Nothing to Lose! (except your deposit) by monsterjail

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made by monsterjail for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

A wizard has created the first physical manifestation of 'Nothing', the problem is, it destroys anything it comes in contact with! Can you help him guide it out of his tower before you cause too much damage (and more importantly, lose his deposit on his rental tower)

Us the mouse to control The 'Nothing' to guide it out while avoiding walls and gems, use the left and right mouse buttons to rotate

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No sound.

Press R to restart the game

Ratings

Overall 206th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 158th 3.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 120th 3.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 269th 3.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 101th 3.211⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 387th 2.806⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

Jupiter_Hadley
10. Oct 2019 · 10:48 UTC
Funny idea, challenging game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 45 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/VLDt7yHE5-M
poodle_in_need
10. Oct 2019 · 11:26 UTC
Great idea, i enjoyed playing the game, the last level was a bit difficult until i crushed nothing straight trough the wall at the right border and puzzled it around the wizard afterwards... dunno if it was intended to make it this easy tho xD the grafics are cool, nice style :v:
Pedro Rosa
10. Oct 2019 · 11:28 UTC
I really this is one of the more unique game concepts I played this jam. It is simple but really well thought. My only criticism is that the art style of the wizard and the other object is not consistent with the rest of the game. It could have been something very simple as well it would make the mood much better.
Overall nice game, congratz,
Attala
10. Oct 2019 · 11:29 UTC
I like the gameplay. Sound would have been nice, (as always) :) But still, well done.
gisam
10. Oct 2019 · 11:33 UTC
Simple but fun game, well balanced, good story
reheated
10. Oct 2019 · 11:37 UTC
Overall: Great gameplay but too short!

Fun: This gameplay is really fun. Why does it end so soon? You totally could have made another 10 levels and it wouldn't have gotten boring.

Innovation: Good; having to manage both position and rotation makes the the gameplay unique.

Theme: I really like this interpretation!

Humor: Good - I laughed at the ending... excellent commentary on society, etc.

Mood: Would be improved with music & sound effects.
FredFilo
10. Oct 2019 · 11:43 UTC
Well done ! :) It would have been better with some sound effects when nothing hits the walls :)

Note: When you finish the game, if you restart it right away, when you get to the first level, there's the "Move mouse to the Nothing" message but nothing happens when I do it. Animations are still running, but I just can't get the Nothing.
velvetlobster
13. Oct 2019 · 19:03 UTC
The text is interested and nice and the character there is charismatic ... I confess I found it far too satisfying to just make the polygon break all the walls I possibly could to care about the points lolol perhaps there could be an alternative playthrough where you would gather points by breaking things instead than trying to keep them from breaking
niterich
16. Oct 2019 · 17:44 UTC
Very nice game! I could see this being expanded into a whole game. The lack of sound effects was definitely a bummer, though. And I personally would have used A and D instead of Q and E to rotate the blocks.
adliberum
17. Oct 2019 · 16:37 UTC
Neat concept. Just needs to be a little more forgiving, as its currently pretty difficult traversing without damaging any of the level. One way to counter this would be to a) make the nothing pieces you move smaller, and b) have more moving obstacles which force you to move, causing you to take more care. Great work though! :thumbsup:
ogre
18. Oct 2019 · 05:39 UTC
Really tight squeezes make this harder than it needs to be, though the health is pretty generous to make up for this. Multiple high score categories based on how much health is left at the end and how fast you do the level could be interesting!
Re-Markable
18. Oct 2019 · 12:24 UTC
Awesome game! Very fun as a co-op game aswell!
Yonman
18. Oct 2019 · 14:01 UTC
Pretty cool game! I liked the story, very smart! On the final level you can cheat and go right instead of left, and still not lose.