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Breuoakt by Dan C

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made by Dan C for LD24 (JAM)
I was originally going to make a C64 game for the main competition, but unfortunately I screwed up something important and couldn't finish.

So, I threw this together in the last few hours on Monday for the jam, completely ignoring the theme.

It's not really finished and is missing a major feature I wanted to include, but it's playable and kind of fun.

Enjoy!

Web http://www.danielcassidy.me.uk/games/breuoakt-jam.html
Source https://github.com/djcsdy/breuoakt/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=2445

Ratings

Coolness 56% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.86 169
Audio(Jam) 3.35 66
Fun(Jam) 3.18 78
Graphics(Jam) 2.48 214
Humor(Jam) 2.06 154
Innovation(Jam) 2.96 110
Mood(Jam) 2.52 165
Theme(Jam) 1.14 271

Feedback

Ragzouken
28. Aug 2012 · 01:24 UTC
An interesting take on breakout :) I really like the music. The miss sound effect reminded me of Chip's Challenge's bummer.wav - made me chuckle :D

Did you take any graphical cues from the Juice It or Lose It video? The wobbling effect reminded me of that, but easily a coincidence since they are both breakout games already :p
Norgg
28. Aug 2012 · 13:47 UTC
Do do do dah do do dah.
31eee384
28. Aug 2012 · 21:26 UTC
Huh, cool concept, and nice music. What is there seems relatively polished, too.
FunByJohn
29. Aug 2012 · 11:42 UTC
I liked the feature where you had to give the ball velocity with the paddle :) haven't seen that in a breakout game before. innovation points!!1
Jorjon
02. Sep 2012 · 21:57 UTC
It's always nice to play a breakout game
mipi
02. Sep 2012 · 22:30 UTC
So you think that the rocks were unfairly difficult to see..? Yeah, should take on account that not everybody well, I guess that any people with bad eyesight have big troubles on there. So good point.

I think I've used to read so bad handwriting (my own) that the text quality didn't bother me at all. Didn't even think that it bothers someone that much, so good point there too.
juaxix
03. Sep 2012 · 17:14 UTC
Interesting evolution of the classic game, with a very clear source in HaXE!! wow
Teknik
09. Sep 2012 · 18:30 UTC
awesome evolution of the game mechanics from breakout. loved the little animation for the bricks coming back in and the little audio clip for loosing. very impressive for what you did with your remaining time after the first attempt. great job!
thewiseguy99
15. Sep 2012 · 22:35 UTC
What a great little game for the time you had left! Seemed to work pretty well and the music was good too. Well done!
Zed
16. Sep 2012 · 11:11 UTC
Oh now that's clever. I really like the way the blocks pop back in. I consider myself pretty good at Breakout, but I could only score 66 points at my highest. Must try harder...
Walt
16. Sep 2012 · 13:07 UTC
nicely executed
phren
16. Sep 2012 · 19:54 UTC
Why did you ignore the theme? :(

This game has kinda "been seen before", the gravity mechanic added some extra to it, but not that much. I liked the "Awwww" sound. Sometimes the framerate would experience small hiccups, which were really fatal considering how smooth the mouse movements have to be in order for you to hit the ball.