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Bridging the Gap by Bobok

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made by Bobok for LD 41 (JAM)

Puzzle Platformer and Bridging the gap between genres. Not so incompatible but with improper game mechanics it can be. Essentially you try to make a bridge but you know how tetramina are they tend to disappear if let’s say they are 3 in the same row so you must build a bridge that goes up down in a very unstable manner with an even more unstable way of moving the tetramina by applying forces from user input.

UPDATE It was to empty here so I decided to put a screenshot (sorry first JAM)

BridgeTheGap<em>2018-04-27</em>21-03-46.jpg

And a spoiler video of the whole gameplay as it is intented to be (if something doesn't work as seen below please report a bug).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUWWsNCvq7Q

CONTROLS

Use W, S, A, D or Arrows to apply force and move

Use 1, 2, 3, 4 to change the cube that force is applied

Use Space to place tetramino in slots (when on slotted game level)

May the force be with you

Windows https://drive.google.com/file/d/19a2UIiQseq187gkxQAfpNiBc8y-fpeti/view?usp=sharing
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/rd97xo4krjad1u9/BridgeTheGap.zip
Other (web) https://youtu.be/MUWWsNCvq7Q
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/bridging-the-gap

Ratings

Overall 520th 3.5⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 647th 3.259⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 259th 3.714⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 493th 3.714⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 640th 3.393⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 408th 3.308⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 207th 3.607⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 481th 3.407⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 54🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

🎤 Bobok
24. Apr 2018 · 07:16 UTC
Essentially the full gameplay on a 3 min video here:
https://youtu.be/MUWWsNCvq7Q
joekickass
24. Apr 2018 · 08:53 UTC
This my favourite game so far! I'd like to see more of it!
NikROD
24. Apr 2018 · 09:12 UTC
Sextris on the beach
AnaGF
26. Apr 2018 · 21:36 UTC
I liked the concept, it is pretty addictive! This would work really fine as a complete game. Also the graphics are cute.

It was a bit hard to move the tetrimino, it spins fluidly in all positions except when the three bottom blocks are on the ground, in that position it is a bit hard to give force to it, but it is funny to play it anyways.

By the way, the music is epic!
🎤 Bobok
27. Apr 2018 · 18:51 UTC
Thanks @joekickass @NikROD and sorry for the late reply. By now I am sure you 've seen more games to have as favourites. If you liked it we will give more Sextris to the people (after I totally refactor my 2-days crappy code 😋). The next level can be on a kitchen (even multiplayer tetramina vs your beautiful rat 🙂).
🎤 Bobok
27. Apr 2018 · 18:56 UTC
Thanks @AnaGF. Yeap the movement was designed to be annoying but yes with some play testing it can for surely improve. On a sidenote also your music on the hive attack was epic and on another sidenote I loved the Capitalist Shopkeeper!!!
pogo
28. Apr 2018 · 15:21 UTC
Nice work on the environment and cinematics, the gameplay itself is okay, but I wish there was a little more to do with it. A few more levels would have been ideal.
jk5000
28. Apr 2018 · 15:25 UTC
The idea is fun, and the story is good. The controls makes the game really difficult to play. I would really like to see bit more developed version of this game.
jk5000
28. Apr 2018 · 15:29 UTC
If you don't like to share the source code, you do not have to do this, when you are a jam game.
🎤 Bobok
28. Apr 2018 · 15:39 UTC
Thanks @pogo and @jk5000! Yeap for the jam I did only one example level but after the jam would like to do a bit more after refactoring my code. Yes intentionally I left it intentionally to be a bit more difficult but with some play testing it can be more user friendly for sure.
Yeap I know about the code (only on compo) probably will remove the link
Alans Antics
29. Apr 2018 · 13:18 UTC
The presentation is great. I just wish the control scheme was better. I found it incredibly hard to move, even just going down the beach in the starting area. Pressing "up" always seemed to jump me backwards. My best attempt was jabbing "right" 9 times per second kind while randomly pressing 1, 2, 3, or 4.

I think difficulty should come from gameplay, not from the control scheme.

But if you figure that out, I think the game will work. Tetris blocks as people is a theme that should amuse plenty of people.
Tuomo
29. Apr 2018 · 14:58 UTC
Your idea seems interesting but actual gameplay doesn’t do justice for it. Moving is painfully slow and annoying. You could have listed controls somewhere, LD entry page for example. At moment you leave player without any clue how actually play your game. Visuals are nice, an interesting idea could have been to make everything out of blocks as that is theme of your game. Are those songs in game made by you? That tetris metal remix sounds awfully familiar...
🎤 Bobok
29. Apr 2018 · 19:12 UTC
Thanks @alans-antics you are right there that the difficulty should come from gameplay not from control theme, but haven't realised that in the beginning (I assumed incompatibility also in controls). If I develop it further after ludum dare finishes will play test more on this
🎤 Bobok
29. Apr 2018 · 19:18 UTC
@Tuomo thanks for your feedback. There is a control button on the top right of the screen (or at least there should be one). Nope the songs are not mine (except the dialgo soundd effects) everything can be found on youtube (The tetris song is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy3kMOQ6UB4). Yes moving is annoying I get that a lot and if I do something with it after ludum dare will play test more and find a better balance.
dcrdro
03. May 2018 · 18:40 UTC
Looks like cool idea, but I don't quite understand how properly to play :/
🎤 Bobok
03. May 2018 · 20:41 UTC
Thx @dcrdro! Yes no time for tutorial I am afraid but essentially you just try to go right build a bridge avoiding 3 blocks in a row (because they will dissapear) and save your beloved Tetramino lady :). Up Right there is a button with controls essentially W,A,S,D to move - 1,2,3,4 to apply force - space to build the bridge when on the appropriate game level