Water Island by Jaenis

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made by Jaenis for LD35 (COMPO)
Test how much water you can hold in a tiny island when erosion is continuously trying to wash the land away.
Goal is to build a walls for a pool where water is continuously rising...


Controls:
Click on ground and drag mouse to modify the map
Right click to control camera with mouse
WASD moves camera
Q/E rotates camera


This is a bit weird game, more like a toy than game :)
I had different game planned, but water mechanics took wayyy too long to implement and had to change plans drastically

Ratings

Coolness 51% 3
Overall 3.74 112
Audio 3.27 217
Fun 3.37 300
Graphics 3.52 251
Humor 2.55 341
Innovation 3.96 60
Mood 3.24 262
Theme 3.22 568

Feedback

uvwar
20. Apr 2016 · 04:12 UTC
Ah, a game after my own heart! I think I got to 70 height and ran out of water or something, but very cool, nice and smooth framerate, and cool jiggle water physics, A++!
hellojed
20. Apr 2016 · 04:15 UTC
This looks neat and was a lot of fun. Great job!
neilcorre2k6
20. Apr 2016 · 07:28 UTC
Wow! It looks cool :)
DarkFieldGames
20. Apr 2016 · 23:29 UTC
Nice water physics. Cool game concept.
plaguespark
21. Apr 2016 · 04:31 UTC
I managed to make bugged cone of water! Nice game.
Reminded me about populious 2-3
PixelRetro
22. Apr 2016 · 21:16 UTC
Nice physics and idea. The gameplay together with the music created a very relaxing atmosphere.
neontropics
03. May 2016 · 19:38 UTC
Fun simulator! Could be expanded in a lot of cool directions. Respect at getting the mechanics and physics working so well.

It would be cool if the neighbouring points were raised a bit as well when you created a mountain - though it would probably need faster erosion to balance it out.
geekdrums
08. May 2016 · 14:29 UTC
Hey, this is crazy fun, once I get how to make score, it becomes another thing. My high score is 70.
https://gyazo.com/3d354af6c10ee4afed543665e1d6593f
M2tias
08. May 2016 · 14:35 UTC
Funny idea! Really tedious to play but it was fun anyway :D
🎤 Jaenis
08. May 2016 · 14:39 UTC
Try to make smaller pools to get better highscores ;)
staircase27
08. May 2016 · 14:44 UTC
Interesting idea. Plays well once you work out how it works.
Michael Feeney
08. May 2016 · 16:38 UTC
Wonderful. Love the water effect.
Conk
08. May 2016 · 16:53 UTC
I must've been playing for almost half an hour, I don't know why, but it was fun!
mkghoster
08. May 2016 · 17:22 UTC
Pretty fun! Terrain manipulation is the best! :)
JangoBrick
08. May 2016 · 17:30 UTC
Highscore of 148. I don't even know why I enjoyed it so immensely. But I have to say, this really was surprisingly good.
Valep42
09. May 2016 · 18:52 UTC
Great game, very innovative idea! Managed to get over 200.