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Mathematica Arcana by wtfrara

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made by wtfrara for LD35 (JAM)
You are a soldier in the service of the Shape Kingdom, and you're under attack! The evil army of Amorphous Blobs will stop at nothing to steal the secrets of the Mathematica Arcana, which are imbued in the twelve pieces of the sacred Dodecagram. Use your wits to fend off increasingly difficult waves of attack, and stop the blobs from taking off with any of your secrets!

You have three possible forms available for use in defending the realm: The Triangle, with its spin attack; the Square, dashing through enemies at a great speed; and the Hexagon, capable of spearing multiple enemies in a single blow. But be careful! The enemies will adapt with each metamorphosis, and switching between shapes comes at a cost! Do you have what it takes to defend the kingdom?
Web http://rnewton.github.io/ludum-dare-35/
Source https://github.com/rnewton/ludum-dare-35
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=24886

Ratings

Coolness 54% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.39 393
Audio(Jam) 3.04 449
Fun(Jam) 3.54 199
Graphics(Jam) 3.32 545
Humor(Jam) 2.61 455
Innovation(Jam) 3.07 525
Mood(Jam) 3.16 496
Theme(Jam) 2.89 841

Feedback

Crafting4U
18. Apr 2016 · 02:23 UTC
Haha this was very fun and funny to play! I love the music and the visual style. My only complaint is that the controls are a bit too sensitive. Other than that, great work! :D
CarlosPidox
18. Apr 2016 · 02:36 UTC
Really juicy audio, great work.
HoldMeImScared
18. Apr 2016 · 03:07 UTC
Deceptively simple, and quite fun! I lost so many pieces on round 5, they're fast! Made it through 6 by parking on my last piece, but failed in 7 as they knocked me off of it. I recovered it once, but while trying to get back, it was finally stolen ;)

A nice simple game and very well done! Great entry, I had a lot of fun with it :)
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
18. Apr 2016 · 15:09 UTC
A nice concept. I thought there may have been too long a delay when hitting attack and actually attacking. Good entry (:
Pantelis Petsopoulos
18. Apr 2016 · 15:10 UTC
overall nice game, I would like the controls to be a little bit more crisp, liked the idea and it was executed nicely from every perspective
JNI
18. Apr 2016 · 15:11 UTC
A good game, I enjoyed playing!
bagface
18. Apr 2016 · 20:04 UTC
Fun game! Easy to get into and play for a few minutes.
BigBrother
19. Apr 2016 · 01:28 UTC
OMG THIS IS SO AMAZING. I know this sounds dumb, but the latin name is freaking amazing and I love all the design aspects. Kinda reminds me of my game!
torcado
19. Apr 2016 · 01:30 UTC
really nice! i like the visual design a lot. i didnt know about the shape switching mechanic, and wouldnt have tried clicking around to find it if i didnt read the info, maybe that could be described better like in the control screen
otherwise nice job!
Lancelot Gao
19. Apr 2016 · 01:36 UTC
the game and worth to play.cool!
Ghust1995
19. Apr 2016 · 01:38 UTC
Great audio =)
matiasbontempo
19. Apr 2016 · 02:18 UTC
Cool looking game!
keyboardmonkey
19. Apr 2016 · 05:19 UTC
Would it be possible to provide a windows build? I don't play any unity web games, and can play windows builds via WINE :)
Saiodin
19. Apr 2016 · 22:28 UTC
Neat controls, fitting graphics. It was fun for some minutes. I wasn't a fan of the music, but liked the sound effects. The application of the different forms is interesting as paid upgrade etc.
Felladrin
24. Apr 2016 · 20:28 UTC
Wow! Amazing game! One of the best I've played so far! Great gameplay, simple and responsive commands, nice choice of colors and sounds! Great experience overall!

I've noticed you have written a background story but left it out of the game, and also left out the game instructions of how to change for (which involves using the mouse). Putting it in-game would make it even better!
ciaodavinci
01. May 2016 · 00:39 UTC
I didn't realize I could click on the bottom left icon at first to shape-shift but once I figured that out I had fun with it. The hexagon was really powerful, I didn't want to go off of it.
Geckoo1337
01. May 2016 · 16:13 UTC
Funny. A good entry with a cute aesthetic. However I don't understand why you chose this title - a detail. Well done ++
csanyk
03. May 2016 · 02:17 UTC
Pretty simple concept, which I liked. I lost pretty early on, but then somehow got the hang of it and held on, lasted about 12 rounds. At one point I thought I had lost all my puzzle pieces, but the game didn't end. Then I got a replacement piece? Then I protected it for several rounds before becoming overwhelmed. Pretty fun. It seemed like the best strategy for me was to just sit in the middle and try to protect that one remaining piece. Anything more than that was too hard.