Time and Shapes by woftles

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made by woftles for LD27 (COMPO)
You are a magical polygon and the evil squares are out to get you. Under a curse, you may only live for 10 seconds. You can extend your life by defending yourself with your magical polygon projectiles in this fast paced two-dimensional arcade game.

Development logs are included in both the source and game zips.

Ratings

Coolness 54% 3
Overall 3.59 131
Audio 3.36 134
Fun 3.54 121
Graphics 4.11 52
Humor 3.11 173
Innovation 2.74 735
Mood 3.26 212
Theme 3.25 488

Feedback

cbear_wallis
25. Aug 2013 路 17:42 UTC
love the visual style!
UnAdmin
25. Aug 2013 路 19:49 UTC
Very neat with the shapes.
keyboardmonkey
25. Aug 2013 路 22:05 UTC
Could you supply a 32-bit version? It looks interesting, all those beautiful polygons.
馃帳 woftles
26. Aug 2013 路 02:47 UTC
I was fairly sure that was a 32 bit version uploaded, but I'll go repackage in a bit. If anyone on Mac can comment on whether that version works, I'm not able to test it myself.
andreyin
26. Aug 2013 路 03:19 UTC
Loved it! But it sucks that you can't shoot in a direction while going to other direction. Apart from that it's pretty cool.
Zuige
26. Aug 2013 路 03:21 UTC
Wouldn't run for me on OS X :/
namrog84
26. Aug 2013 路 03:22 UTC
Absolutely loved the style and graphics and sound effects!

I would have loved a keyboard control to move and shoot differently though, but

Game was done extremely well!
Rhinoceros
26. Aug 2013 路 03:23 UTC
http://25.media.tumblr.com/4ef985a44fc034570a5858901cc4d744/tumblr_mms33egqjn1qzewkno1_r1_500.png
Image is related.
Made me lol.
kidder
26. Aug 2013 路 03:24 UTC
love the synthesized voices. very challenging and fun to play.
ix
26. Aug 2013 路 03:26 UTC
Nice clean graphics style. I liked that you could only shoot forward, that makes the gameplay a little more unique.
patrickgh3
26. Aug 2013 路 03:26 UTC
The bullet-time effect was really smooth.
馃帳 woftles
26. Aug 2013 路 03:28 UTC
Any errors given Zuige? I don't have a mac so I can't test my packages.
ethankennerly
26. Aug 2013 路 03:31 UTC
The clean polygons and computer voice enhanced the shooting and dodging that alerted me. If you continue to develop this, have you considered exploring another powerup?
doctorscientist
26. Aug 2013 路 03:31 UTC
This is really fun. Doing badly is just as fun as doing well. Thanks Obama indeed.
馃帳 woftles
26. Aug 2013 路 03:48 UTC
The game is definitely packaged for win32. Make sure you unzip it before running. If you have any other problems please comment away and I'll get it sorted.

Ethankennerly, I have considered more powerups that alter your projectiles in more interesting ways that statistics.
arcticleaf
27. Aug 2013 路 16:27 UTC
pretty cool, the visual style is good
prettymuchbryce
28. Aug 2013 路 01:34 UTC
I got an error.

TimeAndShapes cannot be opened because of a problem.
Check with the developer to make sure TimeAndShapes works with this version of OS X. You may need to reinstall the application. Be sure to install any available updates for the application and OS X.

Click Report to see more detailed information and send a report to Apple.
NMcCoy
28. Aug 2013 路 02:01 UTC
Heh, the screenshot makes it look like a long lost cousin of my own entry. Nifty game!
Tom 7
28. Aug 2013 路 03:03 UTC
My favorite thing about this one was how the moving and aiming were using the same control, which totally messed with my usual way of playing this kind of game. I didn't find myself using bullet time very much... The difficulty wasn't with everything happening too fast, but with the speed I can shoot, I think.
馃帳 woftles
29. Aug 2013 路 00:01 UTC
There's no limit on how fast you can click and there are powerups for bullet speed. Bullet time can increase your overall fire rate if you want to use it as a volley strategy.
Laelien
29. Aug 2013 路 00:18 UTC
Okay, I should probably stop playing now, or I'll stay up all night. Loved it, 'nuff said.
joelrobichaud
29. Aug 2013 路 00:25 UTC
The graphics and sounds somehow pair up very nicely. Had fun playing it!
Danex317
29. Aug 2013 路 16:23 UTC
I wish I could have moved in a different direction than I was shooting. But I loved everything else.
EvilObjective
29. Aug 2013 路 16:23 UTC
Couldn't play on OSX :(
Error: TimeAndShapes cannot be opened because of a problem. Check with the developer to make sure TimeAndShapes works with this version of OS X. You may need to reinstall the application. Be sure to install any available updates for the application and OS X.
馃帳 woftles
30. Aug 2013 路 05:23 UTC
Alright thanks. I'll retry the port ASAP.
ZeppelinCaptain
01. Sep 2013 路 13:37 UTC
Score: 729, 144 seconds and yes I feel proud! Watch out for this magical polygon!

I like how you have to be strategic in which enemy you're moving towards/aiming at. Very smooth controls, and clean audio/visual design.
rustybroomhandle
01. Sep 2013 路 14:30 UTC
Very stylish! Also, haha - 1000+ fps here.
Terrabyte
15. Sep 2013 路 15:51 UTC
I really like the visuals and idea! It gets quite addictive after a while :)