Inside the Blockhead by Photon
(If anybody knows why one's cover image wouldn't show up, please let me know! Clearly, mine doesn't appear to be!)
The Blockhead Hero isn't too bright. That's why he needs brain-cells like yourself to help him "control" his powers!
This game was more inspired by the theme than directly related to it but I'm OK with that! It was my first time finishing an entry without the use of proprietary game engine software, and I'm really happy about that! Hope you enjoy!
Windows Build : https://www.dropbox.com/s/cfe4w1uypssgale/Blockhead.zip?dl=0 Source : https://www.dropbox.com/s/4cbi5hun4ouogk9/LD38%20Source.zip?dl=0
Ratings
| Overall | 256th | 3.35⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 166th | 3.45⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 50th | 3.85⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 518th | 2.35⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 469th | 2.55⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 338th | 2.25⭐ | 18🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 431th | 2.625⭐ | 18🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 12🗳️ | 8🗨️ |
I couldn't beat it, unfortunately, because at the end there was a bit with a lot of spikes and toggle-able blocks, and it was HARD. But hard isn't a bad thing, and getting to each checkpoint was super satisfying.
There's a bit of a bug with jumping, sometimes player "bounces" along floor, rather than really walking on it, so jump doesn't work. That was particularly frustrating.
I didn't get through the multi-colored spike area either, got frustrated with jump not working and gave up.
Don't feel like this is too related to theme.
But it plays pretty well, and you've got a decent game. The first several checkpoints progress well, difficulty-wise.
Good work.
It lacks sounds and proper graphics, has some bugs, but feels pretty good for such a small game.
To clarify, this is NOT my first game EVER; its simply the first game I've done "from scratch" for LD. ;)
I played this on stream at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/142659988 - time 0:27:20
At first the control seemed weird but soon it all made sense. Nice!
That last part was not easy!!! Good job for the level design. It's was so confuse too play with only the mouse.
But the Theme? ^^
Aniway that was a good experience, the concept is amazing! I can see that it's one of your first game so keep it on! I loved it!
Oh yeah, it definitely crossed my mind during development that this would work better on a touchscreen. Ah well, hindsight and all that good stuff. :P