Sentient Sewage by blakeohare

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made by blakeohare for LD34 (COMPO)
You are a vat of semi-sludgey water in the local water treatment facility that has gained consciousness. Deflect the chlorine bricks being thrown in so that you can continue to grow and eventually spill over the edge and escape.

Theme used: Growing

Ratings

Coolness 17% 2253
Overall 3.44 320
Fun 3.29 380
Graphics 3.41 315
Humor 3.23 150
Innovation 3.93 72
Theme 3.55 625

Feedback

amras0000
14. Dec 2015 · 01:59 UTC
In the higher difficulties, it's a bit hard to tell whats watery pseudopod and what's vulnerable water surface. Since you don't want to hit the chlorine with the central panel, this makes aiming a bit difficult. Having a stronger indication of safe zones would have been useful.
nexust
14. Dec 2015 · 16:46 UTC
This game is challenging and entertaining! I have to admit, the game didn't run so smoothly on a dying laptop but, even with a lower than ideal frame-rate (which was no fault of the game's) I found it enjoyable! Also, the 'How to play' made me smile.
veverichka
14. Dec 2015 · 22:26 UTC
Made it to insane! Had a lot of fun playing it. Also the water looks amazing and Crazy-Hair Carl is just adorable. :D
AlexLamarche
14. Dec 2015 · 23:59 UTC
Awesome! Very innovative. Cool little mini game
Elit3dGaming
15. Dec 2015 · 00:13 UTC
The water is very cool. The game is incredibly fun and really innovative.
ryandali
15. Dec 2015 · 00:14 UTC
Unique mechanic, camera angle shows the water movement very well but makes it tough to tell where to click to knock the balls out.
anarbitrarymustache
15. Dec 2015 · 00:51 UTC
Love the idea. The backstory was also a wonderful touch. I felt like the difficulty jumped a lot from medium to hard. I didn't have the patience to finish hard, so I can only imagine Insane. Maybe have the shadow of the tablet adjust based on its distance from the water - would help aiming for the player maybe. Some sound would go a long way too. Great entry.
Allthebees
15. Dec 2015 · 01:22 UTC
The water looks amazing! The game is fun to play and different. Update and allow us to unlock gloves for Carl, this is a game breaking bug!
thebrickanator
15. Dec 2015 · 02:12 UTC
I like the liquid interactivity and motion :) the game itself is quite simple and should have been polished with sounds and so on but was never the less still quite fun, and I love the interpretation of the theme :D
propter_ludus
15. Dec 2015 · 02:34 UTC
Very cool little game!
Ingon
15. Dec 2015 · 02:37 UTC
Really nice and innovative.
Rys0n
15. Dec 2015 · 02:39 UTC
I really, really liked this. Good job man :)
alvaromartin
15. Dec 2015 · 02:48 UTC
Nice! Very original execution of the theme.
mockthebear
15. Dec 2015 · 02:50 UTC
i cant beat the hard XD
ThreeLivesGames
15. Dec 2015 · 03:04 UTC
Awesome entry. I couldn't get very far as the difficulty was pretty up there, but it was fun to play never the less. Really nice graphics too.
jofra
15. Dec 2015 · 03:12 UTC
I love pools! xD Nice game bro!
Phobos001
15. Dec 2015 · 03:14 UTC
Very well designed game! The delay after clicking on a water tile stops spamming, and the harder difficulties required me to come up with new tactics to deal with multiple chlorine balls at once. I also enjoyed the tutorial for its sense of humor. Gr8 m8 8 outa 8
ehgoodenough
15. Dec 2015 · 03:39 UTC
Awesome!! And you built this all in your own programming language? Rad!
minism
15. Dec 2015 · 03:48 UTC
Unique concept, kind of feels like juggling multiballs in pinball. Love the isometric graphics. Nice job :)
TeamKawaiiju
15. Dec 2015 · 03:51 UTC
Awesome idea! The gameplay is fast-paced and addictive. Graphics are pleasing to look at and dammit Carl will get his Foosball table if it's the last thing I am tangentially responsible for
MakerArt
15. Dec 2015 · 04:01 UTC
Good mechanic! Greate model! Thanks and good luck!
mattlevonian
15. Dec 2015 · 04:06 UTC
Seemed more like a tech demo than a full-fledged game
WolfkingW
15. Dec 2015 · 04:28 UTC
I can tell a lot of love was put into the water itself, but I wish that same love was reflected on to the worker himself. Other than that, I found the game really fun, and enjoyed the challenge. Good job!
OberynMartell
15. Dec 2015 · 04:30 UTC
Nice mini game you have there! =D
AriaMK
15. Dec 2015 · 06:12 UTC
What a clever idea. I like it!
justinooncx
15. Dec 2015 · 06:39 UTC
Fun, innovative game, and nice graphics to boot! Well done!
ninjascript
15. Dec 2015 · 06:39 UTC
Neat concept!
flwns
15. Dec 2015 · 07:13 UTC
Intro made me chuckle, gameplay was neat. Good stuff overall.
middenkwaaii
15. Dec 2015 · 09:49 UTC
Nice! And I love the guys face ^^
gogo199432
15. Dec 2015 · 10:30 UTC
A really good game, loved it a lot :)
WitchLake
15. Dec 2015 · 12:02 UTC
Very nice graphics. The gameplay is very original and I had a lot of fun to play it. A little bit difficult maybe. Good job!
LittleThor
15. Dec 2015 · 12:08 UTC
I'm very curious : how did you get this strange idea? That's very fun and well made. Good job!
Dreyan
15. Dec 2015 · 12:30 UTC
This is definitely a nice interpretation of the theme! Simple to understand, quite satisfying when you win.
tyrants.not.found.team
15. Dec 2015 · 12:43 UTC
Interesting idea.
I enjoyed watching the geometry of water :D
Good job.

Cheers,
Morco (tyrants.not.found team)
mard
15. Dec 2015 · 13:19 UTC
Great game! Amazing looking water, the gameplay is simple but fun. Kinda sad there's no sound, but you can't do everything in 48h
DeltaNegative
15. Dec 2015 · 13:24 UTC
Love the look of the water :D
deadpixl
15. Dec 2015 · 13:28 UTC
Great entry! I really like the art style of the pool. I didn't feel the character matched the pool style. Overall a very fun game.
LeafThief
15. Dec 2015 · 13:37 UTC
Good game. The intro was very well structured and funny but it wasn't until I played the game until I understood how it worked. The mechanics work super good!
Dianouille
15. Dec 2015 · 14:13 UTC
I had a lot of fun playing your game ! Good job !
RhysD
15. Dec 2015 · 14:14 UTC
The water effect is awesome! The game is also pretty fun. Damn that Carl guy though, I just want to SLUDGE EVERYWHERE >:(
publicidadeba
15. Dec 2015 · 14:33 UTC
Funny Intro, great idea..some audio would be cool :)
argowen
15. Dec 2015 · 14:50 UTC
little confusing at first as I didn't read the instructions, still one easy mode without it. Anyway read instruction which was funny. Overall I found the concept and play quite fun.
MisterMortal
15. Dec 2015 · 15:05 UTC
Interesting mechanics, took me a bit to understand what I was doing, but when I did it was quite fun. Awesome! (Sometimes it's quite hard to predict where the ball is going)
David Cookie
15. Dec 2015 · 15:15 UTC
Well, I think other people already say it all. Really great idea and beautiful water!
renegadeninjanl
15. Dec 2015 · 16:34 UTC
Nice little game. It was hard to judge the chlorine sometimes though.
NirabazGAMES
15. Dec 2015 · 16:42 UTC
An interesting game! Nice graphics but a bit hard to understand the mechanics of the game. Overall very pleased =)
Headmade
15. Dec 2015 · 16:52 UTC
Great water effects and a novel idea. I love the writing, it's hilarious.
My only complaint is the difficulty spike from medium to hard. While I had no problems on medium I failed at hard :(
NuggetTeam
15. Dec 2015 · 16:59 UTC
Original theme! Very innovative too. Good job!
local306
15. Dec 2015 · 17:21 UTC
Super cool idea! I loved the water physics!
GoodwolfStudio
15. Dec 2015 · 18:46 UTC
The water behaviour is amazing, great work!!
The art of the throwing guy could use some work.
Simplest
15. Dec 2015 · 19:02 UTC
The idea is really good, the water growing. It hasn't really any sense but is really funny to play. God job team!! Loved playing it :-D
Ludum34
15. Dec 2015 · 19:11 UTC
Nice implementation and idea! A little bit easy but you can improve balance
h.attila
15. Dec 2015 · 19:40 UTC
Woah, really creative, awesome little game! Loved the intro, very surreal and fun idea.
Blobo
15. Dec 2015 · 19:47 UTC
Really well done! the game is very nicely made, and it was fun to play!
endel
15. Dec 2015 · 21:10 UTC
Really liked the water effect. It can be really hard to guess where the balls are going to fall on hard level.
greeboCherry
15. Dec 2015 · 21:37 UTC
Lack of sound is disturbing, but I'm very impressed by your idea.
xodene
15. Dec 2015 · 22:31 UTC
Wow, really great job on the mechanics and design. It's very original. I also liked low poly water for once because of the great animation!
Garris
15. Dec 2015 · 22:58 UTC
I like the innovation showed here. I don't think I've ever played as sewer water before, and it was fun to reject those chlorine pellets. Nice game :)
-SPiRiT-
15. Dec 2015 · 23:35 UTC
INNOVATIVE :D
Zeezgames
15. Dec 2015 · 23:37 UTC
Well done with this game i like how its done and makes me wonder on some things how you implemented them :)

Well Done!!
markusfisch
15. Dec 2015 · 23:44 UTC
Very nice gameplay and definitely something different. Never played water before :) And I like the humor! Very good!
adamyounis
15. Dec 2015 · 23:55 UTC
This game has such an interesting mechanic. It's really fun to "reject" the chlorine bricks but not with the central panel. I developed a pretty viable technique of aiming just in front of where it will land so it continues in the direction it's already going. What was really cool is that it became easier to gauge as I played.

I enjoyed this, though the production values were a bit simple, still a fun experience.
pjimmy
16. Dec 2015 · 01:09 UTC
cool use of physics, very fun to play, good job :)
NoradZero
16. Dec 2015 · 01:19 UTC
Nice concept! Really challenging. The effect of the water is really fun.
lkpridgeon
16. Dec 2015 · 02:01 UTC
Needs a little balancing of the overall difficulty curve however nice concept.
Gamepopper
16. Dec 2015 · 13:23 UTC
The water effects and the physics looked cool, plus I liked how it got challenging nearer the end. Quite enjoyed it. :)
LeReveur
17. Dec 2015 · 00:05 UTC
Interesting concept, however, huge difference between medium and high difficulties... But, still a good entry. :)
recursor
17. Dec 2015 · 13:51 UTC
It is an original idea for a game, and pretty humorous too. I really like the look/feel of the water. Add a few more game-play mechanics, and you may have something really cool here.
domo_demo
17. Dec 2015 · 19:54 UTC
a little bit difficult, but wow, really nice water effect:)
Wevel
19. Dec 2015 · 00:03 UTC
Seemed like you needed to click quite a bit and could do with some more mechanics, but a cool idea
Split82
20. Dec 2015 · 15:56 UTC
Pretty nice little game. Good job.
bitdecaygames
21. Dec 2015 · 01:09 UTC
Easy I found to be a little boring, but once I got into medium and hard it became much more engaging. Sometimes the physics are a little strange for how the pellets bounce off of you, but it doesn't take away from the experience. Cool game!
sP0CkEr2
21. Dec 2015 · 04:54 UTC
this was neat - i really was not expecting that to be fun - i like the effect for the sludge and it was a unique mechanic - well done
Drauthius
22. Dec 2015 · 00:30 UTC
Nice entry. I like the different challenge levels. I does get noticeably harder. :)
adrian09_01
25. Dec 2015 · 13:31 UTC
Tough, but fun. Played the web version, the Hard difficulty should be Insane. Only that isometric camera :(
dreamlogician
03. Jan 2016 · 02:22 UTC
Impressive implementation of a unique concept, with some hilarious writing thrown in as a bonus. One of my favorite entries so far!