growing snake by SpiritJZL

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made by SpiritJZL for LD34 (COMPO)
Hi, I am SpiritJZL, and this is my work for LD34. This my second try of ludum dare, I think my performance is better than last time:)

The theme is "two button controls" and "growing", and I decided to use both at begining, and then I thought about what to make for a long time……The final answer is the classic "snake".

But my snake is not a normal one. It grows without eating! And what it keeps eating is actually diet pills which can reduce its tails.

1.←→ or AD to control, the Dir of snake is not always the Dir of monitor!
2.Head grows 4/s, tail reduce 1/s, 1 gem will reduce 5 tails!
3. 1 gem +3 points, head cross body -1 point each time, the wall is untouchable!

Sorry for the big size as a snake game, maybe this is the weak point of UE4. As the compo rules goes, the rar pack contains the src, but may need UE4.10.1 to open it

Ratings

Coolness 42% 1648
Overall 3.43 331
Fun 3.35 330
Graphics 2.74 672
Humor 2.40 464
Innovation 2.82 665
Mood 2.82 579
Theme 4.30 54

Feedback

Mechamism
15. Dec 2015 · 02:30 UTC
Nice twist on a classic! I like it!
crazya02
15. Dec 2015 · 02:44 UTC
Classic snake with a neat twist. Cool idea!
ItsFrank
15. Dec 2015 · 02:45 UTC
Great execution, not as intuitive as you might think good job!
Enchae
16. Dec 2015 · 03:27 UTC
Really nice. Pretty easy to understand, and the sound was simple and pleasant.

I do think hitting your own body should've ended the game instead of the points thing because it adds more risk. (and I had a little bit of trouble resetting after dying)

Other than that, though, really nice twist. Solid entry.
🎤 SpiritJZL
16. Dec 2015 · 04:37 UTC
About the hit body, the reason I set it points is that when the body keeps growing, the head is easily surrounded by you body, and the game is ended in the begining.....
About restart, I forgot to say that the game will restart automatically 1s after dead
gokottastudio
16. Dec 2015 · 13:40 UTC
Interesting and fun game!
greenscreen
16. Dec 2015 · 14:01 UTC
Very nice idea of changing classic snake. I love that sci-fi/psychedelic style. The best thing in this game is sound. It is soooo creepy.
🎤 SpiritJZL
16. Dec 2015 · 14:08 UTC
I didn't have time to make a bgm, only got sound effect done, so I didn't open the audio rate...Now the audio seems well liked, and I am so regret T_T
mockthebear
04. Jan 2016 · 18:45 UTC
Loved the idea about the snake keeps growingg without doing anything!