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Stacked Odds by Josh Riley

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made by Josh Riley for LD 42 (COMPO)

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Create columns adding up to 21 as long as you can. Run out of space on a column and it will be removed from the game!

Controls​

W/Up Arrow A/Left Arrow S/Down Arrow D/Right Arrow Escape - Pause Space - Add a new block

So, I started over twice over the course of this one, but I think it turned out alright. If you want to check out the games I abandoned, I'm going to try and included the solutions in my source code upload. Let me know if you have any bugs or performance issues. I planned to do some optimizing toward the end of the project, but it seems to run ok on my machine, at least.

HTML5 (web) https://joshuahriley.itch.io/stackedodds
Source code https://joshuahriley.itch.io/stackedodds
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/stacked-odds

Ratings

Overall 437th 3.25⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 525th 2.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 427th 3.075⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 291th 3.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 369th 3.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 210th 3.275⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 355th 2.944⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

M8rix
13. Aug 2018 · 00:12 UTC
Steep learning curve. I often ended up just spamming all directions in hope of getting points. Guess I need to invest some time in learning the mechanincs. Besides that, the game felt really really good and everything seemed to have been done with care!
jka
13. Aug 2018 · 00:18 UTC
Really nice! Love the overall style and how well it plays. Also, thanks for adding an easy mode! ;) Only side note I can think off is that it's a little hard to follow (at least for me), with so many columns and numbers in there. But it could also be that I'm not that great with numbers. :smile:
LaytanL_
13. Aug 2018 · 01:18 UTC
Cool game! very hard to play properly though i, just like @m8rix was spamming my arrows in hopes of points. It was very good on the visuals like sprites and particles. Looked very polished. Good implementation of the theme too. Great job overal!
MissAlpha
13. Aug 2018 · 10:36 UTC
Nice graphics and lovely gameplay! Easy to pick up
RED_IRON
17. Aug 2018 · 04:28 UTC
i like graphics
SoyerTek
17. Aug 2018 · 04:36 UTC
I was a bit confused at first, but i really enjoyed playing your game. great job!
WiredOverload
17. Aug 2018 · 04:47 UTC
Nice game although I do agree that the only way to play is to spam left or right as it is too fast to find a best move. This was also one of the few games that had a fully polished instruction screen as well as a difficulty selector. Nice Job!
Alan Lu
23. Aug 2018 · 04:16 UTC
Nicely done! I don't think I can math that hard though >_>
CaptainChoones
23. Aug 2018 · 12:47 UTC
Feedback:

- It’s easy to play
- Nice graphics
- Good idea
- Great concept

Overall pretty good
Zirrrus
25. Aug 2018 · 09:02 UTC
Really cool concept, but wow, am I not able to actually play it properly. My brain just can't process the sheer number of...numbers on the screen at any time, so I was just sliding rows around until something seemed to happen. I'm a bit sleepy right now but I think I could have used a board with fewer rows in general.
Good work, no matter how scrambled my brain feels right now!
AnlaXix
28. Aug 2018 · 02:49 UTC
Not my kind of game but this one was funny to play, great job ;)
cptalbertwesker
28. Aug 2018 · 17:40 UTC
I found it a bit difficult to get my head around on the controls, but shortly got used to it, I liked that you had the current totals at the top of the screen to help with knowing when to move numbers. Really nice instructions too.