One Path To Bliss by bensoto

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made by bensoto for LD28 (JAM)
One Path to Bliss is our entry for this Ludum Dare. The team was 4 of us, all artists by trade.

While there is overlapping talents among us, we all fell into the rolls we were best/quickest at: Art Lead, Engineer, Animator, Sound.

We started friday night after work by mulling over the concept and pitching out game ideas to each other over drinks at the local irish pub.

By 10:30 we had a strong concept. We're all fans of Drop 7 and of Triple Town
so we thought we would work on something inspired by those mechanics. With the mechanic in mind and an idea to make things as happy as possible, we started thinking out the visual and musical aesthetic.

For music, both Ween and Plone were mentioned as reference points.

For art, the only reference points I remember someone mentioning were the weird as hopping heads from Howls Moving Castle and of course Mario backgrounds and pallets. Oh, maybe some Adventure time too.

Hope you like the game. There is lots more we still want to do but not enough time to add all the features or kill all the bugs.

EDIT: posted web version and PC version. no code updates but we will have to do one to get the android version to work.
EDIT: reposted webversion with time with non corrupt font.

Ratings

Coolness 40% 1283
Overall(Jam) 3.15 236
Audio(Jam) 3.84 32
Fun(Jam) 2.79 294
Graphics(Jam) 4.19 71
Humor(Jam) 2.71 179
Innovation(Jam) 2.37 430
Mood(Jam) 2.72 335
Theme(Jam) 1.79 531

Feedback

raarlac
18. Dec 2013 路 15:44 UTC
Flawless art and sound! The controls were a bit weird though
You should compile for Web or Windows so other people can enjoy :)
馃帳 bensoto
19. Dec 2013 路 10:12 UTC
Just posted the web version but for some reason the Score isn't showing up. I think its a font rendering issue.
sandbaydev
19. Dec 2013 路 10:37 UTC
There's something very nice about placing those smiley/angry faceblocks. Liked this one, nicely done! :)
OhFiddleDiddle
19. Dec 2013 路 10:42 UTC
Love the graphics and sound. :D
A few little gameplay bugs though, like sometimes all the blocks of a certain color vanish, and it tends to be slow to recognise when you have paired them, making it hard to beat the impending doom approaching. :P
kcpunk666
21. Dec 2013 路 21:57 UTC
good job! looks nice, sounds are great.
TyrusPeace
22. Dec 2013 路 19:25 UTC
The animated faces are great! It's a bit too hard to figure out what'll happen when you drop a piece, though, which hurts the gameplay a fair bit.
Linus Lindberg
22. Dec 2013 路 22:55 UTC
Audio and music is just superb, and it's got a solid gameplay! Would work great as an ios or android game!
sekaru
22. Dec 2013 路 22:57 UTC
Nice graphics and music. The gameplay was a bit basic though.
xrm0
23. Dec 2013 路 19:07 UTC
Nice faces in the blocks
ayame9joe
26. Dec 2013 路 15:49 UTC
Not so clear about the gameplay. But I can tell that it is well designed.
TeamFlare
31. Dec 2013 路 15:15 UTC
The blocks are cute. This would also work well as smartphone game.
馃帳 bensoto
07. Jan 2014 路 08:49 UTC
thanks everyone! it was fun making it