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Roto by deadpixelsociety

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made by deadpixelsociety for LD34 (COMPO)
Roto is a two button pseudo platformer where you control the character indirectly by rotating the entire world around it.

Collect as many coins as you can and reach the goal without hitting spikes or being crushed!

Left Arrow: Rotate left
Right Arrow: Rotate right

(optional, S to toggle sound)

EDIT 12/14, 12:30pm: The music was glitched beyond repair so to spare everyone's ears I've disabled it entirely. Sorry.

Weakpoints:
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For me, it's the music! It was my first time having to pull everything together myself and I felt that having something was better than nothing at all, even if bad (and it is). But it's there, so judge me for it! EDIT: When it was working, anyway!

Follow me @deadpxlsociety
Desktop http://thedeadpixelsociety.com/downloads/roto.jar
Source https://github.com/deadpixelsociety/roto-ld34
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=3308

Ratings

Coolness 53% 3
Overall 3.67 174
Audio 2.87 372
Fun 3.65 143
Graphics 3.42 312
Innovation 3.20 451
Mood 3.24 302
Theme 4.07 184

Feedback

5you
14. Dec 2015 路 02:37 UTC
Great mix of a good concept and an excellent level design!
What to improve ? The music is a bit harsh and the physic is floating a bit much. Otherwise I really enjoyed playing it.

My compo:
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=46758
adamgryu
14. Dec 2015 路 03:48 UTC
I think there might be something wrong with the music; it sounded sort of glitchy? Good game, though :)
NickMakesGames
14. Dec 2015 路 04:02 UTC
I'm not really sure what's going on with your audio, but the rest of the game is pretty great! The minimalist graphics are wonderful, the subtle squash and stretch on the ball is satisfying, and the core gameplay is tightly refined. Nice work!
馃帳 deadpixelsociety
14. Dec 2015 路 04:46 UTC
Just downloaded and tried the game. I thought you guys just didn't like the music! It's actually glitched out for some reason... looking into it.
AwfulMedia
14. Dec 2015 路 04:51 UTC
Fun little game! Love the simple art, the colors are great. The sound, whether it's the soundtrack or sound effects, is messed up. I'm getting weird, glitchy, staticy sounds that shut off and on. Pretty off putting, but other than that, awesome game!
internetpaulicy
14. Dec 2015 路 04:54 UTC
This is awesome. I really like the glitched out music. I like how the ball changes it shape a bit as it falls around. The puzzles are hard and interesting. Good show.
Ghen
14. Dec 2015 路 05:00 UTC
this remind me of a game that i played in my childhood, i forgot the name tho
still nice game, nice level design and....ball :))
trueboolean
14. Dec 2015 路 05:02 UTC
Great game! I like the animation of the character and the level design.
pkenney
14. Dec 2015 路 05:06 UTC
Cool use of inertia and gravity mechanics! That last level was crazy, I had these wild swings all around the level, feeling barely out of control and screwed by my mistakes 4 seconds before.

I did have a technical issue with the sound. It was playing some kind of loud static and I had to mute it. I won't vote on audio since I know you did have sound effects but I didn't get to play with them.
馃帳 deadpixelsociety
14. Dec 2015 路 05:18 UTC
Thanks for the heads up on the broken music guys. Guessing my beepbox export got corrupted somehow. I've gone ahead and disabled the music entirely in the new upload. Sound effects are still in and seem to be fine.
blohod
14. Dec 2015 路 05:55 UTC
I enjoyed it but the harsh music really ruined it for me, also it is not very original, I have played many rotate the level games on flash game sites before.
Taffaz
14. Dec 2015 路 14:49 UTC
Enjoyed this game. Really simple but tricky. Great combination.
ajmalr
14. Dec 2015 路 20:30 UTC
I love the tilt mechanic, it fits the theme well and it's a lot of fun. I felt the last level was too easy and you introduced a cool crushing mechanic in the previous level that I think you could have expanded on. Overall a very cool game, you should consider finishing it as a full game.
Ingon
15. Dec 2015 路 03:42 UTC
Well put game. Physics seems a bit too quick, but otherwise great.
zaniarm
15. Dec 2015 路 07:41 UTC
Great game with solid gameplay and simple graphics. Well done.
Geckoo1337
15. Dec 2015 路 16:45 UTC
Really addictive. A good casual game. I like how you generate sounds according to the coin size. I noticed that you used SFXR. A great entry. One of my favorites for this 34th LD contest. THX ++
blackbird806
15. Dec 2015 路 19:33 UTC
Wow this game is realy fun and pleasant to play.
The concept is great, level design is realy good.
I think you should make this game on smartphone I'm sure it will.
be better on this platform.
Jupiter_Hadley
15. Dec 2015 路 20:48 UTC
Lovely looking, fun to play! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you鈥檇 like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/HyS0oGo3sGY
Yamzho
15. Dec 2015 路 21:58 UTC
Great game. Simple mechanics, well implemented. Well done.
Dejvo
15. Dec 2015 路 22:08 UTC
really cool. altough, i hve seen this many times. but hreat humor on the blind optimism level :D i did exactly what was intended :D
馃帳 deadpixelsociety
15. Dec 2015 路 22:20 UTC
Thanks for the kind comments so far everyone! I really appreciate it.

@Jupiter_Hadley, thanks for playing it! Your series is amazing and has to be a ton of work.

@Dejvo, I'm glad my sense of humour is appreciated. :)
Diel Mormac
16. Dec 2015 路 01:09 UTC
You did a nice concept and level design,
This game have much potential!

I think you should keep working to make a mobile version, I want to see it in my phone! hahaha

Don't forget to include a level selection menu and a time trial mode!

Congratulations!
pjimmy
16. Dec 2015 路 01:46 UTC
cool physics game, very entertaining
Archonthewizard
16. Dec 2015 路 04:29 UTC
Cool idea. The physics felt good.
KZdev
16. Dec 2015 路 04:30 UTC
Really fun game, would love to play more levels
Os_Reboot
16. Dec 2015 路 06:13 UTC
Aesthetically pleasing entry. The graphics fit together nicely, especially with your layering-3D effect. Sound is decent. At times I felt the levels became slightly too punishing (forcing the player to go on for a while without some sort of checkpoint) (this had a minimal effect on the engaging game play). Overall very well organized entry. +Kudos
(LWJGL buddies!)
RedBricksStudio
16. Dec 2015 路 11:00 UTC
I really love this game麓s controls they are quite polished and the phisics also react quite well. Both things help to bring a quite good experience
Drunkain
16. Dec 2015 路 11:06 UTC
Really Great, the only flaw ? it's too short i really wanted to play more.
Good job !
DrZanuff
16. Dec 2015 路 11:26 UTC
The game is very polished! I completed the levels two times, but didn't have the patience to collect all coins, well, i am not a completionist player... You could improve the death scene, make the ball pops and burst in very small balls using particles. A nice touch too would be implementing some kind of feedback when you touch the end zone, a sound or something.
Riftpoint
16. Dec 2015 路 12:34 UTC
Very cool game! The level design is very clever and the gameplay feels good
OrangeeZ
16. Dec 2015 路 20:59 UTC
Cool entry!
VitasaMode
17. Dec 2015 路 07:52 UTC
Everything worked great for me. I loved the simple design, controls and overall game feel.
PieChronicles
18. Dec 2015 路 22:55 UTC
nicely polished game, the titles were a nice touch! I had fun :)
shadow64
20. Dec 2015 路 07:01 UTC
Really cool. The level design was nice. Loved the names for all of the levels. It felt very Thomas Was Alone in a lot of ways. I would've loved more levels, so hopefully you'll get a chance to continue working on the project!

Thanks for sharing and congrats on finishing!

Also, I would love a link to the music so that we could hear what it was SUPPOSED to sound like. ;)
sP0CkEr2
21. Dec 2015 路 04:14 UTC
nice game - perhaps you used this game for inspiration :)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kozmic-blue/id922380938?mt=8
馃帳 deadpixelsociety
21. Dec 2015 路 13:09 UTC
Thanks! There was no direct inspiration for this game. It's just an idea I've had for years and never did anything with.
Levi D. Smith
22. Dec 2015 路 00:18 UTC
Nice gravity puzzler. The last level made me feel a little dizzy.
chriiis88
22. Dec 2015 路 08:20 UTC
Cool idea and realisation. The controls could respond a little bit better (turning is very slow, which makes rounding 90 degree corners very difficult) and a little more color wouldn't hurt either. Otherwise a nice game.
SaintHeiser
22. Dec 2015 路 13:08 UTC
Very solid game but idea isn't new. Like the minimalistic visuals =)