Null Blob by uvwar

made by uvwar for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

Drift through the Nullspace with your Null Blob

W,A,S,D or Arrow Keys to control.

There are different (invisible but still there) 'floor' properties, which will cause the Blob to change its rolling behaviors as you travel along.

Softbody physics using the awesome MathUtilities from Johnathon Selstad

Music made using [LOFI CHIP-HOP MACHINE] by fricochet

Youtube	https://uvwar.itch.io/null-blob
Youtube	https://uvwar.itch.io/null-blob
Youtube	https://uvwar.itch.io/null-blob
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/null-blob

Ratings

Overall	474^th	2.722⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Fun	478^th	2.395⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	322^th	3.026⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Theme	486^th	2.306⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	266^th	3.263⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Audio	207^th	3.175⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Mood	172^th	3.368⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Given		23🗳️	2🗨️

Feedback

07. Oct 2019 · 02:10 UTC

The blob is mesmerizing.

Nodli

07. Oct 2019 · 16:13 UTC

The movement of the blob is very satisfying !

King Kujito

07. Oct 2019 · 16:32 UTC

I was waiting for this one. I love it when the blob goes slinky mode

Jupiter_Hadley

07. Oct 2019 · 17:48 UTC

Lovely blob! I included it in my Ludum Dare 45 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/-U44UyPCEiM

GeneralBeans

08. Oct 2019 · 04:14 UTC

Favorite movement was when I would start moving really fast!
It would be cool to see some environment and obstacles that I could fall through, and see how the blob would interact in such situations.
It might be a fun idea to 'cover' the slime in a substance that you can spread. Kind of like Splatoon, but instead of covering the ground with paintball guns, you roll around as a blob of slime and make a huge mess of things!
Thanks for the fun!

velvetlobster

09. Oct 2019 · 01:55 UTC

I saw this during the jam and was very very curious about what you would make out of it ... its very abstract and seems like a philosophical game which could fit a variety of ideas .. interesting movement and nice shaders =)

erebus

09. Oct 2019 · 02:39 UTC

Cool little toy. Nice concept. It would be interesting to see some game mechanics applied on top of it. Thanks for bringing it by the stream!

ruthiepee

11. Oct 2019 · 00:35 UTC

Lovely and satisfying blob. My favorite part is when the blob would be flipping over and over to the beat of the music. Played this for way too long and got sucked into the null space myself, it's kinda cold in here

David Shire

28. Oct 2019 · 02:17 UTC

The music reminded me of Earthbound but I couldn't figure out what to do besides flop / roll around

commanderstitch

28. Oct 2019 · 03:45 UTC

interesting... simulation. Kind of odd. The coolest things were those little boxes in the background and the trippy music. :D

kurrik

28. Oct 2019 · 04:57 UTC

The dynamics and audio were great. Kind of wish there were more to do or interact with though.

Lexyvil

28. Oct 2019 · 07:17 UTC

Love the jiggly animation. A neat little toy that I spent a good two minute on~

notgreat

29. Oct 2019 · 05:16 UTC

An interesting idea, but I can't really classify it as a game... The blob also looked really weird when doing self-intersections sometimes. The background audio was affected by the speed of motion, which was a very nice touch but sometimes caused the background to sound really strange... like an audio track that was skipping or something. Not sure if intentional or not.

elysiagriffin

30. Oct 2019 · 02:17 UTC

Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream! I played it today in the last few hours of voting :)

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/501424047?t=0h1m36s

Hope you got some valuable feedback on your game and looking forward to seeing you next LD jam if I dont catch you before then! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin