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LD29 by smbe19

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made by smbe19 for LD29 (COMPO)
A little game created in about 10 hours. As I'm not very gifted in creating artwork the graphic style is very minimalistic. And yeah, I'm also not very creative in finding a name ;)

How to play:
Navigate the little square through the maze (a cellar beneath the surface). To navigate, use on of the following:
- Left mouse button (drag to move, direction is relative to where you clicked)
- Right mouse button (drag to move, direction is relative to square)
- Arrow keys

If you get stuck there will be a little line indicating the direction of the destination after a while.

There are 17 randomly generated levels. Be sure to check out the ending.
Web http://ludumdare.games.smeanox.com/LD29/web/
Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smeanox.games.ld29.android
Desktop (Java) http://ludumdare.games.smeanox.com/LD29/LD29.jar
Source https://github.com/SmBe19/LD29
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=37059

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall 2.74 971
Audio 1.18 1072
Fun 2.41 1040
Graphics 1.92 1208
Humor 1.53 1048
Innovation 2.15 1153
Mood 1.97 1178
Theme 1.95 1216

Feedback

SlamBlasta
28. Apr 2014 路 02:29 UTC
It has potential. I was confused at first by what colors were walls and what was not (black is usually used as a background color, not foreground). Are the levels generated randomly?
ZQMony
28. Apr 2014 路 02:30 UTC
A very clever way to move.
馃帳 smbe19
28. Apr 2014 路 02:39 UTC
Yes, the levels are generated randomly.
During developement I didn't have any problems with the colors, but now as I play it again it's sometimes really confusing...
porousnapkin
28. Apr 2014 路 02:44 UTC
Cool idea. Would be neat with lock and key mechanics. There's an article describing how you might program something like that with randomly generated levels here: http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?title=Creating_Measurably_%22Fun%22_Maps
馃帳 smbe19
28. Apr 2014 路 02:46 UTC
Anyone knows why my project won't compile with GWT? It's done with libgdx, so it should work...
馃帳 smbe19
28. Apr 2014 路 02:54 UTC
@porousnapkin: thank you for the link, sounds interesting. If I'll work sometimes on this project again I'll consider it.
rincewind_cz
28. Apr 2014 路 09:16 UTC
Pretty simple and minimal but I actually liked it. Good job
madmaw
28. Apr 2014 路 10:16 UTC
Android build always appreciated
Sanguine
28. Apr 2014 路 12:39 UTC
Pretty cool there's an android build! It's a pretty minimalistic game, but there's definitely tons of stuff that can still be added.
LewisW
28. Apr 2014 路 13:09 UTC
Its a decent start of something... I dunno, maybe it just needed more to it. Finding the exit isn't really engaging enough to me.

Randomly generated levels is nice though.
mess110
28. Apr 2014 路 13:22 UTC
that is a good foundation for a good game. the colors were a bit confusing. I was expecting the wall to be black
Caridorc
28. Apr 2014 路 13:23 UTC
This is quite minimalistic but I enjoyed going through the first 8 levels (the 9th is way too big!). (And as SlamBlasta said it's weird to walk on the black)
ryebread761
28. Apr 2014 路 13:27 UTC
Good game, could use some sfx.
ccglp
28. Apr 2014 路 17:29 UTC
Minimalistic like my game, and the Android controls are quite good, congratulations!
d_0o_d
28. Apr 2014 路 17:39 UTC
randomwalk()
This was me until I figured out there is a compass. Took me about 14 minutes, because the last level was really really hard for me. I like it though.
GagaPete
28. Apr 2014 路 21:04 UTC
Played the game for ten minutes. Had to abort at level 13, the game gets boring very fast. Some deeper gameplay, like the key and door thing and less dumb searching would be great.
But I like the color choice, though I try to walk on the walls at the beginning of every stage.
Boodog
30. Apr 2014 路 00:33 UTC
Nice job! When I first started I thought that the black were the walls, but I guess not. Good job :)
Crazi456
30. Apr 2014 路 00:39 UTC
Very nice simple game! Good job!
Jezzamon
01. May 2014 路 01:29 UTC
As people have said, I was a little confused by which color was a wall or not. I think if the goal and start squares were darker, it would've been more obvious that you could walk on dark squares.

Good job on the random level generation though, because it near the end it seemed to always generate level where I could almost get the end, and then I got stuck.

I think if you player could move faster the game would be a little nicer.

The controls worked pretty well on my touchscreen PC!
KevinWorkman
02. May 2014 路 00:03 UTC
Like others said, this game has potential but it currently lacks the depth required to keep people engaged for longer than a few minutes. Nice work for 10 hours though!
SimianLogic
11. May 2014 路 04:05 UTC
Good start to maze generation, but currently very simple. Would also like keyboad controls unless you were planning it for mobile. Needs something else going on....
csanyk
15. May 2014 路 01:31 UTC
Simply amazing.
kivifreak
18. May 2014 路 09:23 UTC
Cool slick and small game, the way we like it in ludum dare ^^