Monogon by Rscar

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made by Rscar for LD28 (COMPO)
Monogon.

Platformer block-placing fun. WASD/Space to move, point and click to place a block; get to the end of the level without falling off the world or landing on spikes.

Created with LibGDX, Photoshop, and sfxr (also wolfram tones if the music suddenly decides to work...the game is currently sans tunes). Currently executable .jar is the only format available, sorry if java gives you any trouble...

Hope you enjoy, thank you for taking a look!

Ratings

Coolness 96% 2
Overall 3.58 127
Audio 2.28 606
Fun 3.53 109
Graphics 3.96 84
Humor 1.75 716
Innovation 3.58 122
Mood 3.17 242
Theme 3.75 71

Feedback

Piat
16. Dec 2013 路 04:00 UTC
Great art style, interesting and challenging game play. The spikes could be more visible, was a little confused the first time i died. Shame about the music.
Kruithne
16. Dec 2013 路 04:02 UTC
Love it, simple and fun.
kbake
16. Dec 2013 路 04:04 UTC
I really liked the art and the design was clever! Nicely done!
馃帳 Rscar
16. Dec 2013 路 04:05 UTC
@Piat Thank you! And yeah the spikes are kinda minimalistic haha, sorry about that. Thanks for the play/comment!

@Kruithne Thanks!
mr.isaer
16. Dec 2013 路 04:10 UTC
i like it), very cool art
aeveis
16. Dec 2013 路 04:12 UTC
Very nice, I got to the third level, it got pretty difficult trying to place blocks while jumping long distance (felt like the distance to jump was too long underneath on of those islands).
馃帳 Rscar
16. Dec 2013 路 04:17 UTC
Thank you all for the positive feedback!

@aeveis It is challenging but I promise it's doable haha. I originally wanted to implement some more elements to be able to make it more of a puzzler rather than just a tech-skill game, but time was running short during level design so I had to make it challenging somehow!
Conflei
16. Dec 2013 路 04:46 UTC
Simple and fun but the spikes are so similar with the grass.
Linus Lindberg
16. Dec 2013 路 07:25 UTC
I love your art! :D
rincewind_cz
16. Dec 2013 路 09:31 UTC
Nice, I really enjoyed it! :-) Sometimes I died because of spikes - making them more visible || letting the player see his "grave" for few seconds would be great.. But overall it's nice and polished.
Spit Tex
16. Dec 2013 路 11:18 UTC
Great game, one improvement I could see though is to add a checkpoint system so that when the player dies at a certain challenge they can easily get back to it without having to cross the whole level again, but apart from that a great title.
ben
17. Dec 2013 路 01:14 UTC
Cool! I liked the block placing mechanic alot. I wished the spikes were a bit more obvious and the jumping mechanic could definitely have been tweaked to be a bit more fun.
WojWorks
17. Dec 2013 路 01:16 UTC
Very solid entry. One of the best.
Mutt
17. Dec 2013 路 01:33 UTC
Wow! I really like the idea here. The art too -- I've seen a lot of entries with simple black and white art but it really looks nice here. The gameplay reminds me of minecraft, actually, except you can only place one block at a time, lol. A little frustrating as it is, but some real potential.
sudorossy
17. Dec 2013 路 02:03 UTC
Great art, and really nice gameplay.
vanaficionado
17. Dec 2013 路 02:06 UTC
This is frustratingly hard. This is annoyingly hard. WAYYYY TOOO FUCKING HARDDDD!

Its too bad I have to rate it well because it makes me want to strangle whoever programmed this!
馃帳 Rscar
17. Dec 2013 路 02:10 UTC
@vanaficionado Mission accomplished!

Thank you all for the feedback, both positive and negative, it is much appreciated! Sorry, I know the difficulty is pretty up there...can't say it wasn't intentional though ;)
Crabman
17. Dec 2013 路 02:11 UTC
Very nice, love it!
@Micle2000
17. Dec 2013 路 02:15 UTC
Looks good, plays smoothly, well done. Good theme too!
afterisk
17. Dec 2013 路 02:58 UTC
Awesome style and very creative controls! Fun to play!
van noctar
17. Dec 2013 路 02:58 UTC
Good puzzle game! Funny!
OnlySlightly
17. Dec 2013 路 03:01 UTC
Loved the mechanic. It was fun attempting to figure out the best method for making the distances. Solid controls.
BluShine
17. Dec 2013 路 06:17 UTC
Stylish art, and simple but fun gameplay. The third level is tricky!
CatOnMars
17. Dec 2013 路 06:17 UTC
Very well executed concept!! Liked this one!
code-11
17. Dec 2013 路 06:17 UTC
I liked this game. It had solid gameplay and I liked the graphics also. I'm not too good at these sort of things so I gave up after the first save point (?). Still great game.
Mr.Cassels
17. Dec 2013 路 06:18 UTC
Nice game! realy tricky, just the way I like it. graphics are beauteful and machanic is creative and fun, but could have used more puzzelish levels to get the most out of it.
tied with one fork dinner for best polish I've seen so far.

verdict: added it to my games folder right away!
jongtao
17. Dec 2013 路 06:32 UTC
The art is really good. I know these games are rushed, but I wished there was ambient noise or music of some sort to match the visuals.
phi6
17. Dec 2013 路 13:52 UTC
This game needs more ratings! Perhaps ditch the .jar and go for something web enabled next time? Aside from that - excellent art direction and I enjoy the block mechanic. Great work!
windwalkerranger
17. Dec 2013 路 18:14 UTC
Nice mechanic, cool with the theme, good graphical presentation, minimalistic but effective sounds. Likesy!
Citsua
17. Dec 2013 路 19:04 UTC
Great art and idea !
theholychicken
17. Dec 2013 路 20:01 UTC
This makes an awesome puzzle game!
But am I not supposed to be able to place blocks while in air? I got really stuck at the place where I am standing on a block before spikes and have nowhere to jump without placing a block while jumping..
馃帳 Rscar
17. Dec 2013 路 20:21 UTC
@theholychicken Thank you! Try jumping and placing a block while you're in midair, cool things might happen :)
MrTedders
18. Dec 2013 路 03:26 UTC
Interesting mechanic you have going here. too bad you couldn't get music because that would have risen your game to new heights!
Anshul Goyal
20. Dec 2013 路 02:04 UTC
interesting game. sort of reminds me of 'blocks that matter'. well presented.
Jiggawatt
22. Dec 2013 路 17:39 UTC
Quite a lot of different scenarios from the main mechanic, nice job utilizing the potential of the idea with the level design instead of just throwing it out there.
Dry Tree
29. Dec 2013 路 00:45 UTC
Lovely art style. The music didn't work for me but I extracted it from the .jar and played it on loop in Windows Media Player. (I also took a quick look at the code, as I used libgdx too, but I couldn't see any reason why the music shouldn't play! The only difference I have is I use .ogg files, and I've not yet tried adjusting my music volume in code. weird :s )

I beat the all three levels with 52 deaths - most of which were me trying to start level 3 by going right onto the only platforms I could see! :)

A fine game, well done!
ashen
01. Jan 2014 路 12:29 UTC
Really good puzzler. Nice graphic style. The theme usage is a great idea too. The mechanics are simple but give a lot of scope for puzzle solving, well done!
馃帳 Rscar
01. Jan 2014 路 18:07 UTC
@Dry Tree You're an awesome person! Thanks for the play/comments/extra!
SaintHeiser
03. Jan 2014 路 03:45 UTC
Good game idea and theme interpretation. But controls are weird. Because of camera always moving it's hard to "catch" block places.
But good work anyway!