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Pipes of Goo by Yngvarr

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made by Yngvarr for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

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Use pipes to filter out the goo from the water and try to build your pipe as long as you can until the goo inevitably catch up. You can destroy the pipe you've built by clicking at it, as long as no liquid flows through it. Wasting pipes cost points. Try to fill crosses for extra points.

Credits: * Yngvarr - code. * Syudzius - graphics.

Used assets: * Music: In the City by Joshua McLean (via itch, check his music out, its amazing!) * Sound Effects: * Factory environment mix by jsbarrett * explosion_05.wav by derplayer

Tools: * PIXI.js for rendering. * PIXI-sound for sound. * Aseprite & GIMP for graphics. * Ocenaudio & Audacity for sound editing. * vim for editing code. * btw, I use Arch. :penguin:

Link https://yngvarr.itch.io/pipes-of-goo
Link https://bitbucket.org/Yngwarr/dreams-of-pipe/src/master/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/pipes-of-goo

Ratings

Overall 1004th 3.283⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 744th 3.333⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 833th 3.167⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 772th 3.586⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 853th 3.448⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

Mohammad Aldehayat
04. Apr 2022 · 22:18 UTC
I'll be honest I have no Idea how to play this game. Sorry.
AlexHoratio
04. Apr 2022 · 22:31 UTC
man that goo has a mind of its own! :) cool game!
Gelthan
05. Apr 2022 · 19:51 UTC
Cool game! the idea is good but at the beginning it was kinda hard to know how it works. A fast explanation could solve the problem :)
Boathd
05. Apr 2022 · 19:51 UTC
Very great art! Love the music too
Jared Lomangino
05. Apr 2022 · 19:53 UTC
It took me a while to figure out how to get the pipes that I wanted. But gives me tetris vibes on a different axis but with more goo, cool concept!
TarikAF
05. Apr 2022 · 19:55 UTC
I've played few times and on third turn I understood how it works, but not completly. :( Place where tank is cracking should be better presented, now its bit too thin.
Ausstein
05. Apr 2022 · 19:55 UTC
My highscore was 1300 points :)


Nice Idea!
LDJam user 273557
05. Apr 2022 · 20:01 UTC
I really liked the graphics and once I got the hang of things I started having fun! The list of upcoming pipes was confusing at first as they're close enough together to merge visually. My initial thought was that it was possible to get pieces that spanned multiple tiles. I'm not sure if I explained that right, so I attached a picture that hopefully shows what I mean. Once I realized what was happening, the game became a lot more clear.

![pipesOfGooFeedback.png](///raw/59c/24/z/4cd27.png)
colineobordello
05. Apr 2022 · 20:03 UTC
I like this kind of game. simple and effective. nice
Crimsonshade
05. Apr 2022 · 20:10 UTC
Very great game art. It was a bit hard the first time, to see where the goo comes out, but after the first lose, I figured it out. The background music is pretty decent, and the mechanics behind the game are very creative. I havn't really figured out, which piece comes the next, because everytime, I got an other one ekse shown on the left side, but anyways a very fun game to play.
MPK90
05. Apr 2022 · 20:14 UTC
Beautiful graphics! Reminds me of some old PC games from the nineties!
LarsDu
05. Apr 2022 · 20:28 UTC
I liked how the goo visually moves through the pipe.
Narudgi
05. Apr 2022 · 20:32 UTC
super fun concept! works well with the theme!
pdotjpg
05. Apr 2022 · 21:16 UTC
Pretty typical but fun pipe game. I agree with others that it's initially confusing. Basically impossible to seriously strategize, mostly a pure reflex game. I don't know if it would make the game too easy for your liking, but I would so like to have the ability to rotate pieces.
saikai
06. Apr 2022 · 08:34 UTC
Initially it is a bit confusing as how the goo is moving through the pipes( that the cross pipes are essentially in the flow direction and you don't have to plug the other ends) and sadly the highscore counter at the end did't work for me. so i don't know how long i lasted. But other than that it is quite a neat game.
Clement Sparrow
06. Apr 2022 · 10:17 UTC
Cool concept. A little bit confusing but interesting.
Anaxie Studio
06. Apr 2022 · 12:04 UTC
Cute! I agree it was unclear which way the goo would move while crossing through crosses and when it would turn into water, but it was a lot of fun to play! Simple but engaging.

My highscore is 2400
ocwal
06. Apr 2022 · 19:51 UTC
oooh! This is my favourite so far when it comes to becoming addicted.
I loved playing pipe dream when I was little and this is a new take on that classic!
Thank you for making this. :)
BangKerpow
08. Apr 2022 · 01:27 UTC
I could have used a better indication of which pipe was next but the game was simple, very fun, and the art was charming.
commanderstitch
08. Apr 2022 · 01:43 UTC
I GOT TO BLUE JUICE! I feel like i've accomplished something because it wasn't easy. (1200 points) I wanted to rotate the pipes soooooooo badly.
Frank Gevaerts
10. Apr 2022 · 13:09 UTC
I had to try a few times to properly understand what was going on, but then, on my best run, I got 4500 points :) After looking through the other comments I'm quite e proud of that!
A very nice game!
Lerc
11. Apr 2022 · 23:16 UTC
Got to 3750.
Ace17
12. Apr 2022 · 10:52 UTC
Nice game, fit the theme well and fun to play !
hexkritor
17. Apr 2022 · 17:15 UTC
Nice game! Like visuals and utilizing the pipe-game genre. Sometimes the game feels so random, so the score can range to 0 to a lot, or losing a game because the random has rolled incompatible pipes. Also I thought that the cross pipe will starts to fill in three other directions. Still it's a good entry for a jam