Creature Falls by Ansible
I'm sure this machine is rigged!

Navigate difficult and bouncy terrain as you attempt to get any of the hundreds of falling token creatures through the multi check-pointed level and into the winning prize tray.
• Arcade style penny falls / pinball inspired
• Limited controls! You can only Tilt the machine with a whack.
• Avoid the many pitfalls and death traps
Your GOLD token unlocks more creatures at every checkpoint if you can keep it in the game! Fast and re-playable, get addicted to watching the little guys bounce through the level while trying your best to save even a few. 3 x zoom levels for great control.




My solo entry for the jam, Download and rate now! Good luck!
| itch.io | https://ansible.itch.io/creature-falls |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/creature-falls |
Ratings
| Overall | 256th | 3.859⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 127th | 3.953⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 52th | 4.081⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 108th | 4.219⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 486th | 3.742⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 386th | 3.7⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 32🗳️ | 46🗨️ |
I liked the Taito/arcade like font, and the pachinko is a good idea to illustrate the theme. The controls and physics work well for the game, nicely done!
Sometimes the tokens get completely stuck in some parts of the course and tilting them free is either really finnicky or will inevitably destroy some other tokens, which felt a bit unfair at times, but just focusing on getting the gold token through was a good counter strategy. Also I missed sound in this, just a few tiny sound bits for impacts or deaths would add a lot of atmosphere probably.
Overall this is a really good game, another of my favourites so far!
Its one of my Favs so far! It would be great if you improve the Overall experience with Sounds /Audio.
Certainly very tricky and requires shaking the machine lots, but I started to get the hang of saving the little guys.
Just a small note, make sure to assign a platform when you upload to Itch, otherwise it won't let people download and install it through the Itch app (which sandboxes it, so people don't have to run random executables directly on their system).
Great little game, thank you.
Also, thanks for the nice feedback in general :)
Some music would have been cool btw. At least soundeffects. That really adds to a game
Great entry, very nice tutorial as well. Makes me want to bind the A & D keys to some motion controller for proper cabinet bashing!