Slime Tower by Just a dev

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made by Just a dev for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Make a tower of slime!

You control a slime on an island full of slimes. Jump on top of other slimes to stack them and slowly make a tower!

Make a tower of 50 slimes within the time limit to win!

But watch out for birds! For some reason, they hate slime and will attack you to try to destroy your tower! The more slimes you have stacked on each other, the more aggressive they will be.

You can dodge their attack with a dash, or try to block (counter) them if you're fast enough.

Gamepad supported (and recommended)


Controls

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Asset credits

Note: as discovered by someone in the comments, the jam build has VSync tuned off, which causes excessive GPU usage. If you want to play on windows, I would recommend downloading the _VSYNC version instead. Nothing was changed beside this settings. It does not affect the Web version, the Linux build is also seems to be unaffected (may depend on your system).

Ratings

Overall 417th 3.667⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Fun 325th 3.653⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 259th 3.639⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 567th 3.653⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Humor 501th 3.129⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Mood 479th 3.583⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 58🗨️

Feedback

Boodle
08. Oct 2024 · 11:44 UTC
Hectic and fun gameplay! I did have some trouble registering whether I would pick up a slime or not, the timing on the jump/slime collecting seemed to favor jumping up into the slime, rather than falling down on top of them like the text suggests.

I got there in the end with 30s to spare though!
CheshireTheGreatest
08. Oct 2024 · 11:44 UTC
Love the music and very stressfull at the end
ATN
08. Oct 2024 · 11:47 UTC
Man are those birds obnoxious ! Even their noise makes me cry :)
You managed to finish a 3d game in a week end, this is very impressive!
Good job
yanranranyan
08. Oct 2024 · 12:08 UTC
Cute game (smiles intensely)!! (the web version doesn't run (it freezes my browser
Dinorex
08. Oct 2024 · 15:52 UTC
Thanks for the opportunity to play with a gamepad) Nice little game with responsive controls and good visuals. Good job!
lance110
08. Oct 2024 · 16:18 UTC
A beautiful and fun game!
Kirass
08. Oct 2024 · 18:40 UTC
Cool game idea! I liked it! Good job!
Vittima
08. Oct 2024 · 20:12 UTC
great idea. Very addictive)
Laura_17
08. Oct 2024 · 20:15 UTC
The game is fun and easy to get into. I liked.
CrozzY
08. Oct 2024 · 20:17 UTC
An interesting idea, I liked playing)
adjo
08. Oct 2024 · 20:18 UTC
That bird noise is so stressful! It's a great idea, enjoyed playing!
Sviborg
08. Oct 2024 · 20:19 UTC
The gameplay is really exciting and full of fun! The music sets a great rhythm, and the images of cute slugs and annoying birds add to the atmosphere. 🐦💨 Despite some difficulties with the controls, the game left a lot of positive emotions! 😊 Great job, team! 👏
julianojosoa13
08. Oct 2024 · 20:22 UTC
The bird scared me a bit at the end :) Good job
Winter2277
08. Oct 2024 · 20:26 UTC
Great game! I was a bit frustrated by slimes slipping out when trying to land on them but it wasn't too bad. The dash and block mechanics were well designed, with the repetition timer forcing to learn to use both of them. The game looked quite good, had good sound effects and was clear at showing the player what to do. Nice UI too. Great job!
Mitsukoy
08. Oct 2024 · 20:53 UTC
Such a funny game ! Even if the slimes were dodging me x)
Ale
08. Oct 2024 · 22:37 UTC
It was confusing at first because the slimes wouldn't line up when stacked and the birds felt OP, but once I got the hang of it it wasn't too hard. It's nice and simple fun. My time was 160 (which I assume sucks lol)
Sharky3188
09. Oct 2024 · 04:53 UTC
A fun concept that when you lined up the correct angle to build the slime tower it felt pretty good.
I think the alignment may have been a tad too punishing as times where i thought it should be connecting it didnt.
I didn't really find much use for the dash and block abilities.
Overall though good fun.
Bstabuu
10. Oct 2024 · 16:32 UTC
Good game! My time was 80 something(I suppose that's good). However it looks like there's no fps limit on windows version so the game worked as a stress test for my gpu until I noticed that the fans were blowing and hotspot was over 90C. I had to limit the fps in the driver to play it. Hate those birds.
🎤 Just a dev
10. Oct 2024 · 19:38 UTC
@bstabuu Thanks for bringing this up! I checked the project settings and VSync was indeed off, it seems like since Unity 6 it's now off by default for new projects. I don't understand why they changed that. I'll make a new build because I don't want to fry people's GPU.
LDJam user 268194
12. Oct 2024 · 18:16 UTC
I had a blast playing this game, as the responsive controls and cute slugs made for a chaotic yet enjoyable experience. However, I found the timing for collecting slimes a bit tricky; it felt easier to jump into them rather than land on top, as the instructions suggested. The music set an engaging rhythm, but those obnoxious birds added a layer of stress, especially towards the end. Overall, it’s an addictive and visually appealing game—great job, and I look forward to seeing future updates!
Nazariglez
13. Oct 2024 · 14:05 UTC
Super fun game! Stacking slimes was addictive, and the birds added a nice challenge. The music was great, and once I got the hang of it, collecting slimes felt satisfying. Gj!
Exa
15. Oct 2024 · 14:04 UTC
Omg!!!It is S-o beautiful!!!Nice job 10/10!!!
Daniel C
16. Oct 2024 · 20:14 UTC
Very fun game :) 10/10 would be a slime tower again :)
JamieOK
17. Oct 2024 · 20:41 UTC
Slimy! There are a lot of small details I really appreciate in this that are worth pointing out. The 'bottom' slime having a shadow when jumping makes it a lot easier to know where you're going to land, especially when the aim of the game is landing on slimes. The tall stack of slimes isn't too visually distracting, partly due to the camera zooming out as the stack increases. Really great job on those, they're a big bonus towards the game feel being so nice.
Fun, quick and simple, this is a big win as a jam game. Great job!
Raivk
18. Oct 2024 · 09:18 UTC
The pressure builds up quite nicely as you quite more and more slimes on your stack! It's quite a cool jam gam, congrats!
Creeper Nade
18. Oct 2024 · 14:21 UTC
This is super fun to play! Although it is sometimes a bit hard to step on other slime, I enjoy playing it, and I like the dashing and blocking mechanics.
Honey Pony
20. Oct 2024 · 01:09 UTC
Nice little game!

I found I didn't really need to worry about the birds too much -- it was easier to focus on just grabbing more slimes, and the birds rarely managed to get me. I'm not sure they got me at all in my first run, so I tried again and definitely noticed they occasionally snagged some slimes despite my random jumping around.

The slimes were a bit tricky to land on, I found my best bet was usually to just aim in the general direction of a pile of slimes and hope I landed on some. I guess they try to run away from the tower? Which is kind of fun (or maybe morbid?) from a story perspective... all the slimes run away but then join our effort to capture more as soon as they are part of the tower. :smile:

The sounds and graphics were quite nice, the game feels polished. One particularly nice piece of sound design I think is the difference between slimes getting picked up and slimes getting taken by the birds--although I never saw the birds grab a slime, I still more or less intuitively knew that that sound was probably the "bad" sound (and confirmed it later when I saw the ticker tick down). Nice job!
PengkaiOu
20. Oct 2024 · 03:38 UTC
Very thoughtful. The chirping of birds will indeed cause some disturbance to players. It is an interesting 3D game.
Iaroslavik
20. Oct 2024 · 06:32 UTC
Very interesting game, I like mechanics, art and music. Good job
eerongal
21. Oct 2024 · 15:19 UTC
Simple, fun little game. The controls are pretty responsive and it plays well. Nice work!
okEly
24. Oct 2024 · 06:07 UTC
Great game, very fun. I think that it could be better to highlight the cooldown circle, or move somewhere else, during the game is not convenient to follow it.