Boxed In by raassh23

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made by raassh23 for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

Collect as many stars as possible while avoiding other shapes!

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How to Play

Desktop:

  • Left click to jump

  • Right click to change direction

Mobile:

  • Tap to jump

  • Swipe to change direction

PS: Desktop and mobile versions have different leaderboards

PPS: Full leaderboard now can be accessed on this page

Ratings

Overall 491th 3.647⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Fun 231th 3.857⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 532th 3.4⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Theme 342th 3.971⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 832th 3.1⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Humor 785th 2.435⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Mood 889th 3.063⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Given 36🗳️ 43🗨️

Feedback

Stronf
01. Oct 2023 · 19:38 UTC
nice game with simple mechanics, can't say it is much innovative, but it's fun, runs smooth, and fits the theme
I like the progression with the "tutorial" and first few blocks but gets quite challenging already at the score of 10
LDJam user 299757
02. Oct 2023 · 00:49 UTC
I like the controls of this game, and the game play is quite fun! Would make a great mobile game! Very fun game!
🎤 raassh23
02. Oct 2023 · 17:01 UTC
@stronf @triangle-point thanks guys, this is my first time doing game jam solo, so i tried to make the mechanics as simple as possible. I also do aim to make it mobile friendly since this kind of casual game is more popular there
LDJam user 268934
02. Oct 2023 · 17:50 UTC
Good scoped fun game. You want to keep playing because you know you can do better. Smart highscore system .
Good job on my game :)
🎤 raassh23
02. Oct 2023 · 17:58 UTC
@senso thank you, your game is also really fun
Donitz
02. Oct 2023 · 18:16 UTC
A minimalistic but polished fun little game.
TNtube
02. Oct 2023 · 18:18 UTC
Really fun game, double jump might be confusing sometimes but overall nice and juicy feeling
🎤 raassh23
02. Oct 2023 · 18:44 UTC
@donitz thank you for playing

@tntube thanks, i had to rework double jump several times, but couldn't figure out how to make it more intuitive and satisfying, so i just gave up lol

I'll try to rate both of your games later
LDJam user 268934
02. Oct 2023 · 19:16 UTC
YESSSSSSS it took me more than 1 try :zap:
🎤 raassh23
03. Oct 2023 · 01:13 UTC
@senso oh you beat me on the desktop leaderboard, congrats! Someone actually was crazy enough to score 35 on the mobile version, they must have played it so many times to reach that high
Wook
03. Oct 2023 · 07:10 UTC
this was a really simple yet really fun and addicting game, if I could get this as an app I bet id be playing it more haha! great job on your first solo jam, you killed it!
penguindustin
03. Oct 2023 · 07:36 UTC
Loved the game but those purple things i swear are psychic and spawn exactly where i was about to jump. I love how juicy everything feels, the player, enemeies, and the little score animation. Stopped when i got first on the leaderboard :D
🎤 raassh23
03. Oct 2023 · 07:36 UTC
@wook i do plan to release it on Google Play, but i feel like I need to add more contents first. Perhaps more enemy types, characters, or even power ups
🎤 raassh23
03. Oct 2023 · 07:43 UTC
@penguindustin hahaha, thanks for playing. Congrats on being first, it seems like @senso got some competition
Krzyhau
03. Oct 2023 · 08:06 UTC
Pretty much your typical mobile game. Execution of the idea is pretty nice. Graphics are clean and animations are smooth, but the game could use some more juice. Controls feel fine, apart from the fact that you can bounce from the wall you're currently approaching when jumping - a couple of times it caused me to jump where I didn't want to.

I've also played it on mobile and I have no complains. Nicely done!
![high.png](///raw/2ef/93/z/5f1b9.png)
🎤 raassh23
03. Oct 2023 · 08:24 UTC
@krzyhau oh wow, i genuinely thought it wasn't possible to score more than 40 (I had to cheat when taking the screenshots lol). Congrats and thank you for playing!
kasmilus
03. Oct 2023 · 09:53 UTC
Really fun little game. I'd like to be able to make the jump bigger/smaller depending on how long I hold the mouse button. Also sometimes the randomness of where those shapes appear can be annoying, when it gives you little time to react. It is a lot of fun though (but I suck at this, couldn't get more than 15...)
🎤 raassh23
03. Oct 2023 · 10:04 UTC
@kasmilus that's a good suggestion, maybe i'll implement it after the jam ends
Ahbee_Studio Nex-us
03. Oct 2023 · 10:57 UTC
Fun and straightforward game .It fits the theme well ,easy to get but the difficulty ramps up quickly, love the minimalistic art style.
🎤 raassh23
03. Oct 2023 · 11:14 UTC
@ahbee-studio-nex-us the minimalist art style, or as i like to call it, the "i don't know how to make good arts so I'll just use basic shapes" art style. Thanks for playing the game
Tero Pulkkinen
03. Oct 2023 · 11:44 UTC
i kinda liked it. gfx was simple and easy to play.
🎤 raassh23
03. Oct 2023 · 11:50 UTC
@tero-pulkkinen Thanks for playing
greenphox
03. Oct 2023 · 11:53 UTC
simple but addictive game. Very nice!
Pawel12
03. Oct 2023 · 23:32 UTC
The game is very fun. Simple concept but it works great. It`s addictive, there are few enemies type and good difficulty scaling. Great job!

![highscore.png](///raw/bf4/c5/z/5f73a.png)
🎤 raassh23
04. Oct 2023 · 00:12 UTC
@greenphox @pawel12 Thank you, it actually has some more enemy types until you reach 100, but i don't think anyone is going to get to that point haha
TheMixedMaster
04. Oct 2023 · 05:35 UTC
Deceptively difficult. I kept telling myself it would be easy to beat 27 and get on the leaderboard but it took me at least 10 minutes to get a score not even at 20. (maybe longer, I tend to lose track of time) I love the mechanics and the simple graphics. One complaint is that the purple enemies can catch you completely by surprise when they come out of the edge right on top of you. It's pretty funny since in my game people also complained about the purple enemies coming out of nowhere lol. I really enjoyed your game and if it was launched on mobile as is I would probably play it a lot.
🎤 raassh23
04. Oct 2023 · 05:41 UTC
@themixedmaster the purple circle really increases the difficulty exponentially, I'd probably change it so that it spawn relatively far away to the player or add a warning to where it'd spawn. Thank you for the feedback!
Congeesetador
04. Oct 2023 · 12:52 UTC
I absolutely loved the simplicity of this game! It's so challenging as well, it reminds me of an old game called curseball I used to play at school in the middle of class every day and it was very similar to this, it was challenging to get down the timing of when I was supposed to jump so I could get the star but after I got it down it was really fun! I enjoy small mini game style games like these, the sound effects were really nice also. Great submission!
🎤 raassh23
04. Oct 2023 · 12:59 UTC
@congeesetador Thank you, glad you found it fun!
Artano
04. Oct 2023 · 15:47 UTC
So simple graphic and so exiting gameplay! :3 I love this competitive spirit, honestly I tried to take a position on the leaderboard, but I couldn't
I will try again ^-^
🎤 raassh23
04. Oct 2023 · 16:32 UTC
@artano yeah, it's pretty hard to get to the leaderboard now, even i can't get back to the top 10 lol.

Edit: i somehow managed to get back to top 10
n.feofentov
04. Oct 2023 · 18:49 UTC
Neat idea and fun gameplay. I appreciate minimalist graphics style. Really have nothing to criticize. Great job!
🎤 raassh23
04. Oct 2023 · 18:58 UTC
@n-feofentov thank you!
Im not a robot
04. Oct 2023 · 19:41 UTC
Really simple, but very fun game. I played it on desktop and sadly I was extremely terrible at the game :D my highscore is 15.

Of course there isn't much to say about the graphics, but they are exactly what they need to be for a game like this in my opinion.

One critique I have is that sometimes you just get wrecked by something that appears from the edge of the screen and immediately crashes into your butt, so maybe some sort of indicator 1 second or 0.5 seconds before that would be nice?

Other than that I enjoyed the game and it would go great with some added music.

Overall really fun and a great entry for the jam. I hope you had fun making this (btw, this was the first game I've ever seen that was made in Construct)
🎤 raassh23
05. Oct 2023 · 00:36 UTC
@im-not-a-robot yeah, there are many complaints about enemy appearing out of nowhere near the player, definitely have to figure out how to fix that. There are not many Construct games, since it's not as popular as Godot or Unity, but there are still some pretty cool ones. @senso's game, Super Cube, is one of them. There's also one platformer where you play it on your browser address bar, i forgot the title, that was actually made with Construct 2. Anyway, thanks for playing and giving me feedback!
awanama
05. Oct 2023 · 00:50 UTC
Cool game, dude. You might want to test your game with more casual players because I think it's still feel very hard to progress (totally not for me of course, i am very good at this game) in case you want to publish it.
moonlightbomber
05. Oct 2023 · 02:25 UTC
Simple yet ample graphics, pick-up-and-play mentality, yeah, this is a definite 5 for me.
🎤 raassh23
05. Oct 2023 · 06:44 UTC
@awanama definitely need more testing and most probably some balancing

@moonlightbomber thanks for the 5!
nardandas
05. Oct 2023 · 09:22 UTC
Really elegant presentation. I feel like the things that pop up on the edge of the screen sometimes feel unfair when jumping, but otherwise pretty cool!
Game Dev With Michael
05. Oct 2023 · 10:44 UTC
Nice concept. I really liked the way the gravity worked on this.

With some time and tweaking plus more levels, you could have a full game on your hands.
Jadener
05. Oct 2023 · 11:02 UTC
Hello stream friend ^^ This game is lovely and for how simple it is, it gave me much more enjoyment than I expected. I didnt do too well in it, but I adore the mechanics ^^ Sure, the graphics could have been more stylized, but it wasnt really necesary.
I love it! ^^
🎤 raassh23
05. Oct 2023 · 12:05 UTC
@nardandas Sad that i didn't get to see you playing it live, i was busy so i had to leave the stream early, but thank you for playing!

@game-dev-with-michael @jadener Also thanks to you guys for playing! I'm glad you like it
Notinatal
05. Oct 2023 · 19:31 UTC
Was trying to beat the record for over an hour.

To no avail. I've got a best of 39. (might try again later)

I didn't rage more during a LD entry.

![boxedin.png](///raw/ab4/43/z/5fcd4.png)

Honestly I love how addictive this game is, but there are still some small improvements to be made, especially with the purple circles, which are just incredibly unfair, since they kill you whenever they appear from outside the box (I suppose shapes have some 0.5 second countdown before becoming active, but since circles spawn outside, they are already active when getting in). And thus I marked the only real negative of the game - no signalization whatsoever. Some people might like it, but as I said, it just feels unfair in some circumstances (and also prevents me from encountering later shapes).

But I should not rate this game on a single fact like this. I love the perfect level of polish balanced with simplicity and clarity of the game. It's fun, I've played it on the stream and again a while ago, with 39 as my best (as mentioned above). Me being a passionate rage game player. This is something I have to give a try later again :laughing:
Skel3ton
05. Oct 2023 · 19:56 UTC
it never ceases to amaze me how the simplest ideas can be so much fun. great idea and excellent workmanship... the physics of the jumps are set up perfectly
🎤 raassh23
05. Oct 2023 · 21:00 UTC
@notinatal thanks for the feedback, 39 is pretty good, you almost got me out of the leaderboard again! Watching your VOD (and @nardandas's as well), i guess it's not obvious that you can actually double jump. It can be especially useful to avoid incoming enemies while mid air. So if you play it again, try to do that and I'm sure you will be able to broke 40!

@skel3ton thank you for playing, glad you found it fun!
Notinatal
06. Oct 2023 · 03:16 UTC
@raassh23 Oh yeah I didn't mention that, but it is just a small detail. I've actually found out off stream, but didn't get a better score yet :laughing:
milq
06. Oct 2023 · 15:06 UTC
Simple yet extremely addictive! Moreover, it aligns so well with the theme; having to jump with an increasing number of enemies keeps me on edge! The game is well-balanced, and the difficulty is aptly adjusted for all types of players. The color scheme works well together, and everything contributes to making the game fantastic. Congratulations!
epic_zeta
06. Oct 2023 · 15:29 UTC
Super simple, Super fun! The definition of low scope games can be really fun!

Nice polishing and animations. The best sort of games are the ones that are hard but you know you could beat your highscore with ease :laughing:. Examples include Snake, Tetris and this!
🎤 raassh23
07. Oct 2023 · 11:23 UTC
@milq @epic-zeta thank you for the feedbacks!
EqualEnergy
08. Oct 2023 · 03:17 UTC
Great game, always beat my highscore after each playthrough which felt nice and satisfying!
🎤 raassh23
10. Oct 2023 · 02:47 UTC
@equalenergy thank you!
Natano
14. Oct 2023 · 17:00 UTC
Great game, you can be sure I'll try to increase my record hehe, I confess that I'm pretty bad, but I'll keep trying. The game works very well, great programming, and the simple, geometric art interacts well with the game mechanics. Congratulations on your work!
Flaterectomy
15. Oct 2023 · 08:44 UTC
A great simple concept, executed well! Solid mechanics overall.

However, my brain isn't quite made for this, whenever an enemy showed up I basically launched myself at them with more precision than I could manage for the stars. :laughing:

The art is basic, but you embraced that in a good way--everything is visually clear. Nice one!
Bredera
15. Oct 2023 · 09:01 UTC
Nice simple game. That fit the theme really well. It was quite addicting to get a higher score and the music fit pretty well with the game. Good job :smile:
🎤 raassh23
15. Oct 2023 · 11:32 UTC
@natano @flaterectomy @bredera thanks for the feedback guys!
PSV Games Studio
16. Oct 2023 · 00:15 UTC
Great game, the mechanics are very simple and fun, it fits the theme very well! Good job!
Keely-Brown
16. Oct 2023 · 00:58 UTC
The gameplay loop was pretty tight. I wanted to get further to see what the shape variety was, but wasn't good enough to get beyond the orange suns. The leaderboard was powerful - apologies for the long name submissions.
🎤 raassh23
16. Oct 2023 · 07:39 UTC
@psv-games-studio thank you!

@keely-brown you really limit tested how long a name can the leaderboard handle with that name hahaha