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Kim Jong Un's Ultimate Childhood Game by Gemberkoekje

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made by Gemberkoekje for LD25 (COMPO)
For the record: It's all mouse controlled, click to play~!

THE GREAT LEADER APPROVES OF THIS GAME

Ever since you were young, you have been taught the specifics of rocketry. This is a simulation from when you were young, and you were supposed to destroy the block structures of your friends.

Features:
- 5 completely different levels!
- Upgrades!
- A Level Editor
- Explosives!
- Missiles!
- Wooden blocks!
- Hardly readable letters!
- No sound!

I should add what I've made this with:
- Visual Studio
- GIMP
- CinderLib (http://www.libcinder.org)
- Box2D (http://box2d.org)

Windows http://www.gemblog.nl/ld1212.rar
Timelapse Video http://youtu.be/A8USFK93BeY
Gameplay Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn82QJ9QdIE
Source http://www.gemblog.nl/ld1212source.rar
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=5952

Ratings

Coolness 72% 3
Overall 2.41 661
Audio 1.18 609
Fun 2.31 594
Graphics 2.00 687
Humor 2.30 434
Innovation 2.22 659
Mood 2.00 689
Theme 2.58 606

Feedback

h.attila
17. Dec 2012 路 09:25 UTC
I don't really get this game. I just launched the rockets randomly and they hit their targets every time.
Otherwise, I like the idea.
馃帳 Gemberkoekje
17. Dec 2012 路 09:29 UTC
Well, how do you think Kim Jong Un felt? You're right though, it's not particularly balanced. I've never done physics engines before, so half the battle was having proper physics worked out.
jmk
17. Dec 2012 路 09:59 UTC
Couldn't play the game myself (OS X), but watched your video. It's like Angry Birds: North Korea! :)
Cy4n1d
17. Dec 2012 路 10:08 UTC
I like the idea but i don't get it.
Faust
17. Dec 2012 路 11:00 UTC
To be honestly, I can't figure out how to play it until I watched the video. The idea is interesting, but I think you should show the target within the screen when game started.
馃帳 Gemberkoekje
17. Dec 2012 路 11:09 UTC
You're right, actually. I was going for the 'Just try it and it works' thing, but showing the blocks and panning would've been better indeed.
CoffeeOnimal
17. Dec 2012 路 11:59 UTC
I don't think you could've picked a better villain that Kim Jong Un, unless it was Kim Jong Il. Impressive physics engine.
mutuware
17. Dec 2012 路 14:46 UTC
I like level4.xml :)
Frolacosta
17. Dec 2012 路 16:09 UTC
Takes a while to understand how to play, some sort of tutorial might have been useful. Another thing is that some upgrades seem pointless and all levels can be completed without them, namely the acceleration/fuel upgrades.
Something to indicate height would have been good too, maybe even just some clouds in the sky because it's hard to tell if you're falling or still moving upwards.

Other than that this was very good!
dom2d
17. Dec 2012 路 16:44 UTC
The idea could have been great with more time, I bet!
dremelofdeath
18. Dec 2012 路 07:23 UTC
nice box2d implementation, and its cool that you got a level editor working, but the gameplay itself seems kinda bland right now
馃帳 Gemberkoekje
18. Dec 2012 路 07:50 UTC
Should've done further or more spread out levels rly, make the editor scrollable so you can get close buildings and buildings far away. Another thing I wanted to do is a boulder instead of the missile, so you can just barrel through the building instead of sploding it.
csanyk
20. Dec 2012 路 02:31 UTC
Like Angry Birds, only there's nothing challenging about it. If you're just working out how to do physics, it's a nice demo, but needs a lot of polish before it will feel complete.
Prealpha
20. Dec 2012 路 13:06 UTC
The font! My poor, nearsighted eyes!
I didn't have too much of a problem understanding it after launching my first rocket. Perhaps for a jam it would have been better to put more time into making levels than in creating a level-maker, but from a pragmatic viewpoint, it was most likely a better use of your time as a self-teaching experiment than to try to get a higher score.
馃帳 Gemberkoekje
21. Dec 2012 路 08:56 UTC
At least my game was better than The War Z. But I think every game made in a weekend at Ludum Dare falls in that category.
joekinley
27. Dec 2012 路 13:08 UTC
Hard to rate this one. It is an interesting idea but kinda hard to figure out properly. I had to watch the video to find out what to do here. Even then it was kinda weird.

I even didn't quite get the full approach to the theme other than the title.
Good work finishing something though.
zenmumbler
03. Jan 2013 路 13:23 UTC
Not sure what Angry Birds 0.1 alpha is doing in here, but it's mildly amusing. No need to rehash what other comments already pointed out. Keep experimenting!
馃帳 Gemberkoekje
04. Jan 2013 路 11:19 UTC
Hah, thank you. I like experimenting best anyway, and perhaps I'll hit gold eventually ;)