Congratulations Doc, it's a shrink ray!

by de10ter
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.02
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.23
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★88%
It's short, has no win condition and has a few known bugs but that's a small price to pay for the power to shrink an army of ninjas down to oblivion :3

Comments29

Sanguine23 Apr 2012, 11:54
I like the fact that I don't hurt them, I just make them infinitely small :P
Evgis23 Apr 2012, 12:41
Original and fun, a toy!
10WonXero1023 Apr 2012, 12:41
Good idea to have them shrink. LOL at jumping on them to squash them dead, a squishy sound effect for that would have been awesome!
Andrew23 Apr 2012, 13:04
I walked right through the wall on the building to the right and couldn't go back, I like the nonviolent weapon though I was half expecting to be able to crush them underfoot.
De10ter
De10terauthor23 Apr 2012, 15:16
Thanks all.
@Andrew, yeah that's one of the known bugs unfortunately.
Proper collision detection was a pain right up to the end but to my knowledge that particular spot is the only place it has game breaking effect :/
Danvil23 Apr 2012, 15:48
Nice game and nice idea! I like jumping on their heads.
Kane23 Apr 2012, 16:18
Original and fun,I like it !
bms23 Apr 2012, 16:59
Haha damn ninjas!
cobrajs
cobrajs23 Apr 2012, 22:54
Cool concept, but it needs more sound effects, I think. It is fun to shrink the ninjas, though!
JaJ
JaJ23 Apr 2012, 22:54
Yes, being able to shrink ninja's makes up for a lot ;)
Loved the text too.
De10ter
De10terauthor24 Apr 2012, 14:00
Thanks for all the positive comments guys! :D
jrasmussen24
jrasmussen2424 Apr 2012, 19:09
That game mechanic is spectacular. You should expand upon this base :). Also (I think my comments for most games say this) add in some bouncy background music to match the atmosphere!
Lacutis24 Apr 2012, 19:14
I loved the mechanic. This could definitely be expanded into a full game.
CaptainIcy
CaptainIcy24 Apr 2012, 19:15
Pretty cool! Nice idea, and I like the art style.

Yes, it has bugs, and no, there's no ending, and yes, the level is very short, but all in all, not bad. A fun little game and if you were to continue developing it I think it could really become something spectacular. :D
zorf24 Apr 2012, 20:00
Cool game. A bit hard to control with the keyboard+mouse combo, but overall really good.
Jacic24 Apr 2012, 21:11
Shrink ray: A staple of every (mad) scientist. :)
castor24 Apr 2012, 21:45
This is pretty cool. I'd like to see a full game of this for sure.
dacap
dacap25 Apr 2012, 02:34
lol really fun. Some kind of hard to jump and walk with the same hand, but you did a good job. +1 for the screenplay :D
eburn184
eburn18425 Apr 2012, 02:40
Pretty cool mechanic. Sure it is just shooting a gun, but making it a shrink ray makes it much more fun! Nice job
maranas
maranas25 Apr 2012, 02:40
Nice, the concept is interesting and very funny. I'd like to see where you take the idea in the future - it definitely has potential to turn into a platform-y puzzle game with the "shrink" mechanic.
De10ter
De10terauthor25 Apr 2012, 16:44
Thanks guys.
I'm definately feeling inspired to continue this game. Not sure whether I'd look to truely explore the depths of the shrinking (more enemies, puzzles etc) or else spice it up with other the other obvious rays (ice ray, disintegration ray etc)
But either way I'm looking forward to this as my next project one I find the time :)
chinchang
chinchang25 Apr 2012, 17:42
was fun shrinking the enemies. nice job!
greg20man27 Apr 2012, 03:48
I wish 'w' was to jump rather than space but other than that great game :D
TenTonToon28 Apr 2012, 15:29
"Ninjas! I suppose that was inevitable"
Brilliant! XD

Being able to shrink your enemies to different sizes is cool, but I half expected to be able to make them disappear altogether. Or crush them under my pacifist boot a la Duke Nukem.
Also, you can't jump higher than a ninja - it's a proven fact :D

I'd say go for it: finish this game :)
DainVadda1 May 2012, 17:53
Yea finish it! Its a very cool idea. The collisions seem to be a bit off though.
Hume
Hume8 May 2012, 00:37
Loved it!!!

However, I will never get over the feeling that hundreds of microscopic ninjas are crawling all over me and poking me in the endoplasmic reticulum.

Oh man. I gotta rate this before I forget how much fun I just had.
Julian Spillane10 May 2012, 19:38
It was definitely fun shrinking enemies. I think you have a solid mechanic on your hands, you just need to develop it.

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