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Convolooption by potatopancakes

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made by potatopancakes for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

My 2020, Ludum Dare 47 game submission for the theme: "stuck in a loop".

How To Play:

Use W,A,S,D or arrow keys to control the player

Press Left Shift to slow down time and get invincibility on you trail temporarily.

Circle around enemies and powerups to kill and collect them respectively.

( + powerups increase tail length, heart powerups increase health)

https://youtu.be/VxApSpibN98

Known Issues: - The way I made the looping detection, there can only be ONE loop at a time. If I had more time I would have fixed it but I believe this is what people are reporting as inaccuracies in the loop detection. If you are having trouble making loops, make sure that there are no loops made by your trail and then make another loop.

  • The game has no audio, (again, I was short on time) dont worry, your speakers are not broken :)

Thank you for all the feedback!

Youtube https://zpr.itch.io/convolooption
Youtube https://www.dropbox.com/s/x81nh30wdys0hhm/Convolooption.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/convolooption

Ratings

Overall 304th 3.894⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 150th 3.985⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 241th 3.864⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 283th 4.061⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Mood 269th 3.906⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 42🗨️

Feedback

🎤 potatopancakes
05. Oct 2020 · 22:43 UTC
Dharby
05. Oct 2020 · 22:52 UTC
Very cool! The visuals are really pleasant, and you did a great job applying the theme.
upcharlie
05. Oct 2020 · 23:00 UTC
Very cool concept and gameplay, ran into an issue with the loop not connecting when it got longer.
Janou
05. Oct 2020 · 23:00 UTC
Well made game, love the tail and the mechanics with it. visuals are very pleasant indeed. nice game!
Str0nkyK0ng
05. Oct 2020 · 23:00 UTC
Nice job! Really loved the aesthetic!
CitDev Chris
05. Oct 2020 · 23:04 UTC
wow. i really liked how this game felt.

has the great beginnings of an online io game. nice!
130N35
05. Oct 2020 · 23:08 UTC
It had a little Geometry wars vibe behind, but with a great new concept :D
really like it
cireneikual222464
05. Oct 2020 · 23:10 UTC
Great graphics, the loop detection was a bit buggy though, it sometimes didn't trigger when it seemed like it should. Overall though I liked the simple but addictive gameplay of it.
Guldfisk
05. Oct 2020 · 23:11 UTC
Nailed the movement! Also like the amount of glow on the sprites.
Croxel Studios
05. Oct 2020 · 23:12 UTC
Interesting concept and cool visuals! The difficulty curve was a bit weird though. Maybe you could turn it into an engaging arcade game.
udo
05. Oct 2020 · 23:19 UTC
The best action/arcade-y game I have played so far this LD. The web version wouldn't load for me, and although the Windows version did run fine under Wine, there was no sound (not sure if the game has sound or not, I couldn't rate it).

Not much to say about the gameplay other than that it was well executed. Simple, tight, responsive. Really nice execution of the looping mechanic, good job!
Sentynel
05. Oct 2020 · 23:22 UTC
Pretty visuals and interesting concept. Reminds me of playing Snake back in the day. Could use a soundtrack.
HOOLOP
05. Oct 2020 · 23:27 UTC
Very cool arcade game with simple but betiful assets ! Love it !
Scott Hernandez
05. Oct 2020 · 23:29 UTC
I think this is my favorite jam game so far. The feel of movement and the way the tail adjusts as you're looping is really nice. Not sure if this was left out or supposed to be there, but I had no sound. This would feel 10000% better with some SFX and music. Well done!!
jvolonte
06. Oct 2020 · 02:49 UTC
The input feels awesome. Great take on the theme I liked it!
6smith
06. Oct 2020 · 02:53 UTC
great arcade game! sometimes i do feel a little cheated, though, like i shouldve captured something but i didnt. overall, a good application of the lasso concept!
Blumber
06. Oct 2020 · 02:56 UTC
Beautiful game, the controls are super intuitive, the gameplay explained itself, I love the idea that to win you have to do the opposite of the snake game and how it integrates with the theme.
Tad
06. Oct 2020 · 06:35 UTC
This is very impressively polished and so fun to play. Amazing work! :D
Enes Ayyildiz
06. Oct 2020 · 10:32 UTC
One of the best game in jam. It has smart and clear idea. Easy to understand and fun enough to play.
Alan123
06. Oct 2020 · 11:02 UTC
IMHO this is probably the best loop game idea I've seen so far!
OwlyCode
08. Oct 2020 · 11:28 UTC
One of the best use of the theme! I wish there was some audio, but otherwise it looks so polished!
Squareworx Studio
09. Oct 2020 · 22:27 UTC
Highly polished, very solid core and replayability. you have to share how you did that chromatic aberration. really cool small details.This is easily the game I scored the highest, even above my own. the lack of audio really didn't take away since the game plays well with my own music in the background. I just had a thought; This can be awesome on a mobile phone where you use the gyroscope/accelerometer to move around well done!
Marcusuke
10. Oct 2020 · 21:40 UTC
One of the best games I've tried so far! Great minimalistic graphics a la Geometry Wars and great new mechanic. Really good job!
Zjones
25. Oct 2020 · 01:37 UTC
super fun arccade game the only thign i would reocommend is a score board so ic an keep pplaying