Hangman With Nothing by frankhjwx

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made by frankhjwx for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

Hangman With Nothing is a text-based word puzzle game. You use your powers to break the texts in the game and solve the puzzles. This game has 20 levels in total.

Controls

  • Arrow Keys to move the red cursor.
  • F1 Key for restarting current level.
  • Space Key to break the texts.
  • Alphabet Key for typing letters. (It only works when you gathered enough letter bricks)

Screenshots

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Ratings

Overall 247th 3.425⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 148th 3.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 131th 3.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 189th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 376th 2.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 115th 3.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 366th 2.868⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

Frogman
07. Oct 2019 · 13:58 UTC
It was a fun little game.
BloodyOrchidDC
08. Oct 2019 · 03:17 UTC
Interesting with both design trick and the hints of each level.
Tips, the level number can turn into typing energy which is a really cool design.
dob
08. Oct 2019 · 03:26 UTC
Interesting concept. There turned out to be no connection between the letters I was destroying and the letters I was typing, which threw me for a bit. Also, I assumed (as in regular hangman) that repeated letters would all show up when I typed them, which was not true. Finally, I gave up on PEN APPLE when it wouldn't let me type, but I see in comments that I could probably have nuked the level name and number to get another letter. I wasn't really sure why I had to earn letters in that way - there wasn't a challenge or time limit or anything, so it was just some extra work to do. The clues were fun, although I'd stay away from politics with this.
🎤 frankhjwx
08. Oct 2019 · 03:35 UTC
@dob Thanks for your kind and nice feedback! Actually the idea was "Can I break the texts?", when I tried to made some narrative games I feel really stuck and frustrated. So I changed for a relaxed and simpler game and didn't polish it up. I agree the "text power" and "same letter" things are misleading and I think that's the main problem for now since there's no hint for these information.
zillix
08. Oct 2019 · 05:23 UTC
Really neat idea. Busting up the letters was fun, even if I could restart as much as I wanted. Played through all the levels, and had a lot of fun figuring out(and sometime brute forcing) the answers.
Great work!
DunDunDun
08. Oct 2019 · 05:40 UTC
I really love the connection between hints and correct answers! Plus, the num of level can be destroyed is a super cool design.
08. Oct 2019 · 05:45 UTC
nice, I struggled to understand what was going on at first but I stuck with it and got pretty far. Great job
AfroAnt
08. Oct 2019 · 16:58 UTC
Solid idea! Nice take on the classic hangman by introducing hints. The pixel (voxel?) destruction animation felt good. Cool ending colors!
🎤 frankhjwx
09. Oct 2019 · 01:58 UTC
@afroant Glad to see you cleared all levels!
SirRed
09. Oct 2019 · 03:54 UTC
Fun game. I love the twist on the hangman formula and that you had to destroy your hint to type it out.
Adam Konig
09. Oct 2019 · 04:02 UTC
This is a very clean game. Juice is great very responsive fun to play. I think having to guess the same letter twice to get both instances of it isn't how hangman is typically played, but I had a lot of fun. Well done
JUSTCAMH
09. Oct 2019 · 04:24 UTC
Interesting and incredibly polished game, but honestly, the theme integration got a bit annoying. A lot of the puzzles were pop culture based, and I found myself mashing the keyboard and restarting until an answer came out. Because I haven't watched Steins Gate, and didn't care about Minions enough to guess banana (sorry for spoilers...), I ended up cycling through the alphabet. It would have been nice if the puzzles were more general knowledge or actually riddles / puzzles instead of a pop culture quiz. Still though, the ones I understood were really fun, but the mindless wandering and consequential guess, check, restart, destroy text got a bit annoying, especially on the levels where not much 'typing power' was provided.

My favourite puzzle was the tutorial one, because it made me feel smart when I filled in the gaps. :thumbsup:
NickyKendy
14. Oct 2019 · 04:30 UTC
好难猜啊!不是母语的字谜~有点点提示就好啦!创意超级棒!特别是第一关还是个教学说明文字,结果游戏已经开始了
🎤 frankhjwx
15. Oct 2019 · 23:09 UTC
@justcamh Thank you! The riddle culture problems were also mentioned by other players, this is mainly caused by my unfamiliar about English culture.
@nickykendy 谢谢,其实我对英语圈文化也不是很懂,所以有些谜其实写的也挺牵强的,主要是展示一下玩法啦。