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Brothers by austinbreed

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made by austinbreed for LD22 (COMPO)
This is a game about brothers who share a bed.

Use the mouse to nudge the colored dots away from their bodies. Try not to let the dots come in contact with the opposing brother.

The narrative poetry was provided by my friend, Matthew Hocker. (dearmeat.me) Everything else is by me.

Newgrounds is currently having some issues with their portal, so I'm temporarily hosting the game on their file dump.

Web Browser http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/3599988071e4e0bdd5c02f5ef3e45c66
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=2234

Ratings

Coolness 10% 641
Overall 3.00 186
Audio 3.36 51
Community 2.50 326
Fun 2.31 368
Graphics 3.07 198
Humor 1.17 619
Innovation 3.36 70
Mood 2.85 189
Theme 2.50 411

Feedback

A-Type
19. Dec 2011 · 07:38 UTC
The dots only move one direction. Seems to limit any sort of 'gameplay'. But the general feel, music and graphics are great. I tend to wonder, though, if collaborating (even just on poetry) isn't technically breaking the rules.
xilefian
19. Dec 2011 · 13:22 UTC
I think it was great, the music was nice and fit well, the gameplay was easy to pick up, hard to master, there are different levels as well so it progresses nicely, and it really captured the mood
helloserve
20. Dec 2011 · 14:03 UTC
Nice! very experimental, and it worked out well.
caranha
20. Dec 2011 · 15:46 UTC
Thanks for the game. It was an interesting mechanic. Even if the dots only move in one direction, there is the need to touch them with the right amount of force. I had fun with the challenge.

It seems that even if a brother disappears, the dots still affect him. Also it seems that you lose life by pushing a dot out of the game area, even if that dot does not touch a brother.

The poetry was kinda weird :-/
nuprahtor
23. Dec 2011 · 12:24 UTC
That music...
Great experimental game
Pierrec
24. Dec 2011 · 14:51 UTC
Wonderful.
Pierrec
24. Dec 2011 · 14:54 UTC
Wonderful. How is it possible this game has only 9 rating ? Everybody should play it.
Benjamin
05. Jan 2012 · 18:21 UTC
nice game, I guess you fonts are not include to the game because I dont have the nice pixeled font from the screenshots, just time new roman