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Time Ball! by mort96

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made by mort96 for LD27 (COMPO)
Ever wondered how it'd be to be able to turn back the time 10 seconds? I sure have. Turns out it's a quite pleasant experience, at least if you're a ball.

How to play:
A and D to move left and right, W to jump. Hold space to rewind time up to 10 seconds.

After almost 48 hours, lots of spaghetti, frustration and fun, my game is finally ready!

I've written the game in JavaScript. Only 3rd party library used is JSon, which is used in exactly one line of code, as a lazy way to copy objecs.

The music is made in Garage Band, where I basically slapped a few Apple Loops together into something which sounds nice.

Art is made of spaghetti code using Canvas to render.


EDIT: added a post compo version, where I may keep working on it. So far, tightened up the controls a bit. (still judge me based on the compo one though :P)
Web (updated) http://mortie.org/?webapp=timeBall
Web (compo) http://mortie.org/?webapp=timeBallCompo
Source https://github.com/mortie/10secLD
Blog post http://mortie.org/?p=265
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=10534

Ratings

Coolness 68% 3
Overall 3.27 347
Audio 2.95 323
Fun 3.10 404
Graphics 1.98 1068
Humor 1.74 853
Innovation 3.10 458
Mood 2.71 566
Theme 3.00 700

Feedback

Reevezy
26. Aug 2013 · 02:56 UTC
I love the time reversal!
anjack
26. Aug 2013 · 02:57 UTC
Very cool! How did you implement the rewind mechanic?
TheThirdOne
26. Aug 2013 · 02:59 UTC
Great game
dcolgan
26. Aug 2013 · 03:00 UTC
Your game made me oo and ah at the rewind thing. This is a nice take on the endless runner thing. At first I wanted you to be able to rewind out of death, but then I realized that the game would not be a game then - so it's like a reaction game but also gives some forgiveness. Very cool! Polish this up and stick it on Kongregate!
oxysoft
26. Aug 2013 · 03:04 UTC
Very interesting game. I found that the best strategy is to just old on the jump key and as soon as you notice you're about to take a dip in the lava, rewind and delay your next jump slightly so you can make the jump. It would of been interesting to have a rewind timer go down when you use it and make it go back up as you progress. Have it go back up slower so you can just rewind forever.
megashroom
26. Aug 2013 · 03:10 UTC
Though it took a while to grasp the possibilities of the time warp, the game was really fun once I got it.
Zooming along levels and probing and jumping was quite enjoyable.
janndavid
26. Aug 2013 · 14:42 UTC
That's a good simple game, you should make it available on mobile devices soon! I like the rewind option, makes you "unscrew" yourself, thumbs up from me!
Dark Acre Jack
26. Aug 2013 · 17:37 UTC
Still a better narrative than Braid.

Nice work.
choqaae
26. Aug 2013 · 17:39 UTC
A good simple game. I think it would have been better if the music didn't restart every time you die, but just keep playing.
apaneske
26. Aug 2013 · 17:48 UTC
Neat! Really like how you used the 10 second theme. Had some trouble getting the jumps to be timed correctly. Enjoyed trying to get better and beat my own high score :)
kayupla
26. Aug 2013 · 20:05 UTC
impressive, but very difficult to play.
gravyhands
26. Aug 2013 · 23:20 UTC
Very cool.
I kept having long stretches of land and then I would start to think maybe there won't be any-
*LAVA DEATH*
Mase
26. Aug 2013 · 23:20 UTC
Nice twist on the endless runner formula.
Tork
26. Aug 2013 · 23:21 UTC
Wish the jump responded better
bugninja
26. Aug 2013 · 23:21 UTC
29330 - I feel ok about that :) Considering how many times I had to play to figure out how early I had to jump. I think if the controls were more spot-on when I tried to jump it would have been a bit better.
JimMakesGames
27. Aug 2013 · 12:39 UTC
There's a great sense of speed here, although I sadly lack the skill to react quickly enough to avoid falling into the stuff before I can reverse time. A cool concept and the random level generation is a good thing, so you can't beat it by memorising.

And of course, thanks for watching the stream. I'm surprised you found the time to make an entry and watch mine being made.
bnhw
27. Aug 2013 · 17:15 UTC
The ball movement and rewind felt very satisfying, but I only wish the jump was a little more forgiving.
FrozenCow
29. Aug 2013 · 12:24 UTC
Fun concept. I really liked the time reversal, it would be pretty cool if I could use that more, but often I died faster than I realized. Still had a good time. Thanks!
berkano
29. Aug 2013 · 12:26 UTC
Great music and a cool concept, nice job!
BenWhi
30. Aug 2013 · 17:49 UTC
I love fast-paced runners like this. Frustrating, but kept me playing! Music was charming.
zzForrest
30. Aug 2013 · 21:46 UTC
Really cool, if only it was slightly more functional, cuz most jumps were impossible, the friction was too low and boy did your character speed any which way he wanted.
manuq
30. Aug 2013 · 22:49 UTC
Excellent! Goes to favourites :) I never needed the whole 10 seconds through, with two or three it was ok.
Hayawi
30. Aug 2013 · 23:22 UTC
I loved the reverse mechanic, such a great idea :D
Latcarf
31. Aug 2013 · 17:19 UTC
It takes too long to jump, so often it doesn't jump even though I pressed W before the red part.