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Subtract by SlamBlasta

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made by SlamBlasta for LD26 (COMPO)
First LD for me! Not really looking to win anything, mostly just to finish something. I think it turned out alright, all things considered.
Click and drag mouse to reveal the hidden shapes!
Further instructions should be in the game.

Haven't tested it on mac/linux, but it's a runnable .jar, so it should work...

Edit: It totally doesn't work on mac/linux. Will fix asap
Edit 2: Sorry if the white text is difficult to read sometimes. If you find the text too hard to read, or just don't like the colors, close and reload the game. It generates a random hue each time.

Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20401860/Subtract.jar
OS/X https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20401860/Subtract.jar
Linux https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20401860/Subtract.jar
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20401860/Subtract.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=23191

Ratings

Coolness 33% 1659
Overall 2.55 1143
Audio 2.59 624
Fun 1.95 1263
Graphics 2.45 1002
Innovation 3.00 650
Mood 2.40 1003
Theme 3.45 646

Feedback

puttputt
29. Apr 2013 路 18:05 UTC
Couldn't get it to run on OSX 10.8 - might just be my java. I'll try reinstalling
mtrc
29. Apr 2013 路 18:15 UTC
This now works on 10.8 MacOS, for me anyway. I enjoyed it! Not sure how I feel about it overall, I think a delay at the end of each stage would help me know whether I'd done well or found the shape, etc. I really like the idea though. Nice work!
馃帳 SlamBlasta
29. Apr 2013 路 20:34 UTC
Thanks for the feedback! The pause after each level is a great idea. I know ludum dare is forgiving for small bugs, but it seems like more of a feature. I did fix the screen resolution, and game-over bugs though. Here is the version with a pause, if anybody is interested: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20401860/Subtract_fixed.jar
Holofire
29. Apr 2013 路 23:20 UTC
Bit confused to start with, bit I figured it out and found it pretty interesting. Great idea.
Danvil
29. Apr 2013 路 23:21 UTC
Huh, this is a lot of green ;) I like the idea! Sometimes it seems kind of unfair.
ddionisio
29. Apr 2013 路 23:28 UTC
Really hard to read the text. Also, it seems like the best strategy is to just drag a box on the entire area :P
Kom
29. Apr 2013 路 23:35 UTC
It's quite difficult to read the text and it seems extremely difficult to actually gain points. It's an interesting, simple concept though.
poohshoes
30. Apr 2013 路 00:03 UTC
Box areas should definetly be limited, i was just boxing the whole screen : P
stqn
30. Apr 2013 路 00:05 UTC
I don't understand this game. Why would anyone not select the entire screen to show the shape? Pressing space does nothing. There are two negative numbers in the top-left hand corner; what are they? On my second try I lost on the first level for no reason that I could see.
Nice sounds though.
CyberYeti
30. Apr 2013 路 00:06 UTC
A cool idea, however, there's nothing stopping the player from simply dragging over the entire screen. A limit on the size you can make your rectangle would be nice. Other than that i enjoyed the concept and the reveal effect with the spacebar was really cool!
Dark Acre Jack
01. May 2013 路 09:22 UTC
Congrats on your 1st LD.
Thijsku
01. May 2013 路 09:26 UTC
Nice concept! A rectangle size limit, as suggested, would be a good addition.

@all above: You can cover the whole screen, but you'll get a negative score.
euske
01. May 2013 路 09:39 UTC
I didn't quite understand how the scoring works. But it's a neat idea. The sound was relaxing.
Zccc
01. May 2013 路 12:03 UTC
Great idea, but a bit confusing at first. I really liked the relaxing sounds, tough it really breaks that mood when you loose x)
EggDestroyer
04. May 2013 路 08:26 UTC
The idea is nice, unfortunately it lacks clear score explaination and feedbacks allowing the player to make up a strategy (other than boxing the whole screen), the space bar doesn't seem very functionnal. It's quite hard to read the text too ! But you finished it, which isn't so easy for a first LD. Keep up !
Gremlin
04. May 2013 路 15:02 UTC
I like the idea, though I had trouble figuring out how I might be able to score higher. Maybe some kind of feedback loop other than the score would help?

The color palettes are really lovely minimalist pastel selections.

My high score was -18866436.
@SamPotasz
06. May 2013 路 23:19 UTC
I loved pretty much everything about this game :) Beautiful. Congrats!
OU GDA
14. May 2013 路 01:52 UTC
A bit laggy but congratz on getting a game finished and submitted (Something that is many times really hard to do).
Sylvain.p
14. May 2013 路 19:17 UTC
Good idea, but it need more feedback or explanation.