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William's Dilemma by thunderklaus

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made by thunderklaus for LD35 (COMPO)
William's Dilemma is game where you navigate a worm through strange rooms.
Along the way, William finds some stuff that makes him grow which allows him to reach farther and makes him stronger. Having grown, he can take any form and shift his head around his body.

Controls:
- Arrow keys or WASD to move
- ESC brings up a menu where you can also retry

Tech:
PlayN which is Java which cross-compiles into JavaScript for the HTML5 version.
All sprites are drawn programmatically. For the background I used Gimp.
For sounds: Bfxr

To play in a larger window use the WEB Link below.
Web http://cdietze.github.io/ld35/
Source https://github.com/cdietze/ld35
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=67399

Ratings

Coolness 69% 3
Overall 3.50 224
Audio 2.09 594
Fun 3.53 194
Graphics 2.54 714
Humor 2.70 296
Innovation 3.18 414
Mood 2.94 468
Theme 2.88 746

Feedback

pythong
18. Apr 2016 路 18:54 UTC
sokoban + snake?
馃帳 thunderklaus
18. Apr 2016 路 18:57 UTC
Yeah, that comparison is quite fitting :-)
knason
18. Apr 2016 路 18:58 UTC
nice game and good work on the puzzels, I also liked the tutorial "on the go" :) good job!
Evgenii Petrov
18. Apr 2016 路 19:38 UTC
This is really engaging! Great job!
sftrabbit
18. Apr 2016 路 20:20 UTC
Nice puzzles - the one with 6 boxes and 6 switches was the most interesting, because I spent a good while trying to figure out how I could possibly get all 6 boxes down. However, some of the puzzles were too simple (just grab all the green things then hit the switches). The graphics were actually quite hard to understand at first - the empty spaces are quite difficult to see and the buttons and doors look very similar. Overall, interesting puzzle mechanic - good job!
TiRSO!
18. Apr 2016 路 20:20 UTC
Good concept and clever level design. I wish it had a button to retry the level when you are stuck.
TLansdale
18. Apr 2016 路 20:21 UTC
Level 7 seemed very difficult - so I was glad I could skip it! But fun and charming overall, well done :)
Pellanor
18. Apr 2016 路 20:23 UTC
Really enjoyed it :)
bigbatardyt
18. Apr 2016 路 20:23 UTC
It was pretty cool, one or two animations would not be too much ^^
Asturk
18. Apr 2016 路 20:33 UTC
I like puzzle games, so this one was a very good one! it had some clever level designs (like the one with the christmas tree design). you should just work more on the sound of the game now, and i hope you will continue this project by upgrading it and making more chalenging levels too!
JHemmings
18. Apr 2016 路 20:40 UTC
This had a great puzzle learning curve! I didn't feel the need to be told what to do/how to do it, the intuitiveness(?) was really well thought out. Some minor criticisms, as someone else said, a retry button would have been useful and the game ran very pretty slowly in my browser. Other than that though, great job!
馃帳 thunderklaus
18. Apr 2016 路 20:47 UTC
Actually there is a way to retry: Open the menu using ESC.
I added that info to the main description.
Thanks for pointing that out.
DesignerNap
18. Apr 2016 路 21:06 UTC
Fun little game, audio is a little hard on the ears but simple enough.
datadazer
19. Apr 2016 路 03:00 UTC
This game was fun! Interesting and different puzzle mechanics. Well thought out levels and cute cohesive graphics. The difficulty progression was from lvl to lvl felt natural and engaging. Good job!
merrak
19. Apr 2016 路 03:01 UTC
Great concept!
Geckoo1337
19. Apr 2016 路 05:45 UTC
Really good game. One of my favorites for the 35th LudumDare. I did all levels. I want more. Well done ++
s0wbear
19. Apr 2016 路 09:14 UTC
I liked that level design a lot!
euske
19. Apr 2016 路 09:15 UTC
I'm kinda relieved that I beat all the levels. I was expecting more mind-bending ones. Good level design!
antglynn
19. Apr 2016 路 14:22 UTC
I like the concept, and the introductory levels do a good job explaining the mechanics. Nicely done!
silkworm_sweatshop
19. Apr 2016 路 16:54 UTC
Good puzzles! I wish the "holes" (where you can't push blocks, not the exit) were black or a more contrasting color just to make the layout more readable right off the bat.
markusfisch
19. Apr 2016 路 19:58 UTC
So Sokoban and Snake really do mix well! Very good idea! Just had to beat all the levels! The concept really shines in Level 7, the one with the 6 buttons in the bottom left corner, which took me way too long :)
Danilo Bezerra
19. Apr 2016 路 22:05 UTC
Nice puzzle! Unfortunately the sounds wasn't working for me (I'm using Safari).
Good work!
馃帳 thunderklaus
23. Apr 2016 路 20:54 UTC
@Danilo Bezerra
A link was messed up, sound in Safari should work now!
Thanks for reporting!
atamanroman
24. Apr 2016 路 10:15 UTC
Great game! And it compiled on the first try! ;)
SHLFStudios
25. Apr 2016 路 02:25 UTC
Fun game/! :D
marmpa
25. Apr 2016 路 18:25 UTC
Really nice game. I really enjoyed.
gnerkus
25. Apr 2016 路 20:30 UTC
Snakoban!
ExSpecter
26. Apr 2016 路 09:24 UTC
I really like the puzzles! Nice work
LeReveur
27. Apr 2016 路 21:11 UTC
Clever puzzles, at first sight I think it was simple, what an error ha ha - well done :)
howardcs
29. Apr 2016 路 12:41 UTC
Great brain buster. Fun concept. The levels are put together well, each one becoming more difficult. Well done.
uheartbeast
08. May 2016 路 15:28 UTC
This is very clever. I loved it.