Speedshifter Ultra by notime4games

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made by notime4games for LD35 (COMPO)
- IF YOU GET STUCK PRESS 'R' TO RELOAD FROM LATEST CHECKPOINT
- Press Escape for level select/pause
- After picking up shape shift upgrades the player can change shape on demand, altering the physical behavior and geometry of the player model.
- Shapes are reset on every level
- Complete the levels as quick as you can!
- Hard and frustrating game.

Please post your high scores! :)

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Wanted to really make the shapeshifting part the main feature of the game.
Lots of stuff I wanted to add but just didn't have the time. Like graphics. More music. Goal and death effects. Saving highscores. The list goes on...
Been fun though! First LD for me :)

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall 3.38 313
Audio 3.61 93
Fun 3.41 264
Graphics 2.90 523
Humor 2.30 427
Innovation 3.00 527
Mood 3.31 211
Theme 3.76 205

Feedback

MrDave
18. Apr 2016 · 12:12 UTC
This is a great game. I found some of the levels really hard but for some people that will be a good thing. I'm pleased you put checkpoints in because often in games like this they are forgotten about.
Evergreen Games
18. Apr 2016 · 23:59 UTC
Really cool idea! Ultra satisfying and fun. There were a couple technical issues, i think because of webGL. The game would freeze when i beat a level. Also i'm very glad you put checkpoints.
zenmumbler
20. Apr 2016 · 20:45 UTC
I'm not sure what triggered me getting or not getting the triangle shape, in later levels it was not enabled any more so I could not continue?
Nice style and setup, well done.
Sanka-X
20. Apr 2016 · 20:53 UTC
Great game, love the shifting sound effects !
unit684
20. Apr 2016 · 21:16 UTC
Really fun idea, I love games that play around with gravity. I couldn't manage the 3rd or 4th levels but completed the 5th so it might be worth rearranging them. Might just be me though.
MartinFernandez
20. Apr 2016 · 22:03 UTC
Great game, well done.
woodenrabbit
21. Apr 2016 · 00:15 UTC
I like the levels and the main mechanic. Nice game!
monkeybot
24. Apr 2016 · 21:54 UTC
Really good,very frustrating!
Pavel M. Dlouhý
28. Apr 2016 · 18:19 UTC
Nice game!
CaptainPilot
02. May 2016 · 13:03 UTC
Got stuck on level 3! But I definitely enjoyed what I played of it, just couldn't work out how to get up a steep slope with only circle and square to switch between!
rhastapunk
03. May 2016 · 10:37 UTC
Love the different effects, they made a good environment.
Good job!
Tselmek
04. May 2016 · 11:49 UTC
Nice and polished platformer, funky music.
commanderstitch
05. May 2016 · 03:53 UTC
wow so hard! nice flipping technique.
sftrabbit
07. May 2016 · 18:07 UTC
Fun game! Kept me interested enough to finish every level, and a couple of them took me quite some time! I like the interesting ways that the different shapes worked together and how you used them to make kind of platforming puzzles. I had to do level 4 before I understood the mechanics for level 3 (maybe they should even be swapped?). The music was well done, but perhaps a bit too repetitive! You could have had a few bars with just the bass and drums and then it would have been a bit better. Overall, nice work!
dcRfj15
08. May 2016 · 00:28 UTC
Good job on your first Ludum Dare!
I liked the different features of the shapes, e.g. the circle which can move, the square which can fit through holes and make the player speed down inclines, and the floating triangle. It was cool to see that the levels required the players to use the minute details about each transformation to overcome some of the challenges.
I had no idea how to get past the second part of level 3 (where you need to go upwards), and I couldn't figure out how to get past the first part of level 4. Also, after completing a level, it would be nice if the game automatically went back to the level select screen (I was confused about this for a little while and kept restarting the game to try the next level before I realized I was supposed to press 'Escape').
mkghoster
08. May 2016 · 17:07 UTC
The colliders could be set up more carefully, but overall, nice little game :)