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Black Holes for Dummies by zimennik

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made by zimennik for Ludum Dare 50 (COMPO)

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Story

Have you ever dreamed of being in the shoes of a brilliant scientist? Well, today is your lucky day!

You play as a scientist who has created a REAL BLACK HOLE in his laboratory! Although it is small, it grows very fast. Wait, what?.. Grows ?! This is bad!

You need to stop it! As soon as possible!

But how?

Your old invention, the Anti-Matter Converter, will help you here. I think you will understand how to use it.

Controls:

WASD - movement

Mouse - look around

E - pick up item

Left mouse button - shoot anti-material beam

ESC - Pause/Settings

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Windows https://zimennik.itch.io/black-holes-for-dummies
MacOS https://zimennik.itch.io/black-holes-for-dummies
Link https://zimennik.itch.io/black-holes-for-dummies
Link https://github.com/Zimennik/LD50
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/black-holes-for-dummies

Ratings

Overall 53th 3.975⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 150th 3.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 67th 3.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 20th 4.275⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 15th 4.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 181th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 28th 4.125⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 55th 3.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

Aarimous
04. Apr 2022 · 02:06 UTC
Wonderful work, I can't believe you got such a good looking black hole made in a weekend. I mostly just wanted to sit there and feed the almighty black hole more matter... but making things anti-matter was also cool. Maybe pause the the game during texts tutorializaton. But other than that this was great.
coyotethursday
04. Apr 2022 · 04:39 UTC
Yeah same! The black hole was so gorgeous I got the bad ending because I was just standing there looking at it
Billnotic
04. Apr 2022 · 04:52 UTC
Overall pretty fun, I liked the different endings and its a unique take on the theme.
MolodoyKokos
04. Apr 2022 · 05:22 UTC
AssassinFromTeufort
04. Apr 2022 · 09:29 UTC
it's a shame that the game is so short
CrishNate
04. Apr 2022 · 10:12 UTC
Good idea! I really liked the concept, a blackhole shader and a different endings. But game seems empty in gameplay perspective
LostSense
04. Apr 2022 · 10:16 UTC
VERRRY NICE!!!!!!!!!
HolyBlackCat
04. Apr 2022 · 11:14 UTC
Nice-looking black hole! How the heck do you get the good ending though? D:

I only found a "secret" bad ending.
jyumonji
04. Apr 2022 · 11:39 UTC
Great job! I couldn't image this game can be developed in 48 hours! I like this vivid black whole. The bad ending is so funny lol.
bucketh3ad
04. Apr 2022 · 20:25 UTC
Fun and beautiful game! My favorite thing was to make a whole column of knocked over chairs into antimatter and then push them all in at once. Loved the different weights of the objects and seeing the growing impact of the black hole by watching the objects around me. Took 4 tries to get the good ending, since I fell in a couple times. I would love to play as Anti-matter Man and stop black holes in all types of settings. Great work!
🎤 zimennik
05. Apr 2022 · 07:57 UTC
@bucketh3ad I'm glad that you like it! Did you find a secret ending?
T0oLowSky
05. Apr 2022 · 14:00 UTC
Rly nice sci-fi game, like the assets and BH itself, realistic (from physical sight) death when step in it. Got all 3 endings (lmao at third). I Like it.
LDJam user 269161
05. Apr 2022 · 14:12 UTC
Very Nice Game I want a 3/4 Endings achievement :smile:
CZ46
05. Apr 2022 · 16:32 UTC
Really great stuff, found 3 Bad Endings and 1 Good Ending so i'm hoping that's all of them. Good job :smile:
YellowKamel
06. Apr 2022 · 09:58 UTC
Very nice looking black hole shader, I liked the super hero reference and the whole idea.
rhewid
06. Apr 2022 · 13:55 UTC
Graphics look great. Fits the theme perfectly! Liked that there were multiple endings!
ReRonin
06. Apr 2022 · 16:59 UTC
GOOD ENDING. yay!
Very funny game, and the endings were fun to find.
Maybe add a place for the players to see which endings they found? c:
Okamit
07. Apr 2022 · 00:02 UTC
Got the good ending and 3 bad! Laughed out loud at the speedy credits ending, great touch.

As others have said, the black hole effect is gorgeous! And I would also like this expanded, could make for some really creative and fun puzzles.

I really like this kind of sterile aestehtics and feelings in a 3D game, reminds me of portal and the stanley parable and such.

But i got to prevent the inevitable so 0/10 (jk)
adamk33n3r
07. Apr 2022 · 08:08 UTC
Omg the fast credits ending :rofl: the visual effects were so cool!
DesertMawTobi
07. Apr 2022 · 11:45 UTC
Your game is really awesome, its so polished, the graphics are looking nice and idea also. Really good job!
Mikado
07. Apr 2022 · 15:55 UTC
Ok, so at first i misunderstood the instructions and fired the antimatter rifle at the black hole itself, which led me to the earth exploding and credits rolling quickly, THAT cracked me up LMFAOOOOO

Also, the black hole's shader was e x t r e m e. I wouldn't have been able to pull that off, nice job :)
zimny11
07. Apr 2022 · 18:01 UTC
That was fun! Impressive work for a Compo, especially that it is in 3D.