D
gillenew
25. Aug 2014 路 04:01 UTC
I don't quite understand the story
korigame
25. Aug 2014 路 04:04 UTC
Pretty awesome intro :D
bvanschooten
25. Aug 2014 路 14:18 UTC
The intro is interesting enough, but what is the goal of the game?
馃帳 jesseleavethisplace
25. Aug 2014 路 17:43 UTC
It doesn't have a goal bvanschooten.
vandriver
25. Aug 2014 路 22:46 UTC
solid intro, the game could use an escape mechanism like teleporting to the middle and some baddies to dodge
gnx
25. Aug 2014 路 23:06 UTC
Lovely intro with nice pacing and humour. Unfortunately the game itself isn't really fun. However the graphics looks quite nice and I think some audio this could've had a very nice atmosphere.
Canyon
26. Aug 2014 路 01:55 UTC
The intro was great! The concept was great! The mechanic idea was great but once you realise that nothing happens and you have experienced all that it is going to offer, there is no incentive to keep playing.

I am not saying that is a bad thing though. I am glad I played.

I think the mechanic could be expanded upon to make some kind of VVVVVV style thing. And if you could represent the bounds of gravity with sound and visuals it would be really interesting what kind of puzzles you could design around that.
tanjent
26. Aug 2014 路 20:48 UTC
Like the book, the introduction was better :) I think the graphic style of the intro should also have been used in the game because it's a really big contrast, in style (and in scale) right now!
Clyde
27. Aug 2014 路 04:35 UTC
Liked the interpretation of the theme and LOVED the dramatic intro. The game mechanic was a cool direction, though the execution of the game itself was a little bit a letdown.

At least watching the intro was WELL worth the time watching it and trying the game!
garygreen
27. Aug 2014 路 22:16 UTC
It would have been useful to have feedback on how well I was doing through the game. I liked the comment about the 3D graphics. :-D
caranha
30. Aug 2014 路 16:22 UTC
Like the others said, interesting mechanics and intro, hope to see more of this game!
CyberNinja
03. Sep 2014 路 14:06 UTC
love the intro