Congratulations Doc, it's a shrink ray! by De10ter

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made by De10ter for LD23 (COMPO)
It's short, has no win condition and has a few known bugs but that's a small price to pay for the power to shrink an army of ninjas down to oblivion :3

Ratings

Coolness 88% 2
Overall 3.04 392
Audio 2.23 531
Fun 3.06 297
Graphics 3.02 358
Humor 3.44 52
Innovation 3.54 148
Mood 2.74 387
Theme 2.70 584

Feedback

Sanguine
23. Apr 2012 路 11:49 UTC
I like the fact that I don't hurt them, I just make them infinitely small :P
Evgis
23. Apr 2012 路 12:36 UTC
Original and fun, a toy!
10WonXero10
23. Apr 2012 路 12:36 UTC
Good idea to have them shrink. LOL at jumping on them to squash them dead, a squishy sound effect for that would have been awesome!
Andrew
23. Apr 2012 路 12:59 UTC
I walked right through the wall on the building to the right and couldn't go back, I like the nonviolent weapon though I was half expecting to be able to crush them underfoot.
馃帳 De10ter
23. Apr 2012 路 15:11 UTC
Thanks all.
@Andrew, yeah that's one of the known bugs unfortunately.
Proper collision detection was a pain right up to the end but to my knowledge that particular spot is the only place it has game breaking effect :/
Danvil
23. Apr 2012 路 15:43 UTC
Nice game and nice idea! I like jumping on their heads.
Kane
23. Apr 2012 路 16:13 UTC
Original and fun,I like it !
bms
23. Apr 2012 路 16:54 UTC
Haha damn ninjas!
cobrajs
23. Apr 2012 路 22:49 UTC
Cool concept, but it needs more sound effects, I think. It is fun to shrink the ninjas, though!
JaJ
23. Apr 2012 路 22:49 UTC
Yes, being able to shrink ninja's makes up for a lot ;)
Loved the text too.
robcozzens
24. Apr 2012 路 07:59 UTC
Hilarious!
馃帳 De10ter
24. Apr 2012 路 13:55 UTC
Thanks for all the positive comments guys! :D
jrasmussen24
24. Apr 2012 路 19:04 UTC
That game mechanic is spectacular. You should expand upon this base :). Also (I think my comments for most games say this) add in some bouncy background music to match the atmosphere!
Lacutis
24. Apr 2012 路 19:09 UTC
I loved the mechanic. This could definitely be expanded into a full game.
CaptainIcy
24. Apr 2012 路 19:10 UTC
Pretty cool! Nice idea, and I like the art style.

Yes, it has bugs, and no, there's no ending, and yes, the level is very short, but all in all, not bad. A fun little game and if you were to continue developing it I think it could really become something spectacular. :D
zorf
24. Apr 2012 路 19:55 UTC
Cool game. A bit hard to control with the keyboard+mouse combo, but overall really good.
Jacic
24. Apr 2012 路 21:06 UTC
Shrink ray: A staple of every (mad) scientist. :)
castor
24. Apr 2012 路 21:40 UTC
This is pretty cool. I'd like to see a full game of this for sure.
dacap
25. Apr 2012 路 02:29 UTC
lol really fun. Some kind of hard to jump and walk with the same hand, but you did a good job. +1 for the screenplay :D
eburn184
25. Apr 2012 路 02:35 UTC
Pretty cool mechanic. Sure it is just shooting a gun, but making it a shrink ray makes it much more fun! Nice job
maranas
25. Apr 2012 路 02:35 UTC
Nice, the concept is interesting and very funny. I'd like to see where you take the idea in the future - it definitely has potential to turn into a platform-y puzzle game with the "shrink" mechanic.
馃帳 De10ter
25. Apr 2012 路 16:39 UTC
Thanks guys.
I'm definately feeling inspired to continue this game. Not sure whether I'd look to truely explore the depths of the shrinking (more enemies, puzzles etc) or else spice it up with other the other obvious rays (ice ray, disintegration ray etc)
But either way I'm looking forward to this as my next project one I find the time :)
chinchang
25. Apr 2012 路 17:37 UTC
was fun shrinking the enemies. nice job!
BuffaloPhil
26. Apr 2012 路 22:13 UTC
SUBATOMIC!
greg20man
27. Apr 2012 路 03:43 UTC
I wish 'w' was to jump rather than space but other than that great game :D
TenTonToon
28. Apr 2012 路 15:24 UTC
"Ninjas! I suppose that was inevitable"
Brilliant! XD

Being able to shrink your enemies to different sizes is cool, but I half expected to be able to make them disappear altogether. Or crush them under my pacifist boot a la Duke Nukem.
Also, you can't jump higher than a ninja - it's a proven fact :D

I'd say go for it: finish this game :)
DainVadda
01. May 2012 路 17:48 UTC
Yea finish it! Its a very cool idea. The collisions seem to be a bit off though.
Hume
08. May 2012 路 00:32 UTC
Loved it!!!

However, I will never get over the feeling that hundreds of microscopic ninjas are crawling all over me and poking me in the endoplasmic reticulum.

Oh man. I gotta rate this before I forget how much fun I just had.
Julian Spillane
10. May 2012 路 19:33 UTC
It was definitely fun shrinking enemies. I think you have a solid mechanic on your hands, you just need to develop it.