Little God is a Ludum Dare 23 - Little World game. It is written in WebGL using Three.js. This is the first time I've worked with WebGL or Three.js... overall, I had a blast!
There is at least two known bugs: -When restarting the game, the textures don't load properly, which can result in "invisible" worlds. -It takes a second to load, which can be choppy for a second.
If the assets don't all load the first time, try reloading the page.
Working in 3D on the web can be challenging, but you pulled off a fun experience. I think it's more fun playing in a short time period (10s or so). As with all things WebGL, it seems to perform best in Chrome.
Solid effort! ran well in firefox, but I did get the texture problem - it was still playable though. Good, simple interface and clear instructions :P Why did you decide to use a new language/framework for a gamejam? - I'm curious because I did the reverse, I did ONLY what I was comfortable in.
I'm running Chrome on OSX, the game didn't show planets the first few times I played, but then they appeared on the 3rd game. Pretty nice visuals :) Some SFX would have been a really nice touch though!
@gritfish, I decided to learn Three.js/WebGL for LD mostly because it forced me to learn something new, and fast. Another major reason is the fact that I mostly only know OpenGL (C) as far as graphics go, and I wanted to make something that everyone could play without having to compile anything.
Liked having the choice of game length - nice idea. Particle effects were cool too. Gameplay is a bit shallow though; maybe certain worlds could be friendly & you lose points if you click on them, or something?
Great timekiller! The only thing i was annoyed about was particles, after blowing the planet. It launched as 6x square boxes, full of particles, like this: <-x x-> <-x x-> <-x x-> flying to the edges, leaving the top and bottom of the block empty.
I enjoyed watching the planets drift by, and I thought that the peaceful feeling of the scene contrasted nicely with the mindless destruction. Sound and music would have greatly enhanced this experience; also, if watching the planets for a length of time was rewarding, there would be an aesthetic risk / reward between watching for cool interactions and destroying planets (since that is the verb).
It's a really awesome technical demo (pretty amazed by how it's smooth even with a lot of particles) but as it game it looks a bit short. But I had a fun clicking time anyway.
Nice casual game, but i missed some "phew-phew" and "ka-boom" bfxr-made effects :)
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Chinchilla1 May 2012, 00:04
Sorry, nothing but a black screen for me... (That said, I managed to blow up 20 planets in five seconds, so I'm pretty sure I'm so awesome at this game I don't even need graphics!)
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flying to the edges, leaving the top and bottom of the block empty.
Anyway, Good Job!
Very fun game. You should add some SFX for the explosions.
Cheers!
But this game suffer of a lack of content.
Good work :)
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