Drops of Neon by Blind Archer

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made by Blind Archer for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

Somewhere deep in the dark web, drops suddenly appeared to turn neon. Your job is to capture and destroy them. Are you the one fit enough in this unstable environment?

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The game runs in the browser, click the weblink below to play!!

Ratings

Overall 124th 3.808⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 61th 3.942⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 88th 3.885⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 131th 3.962⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 135th 3.827⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 116th 3.596⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 370th 2.271⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 122th 3.615⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

liammasters
03. Oct 2021 · 22:28 UTC
This art style is really cool. I like the audio too, the music really sets the mood. It would be nice if the balls didn't fly so easily as it sometimes seemed like losing them was unavoidable when sliding back and forth.
andopp
03. Oct 2021 · 23:29 UTC
A really creative concept, nicely fitting the theme :D A bit harsh to have to start over all the time.
Nick Barrash
04. Oct 2021 · 00:04 UTC
Really polished, loved the art style and as people said above really creative. Awesome entry!
freeworld
04. Oct 2021 · 06:34 UTC
I really like the gameplay, the physics are lots of fun to toy around with - I think you got a great shape of the player "paddle" with the sides so you can wiggle around to match the balls by juggling them around in the container. Controls were super simple and it only sometimes felt harsh with balls dropping on opposite sides right after each other :P I also liked the art style and the overall design and mood. And you even somehow found the time to add difficulty levels!

I got a score of 113 on default difficulty, beat me :P
mrnannings
04. Oct 2021 · 10:22 UTC
Awesome! You delivered a very polished game. Its more than just catch the falling objects game I see a lot. Im impressed how smooth everything feels.
🎤 Blind Archer
04. Oct 2021 · 11:19 UTC
@liammasters @andopp I also noticed that the general difficulty is a bit high leading to aggressive game-overs. Nonetheless, I'm thrilled you're all enjoying it. Thank you for playing!
Debone
04. Oct 2021 · 14:16 UTC
I apparently got a mind block at 21 points. I repeated this high-score 3 times, even when I switched to "Easy". I liked the finished look of it, the graphics and the music.

I think there was opportunities to have more thought into the game design, you have the basics established, so it feels like you could play around with different ideas cheaply and have some more interesting outputs.

For the difficulty levels, the easy difficulty felt a bit harder because the platform was slow, and the hard was very impossible haha. There was some fun on the medium difficulty of trying to throw balls to the air so you could move faster and the satisfaction of picking all of them.
LDJam user 236404
04. Oct 2021 · 14:16 UTC
Nice game! Can't really find anything bad to say about it. I find it impressive you actually have your own website to host the game.

But on a side note you can probably try tweaking your website a bit, for me I had to zoom out to 80% in order to see the instructions at the side.
🎤 Blind Archer
04. Oct 2021 · 15:40 UTC
@freeworld good job on landing such a high score, but the world record is currently standing at 126 :D
🎤 Blind Archer
04. Oct 2021 · 15:43 UTC
@debone thanks for the feedback, I'm definitely thinking about working more on this game adding more extensions. It's true that the modes are more about different ways to play than actual difficulty. Thanks for playing!
🎤 Blind Archer
04. Oct 2021 · 15:44 UTC
@escapade if I had a bit more time, I would've made the website more responsive. Thank you for the kind words!
Rafael Garcez
04. Oct 2021 · 21:00 UTC
Very cool!
Jega Studio
04. Oct 2021 · 21:01 UTC
Cool game! The idea is very creative
🎤 Blind Archer
04. Oct 2021 · 21:01 UTC
@rafael-garcez Thank you :)
🎤 Blind Archer
04. Oct 2021 · 21:03 UTC
@jega-studio thank you very much
Vimlark
04. Oct 2021 · 21:03 UTC
Really enjoys the match 3 with the catching falling object. Well done!
Ausstein
04. Oct 2021 · 21:09 UTC
![NeonHighscore.png](///raw/7a3/22/z/45879.png)

Very Cool Game I managed to get over 100 on normal after a few tries :)
🎤 Blind Archer
04. Oct 2021 · 21:18 UTC
@ausstein Very good, that's close to the still standing record of 126.
Timur_Bahadir
04. Oct 2021 · 22:37 UTC
Love the mechanics, simple but fun! I'd love to see it expanded. I wish there was a chance to get back lifes.
c64cosmin
04. Oct 2021 · 23:39 UTC
The mechanics is super nice and simple but very fun to play, The music really fits the neon theme. The matching of the balls by colors is what really adds to the gameplay.
BinaryPrinciple
05. Oct 2021 · 00:22 UTC
Good combination of mechanics here. It might look simple at first but then you have to really think what's your next move and do it fast. I liked the retro style art very smart, since you have to concentrate and have a clear vision of what's coming.
Zettabit
05. Oct 2021 · 04:06 UTC
Difficult but fun, with an interesting take on the theme. Nice game.
Ausstein
05. Oct 2021 · 08:57 UTC
![NeonHighscore.png](///raw/7a3/22/z/46deb.png)
150 new highscore :)
🎤 Blind Archer
05. Oct 2021 · 09:49 UTC
@ausstein you got the new record, congratulations :)
Fernando Sydenstricker C.
05. Oct 2021 · 13:24 UTC
Great game , well executed idea
Falawiska
05. Oct 2021 · 13:30 UTC
Creative and it makes really fun, thanks for that.
epb9000
09. Oct 2021 · 02:02 UTC
This was a blast. I, however, am exceptionally bad at this with a top score of 20 after 8 attempts. Excellent use of the theme and very cohesive visual style. I'd second the life-regaining, but I'm unsure precisely how that'd work. Maybe for like some tricky matches (5+) or combos where one match leads to a second. (The latter actually happens a bit so maybe after a few of those?) Kind of like how attacking works in Puyo Puyo.
tgb20
10. Oct 2021 · 20:24 UTC
This is a pretty fun game, I enjoyed a couple rounds of it. Before I knew what I was doing I scored better lol. I think it would be cool if you got more points for merging bigger sections, maybe have the cash in be a keybind. That way you could gamble with how many you want to store.