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Tiny Island by Zathnic

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made by Zathnic for LD23 (COMPO)
This is my first Ludum Dare, but luckily it worked out better than I expected! It's a Sokoban-like logic game where you need to push boxes out of the way or into the water to reach the goal! :P

The game is coded in core Java, without any libraries. I used Notepad++ to code and as tools Paint.NET, MS Paint and the Tiled Mapeditor. Sorry for no sound, but I didnt want this to trouble me in my first Ludum Dare. If I'm not too lazy, I will try to add sound in my next one ;)

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Story:
You are a star, and while flying around and exploring the universe, you fell down to a tiny island on a tiny world of water. Can you collect enough stardust and refill your star energy, so you can fly in space again?

Controls: Arrow Keys


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The game has 8 levels, and a little surprise at the end!
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I hope you enjoy it ;)

All Systems http://www.mediafire.com/?y2xjbru9xgj542l
Source (Java) http://www.mediafire.com/?0wn4k3im6mdf2ve
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=11328

Ratings

Coolness 62% 3
Overall 3.17 317
Audio 1.13 766
Fun 3.00 325
Graphics 2.74 521
Humor 1.50 748
Innovation 2.45 658
Mood 2.29 672
Theme 2.97 473

Feedback

Zerot
23. Apr 2012 · 12:08 UTC
Nice looking game. Sokoban on an island. But it looks like level 3 can't be completed.
Proch
23. Apr 2012 · 12:13 UTC
really nice and challenging. good job
caranha
23. Apr 2012 · 12:24 UTC
Very well done game. At first I was a bit miffed by the sokoban clone, but the "push blocks into water" mechanics was a nice addition to spice things up. Nice puzzles and graphics.

Music or sound were sorely missed :-) I hope you add them in a future version - a calm music will keep people longer in puzzle games.

It was a nice first LD, thanks for the game!
jeroenimooo
23. Apr 2012 · 14:38 UTC
Yay! another good thinking game :D only thing i would like to see is some more movement, maybe just sea animation etc.
Suese
23. Apr 2012 · 16:03 UTC
This game was fun. The second level was quite difficult and well done. This game could have greatly been improved by a few simple things: 1. mouse control, 2. Music & Sound FX.

Thank you for this.
Toast
23. Apr 2012 · 16:04 UTC
Kinda simple, "seen it all before" gameplay. But well executed regardless.
MrBarnslig
23. Apr 2012 · 16:06 UTC
Great level design, looks like you put a lot of thought into your stages.
nihilocrat
23. Apr 2012 · 16:10 UTC
I couldn't get past level 3, I assumed I just wasn't clever enough for it, though. :)
robcozzens
24. Apr 2012 · 08:56 UTC
How are you supposed to get past level 3? Is there a way to push 2 blocks? Or is there something you can do besides pushing blocks?
🎤 Zathnic
24. Apr 2012 · 19:39 UTC
And I thought I'd made the levels too easy xD But well, I've played games like this so often that these levels are a piece of cake for me :) You have to try a little harder, its definitely possible without any special tricks!

Thanks for the comments, btw :)
Darkfrost
24. Apr 2012 · 20:15 UTC
Not bad :) Was too hard though, I got stuck a few levels in :p Reminded me of Sokoban, but nice twist! Too hard! D:
devwil
24. Apr 2012 · 22:41 UTC
***I'm posting this on all non-browser games I bring up in an attempt to encourage folks to make browser games next time around. Do not take it personally.***

When hundreds of people make non-browser games, that means that, to play all of the entries, I would need to download hundreds of games to my computer. I typically use OS X, so Windows-only entries are particularly inconvenient.

Please consider making a browser game next time.
daandruff
25. Apr 2012 · 13:11 UTC
Fun game! Got hard a bit to soon
jrasmussen24
25. Apr 2012 · 16:26 UTC
Really nice job on the puzzle aspect of it. Gradually introduced more puzzle elements-- good stuff!
madflame991
27. Apr 2012 · 10:25 UTC
I like to think of this as a lightweight Sokoban variant. Pretty nice. Graphics are ok and functional.

@Suese
I can't imagine playing Sokoban with my mouse...
Permanent7
28. Apr 2012 · 08:09 UTC
Fairly nice. No real issues besides the fact that this game has been done a lot already. :/
triplefox
28. Apr 2012 · 10:01 UTC
A challenging but quite addictive puzzler. I ultimately gave up on level 7 - it really pushed my abilities to optimize the layout.
Moth
29. Apr 2012 · 12:39 UTC
Really cute concept here! Adequate graphics to communicate the ideas present, I feel, and once the water was introduced as interacting with the blocks my interest was quite piqued. It felt to me like a bit of an intersection between Sokoban and The Adventures of Lolo!

A nice little puzzler!
Julian Spillane
01. May 2012 · 14:45 UTC
Fun Sokoban-clone. I really enjoyed the push-blocks-into-water mechanic, that was fun and definitely spiced up the formula a bit. :)
DainVadda
01. May 2012 · 15:03 UTC
I couldn't get past level 4 ;) But it was fun.
ehtd
07. May 2012 · 03:51 UTC
Interesting puzzle, simple yet fun.
trylle
12. May 2012 · 11:20 UTC
Being able to push blocks into the water definitely did nudge this game up a notch on innovation. :) Only got up to level 5, though.
Spotline
12. May 2012 · 11:28 UTC
Great level design !