Vacuity by DecadeDecaf

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made by DecadeDecaf for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

You are a black hole and must create the world around you through exploration and experimentation.

All design, programming, art, music, and sound design was made within 48 hours by DecadeDecaf.

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Ratings

Overall 221th 3.477⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 387th 2.841⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 375th 2.864⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 109th 3.841⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 85th 3.886⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 59th 3.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 337th 2.111⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 211th 3.238⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

Fictions
06. Oct 2019 · 21:16 UTC
Such a nice combination game :D But when I hover over the icons on the top my mouse disapears, that makes selecting a bit harder. The clue system is such a help and a realy clever idea to help players. Great job! :D
🎤 DecadeDecaf
06. Oct 2019 · 22:36 UTC
Thanks so much @fictions! I hid the mouse because it looked odd in front of the textbox. I definitely could've handled it better, though. Appreciate the feedback!
erebus
06. Oct 2019 · 23:57 UTC
Cool spin on the Alchemy game genre. I felt like I had a hard time intuiting what I could do given what I had built. But a very neat idea!
Bobothegreat
07. Oct 2019 · 00:17 UTC
Honestly the best part of this whole game is the music. Really good job on all the sound work that you did I really enjoyed it. The game was fun too, I've always enjoyed alchemy type games and the visual aspect you added to it was a really good addition :D
Evannex
07. Oct 2019 · 00:37 UTC
Great job! This was a lot of fun, I couldn't figure out the last two though. Overall really impressive!
🎤 DecadeDecaf
07. Oct 2019 · 00:52 UTC
Thank you @erebus! I was worried that it might be too similar to other games but I'm glad some of my ideas made it unique! I tried to do extremely subtle things to make combinations less "trial and error" but I can definitely understand if it still played that way.

@bobothegreat I really appreciate it! Music was a rocky road this time around. I ended up completely redoing a lot of it, but I'm glad it turned out how it did!

Thanks! @evannex You can click on your character for a hint if you get stuck, but I'm glad you enjoyed it!
NachtWitch
07. Oct 2019 · 01:19 UTC
Can't wait for a full game
Ruby Interactive games
07. Oct 2019 · 03:54 UTC
Really enjoyable!
Pavel Ivanov
07. Oct 2019 · 03:56 UTC
@erebus nice game! The sprites look stunning!
zillix
08. Oct 2019 · 05:33 UTC
Simple and fun, I enjoyed watching the world come together as I combined everything.
Also looks great and the music was sweet.
Great work!
AdamCYounis
08. Oct 2019 · 10:12 UTC
I loved the intro. the game appeared to promise a lot of atmosphere. I was sort of disappointed when it came to the mechanics, which lacked systematic depth and felt very opaque. The tone also really seemed to switch gears with the graphics and audio.
Hcursino
08. Oct 2019 · 11:51 UTC
I played many games like. I don't know man, having to mix stuff to create new stuff just gets me entertained, I could keep trying to figure this out for hours. I love how you added each new element to the map and in the end they interacted with each other like the dam and the bridge. Good game, well done.
Hermitao
08. Oct 2019 · 15:22 UTC
Great game, thank your for the experience! The only things I missed was a bit of depth, I wasn't sure why I was a black hole and why I was building a world. And also maybe a sprint button, that would be nice. The music was really cool and you made a lot of elements and combinations, I love it!
Rensei
08. Oct 2019 · 15:25 UTC
When I was younger I used to play games like that. It's a nice game!
shrapx
09. Oct 2019 · 16:20 UTC
I found myself questioning some of the combinations, like i thought steam would be from water and fire :) It didnt feel much like gameplay once i found myself mostly clicking all combinations to find the next one (i forgot about the hint option for most of it). I liked the graphics which were clean and clear what the icon symbolised. Its a well made compo entry.