Toybox by jordantanner

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made by jordantanner for Ludum Dare 58 (COMPO)

Toybox is an ultra-minimal catch game you can play for 5 minutes or 5 hours.

Post-Compo Updates

Added multi-ball gameplay starting at Level 5
Catching mechanic has been made more forgiving
Improved color schemes
More improvements on the way!

Instructions

Tap & hold to open the Collector
Drag to move
Release to snap shut and catch the ball
Faster catches award more points

Try it on your phone!

Grab your phone and type in https://jordantanner.itch.io/toybox-2 to try it out on mobile!

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It wasn't until the level 6 that I understood the scope of catch, and it was from this level that catch became particularly difficult.

![QQ20251006-200805.png](///raw/771/66/z/6d4ff.png)

And a small problem is, obviously the catcher couldn't reach the edge due to the scope, but there ARE rare situations when a ball generates and moves close to the wall, making it impossible to catch.

But anyway, it's a cool game in terms of graphic design :)

zexurge

Oct 06th · 12:21 UTC

pretty neat concept, wonder if we can get powerups and more balls to catch

Baluj

Oct 09th · 15:50 UTC

I liked the idea. Good game. Good job!

pschichtel

Oct 12th · 02:38 UTC

The collision logic definitely needs some work, but I liked it. It seems 281500 is the maximum score? Sometimes I got 300xp, sometimes I got 500, is that based on time? would a higher score be possible? Either way, I could see this as a touch-based mobile game.

Samuli

Oct 12th · 03:30 UTC

Works nicely and is snappy to play. Some more game play variety would have been nice.

LDJam user 0

Oct 12th · 03:40 UTC

Come on. Please play other people’s games this time, instead of just asking others to play yours.

LDJam user 0

Oct 12th · 03:50 UTC

Quite some improvements you made after the deadline, huh, Jordan?

chelC

Oct 12th · 04:51 UTC

very addicting and satisfying to play, nicely done! the change from round to round wasn't too obvious although the simple color changes felt slick.

Placeholders

Oct 12th · 05:56 UTC

so simple yet so good. such a creative little toy, congrats!

Aleksey Salion

Oct 12th · 06:24 UTC

It is rare to see on a jam a mobile friendly game, I like that, good job 👏

Sibi

Oct 12th · 07:21 UTC

Love the aesthetics and the haptic feel of it all!
A bit more variety between the levels would have been great.

LDJam user 381180

Oct 12th · 07:55 UTC

Nice little game! I appreciated that I could play it on my phone (first one I saw which proposed that). Maybe the gameplay would have needed a bit more elements (enemies or such). Nice effort for the online leaderboard too.

YibiRabbit007

Oct 12th · 11:34 UTC

It really tests my reflexes. Sometimes I try to anticipate, but most of the time I fail. The trajectory of the ball is predictable, and it can be intercepted at certain positions (although there are moments of missing it too). This game is pretty good. As a comp, it’s on point and quick. Great job!

Custodi

Oct 12th · 21:16 UTC

Nice simple game, but i think need to slow down ball when player releases the catcher.

LDJam user 384191

Oct 13th · 04:46 UTC

I like the minimalist design. I think the timing/hitbox is a bit too tight: sometimes it feels and look like I was right over the ball, but I still fail. Nice work of the sound design though

6Knowledge

Oct 13th · 05:09 UTC

Unique spin on a very often seen game type. Wasn't quite sure what I was doing until the second level, seemed to accidentally pass the first level somehow. I'm sure the non-compo version has more gameplay, but the compo version was quite barren in terms of gameplay. The movement didn't exactly match what I would've expected being kinda floaty and inaccurate, but it did keep that aspect at least that a bit more interesting.

grid96

Oct 16th · 19:12 UTC

Very cool minigame! Was really satisfying to catch! Didn't quite figure out how to tell how well I'm doing, like what my current score is and how many attempts I have left. Overall very good entry though! :)

Link	https://github.com/mrjordantanner/LD58
Post-Compo version	https://jordantanner.itch.io/toybox-2
Compo version	https://jordantanner.itch.io/toybox
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/toybox

Overall	152^th	3.146⭐	26🧑‍⚖️
Fun	162^th	2.938⭐	26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	125^th	3.125⭐	26🧑‍⚖️
Theme	167^th	3.196⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	151^th	3.063⭐	26🧑‍⚖️
Audio	111^th	3.125⭐	26🧑‍⚖️
Mood	158^th	2.905⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Given		0🗳️	0🗨️