Gravitas by Walnoot
Smash your enemies with your magnetic ball while trying not to be smashed yourself in my very first Ludum Dare entry! I am very pleased with how the game turned out, so I hope you'll enjoy it as well. You should be able to run the .JAR by double-clicking if you have Java installed.
| Windows/OSX/Linux | http://www.mediafire.com/?e917n9mfcxebr2e |
| Source | https://github.com/Walnoot/LD26-Gravitas |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=21137 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 39% | 1564 |
| Overall | 3.26 | 457 |
| Audio | 2.27 | 801 |
| Fun | 3.52 | 153 |
| Graphics | 2.70 | 815 |
| Innovation | 3.65 | 170 |
| Mood | 2.71 | 732 |
| Theme | 3.52 | 571 |
I wish that there was more done with it, though. I know that this is a minimalist challenge, but the minimalism came, I think, from being able to only attack by attracting a ball. It would have been nice to have different kinds of enemies that reacted differently for some varied challenge.
Also, I think that the playfield is too small. In order for you to attack, you need to have the enemies between yourself and the attack ball. The problem is that this is often impossible to do without taking damage because the playfield gets so crowded.
Really well done.