Grasshopper by Puffi
Grasshopper is a tiny little game (minimalistic one might say!) in which you have to guide a strange little green critter as far as you can. Only thing you can do to help is to reverse the physics of the world, but beware colliding with a wall or sinister looking red tiles might hurt the little fella.
The game really focused on the theme in the gameplay.
There is only 1 button in the whole game.
Thats it, all you can (and have to) do is press space in just the right time.
I created the game using Lua and Love2d neither of which I had real prior experience on, so it definitely was a learning experience.
(which also explains the fairly weird code conventions and in general, weird code :P)
The game really focused on the theme in the gameplay.
There is only 1 button in the whole game.
Thats it, all you can (and have to) do is press space in just the right time.
I created the game using Lua and Love2d neither of which I had real prior experience on, so it definitely was a learning experience.
(which also explains the fairly weird code conventions and in general, weird code :P)
| Windows | http://146.255.37.150/puffi/ld26/grasshopper.zip |
| XPlatform (Love required) | http://146.255.37.150/puffi/ld26/grasshopper.love |
| Source | http://146.255.37.150/puffi/ld26/src.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=5300 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 57% | 3 |
| Overall | 2.91 | 835 |
| Audio | 2.56 | 635 |
| Fun | 2.94 | 595 |
| Graphics | 2.84 | 706 |
| Humor | 2.25 | 529 |
| Innovation | 2.09 | 1213 |
| Mood | 2.52 | 913 |
| Theme | 3.13 | 933 |
I'm on Windows XP.
Works fine on windows 7 (I have enough love to go around)
@Branch
Maybe you should get OS from this century =) you do realize that there's completely free ones available right?
@DreamThorn
That seems odd, I've got no slightest clue what could've caused that. I've heard that Love2d has some issues with older graphics cards, but why would windows claim its not valid application I don't know =S
@Merkoth
I'm sure you don't the game is just being mean
Nicely done. +1 for LOVE :)
Music was nice, just long enough not to be too repetitive and annoying, and fit the mood pretty well. The character animation was cute, I liked it. Pretty good use of the theme, and although the concept isn't super original, it was still a lot of fun. Overall, enjoyed this entry a lot. Good job.
As was mentioned above, it got a bit repetitive - maybe it would have been cool to increase the difficulty and variety of challenges that appear as the player travels a further distance? Well done though! :)
@tankete
"Not a fan of being told that "I suck", especially when I got a whopping 1989. "
Yeah the game is bit mean, there's 5 different responses depending on the score.
<5k - you suck
<10k - such a baddie
<15k - pretty meh
<25k - wuts the big whoop!?
+25k - get a life, srs!
So there really isn't a way to get a nice response :)
@Fritzendugan
"it seemed like after a while the same tiles just kind of repeat"
Yes, there's 4 different (+1 for start) "rooms" (50 tiles wide each) that are randomly picked on the fly to make the map "infinite"
"and the game doesn't speed up or anything"
Actually the character movement does speed up, but it is very subtle. Last LD biggest complaint I got for my game was that it was way too difficult so I tried to keep this one easier :)
"Not really sure what the point of having hearts are because it seemed like everything killed me instantly haha"
The player looses hearts from the red tiles so you can take a few hits from them without dying.
@geckojsc
"maybe it would have been cool to increase the difficulty and variety of challenges that appear as the player travels a further distance?"
This was something I had planned on as one of the things to expand on if the time & motivation would permit, but never got around to it :)
Thank you all for the comments once again, really appreciate them!