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

Coolness42%1648
Overall3.43331
Fun3.35330
Graphics2.74672
Humor2.40464
Innovation2.82665
Mood2.82579
Theme4.3054

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!