The Sandbox by quade81

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made by quade81 for LD29 (COMPO)
You play a creature living in a sandbox and your goal is to rid your home of the debris from the lot next door.

You are constantly moving forward use the A and D keys to turn left and right.

Ratings

Coolness 91% 2
Overall 3.27 459
Audio 2.79 548
Fun 2.84 724
Graphics 3.74 222
Humor 2.45 542
Innovation 4.12 34
Mood 3.00 530
Theme 3.90 83

Feedback

Jerick
28. Apr 2014 · 05:41 UTC
This was a lot harder then I thought it would be, I was struggling with the controls a lot, I wonder if locking the camera to the player would make it easier to move.
malmazuke
28. Apr 2014 · 05:44 UTC
Original idea. A bit too difficult for me though
OhFiddleDiddle
28. Apr 2014 · 05:45 UTC
Wow that was really hard. :P
I think it might have been easier if the camera came with the player or something like that.
But really innovative!
Taugeshtu
28. Apr 2014 · 05:45 UTC
I completely agree with Jerick :)
manabreak
28. Apr 2014 · 05:46 UTC
Extremely difficult, but also a very original concept!
BruceDoh
28. Apr 2014 · 05:47 UTC
Nice, innovative gameplay. Very challenging!

Graphics are exactly what they need to be, and the song is nice and soothing.

Would have liked more freedom of movement - annoying to have to repeatedly press the controls rather than being able to hold them down. The turn radius also didn't seem to be quite consistent (eg. 4 button presses left turns me around 180, 4 button presses right gets me further than 180). This made movement a bit unpredictable.

Overall, highly rated. Well done.
Nition
28. Apr 2014 · 05:48 UTC
Excellent interpretation of the theme.
Liens
28. Apr 2014 · 05:49 UTC
A little slow for my taste, and it was hard to tell how much control you had over movement. But interesting concept and good theme.
Shivur
28. Apr 2014 · 07:14 UTC
Very relaxing game. BruceDoh, the turns follow and hexagon shape, it's easier when you understand that.
shaneparsons
28. Apr 2014 · 07:16 UTC
Very hard only just got past the first level!! But a good game overall.
Alucard J
28. Apr 2014 · 09:41 UTC
A really good idea, and great use of physics and mesh, but the controls could really use some refining. It took me a few goes to realize it was looking for GetKeyDown, not GetKey, each press and release of a key rotates the direction. The speed of the 'monster' and the size of the sandbox makes it very hard to control. A long comment because otherwise I thought this was very clever =]
Andrew Adams
28. Apr 2014 · 17:16 UTC
Nice. Thanks for letting me play this. I think the difficulty is just right.
DragonXVI
28. Apr 2014 · 18:29 UTC
Great idea and well presented, but have similar issues with the difficulty :p Quite fiddly to push the balls out.
graebor
28. Apr 2014 · 18:29 UTC
Cool idea, I found it really hard though, even with just the one ball.
rylgh
28. Apr 2014 · 18:31 UTC
such a good idea!
sprawl
28. Apr 2014 · 18:32 UTC
I'll have to agree with Jerick. The controls made this game hard to fully enjoy.

Enjoyable Graphics.
xgeovanni
28. Apr 2014 · 18:32 UTC
It's hard to come up with a truly original game idea. I don't think I've ever done it. Really nice looking as well.
Thomas Ingham
28. Apr 2014 · 18:32 UTC
This game was really difficult. I think locking the camera to the player would help a lot.
hnjslater
28. Apr 2014 · 18:36 UTC
Tricky but good fun, I got the third level on my third try so not too bad. I think a stop button would've made it easier.

But seriously, beautiful looking and sounding game!
DavidErosa
28. Apr 2014 · 20:57 UTC
Really hard to control! But a nice interpretation of the theme.
terraco
28. Apr 2014 · 23:11 UTC
Very hard. Good job!
Kep
28. Apr 2014 · 23:50 UTC
I liked the idea, but it took me four attempts to get rid of the first ball. I got passed level 2, but was burnt out once I got to level 3 and stopped.
I don't know what the solution is, but it takes too long to figure out what your new direction is after pressing a key. It took me a while to realize holding the buttons down did nothing.
benmcnelly
29. Apr 2014 · 00:20 UTC
Solid entry, very neat and almost relaxing!
Integershift
29. Apr 2014 · 01:40 UTC
Pretty good game, but I don't like how you are constantly moving...
Techblogogy
29. Apr 2014 · 12:43 UTC
Pretty hard game, but I enjoyed it.
Halbernacht
30. Apr 2014 · 08:22 UTC
Took a while to get used to the control, but once I did the game was really neat.
tehryanx
01. May 2014 · 23:06 UTC
Super neat idea. I wanna see what I look like :P
DrStahlbart
02. May 2014 · 13:48 UTC
A game easy to understand but hard to master. Nice work!
MintArcade
05. May 2014 · 10:26 UTC
Nice use of the theme. Interesting gameplay.
Zerkruemler
08. May 2014 · 14:17 UTC
Very cool idea, but too difficult. I feel that it is not so realistic that the sand at the borders has a slope towards the border. Otherwise good realistic feeling and nice idea to play just sone chords on your guitar instead of synthie-music.