Don't lose your marbles by PoshDan

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made by PoshDan for LD 40 (JAM)

You are... mid-air somehow? Marbles are falling onto this tray you have, apparently. Try to catch and keep as many of them as you can!

Use the mouse cursor to gravitate the marbles back towards the center of the tray. Careful though, it can cause more harm than good depending on how you use it!

Enjoy!

Linux & Mac versions are largely untested, sorry! Screenshot 2017-12-05 01.jpg Screenshot 2017-12-05 01.32.41.png Screenshot 2017-12-05 01.34.12.png Screenshot 2017-12-05 01.34.15.png

Ratings

Overall 691th 3.326⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 543th 3.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 451th 3.304⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 10th 4.413⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 659th 3.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 621th 2.826⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

Sam Dower
05. Dec 2017 · 17:14 UTC
Love it! what an amazing concept.
Hugimugi7
05. Dec 2017 · 17:18 UTC
Very simple game, maybe even too simple...
the sound effects add so much depth though
hillexed
05. Dec 2017 · 17:20 UTC
A great concept that was a lot of fun! The stylized graphics also looked good, and the gameplay was surprisingly challenging.
Shaddo
05. Dec 2017 · 17:24 UTC
Funny but damn that's so hard man XD even after several attempt but good game btw :D
dragoon
05. Dec 2017 · 17:32 UTC
Holy cow that was intense! I've managed to hold at least 52 marbles!
Great theme and a lot of fun! Congratulations!

Ah, idk why but my tray texture stayed black.
szabe
05. Dec 2017 · 19:12 UTC
I am soo bad in this game...Incredibly challenging.
GiraffeCat
05. Dec 2017 · 19:21 UTC
Man I was not good at this; I maxed out at 6 marbles! I need to go back and try again.
Rasabi
05. Dec 2017 · 19:21 UTC
Sound effects and physics were great! I think I'd prefer the marbles generating a little faster.
Syrapt0r
05. Dec 2017 · 19:47 UTC
Damn, this is extremely difficult! I couldn't do more than 12 marbles. The graphics are simple, but good, and the music is very well integrated. Good work :D
AVAVT
06. Dec 2017 · 09:04 UTC
A lot more fun than I thought at first! The idea is simple but quite addicting.

On my Mac it's glitching out I think, the tray is completely black, so I can't comment on the graphic. The music is funny and familiar.

When the tray turn to the far side it's really hard, I could only survive those phases by luck. Or it's just because of the texture glitch make it hard to estimate where the tray ends.

What does the blue bar on top do though, I can't figure it out?
🎤 PoshDan
06. Dec 2017 · 18:14 UTC
Thank you everyone for the feedback! I'm happy to see that the game is percieved as challenging rather than frustrating.

@AVAVT The blue bar represents how many spare marbles you have. Each time you lose one, it ticks down, and it goes back up slowly over time. It is not directly exhausted by the marbles landing on the tray to not limit the high score potential, so it's just a way of ending the game eventually.
Honest Dan
07. Dec 2017 · 13:55 UTC
This was a lot more enjoyable to play than I anticipated! Challenging to keep the marbles on, and I enjoy that the high score is based on the max you've had on at any one point. It means you can keep trying to improve without starting over if things go wrong. Controls worked well, just as mentioned, mouse over doesn't affect things so much in the middle.