Down The Line by Simon
Info
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Down The Line empowers you to bring light to the sun !
Use the left mouse click to put down waypoints and create paths for the entities to take. Then, lead them to the sun.
Ranting
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I hope you'll enjoy the game, I wanted to make more levels and iterate on the gameplay a bit more but I ran out of time and energy I guess. The game has been tested on Firefox and Chrome.
At first I wasn't so enthusiast about the theme but it led me to dig the question of minimalism, thus I mainly focused on the notion of optimization as I feel that it's at the heart of minimalism. So, even though the graphic design appears minimalist I actually wanted to make a game where the player is the one minimizing, optimizing the way to the sun.
Anyway, have fun and thank you in advance.
Post-compo version
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Added a label to show how many waypoints (clicks) are left.
Showing/adding cursor when needed.
Tools
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Programming with {FM.js(engine);}: https://github.com/simonchauvin/FMJSEngine
Graphics with Inkscape
Sounds with bfxr
And music with Circuli: http://www.earslap.com/projectslab/circuli
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Down The Line empowers you to bring light to the sun !
Use the left mouse click to put down waypoints and create paths for the entities to take. Then, lead them to the sun.
Ranting
--------------------------------------------------------------
I hope you'll enjoy the game, I wanted to make more levels and iterate on the gameplay a bit more but I ran out of time and energy I guess. The game has been tested on Firefox and Chrome.
At first I wasn't so enthusiast about the theme but it led me to dig the question of minimalism, thus I mainly focused on the notion of optimization as I feel that it's at the heart of minimalism. So, even though the graphic design appears minimalist I actually wanted to make a game where the player is the one minimizing, optimizing the way to the sun.
Anyway, have fun and thank you in advance.
Post-compo version
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Added a label to show how many waypoints (clicks) are left.
Showing/adding cursor when needed.
Tools
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Programming with {FM.js(engine);}: https://github.com/simonchauvin/FMJSEngine
Graphics with Inkscape
Sounds with bfxr
And music with Circuli: http://www.earslap.com/projectslab/circuli
| Web | http://simonchauvin.itch.io/down-the-line |
| Source | https://github.com/simonchauvin/Down-The-Line |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=9596 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall | 3.79 | 95 |
| Audio | 3.16 | 282 |
| Fun | 3.39 | 224 |
| Graphics | 3.04 | 547 |
| Humor | 1.39 | 1051 |
| Innovation | 3.86 | 87 |
| Mood | 3.28 | 247 |
| Theme | 3.89 | 235 |
Indeed, the remaining clicks (waypoints) should have been displayed somewhere on the screen. Lack of playtests and perspectives I guess.
Also, I have uploaded a new version with the clicks counter displayed in lieu of the mouse cursor :)
Again, great job :)
Pretty cool, simple yet brilliant.
Good job!
Would have liked to see how many boxes I could place though and I thought that the introduction of the blue squares was a little late into the game.