Graviblox by Pickehut

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made by Pickehut for LD26 (COMPO)
Graviblox is a simplistic puzzle game that is based on different block types and the ability to switch gravity on and off.

Controls:
Arrow keys - Move
Space - Interact with the selected block
G - Toggle gravity
R - Restart level (if you're stuck)

Because of the limited time I wasn't able to create as many levels as I had originally planned to, but I didn't want to enter the jam either.
I failed miserably with my first game idea, on which I had been working for over 15 hours, so I had only half the time to come up with a new concept.
I hope you'll find it interesting and fun to play nonetheless.

On some computers, the library I used seems to have problems loading the sounds. There also may or may not be problems with text displaying. If that is the case, I apologize.

UPDATE: I just updloaded a bugfix, enabling you to restart the level if you're stuck. I hope that still fits the conditions.

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1236
Overall 3.14 584
Audio 2.58 630
Fun 3.11 438
Graphics 2.42 1017
Humor 2.40 444
Innovation 2.96 691
Mood 2.70 743
Theme 3.63 458

Feedback

Kinzata
29. Apr 2013 路 04:22 UTC
This reminds me of some old game... I can't remember the name O_o Played it all the time though.
馃帳 Pickehut
29. Apr 2013 路 12:16 UTC
I just noticed a that it says "Yo Won!" instead of "You Won!" at the end of the game.
Don't know why it does that...
CryoGenesis
29. Apr 2013 路 15:13 UTC
Interesting gravity effects, annoying download site. I would suggest using a direct download thing like a DropBox public folder.
Dietrich Epp
29. Apr 2013 路 15:19 UTC
Nice puzzle! Satisfying chunk sound as you eat blocks.
馃帳 Pickehut
29. Apr 2013 路 15:29 UTC
Thanks!
I have changed the link to a Dropbox download.
adnzzzzZ
29. Apr 2013 路 16:33 UTC
You have a nice idea here. With more levels and maybe more block types you could have a pretty decent puzzle + timed execution game. Although, all I can think of are the Pokemon boulder moving and ice skating puzzles, which are quite different from this... :p
corrigan_sam
29. Apr 2013 路 17:15 UTC
Good fun, Very well done!
Zekyon
29. Apr 2013 路 17:16 UTC
Not bad, good puzzle game!
spacechase0
29. Apr 2013 路 17:18 UTC
I wish there were more levels. It was fun while it lasted though.
ThirteenWB
29. Apr 2013 路 17:21 UTC
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Could not locate OpenAL library.
(Running Linux)

Other than the above which meant I had no sound it was a pretty fun game, although a restart key would be good in case you get stuck behind a rock piece that you can't break.
Other than that it was pretty fun. Good job :)
馃帳 Pickehut
29. Apr 2013 路 17:45 UTC
@ThirteenWB
A friend of mine had the same problem running on windows.
I'm trying to fix it, but as of now I'm not sure what's causing it since it works fine on most computers.
Geoege
29. Apr 2013 路 17:47 UTC
Pretty fun puzzle game.
Stiju
30. Apr 2013 路 09:00 UTC
I could play games like this all day long.
Just need more and harder levels.

Well done.
Xatulu
30. Apr 2013 路 12:48 UTC
A little bit short, but definitly nice!
TheAwesomeProgrammer
30. Apr 2013 路 12:54 UTC
A neat little game :D
Anickyan
30. Apr 2013 路 19:38 UTC
Really good game, good concept. It was kind of hard when starting out, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing!
Holofire
30. Apr 2013 路 22:25 UTC
Nice and simple game. Great use of gravity. Too short, I wanted more gravity changing fun!
TheMaster99
30. Apr 2013 路 22:33 UTC
When I saw it was a gravity changing game, I wasn't expecting much, but it did prove to create a rendition of a kind of overused mechanic in a new way. Nice game!
multitude
01. May 2013 路 01:05 UTC
i really enjoyed playing this. please make more levels! :D
ashdnazg
03. May 2013 路 12:41 UTC
A nice minimalistic supaplex on steroids!
lorancou
15. May 2013 路 08:17 UTC
Nice one... but for some reason I can't get passed level 3 (run!). Even if I hit the red square, nothing happens and I end up crushed...