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Entertain Your Damn Self by RedHermit

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made by RedHermit for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

A game about.. nothing really. Just enjoy it; make something from nothing. Using the orbs you place on screen you can do pixel like artwork, or play with simple physics and collisions.

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Controls:

Primary Mouse Click (Left) - Place Orb

Secondary Mouse Click (Right) - Delete Orb

Mouse Scroll Wheel - Select Color of next Orb (lower right of screen will show color selected)

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About development: I had very limited time this weekend for LD45 unfortunately, so I decided to keep the scope of the project extremely small. I included the feature of the game screen/resolution growing, which I wish I could have done more with, but it is what it is, and it definately causes issues with the WebGL build, so download recomended (sorry!).

As always, huge thanks to Pixel Prophecy for the inspiration to do game dev work and participate in my now 3rd LD!

Audio Tools: Audacity, Behringer U-Phoria UM2 DAC, Behringer C1 Condensor Mic, Ibanez 4-string Bass

Sound Effects: Mouth noises into a mic

Music: Recorded a 10min Bass session.

Youtube https://www.redhermit.com/ld45/LD45.rar
Youtube https://www.redhermit.com/ld45/EntertainYourDamnSelf.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/entertain-your-damn-self

Ratings

Overall 270th 3.37⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 254th 3.217⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 82th 3.804⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 56th 4.065⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 355th 2.957⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 71th 3.652⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 187th 2.786⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 264th 3.114⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

Hedgy
06. Oct 2019 · 23:37 UTC
I really like the whole window resizing with the balls reacting to it, super creative!
khaotom
07. Oct 2019 · 06:42 UTC
Ha yeah the window size thing was confusing at first, but it makes sense now! :smile_cat:
Chambre19
07. Oct 2019 · 06:54 UTC
I really liked this. It was well polished and had a very interesting game play hook. Loved the resizing game window. Great job with this! for the amount of time put into it, you should definitely be proud. Keep up the great work!
DeathStorm
08. Oct 2019 · 15:48 UTC
Is this a GAme? I don't know, but I liked the idea pretty much. The thing was totally clean, made some fun and was a nice experience.
Well Done
Yngvarr
08. Oct 2019 · 18:26 UTC
Great little creation! :) Sound effects and window reaction make a great relaxing experience. Wonderful!
kleinzach
12. Oct 2019 · 19:37 UTC
You don't see many digital toys made for jams, but I love it. Very fun!
Tyfus
12. Oct 2019 · 19:39 UTC
The window resizing is so weird at first. After 3 resizings I finally realized it's intentional, and actually preatty neat. I liked the little POP sound effects. The bassline is a bit too quiet in my oppinion, and I feel like the window should resize a few more times before stopping the growth.
Pedroso
12. Oct 2019 · 19:48 UTC
The resizing window really suprised me, very relaxing game. Well done!
🎤 RedHermit
12. Oct 2019 · 21:45 UTC
@kleinzach Wonderful classification: "Digital Toy" - you're absolutely right. Thank you for playing and the feedback! :)
🎤 RedHermit
12. Oct 2019 · 21:46 UTC
@tyfus Appreciate the feedback! I agree that a few more resizes would have been nice, but I stopped at 1000 high for anyone that had 1080p monitors. I wanted to code in detection for native resolution, and hit full screen/max as the final size, but it quickly became too complex for the scope/time I had. Thank you again for playing and the feedback!
🎤 RedHermit
12. Oct 2019 · 21:48 UTC
@deathstorm You're right.. not quite the standard of a 'game'.. as there is no win condition, except those you create yourself.. I like the classification @kleinzach gave it; Digital Toy :)
🎤 RedHermit
12. Oct 2019 · 21:49 UTC
@hedgy @khaotom @chambre19 Thank you for playing and the feedback! I'm glad the resizing window (and lack of instruction on what to-do.. as I really wanted it as a 'suprise' to the player) was well received and not a detrement to the experience.
🎤 RedHermit
12. Oct 2019 · 21:50 UTC
@yngvarr @pedroso Glad you both found it "relaxing" - I was kind of going for that, and found some nice peace and relaxation myself in testing it out early on, and just went with that for the general mood. Thank you for downloading and playing!
commanderstitch
13. Oct 2019 · 03:16 UTC
I played this far longer than I probably should have discovering all the intricacies on my own. I believe you landed the theme right on. I looked at that tiny box and went, really? This oh no he didn't. There's no way he's going to start the game with this tiny box. And then so it was. I spent quite a bit too long just finding out that you could change the color and delete all the balls. I wondered if the screen would go back if all the balls were gone. But then i realized that once it was stretched it never went back. :D loved the color changing red balls. I deleted all the black ones to put in the color changing red to black ones. The guitar riff was great! (i believe i heard the underground mario theme in there somewhere ;-) )
🎤 RedHermit
13. Oct 2019 · 03:21 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback @commanderstitch ! Glad you spent a fair amount of time in it, finding enjoyment.. and entertaining yourself! Glad you discovered the hidden music easter egg of the Mario underground level at the end of the 10min music track before it repeated back to the start of the song - I wasn't sure if anyone would stick around long enough to ever hear it :D
shaurya_juneja
13. Oct 2019 · 04:14 UTC
Nice game! I spent a lot of time discovering the world and different items. What was that tiny box xD. I really liked the color changing red balls!
mao
13. Oct 2019 · 06:27 UTC
Neat little toy. I'd appreciate it if there was a way to change the color using the keyboard buttons; it's way over-sensitive to my trackpad scrolling.
Almax
13. Oct 2019 · 10:24 UTC
I really enjoyed this playful experience. Thank you for entering LD with the limited time you had and hope you enjoyed making it :)
F1Krazy
13. Oct 2019 · 13:00 UTC
As others have said, it's more of a "digital toy" than a game, but it's still a fun little time-waster. I *love* the mechanic where the window gets bigger as you fill it up with balls, that's absolute genius. Sometimes we need relaxing entries like these just to take a breather between all the fast-paced action games, mind-bending puzzles, and atmospheric narratives, so this was a welcome distraction. Nice job, especially since you were so strapped for time!
🎤 RedHermit
13. Oct 2019 · 13:59 UTC
@shaurya-juneja Thank you for giving it a try and your feedback - I too liked how those color changing balls turned out, it was last minute that I added them, otherwise I would have added more! :)
🎤 RedHermit
13. Oct 2019 · 14:00 UTC
@mao Great point, that I completely overlooked! I will remember in future projects to include multiple control methods to account for people with different set ups. Thank you for playing and the tip!
🎤 RedHermit
13. Oct 2019 · 14:00 UTC
@almax Thank you for giving it a try and your feedback!
🎤 RedHermit
13. Oct 2019 · 14:03 UTC
@f1krazy Thank you for the thoughtful response! I too wanted to make the most of my development time with the tiny scope, in a fun way.. that wasn't stressful, which I accomplished - I had a great time putting this together, and glad it's a good peaceful breather to some in between trying the great LD entries!
BradleyAshley
13. Oct 2019 · 17:09 UTC
It is exactly what you said! But when the viewport started expanding on it's own it did blow my mind, that was very innovative. I like the creativity possible here and who doesn't like a good physics sandbox? Watching the orbs dance as you pluck them away and add new ones is very satisfying.
smilewood
13. Oct 2019 · 17:20 UTC
Interesting concept. I think that it fits really well with the theme, but as has been said already doesn’t do much in the game department. I really liked the screen resizing as more and more orbs were placed. The placement sound was quite good, but I could barely hear the background track. I think that this was a cool little physics demo for circles. Well done for not having much time for the jam!
PhilStrahl
13. Oct 2019 · 23:23 UTC
As I've said on the stream, I like the idea of blending an art tool with physics. The automatically resizing windows was a novel touch, I didn't expect it. Considering the amount of time you had to work on it, you still managed to finish it and it's very relaxing to toy around with, trying to make a little artwork :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSZQiTfcXF8
itsdanidre
14. Oct 2019 · 21:50 UTC
uhhhhh....

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itsdanidre
14. Oct 2019 · 21:55 UTC
Ok. It works now.![Capture14.JPG](///raw/0fb/8/z/29963.jpg)
itsdanidre
14. Oct 2019 · 22:00 UTC
heh heh heh heh hehhhh![Capture15.JPG](///raw/0fb/8/z/29964.jpg)

Really uniqur design I must say! And congratz on your third Ludum Dare!
TheCrittersCove
15. Oct 2019 · 21:35 UTC
It's an interesting visual experiment. Despite there not being much to do, it was still entertaining. Though more so when the screen was still scaling. Would be nice to see this with more colors and effects(especially liked the red that fades in and out). But adding more colors would probably require a better color selection system, which works fine at the moment. Audio was simple, but pleasant. The game also initially did the 'not responding' thing for me, but worked upon second boot.

Definitely a unique idea for LD. Kind of a breath of fresh air to see something different like this.