Boxy by matter123

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made by matter123 for LD26 (JAM)
** Windows x64 Users Please use the x64 download link to prevent Crashes! **

OSX Users: make sure you have mono installed and run boxyrun.sh

Your a blue square you need to escape

controls left up right down

requires mono/.net 4 and opengl 2.1

Windows 64 bit is now working

WARNING:this game is hard

Ratings

Coolness 62% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.84 387
Audio(Jam) 2.16 400
Fun(Jam) 2.87 278
Graphics(Jam) 2.40 481
Humor(Jam) 2.71 148
Innovation(Jam) 2.68 360
Mood(Jam) 2.73 338
Theme(Jam) 3.65 141

Feedback

negativeview
29. Apr 2013 路 23:57 UTC
This immediately crashed for me on Windows 7, 64 bit. Didn't rate you because I can't play it. :(
arrogant.gamer
30. Apr 2013 路 00:07 UTC
This was a good game! It had a quick twitchy kind of addictive game-play, similar in many ways to "Three Body Problem". I played until level 4, but which time I had already activated Potato Mode.

I got quite good at hovering in place, but one must also learn to flee. While I am not convinced that a context for this was necessary, the choice of "spy avoiding capture" is pretty fitting. I hover until my cover is blown, and then I have to speed away without... touching the walls!
馃帳 matter123
30. Apr 2013 路 00:14 UTC
possiably fixed problem
Andy West
30. Apr 2013 路 02:31 UTC
Sorry, this also crashes right away on Windows 8 64-bit.
disease
30. Apr 2013 路 02:43 UTC
Crashed on my win 7 64 bit.
pvwradtke
30. Apr 2013 路 03:45 UTC
I was like "holy potatoes, they're chasing me!". I had a laugh with this game. Main issue is that it's too hard to keep it for 30 seconds, the player increases speed too fast. However, it's not everyday you get chased by potatoes :).
TheBenjaneer
30. Apr 2013 路 03:46 UTC
Beat Level 6 while working on Debugging.
We've tracked it down to when OpenTk loads OpenAl on x64 machines and are working to fix that. ( matter123 is a good friend of mine. )
TheDaedraArmy
30. Apr 2013 路 04:42 UTC
Highly addictive and fun as is all other similar like games. Had a blast trying to control that speed
HelkeGames
30. Apr 2013 路 05:35 UTC
Addictive game! Great job ;)
Jed Mayberry
30. Apr 2013 路 06:26 UTC
Immediately crashed on my computer, sorry :(
GetFun
30. Apr 2013 路 22:24 UTC
Potato mode!
whilefun
30. Apr 2013 路 22:26 UTC
Crashed on open for me as well. Here's the error text:

Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Boxy.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 517f03a5
Fault Module Name: KERNELBASE.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.17965
Fault Module Timestamp: 506dcae6
Exception Code: e0434f4d
Exception Offset: 000000000000bccd
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 4105

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Grouflon
30. Apr 2013 路 22:30 UTC
Didn't rate, sorry I can't play it. There's no OSX bootable file in the OSX download folder :( Maybe you can rebuild somethin'? I was really interessed by the design and the pitch ;)
nseward
30. Apr 2013 路 22:30 UTC
64 works but 32 didn't. Great game. I ended up with a forearm cramp.
porglezomp
30. Apr 2013 路 22:48 UTC
The mac link appears to contain a windows build?
馃帳 matter123
30. Apr 2013 路 22:54 UTC
@porglezomp im using mono/.net it creates .exe files but the run on all platforms
AnTiCamPr
30. Apr 2013 路 22:57 UTC
It is a pretty good game. I have to say that it might be a bit too hard though. I made it too level 4 and I had a good laugh at the potato mode. Good Job! (playing on Win8 64-bit, so I guess you guys worked out the bugs)
Xanjos
30. Apr 2013 路 23:11 UTC
Really nice twist to the generic "dodge things" gameplay mechanic. The later more harder levels made it a bit more addictive as well. Also potatoes :D
Fenyx
30. Apr 2013 路 23:37 UTC
The potatoes were amusing. Aside from that, the controls were far too twitchy and imprecise for my taste, especially to keep up for 30 full seconds.
Rabbits...
01. May 2013 路 00:02 UTC
Wow, thats diffucult, enjoyed potato mode and the quick acceleration
oldtopman
01. May 2013 路 00:31 UTC
A little floaty for my tastes, but a pretty good game! I liked it!
shawn42
01. May 2013 路 11:38 UTC
Nice work. The controls were _really_ touchy (but maybe that's the point?) Pretty fun.

Sometimes when I died, the game would crash (on OS X).
I was running mono version 2.10.9
cahman
01. May 2013 路 11:48 UTC
At first, I thought the controls were too twitchy. I was about to close the game, but then the potatoes came out. I wasn't going to let some spuds make a chump out of me, so I busted out my game pad and redoubled my efforts. That's when I realized the controls were BRILLIANT! Extremely quick and precise.

I ended up doing the "IMPOSSIABLE" and beating the game. I enjoyed it thoroughly, very nicely done sir!
Jiddo
02. May 2013 路 21:00 UTC
I loved the small story and how nonsensical it actually was to have it for this gameplay. Made me chuckle :) The controls were far too twitchy and the timer far too long though, thus the game was going too fast and too slowly at the same in an unsatisfying manner.
Blinked
04. May 2013 路 00:11 UTC
Not bad, but very unfair at times. Also, lol potato mode.
SuperlevelSebastian
08. May 2013 路 21:52 UTC
Sadly your game just crashes on my WinXP (32-bit) laptop, when I try to start it. :( No special error message though.
lorancou
14. May 2013 路 18:31 UTC
Works for me on Windows 7 64 bit.

This game is hard, indeed. It could become a bit nicer with only a few tweaks, e.g. make the screen borders wrap instead of death zones, and let the blue square rest more easily, some kind of brakes for instance.