DEVOURER by 4quet

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How to play

Devour as much as you can. Avoid to be devoured.
This game takes place in an infinite 2D world where you play as a triangle.
You must consume other triangles to grow in size, but beware not to be swallowed by a bigger one !
You might encounter special types of triangles:
:yellowheart: Yellow ones will increase your attraction radius and attraction force.
:blueheart: Blue ones will increase your speed.
:green_heart: Green ones will increase your score by 1000.
All theses bonuses are momentary.
Also, there are lasers... if a laser touches you, you'll shrink, but if you're too small... you disappear !
Thank you for playing my game !
I know the game is far from perfect but I think it's OK for my first Ludum Dare :)
I'll be glad to read any kind of feedback, positive or negative !
What's your score ?
Highest scores:
11681 (@jefvel)
8702 (@boltkey)
| Youtube | https://4quet.itch.io/devourer |
| Youtube | https://4quet.itch.io/devourer |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/devourer |
Ratings
| Overall | 248th | 3.774⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 186th | 3.758⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 528th | 3.21⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 614th | 3.242⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 158th | 4.177⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 129th | 3.935⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 24🗳️ | 32🗨️ |



The balance also feels great ! I enjoyed how it was getting harder and harder as the devourer got bigger. Question though, can you actually eat this big fatty that keeps following you ?
Got the feeling the lasers were getting a little bit too unfairly intense on the end but hey, I had fun !
Good graphics
great sound design
Fitting music
adding up to a mood fitting the game, its title, and the theme
bravo :clap:
Thank you very much for the great feedback :)
I don't know whether there is a goal. Is it even possible to eat the big triangle? I didn't manage to do that. I got score of 8702.
From what you wrote earlier, it is impossible to eat the big triangle, so I don't think I understand its purpose, considering the plane is infinite and you can just move to different part of the map. And I didn't find more triangles that were bigger than me.
Another thing - in this type of game, I want to become gradually more and more powerful, with the goal being getting to a final state where I can do anything I want. This game however did the opposite - at start, there were many triangles to eat, but as the lasers started to shine more, I was getting smaller and less powerful, and there were less triangles to eat.
My game is quite similar to yours, feel free to check it out.
Actually in my mind the game is more like a "survival" game where you'll eventually lose, but you need to get the highest score possible ! I've never been to 8702 point haha, good job :)
@venik @boats @boltkey Thank you for the great feedback, I'll be sure to check your games as well :thumbsup:
I think there is a maximum of 4 lasers so yeah, the difficulty stops increasing at a certain point unfortunately