Ludum Dare #21compo

Slimes!

by tgijsola

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.64

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.86

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.38

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.88

Community★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★25%

Help a swarm of blobby slimes ESCAPE from the death factory!

Split them apart, join them back together! Jump! Dodge! Die! Infinite fun!

*Update!*

Uploaded a new version, only change being that it's compiled for the 'reach' XNA profile, which allow it to work on most every system. Should have done that before I even started!

Built from the ground up with C#, XNA, and the Farseer Physics Engine.

You'll need the XNA 4.0 Redistributable, you can grab it here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20914

This is my first compo, wow what a blast! I am well and truly drained. Lots of fun, though!

Let me know what you think!

- Joe

[email protected]

Comments16

Zed23 Aug 2011, 01:19

Really, really challenging. Very pretty, very clever. Good job.

Tom 723 Aug 2011, 05:03

Crashes at startup for me! :(

tgijsolaauthor23 Aug 2011, 06:06

If you get a crash at startup, install the XNA 4.0 redistributable... that should fix it!

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20914

tgijsolaauthor23 Aug 2011, 17:16

Turns out, you might also need the .NET 4.0 redistributable. :shakes fist angrily at microsoft:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24872

Rudy24 Aug 2011, 07:10

It's a bit hard. I'm also stealing your XNA/.NET links :P

Shigor24 Aug 2011, 08:37

hard, but in a challenging way, platformer with a lot of slimes is excellent :)

d_m25 Aug 2011, 17:31

Looks awesome, sorry I can't play on Linux (it doesn't work in WINE).

ExciteMike25 Aug 2011, 21:42

I like where you were going with it, but control and collision problems are killing it for me. It seems that the slimes will randomly stop moving on me, refuse to jump, or that the little bullets will kill guys before it actually touches them :(

marudziik26 Aug 2011, 00:33

Just a little too hard for me (bullets are a pain), but hey, controlling many slimes at the same time? Awesome idea! Besides, they're sooo cuuute! :D Good game!

matthias_zarzecki27 Aug 2011, 16:06

Ha! this is great. And cute. Nice work!

kevglass29 Aug 2011, 15:27

Couldn't get it to work here.

Spoonweaver30 Aug 2011, 03:49

Umm.. did you copy me? You even added the "!" to your games name.
http://www.slimesalad.com/forum/viewgame.php?t=3218

tgijsolaauthor30 Aug 2011, 08:37

As I explained in email, no. Your game is two years old and completely different from mine in gameplay and style. We share a name, but that's about it!

Nice game, though, I love Lemmings!

Spoonweaver31 Aug 2011, 03:15

Yea, I jumped the gun there. My bad, I never meant to accuse you of anything. I was mostly just surprised by the title. It was dumb to post what I did. I hope no one rated your game less because of my post.

angrygeometry5 Sep 2011, 15:06

i found it very difficult. pretty, but difficult.

Chaoslab8 Sep 2011, 08:10

Simple fun and cute idea! :-)