Before The Big Bang by ragnister

made by ragnister for LD23 (COMPO)

Try to connect all particles of matter (yellow) before the antimatter (blue) takes over.

Rules:
> You start.
> You can move horizontally, vertically and diagonally
> The number of spaces to move is exactly the same of the particles in the line you want to move, regardless if particles are matter or antimatter.
> You can jump over matter, but not over antimatter
> You can destroy antimatter but it is not the objetive.
> The objective is connect all particles of matter to start a big bang!

This game is based on "Lines of Action". If you want more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lines_of_Action

Web (HTML5)	http://www.html5spot.co.nr/beforethebigbang
Timelapse	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4S6Oxwre-A
Source	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10358363/Jogos/BeforeTheBigBang/btbb_src.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=12210

Ratings

Coolness	53%	3
Overall	2.59	676

Audio	1.00	794
Fun	2.34	685
Graphics	2.25	742
Humor	1.06	803
Innovation	2.67	549
Mood	1.77	844
Theme	2.45	705

Feedback

🎤 ragnister

23. Apr 2012 · 02:59 UTC

WEB -> http://www.html5spot.co.nr/beforethebigbang/

wibblymat

23. Apr 2012 · 16:23 UTC

Played for 5 minutes, still have absolutely no idea what I'm supposed to be doing or what is going on. Sometimes I can move onto an enemy, and sometimes I can't? How do I know if matter is "joined"? What does that mean? I did actually win once, I'm just not sure what I did...

🎤 ragnister

23. Apr 2012 · 22:36 UTC

The rules of this game came from "Lines of Action", the first time I've played my reaction was like yours! But it only seems hard to play, take a look onto this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lines_of_Action

Raptor85

24. Apr 2012 · 05:21 UTC

it's interesting, i didnt really understand the movement rules though, it seemed nearly random as to whether i could move 1, 2, diagonally, or straight.

Alexandre

30. Apr 2012 · 17:45 UTC

Interesting game to play and goes well with the theme, but some explanation of the rules would have been nice (I didn't know what I was doing until I checked the wikipedia article thanks to ragnister).
The AI seems average, but I liked the particle effects and the general flow of the game.

Jeffalisk

30. Apr 2012 · 18:26 UTC

This could really do with some instructions or a tutorial, I couldn't figure out how it worked or what I was meant to be doing...

HeyChinaski

30. Apr 2012 · 19:14 UTC

A solid implementation but could have done with some instructions.

MrDanH

30. Apr 2012 · 20:48 UTC

Interesting game, although a link to the rules should be the first thing the player sees since this is a not a game you can easily pick up by just trying to play. I think the UI could be improved slightly as well (show move destinations by mouse-overing a piece, and maybe better highlighting for connected pieces).

Cosmologicon

01. May 2012 · 16:42 UTC

I agree with the others, the rules are impossible to figure out on your own, so they should be given. Once I figured out that capturing pieces is not necessarily a good thing, the game seemed really easy. I just tried to connect to the middle somehow and the AI didn't really try to stop me. Interesting idea and the particle effects are neat.

🎤 ragnister

01. May 2012 · 17:14 UTC

Thank you guys for playing! I put the basis rules in the description

Martin Vilcans

03. May 2012 · 18:28 UTC

Nice animation when the particles move. It seems like the AI could use some work, as I beat it hardly knowing what I was doing. The game feels pretty polished, except that there isn't much gameplay (which I know takes a lot of time to get right).

madbranch

04. May 2012 · 02:39 UTC

I liked playing the game. You didn't really invent anything, but it was fun and well made.

angrygeometry

04. May 2012 · 16:19 UTC

slowly figured it out. the engine seems smart and i think the biggest problem is definitely the learning curve. i thought it was well executed though.

madflame991

06. May 2012 · 12:22 UTC

+ it's a puzzle game
+ dubious graphics

- it maxes out my CPU (c'mon it's a puzzle game, not a FPS)

Lacutis

12. May 2012 · 18:41 UTC

Interesting game, I liked that it was one of the few puzzle games I played. I could see playing it on my phone.

Cake&Code

13. May 2012 · 18:35 UTC

It was interesting to play. I had to refer back to the description for rules. Maybe it would help to start with an easy tutorial level for us to figure out and get into.