Ludum Dare #15compo

Collapse

by gimblll

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.98

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.49

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.83

Community★★★★★★★★★★2.70

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★30%

I had a completely different game in my mind when beginning this, but this is what I ended up with. Fun for 30 seconds I'd say. :)

So you fly in a "cavern" that is collapsing and shaking around you. Try to collect some score.

Move with arrows, shoot with space.

Points:
- Counts down a little when time passes.
- -1 for one shot
- +100 for collectible
- +500 for collecting all collectibles

Huge thanks for onefifth for web space.

Comments27

Almost

Awesome. I like the art style, and watching the map change in front of me is very cool. watching the boxes fly around and walls stretch, join, and extrude.. very original and innovative.

afterthought

It's like Robotron except better! Really fun and tense. Reading your earlier post, it's interesting how your concept evolved. I think you took it somewhere great. Computer controlled blobs are boring, anyway.

Matt Thorson

Wow this is really cool! I love effect of the cavern changing as you play, and how sometimes you have to fight your way to the exit.

jplur

Nice and simple but it could of been a little more challenging.

mklee

The collapse mechanic is awesome. Would love to see this idea expanded.

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dessgeega

the sight of all these enormous walls shifting and growing unpredictably is scary and exciting. sure, we can call it a cavern. i also like the competing desires to collect as many pick-ups as possible and to reach the exit as soon as possible before the exit becomes too hard to reach. it reminds me of crystal quest.

Problem Machine

Great example of doing a lot with a little. Nicely done.

BlademasterBobo

The graphics are nice, and the game is pretty cool. It's fun to see the level moving around while you're playing.

HybridMind

Caveroids!

Love this simple concept. Fun and easy to play. I didn't even realize I could shoot the caverns. After that it got a bit easier. I'd love to be provided a bit more framework or some online highscores to give me a little more motivation to keep playing but very fun indeed. Like the look and feel of this one. Great idea and good execution.

recursor

Very fun and innovative game. I like how the walls close in.

philomory

This is actually a pretty fun game for as simple as it is. I liked it a lot. It lasted more than a mere 30 seconds for me, a couple of solid minutes actually before eventually it got repetitive. I do wonder, does shooting actually do anything?