Unstable Einstein by the neon shark

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made by the neon shark for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

Play as Albert Einstein running through his lab. Master the manipulation of time, space, and matter to avoid the obstacles in your path! Made on a train in 4 hours. albert.png

Ratings

Overall 234th 3.543⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 162th 3.652⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 243th 3.413⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 393th 3.217⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 352th 3.239⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 238th 3.239⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 188th 3⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 254th 3.261⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

SlimmerBurger
04. Oct 2021 · 01:21 UTC
Cool little endless runner, the arts clean and the gameplays fun, only thing I'd say is those darn blue blocks were really hard to time
mausimus
04. Oct 2021 · 01:23 UTC
Exactly my type of game, an intense quick reaction arcade. Unstable time is a killer. I'd love some backstory as to why Einstein is running... or is that the payoff after getting to the end? Really smooth and polished graphics, excellent job. Also there needs to be a special 4-hour COMPO category made just for you!
doublemask
04. Oct 2021 · 01:28 UTC
Although I suck at this game (can never get past the blue ones), I really enjoyed the overall game loop and thought the mechanics were cool. Great game!
TejasvOnly
04. Oct 2021 · 01:42 UTC
Simple, Clean and Engaging with extra points for 4-hour time limit. Great Job!
BridgeOnAStick
04. Oct 2021 · 10:07 UTC
Nice game to quickly play a few runs. Really easy to get into, and I liked that the obstacles become more transparent if they don't have collisions. Sometimes I feel like some obstacles are really close together which gives little breathing room. Short, simple and fun!
caudatecoder
04. Oct 2021 · 10:13 UTC
Cool idea, good implementation!
The game is pretty fun to play. It's surprisingly funny to die from your own hands when you look ahead too much :smile:

Though sometimes it felt impossible and unfair. Getting a perfect balance is really hard (_especially when things are unstable_)
VarunDevs
04. Oct 2021 · 12:13 UTC
GG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DzejPi
04. Oct 2021 · 13:05 UTC
Very smooth and polished for only 4 hours! It looks really good and it is fun to play, although pretty difficult. I think it would make sense to have some dedicated keyboard buttons for the blocks. Like left-up-right or something. When on bigger screen, it takes some time to move mouse and click on them and this would make it much easier to control.
Besides that, great entry, love it!
Owl_Skip
04. Oct 2021 · 14:34 UTC
What a great game - a portal flappy bird! Beautiful ui, would have loved some hotkeys for the three buttons.
Squeg Inc.
04. Oct 2021 · 15:35 UTC
Fun game, love the concept and the execution is great. I love how obstacles turn more transparent if they're not an issue - really improves the game play experience. Would love to see some sort of expansion upon this!
aplegatt
04. Oct 2021 · 17:49 UTC
Nice variation of endless runner :) Really liked sound design here. Nice job.
Trexxak
04. Oct 2021 · 21:51 UTC
Incredible work for the time you had o: Respect!
Michael Feldman
06. Oct 2021 · 12:36 UTC
To those that are asking for key-binds, I highly suggest playing on a smartphone or tablet, as I think that was the intended platform. Your scores will double ;)

I didn't quite feel like the stability theme is present in the gameplay as much as it is in the game's premise.

The game is unique, fun, and even educational as it brings up ideas about space, time, matter, and gravity and ties it to our beloved Einsten.
gimbalock
09. Oct 2021 · 08:01 UTC
Great gameplay. The way you utilize those three mechanics are awesome. It takes a short time to understand the mechanics, it takes longer time for your brain to adapt to the visuals. Very nice idea, and well executed! Good job!