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Aquaduct by dikkop

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made by dikkop for LD 42 (JAM)

Aquaduct.png The world is burning and your only hope is to build an aquaduct in time!

Build tiles to connect the aquaduct to the mountains.

Controls:
WASD or hold middleMouse to rotate around planet
Leftclick To place an aquaduct tile (Only Next To Another Aquaduct tile)
Rightclick to rotate aquaduct Tile
Scroll to zoom in/ zoom out

Lightning clouds are evil and create fire!
Rain clouds put fire out, they spawn when you reach a mountain.

Can you connect all 12 mountains and witness the epic ending?

Credits:
Music And Playtesting by Jelle van Aanholt
Gameplay, Audio, Art And Programming by Valentijn Muijrers

Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/chsh3dzjm0o8fwa/Windows.zip?dl=1
HTML5 (web) https://www.huntedwumpus.nl/Aquaduct/index.html
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/aquaduct

Ratings

Overall 311th 3.657⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Fun 479th 3.343⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 112th 3.814⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Theme 482th 3.627⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 159th 4.144⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Audio 140th 3.74⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Humor 772th 2.227⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Mood 256th 3.52⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Given 6🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

Virtu
13. Aug 2018 · 17:18 UTC
Amazing art! Nice game!
panda
14. Aug 2018 · 06:17 UTC
Beautiful graphics, nice music, and the sphere is cool! I would perhaps change the text on this web page to make the instructions easier to read. Adding commas and avoiding Title Caps would help. Also consider offering a key to replace right-click for those playing on laptops with touchpads. I ran into a bug where the tile didn't show up graphically, but then I couldn't place anything in that spot anymore!
🎤 dikkop
14. Aug 2018 · 09:26 UTC
Thanks for the feedback! There was a bug in the level reloading.
Goutye
14. Aug 2018 · 11:07 UTC
Really polished entry! Nice art, and I love the globe! I think the explanation could be cut down a lot. It would be even better to explain them during the game as event happens! :smile: Well done! :v:
Mazzletov
14. Aug 2018 · 11:13 UTC
When I saw the game at the frontpage I was directly compelled to try it. But man, the fps is soo low that I can't even place a piece correctly? :(
Alien
14. Aug 2018 · 11:14 UTC
Really Great Game, The Graphics are really good. The sound track fits well. Overall really great game
fivenamefivesocks
14. Aug 2018 · 11:15 UTC
Really good game! Enjoyed it, the concept is smart, the music and art are great. Nice work !
Red Pill
14. Aug 2018 · 11:17 UTC
Great game! Love it! But it crashed a couple times. It is really hard because of the pieces that are do this 315º angle. The music is really good
Hinkarn
14. Aug 2018 · 11:20 UTC
Game ran terribly on my computer(web version).
Other than that, fun game! Couldn't finish it because fires blocked the path to the last well.
radow
14. Aug 2018 · 11:29 UTC
Amazing graphics, well tuned difficulty and a surprising amount of polish for a jam game. So far it is one of my favorites.
Bismark
14. Aug 2018 · 11:31 UTC
Really pleasant game ; just missing end-game detection (blocking state when no more aquaduct piece can't be added )
ImtehQ
14. Aug 2018 · 11:35 UTC
It looks really nice, sadly in the browser its a bit laggy.
The controlls are really good, rotating around works better then expected and placing system had now isses for me.
Gamescalation
14. Aug 2018 · 11:39 UTC
Fun game, sometimes i had some issues placing the pieces.
Ja_viera
14. Aug 2018 · 11:51 UTC
Fun game, really cool idea and artwork. Also I think I ran out of options to put the next tile but I didn't get a game over, not sure if that was a bug or just my fault XD
Loic Nageleisen
14. Aug 2018 · 12:34 UTC
Interesting take on the way space gets consumed... quite literally!

Great style, but sadly hard to play on:
- non QWERTY keyboards due to WASD->ZQSD (AZERTY here)
- laptops that don't have a middle button (maybe use a modifier+drag)
- laptops that do right click as two-finger click (maybe have a key to rotate)

I definitely got hooked by this tiny timed puzzle game.
MrHankey
14. Aug 2018 · 13:51 UTC
I really like the atmosphere and felt the pressure when wildfires started to appear. I could've used some visual feedback about the ability to place an aquaduct or not though. The day/night effect was also done very nicely though I think the world shading should be flipped because currently the part of the world **opposite** of the sun is lit brightly.
Vekstr
14. Aug 2018 · 13:59 UTC
I feel like players should be able to destroy/skip aqueducts, otherwise it all just depends on luck. Beautiful graphics though :slight_smile:
kamranwali
14. Aug 2018 · 15:24 UTC
Nice game. Love the idea behind it. The game looks good and the gameplay was nice.
Mowztouch
14. Aug 2018 · 16:10 UTC
very intersting game :) So far sometimes the aquaduc does not connect to some water source, and i don't really undestand why. I didn'y manage to get the 11th and 12th. But idea is really intersting, i liked it. Also really nice graphics and audio. Well done !
kimonoh
14. Aug 2018 · 16:59 UTC
Nice graphics and hard (but somewhat fair) gameplay. It was a bit annoying that there was no way of discarding pieces you don’t want, leading to a waste of time in trying to find somewhere to put a piece that I didn’t even want in the first place.
Ravengar
15. Aug 2018 · 07:27 UTC
Nice, nice graphic, a button to remove part of the Aquaduct when I mess up would be perfect
FireHawk
15. Aug 2018 · 11:35 UTC
Nice idea and graphics. Gameplay is intuitive but sometimes is really hard. Good job!
meatpudding
15. Aug 2018 · 11:43 UTC
This is really cool. I like the concept and it makes for a fun and challenging game.
TomekS
15. Aug 2018 · 11:47 UTC
Really nice looks, love the night and day distinction. The game play is confusing when the block changes rotation in another position. But very nice idea effects and lovely music and sounds. Well done.
teekeks
15. Aug 2018 · 11:57 UTC
What a solid entry! Well done! The only 2 things I can criticize it that the tiles did not keep their rotation if I moved over to another place and that the audio cut a bit too harsh, but these are both so minor things. Well done!
chrissx2
23. Aug 2018 · 19:17 UTC
Loved the gfx and it's a great idea for a game. Sadly the HTML version was running poorly and some of the connections didn't work even tho they looked like they should :(.
Still a great LD entry!
Alastairwyn
24. Aug 2018 · 07:49 UTC
Really cool game! great premise and amazing mood. My only complaint is the fact that you can't delete your aqueducts. This made it very annoying sometimes when you need the right shape and you keep getting different ones which you have to place down, taking up all of the lines.
Oh and could you check out my game as well?
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/size-invaders
Thanks
Nehal
02. Sep 2018 · 13:31 UTC
Nice game. I really like the graphics.
Papaver
02. Sep 2018 · 21:28 UTC
Nice game, I enjoyed the awesome music and the pretty graphics. First try I quickly stranded, with no building options left, and then I missed a reset button. I enjoyed placing the aquaducts on the planet. Sometimes I found the game too dark, it was hard to find the last wells. Finding a place for unwanted pieces was often hard, and during that I often got lost on my little planet. ;) I got till 10/12.