360 is a minimalistic singleplayer puzzle-platformer for Windows. Using a very small toolset, the player solves a variety of puzzles centered around gravity and momentum.
Unfortunately I totally forgot about Ludum Dare and only remembered it on Sunday morning. Consequently this is not really a 48-hour-entry but more of a 12-hour one, but still, I'm kind of satisfied with the results. It doesn't get that much more minimalistic...
The game is pretty small, so one playthrough probably requires about 15 minutes or less.
I really like this! It feels really good to flip gravity like crazy to complete some of the levels! Only problem I have is that it's hard to orient when there is no background : P
It's hard, but the type of hard where you know it's your own fault for failing, because the game mechanics are so tight. I ended up using this orbiting technique spinning really fast to slow myself down and get to other places.
The last level felt like it was in the wrong order, like.. by the time I had done the level with the three switches and the two red boxes it was really easy to just do the last level without pressing switches at all.
I just wish it was longer! I love hard games. But yeah, great work man.
I'm a sucker for these kinds of games. I would have been perfectly happy if the theme had turned out to be Alternate Physics.
Game is challenging and satisfying, the two most important aspects of a jumper game. A longer game would need more kinds of puzzle elements than just the black switches and red kill zones, but for the length that it spans they work well. Only complaint I'd have would be some kind of background so you can navigate more easily, and kill zones at the edges so you know when you fall out of the level.
infernet89, that problem can probably be solved by using another screen resolution, which can be changed in the settings.txt file (first two lines represent display width and height, default is 1280x800). Sorry for the inconvenience!
And again, thank you for all the positive feedback and helpful criticism.
well implemented mechanic. Thats got a great feel to it. A background or landmarks of sorts to help the player know direction to orientate is the only addition I found I wanted.
Considering this was completed in 12 hours, it's a pretty solid platformer. The lack of obvious boundaries is a bit irritating, but otherwise the level design is nice and the animations for levels extending/retracting was surprisingly slick. Good job.
Fun, enjoyed the puzzles, none were too frustrating, could use dynamic zoom to help orient when moving fast/flipping, especially on the level with the 2 red boxes.
@JimmyLord - indeed, the code for dynamic zooming was even there, actually I wanted to let the player define the zoom factor but simply forgot to implement that feature in time. =/
Pretty neat concept! I thought this was a great entry. I had a lot of fun playing, and figuring out the mechanics. That level with the two red boxes is angering. Haha. Good work :)
Simple, efficient. Could use some polish (nothing surprising for a 12h game tho) by putting boundaries and less... greenish... text :D but overall I enjoyed it. Well done :)
Very nicely done! Was very fun and made me complete the whole game in the first run! Giving it high points. :)
Sorry about the last action in my game - was thinking about doing it the way you suggested but felt to keep to the statement that a lack of actions is a lack of life. :)
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@all of you - thanks for playing, I'm glad that you like it.
It's hard, but the type of hard where you know it's your own fault for failing, because the game mechanics are so tight. I ended up using this orbiting technique spinning really fast to slow myself down and get to other places.
The last level felt like it was in the wrong order, like.. by the time I had done the level with the three switches and the two red boxes it was really easy to just do the last level without pressing switches at all.
I just wish it was longer! I love hard games. But yeah, great work man.
Game is challenging and satisfying, the two most important aspects of a jumper game. A longer game would need more kinds of puzzle elements than just the black switches and red kill zones, but for the length that it spans they work well. Only complaint I'd have would be some kind of background so you can navigate more easily, and kill zones at the edges so you know when you fall out of the level.
Good game :)
And again, thank you for all the positive feedback and helpful criticism.
Despite minimalistic gameplay, I enjoyed with your level design and game mechanics.
Thanks for entry!
Sorry about the last action in my game - was thinking about doing it the way you suggested but felt to keep to the statement that a lack of actions is a lack of life. :)