Timining 1D by GodsBoss

made by GodsBoss for LD26 (COMPO)

HTML5 canvas game. Tested in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox (recent versions) and Internet Explorer 9.

Why is the game minimalistic?
- At first, the graphics: Although this is the best I can do, it's still very simple.
- It is inspired by MineCraft, but uses the smallest number of dimensions that makes sense: One!
- The most minimalistic part is the sound: It does not have any. ;-)

I have just been told: The wooden tools are bugged - but it is possible to mine rocks by hand and craft stone tools.

Web	http://js.godsboss.org/ld26/
Source	http://js.godsboss.org/ld26/LD-26_GodsBoss_Timining-1D.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=20672

Ratings

Coolness	96%	2
Overall	3.02	717

Audio	1.36	1069
Fun	2.63	882
Graphics	3.31	370
Humor	2.41	434
Innovation	2.63	912
Mood	2.65	788
Theme	3.20	874

Feedback

joeyhammer1

29. Apr 2013 · 04:48 UTC

Very addictive!

sanojian

29. Apr 2013 · 10:45 UTC

Funny idea. Nice game. Controls were a little bit clunky. My guy would freeze and then start again when moving or chopping. On Firefox.

yetanother

29. Apr 2013 · 17:16 UTC

I like the zombies :)

HelkeGames

30. Apr 2013 · 19:28 UTC

What an addictive game! Well done i liked it! :D

scriptorum

30. Apr 2013 · 20:25 UTC

"Again?" asked the game as it laid the crown of nerdiness upon my head. That was fun. After you craft the best items it gets a little grindy as you go on a long walk hunting for gold, but you knew I'd keep going, didn't you.

gmaker

01. May 2013 · 06:01 UTC

very nice graphics! ) and so fun ) but i did understand much

CrazyGage

01. May 2013 · 06:27 UTC

interesting. 1D minecraft. not for me, but still a good entry.

Zillix

01. May 2013 · 06:31 UTC

a very neat, simplified minecraft! took a while to get used to the 1d movement, since it tooks waaay too long to try to return "home" each time I went out to go mining!

CherryNukaCola

01. May 2013 · 14:35 UTC

Nice, 'minimal' take on minecraft-likes. Thanks!

infernet89

01. May 2013 · 14:37 UTC

Vey complex entry, not my kind of game, but i think you got the theme right! Well Done!

Follett

01. May 2013 · 14:37 UTC

Controls felt clunky but I still enjoyed it.

EatenAlive3

01. May 2013 · 19:07 UTC

Game freezes after 5 seconds of gameplay :L

🎤 GodsBoss

01. May 2013 · 19:27 UTC

@EatenAlive3: Which browser/version? It's kind of unstable in my Firefox at home, but is fine at work (both version 20.0.1). Google Chrome is okay, IE 9 also.

I want to continue developing (of course the Ludum-Dare-version will remain unchanged) and fix bugs like this one.

Bernhard

01. May 2013 · 20:04 UTC

Took me way to long but I finally built the crown!
I know it is supposed to be minimal, but an inventory listing and something like a 1pixel height map overview would have been very welcome >_<
Still a great game! Goes well with a podcast :-)

Tanius

02. May 2013 · 13:14 UTC

Nice concept and style :)
Maybe things in game should happend faster ;)

Super Hamster

03. May 2013 · 02:20 UTC

The controls were really buggy and for some reason, I kept scrolling down the site and the game would freeze over and over again, so I couldn't really play but it seemed really fun. Good job!:D

Tainted_Code

03. May 2013 · 21:33 UTC

Great idea, and addictive! Nice gfx too! :)

StMatn

03. May 2013 · 23:19 UTC

Great game. Those zombies are really terrifying. I nearly shit my pants, when they have shown me the small print ;) Is it a good or bad sign, that I couldn't stop playing until I got the crown of epic nerdiness? ;) Nice job!

DaveDobson

04. May 2013 · 19:29 UTC

Fun idea, well executed. I think I'd have preferred having recipes for the various objects, so I could tell how close I was getting, but I guess learning as you go can be fun too. Nice work!

EatenAlive3

05. May 2013 · 15:55 UTC

@GodsBoss I am using firefox. I'll start Chrome and give it a go.

recursive frog

05. May 2013 · 16:10 UTC

That was more addictive than I thought it would be. :) I wasn't sure what happened when I reached a part of the screen that I finally could not hack through, and eventually gave up. Is there a bit of Minecraft lore that I'd have needed in order to know what to do?

The item usage wasn't very clear to me either. I had no idea what I was making or why, or how.

EatenAlive3

05. May 2013 · 16:21 UTC

Fun! It worked on Chrome. I didn't win though :L

RobProductions

05. May 2013 · 19:14 UTC

Not very original but interesting concept.

Julian Ceipek

05. May 2013 · 19:23 UTC

An interesting take on the crafting theme, but the game doesn't seem to have much challenge and involves too much grinding and walking around. The gameplay misses out on what makes Minecraft compelling.

TheSarcastic

05. May 2013 · 19:26 UTC

Looks good, plays good too. Great work!

oskardevelopment

09. May 2013 · 11:56 UTC

Very fun game! Cool that you were able to finish this on less than 48 hours! :)

Pyrofoux

11. May 2013 · 11:24 UTC

It reminds me my old prototype of «Minecraft-like 1D»
----> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69344892/m1craft/index.html

Alex Shestakov

11. May 2013 · 13:32 UTC

Yeah, zombies are definitely cool :)

MinionStudios

14. May 2013 · 01:52 UTC

Really very fun! Hard to see what effect the items have or how many until your work is done for you, but I guess that's part of the whole minimalist thing, huh?