Unstable Tower by erikkire

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made by erikkire for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

Climbers need to get high. Help them by building a tower of stone. A stable tower of stone. Be careful with the climbers. They can not fall from too high or get stoned.

Controls: Mouse and sometimes Enter/Space to skip screens.

Warning! Rather difficult game. Try to figure out some good tricks.

Physics game written for Compo within 48 hours in C++ using CodeBlocks, OpenGL, Box2D, paint.net, Audacity and Rytmik for music.

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Ratings

Overall 177th 3.677⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 164th 3.645⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 200th 3.548⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Theme 57th 4.194⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 222th 3.583⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 356th 2.795⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 71th 3.643⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 280th 3.207⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 36🗳️ 38🗨️

Feedback

Ludokultur
04. Oct 2021 · 16:33 UTC
Really fun and unique, but sometimes you just feel like crushing those infuriating little simulated climber dudes! Seriously though, great entry! :)
zantze
04. Oct 2021 · 18:59 UTC
Cool little game! I like the graphics and the game plays pretty well! It is a bit difficult though, as you mentioned. Wish you could get rocks faster, the little ones feel useless haha
Wizard
05. Oct 2021 · 19:38 UTC
really fun and addictive, after having a climber nearly reach the rope only for another one to knock the whole tower down, I really just wanted to launch those little bastards into the stratosphere.
rufson
05. Oct 2021 · 20:03 UTC
![gotone.jpg](///raw/070/13/z/472c7.jpg) I got one:) Very relaxing experience. I like the way they move the stones. I think coding this behaviours was fun. Respect for COMPO!
LDJam user 261284
05. Oct 2021 · 21:47 UTC
Really nice! I always can't beat this kind of games (in this time the same)
It is great that someone make game on Compo from scratch with C++
Good job :)
Cinar
06. Oct 2021 · 08:33 UTC
Hahahahahahha I really had fun in this one. This is the second tower builder I reviewed. And this one is really revaled the beast in me. I can kill all those little mans all day long with throwing rocks at them :D
Sceef
06. Oct 2021 · 12:00 UTC
nice
Andy593
07. Oct 2021 · 03:31 UTC
this rules, dude. I feel like a horrible cruel god even though it's their own fault for knocking over the tower
Hobzone
07. Oct 2021 · 09:09 UTC
Hahaha this game is really funny to play. great work. Remind me a game I have played on smartphone few years ago this the tower of Babel.
Srynetix
07. Oct 2021 · 18:06 UTC
Super cool game, and nice graphics! Seeing these little guys climbing on everything like ants was fun.
Feels bad crushing them when it collapse. Great job!
feor
07. Oct 2021 · 19:53 UTC
Man this was surprisingly difficult for me. I love a game with a simple premise that ends up being deeper than it first appears. This is the right kind of frustrating. That damn rope just keeps slipping away! Considering this is a C++ compo, I am impressed.
TheHansinator
08. Oct 2021 · 03:02 UTC
You weren't kidding! I love the way the little climbers jostle and knock down the tower - they totally look like ants. I _think_ I have the right strategy - pick the right stones and build a tower straight up, yes? I assume that the rules are set up in such a way to make building a pyramid not work, since too many guys die from fall damage before it gets tall enough.
Trexxak
09. Oct 2021 · 01:48 UTC
Underplayed game! Loved every bit of it, from the way the little people climb, to the first time you accidently the whole thing, to the awesome blend of photographs and drawings :D Thank you for this glorious addictiion! :D
LDJam user 267116
12. Oct 2021 · 08:13 UTC
Nice game! Very funny, and well made. Love the little guys
Skahd
12. Oct 2021 · 12:28 UTC
nice game, grabbing stone have a really weird hitbox with my mouse, maybe thats just me
BoroBoro
13. Oct 2021 · 20:22 UTC
Great take on the theme! Its really fun trying to make a good tower for them to climb on or just use the rocks to smash the little guys to pieces. Makes you feel like a god! :D
Rengo
14. Oct 2021 · 18:24 UTC
VERY good game! great idea that matches the theme. made well. not too hard not too easy.
BUT the graphics are a bit scuffed and its hard to see things. other than that highest rating i've given yet.
juicer game :thumbsup:
LDJQ
16. Oct 2021 · 08:52 UTC
The game fits the theme well, and I like the art.
It gives me benevolent rope god vibes.

The only problem I have is clicking and dragging rocks is a bit hard to do.
Lintfordpickle
21. Oct 2021 · 07:24 UTC
This was a surprising nice game. Cool graphics and I loved the climbing feature of the people.
I think the game is a little too forgiving when dropping the blocks in that is was actually quite difficult to squish the little guys (eventually I tried to do it on purpose to test the mechanic).
Very cool for a compo entry. As others have said, maybe the only real improvement would be the mouse controls (difficult to click and 'placement' of blocks would sometimes jump). I couldn't hear any sounds in the game?

*ninja edit* great to see games made with things other than unity/unreal too.
🎤 erikkire
21. Oct 2021 · 13:03 UTC
@lintfordpickle Thanks!
First proper bugs I hear about. Good to get comments on this. I have not experienced jumping of blocks. Was this while shaking things around a lot or boxes that were still?
Regarding sound. I use OpenAl to play sounds and some computers have a problem with this. Including the .dlls in the game folder, as provided in the download helps for some. Should help with installing OpenAl in case these drivers never have been installed earlier (often used in other games). Would be very nice to hear if you solved it since I have problem finding those who cant hear the sound for debugging :)