Happy Shape Shifter by domrein

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made by domrein for LD35 (COMPO)
For some reason these shapes can't touch each other. I dunno. They don't like each other or something. Anyways, you're the square in the middle. Shift the other shapes around by pressing the arrow keys. Everyone in the house decided to take a Sunday nap, so this game is what I could accomplish in the 2 hours during the nap. But everyone's up now, so submission time.

Controls:
up - shift triangleus up
left - shift circleys left
down - shift hearteys down
right - shift starreys right

Ratings

Coolness 55% 3
Overall 3.29 397
Fun 3.44 246
Graphics 2.96 497
Humor 2.48 370
Innovation 3.32 338
Mood 2.77 562
Theme 3.04 669

Feedback

AssassinMonkey
18. Apr 2016 路 04:21 UTC
Pretty fun, but could use a little more depth
馃帳 domrein
18. Apr 2016 路 16:30 UTC
Holy wow! This is the best game ever!
vazor
18. Apr 2016 路 17:00 UTC
Woo! After I realized right arrow key DOES do something once the stars appear this game got pretty intense! Nice work!
ragnta
18. Apr 2016 路 18:52 UTC
Nice game! Good job! triangleus seems like an other object that I don't want to write down :D
monkeybit29
19. Apr 2016 路 12:58 UTC
I wish there was more to the mechanics
馃帳 domrein
19. Apr 2016 路 17:49 UTC
"triangleus seems like an other object that I don't want to write down" haha. What?
zaywolfe
20. Apr 2016 路 00:41 UTC
Wow I loved this! So challenging. Feels like I'm exercising a new part of my brain while playing.

BTW Cuddle Fish has a mac port now! :P
I can't test it though cause I has no mac.
mikesmullin
21. Apr 2016 路 02:15 UTC
this game changed my life!
timeshapers
21. Apr 2016 路 08:31 UTC
Doesn't work for me on chrome or firefox. But it might be server load, not sure.
Shatter Point Studios
22. Apr 2016 路 02:52 UTC
Simplistic but fun, found myself playing it over and over to beat my old score.
KairosXIII
24. Apr 2016 路 15:35 UTC
Very interesting concept, nice take on the theme.
neondx
24. Apr 2016 路 15:42 UTC
fun game, original use of shapes
OnlySlightly
24. Apr 2016 路 15:50 UTC
Super FUN! The concept was simple but lend itself to a really cool frantic experience. I liked how happy and smiley the protagonist is despite me terrified and frantically trying to remember which button moved which and pressing the arrow keys like a madman. I was yelling 'SQUARE DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IS AT STAKE!" great game I had a lot of fun. Thank you for making it :)
CodeNMore
24. Apr 2016 路 16:06 UTC
Very cool concept and gameplay, with some more polish it could be really cool!
mooncalf
25. Apr 2016 路 21:08 UTC
Really great idea. I would have liked an on screen indicator of which buttons switched which shapes. At first it was very difficult for me to remember, especially since I don't see many of the shapes for awhile.

Congratulations on a job well done!
leffe108
25. Apr 2016 路 21:31 UTC
Interesting game.

I do wonder if it is supposed to have audio as you didn't opt out to be rated on audio. I played in Chrome using the Web-link in a new tab and F12 only listed favicon.ico as a 404.
Studiosaurus
26. Apr 2016 路 21:26 UTC
oh my, this is such a weird, brain twisting game. I play a lot of difficult games and I'm genuinely surprised it's such a challenge. I love it! so far I always die fairly fast when the hearts come. I see a deeper level of understanding of the game which I haven't even begun to discover: being aware enough to smash shapes into each other, rather than just focusing on the ones that are lined up to hurt you. Let me know if you make this into a mobile game or implement some kind of online scoreboard :)
danieldsj
29. Apr 2016 路 01:39 UTC
I like the explosion animations and the screen shake. I could only up and left controls. Good effort!
DcrDro
30. Apr 2016 路 12:47 UTC
cool game!
mar3k
01. May 2016 路 11:38 UTC
Cool idea, but it's really hard to get used to the controls so I died pretty quickly most of the times.
knason
01. May 2016 路 19:25 UTC
nice graphics and animation, well spent 2 hours and concgrats on your entry.
Joror
01. May 2016 路 19:45 UTC
Nice mechanic that is counter-intuitive! Really had to rewire myself a bit to make it work. :)
BloodJohn
04. May 2016 路 19:17 UTC
Brilliant in its simplicity game. First, you simply watch and then attempt to influence the situation. And then you are immersed in the flow.
yuigoto
06. May 2016 路 06:23 UTC
Whoa, this is simple but REALLY FUN! :O That's great for a 2h project too! :)

Controls work nicely and it gets challenging and quite chaotic after some time! :P Good work!