Alter your surroundings in this minimalistic platformer - with a twist!
Looks like that lazy game developer has left his levels unfinished again! Luckily for you he's left behind some spare parts... See if you can win the game without him!
Instructions: The goal each level of the game is to kill all the baddies (in red), and reach the green square. Press Space at the beginning of each level to find the objective and a small hint. Pressing space opens the edit mode as well, where you can drag and drop tiles to form your own level. Press Space again to exit edit mode and see if you can finish the game! Press E when near a lever to toggle it on or off.
There are 4 easy levels, 4 medium levels 3 hard levels and a bonus #potato level as well.
Music by WolframTones/sfxr.
UPDATE: Thanks for the bug reports, guys, but I'm just going to clarify some of the common issues here: 1)Please play the web version only. I've removed the other links so this shouldn't be a problem anyway. 2)You can not move in EDIT MODE. This was intentionally disabled. 3)Placing blocks is done by clicking the required black block, (not click-and-drag) and click again on an empty space. 4)Blocks can not be place on spaces that are already filled.
Thanks for the feedback!
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sol_hsa29 Apr 2013, 06:17
Space didn't seem to do anything in the second level, and I got stuck :(
I LOVE the concept of editing the level you're in.
I think the only thing that jars me as a PC player is swapping back and forth from keyboard (space + arrows) to mouse, esp. as a right-handed mouse user. (Maybe a left-hander is less jarred by the swap?).
I think a simple reevaluation of the control-scheme makes this a 5-star game :)
@visibleatom Please use the Web version, if you aren't already. The others aren't tested, in fact, I think I'll take them down.
@Suese The blocks aren't picked up by click and drag. Click once, move the block, then click again, on an EMPTY spot (important). It should work fine, as long as you're using the web version.
@shaircast When you move over a lever press E, and it will work. The level where you can move the locked blocks does have 2 possible solutions, but in a later "Hard" level I've implemented levers only. Glad to see you guys are enjoying it.
Interesting concept, though the movement felt pretty strange with no friction or inertia whatsoever. You could've made the game a bit harder by not letting you move blocks through other blocks, then more strategy could be involved.
This could be fun but the challenge is just way too low. Consider limiting the editor a little bit, number of edits, restrict what blocks you can/can't edit.
Well made and interesting but lacks challenging puzzles, only the last one made me think a little ! The jumps feel a bit strange too, more responsivity could enhance the experience, along with a faster "Edit mode trigger" on Space. Also the music loop is a bit annoying imo.
Hi, great little game, fun levels. The concept is innovative, but the gameplay wasn't very challenging and it could have used some more polish :) Perhaps letting modifications deduct from your a score would give it a replay value :)
Loved the idea, but the controls feel terrible since I have to constantly get my hand off the mouse onto the keyboard to used d-pad, maybe wasd would feel better
Well, that was pretty nice towards the end. First I thought it was a bit dumb, but after the introductory thing it became a bit more interesting, and I played all the levels. (Spoiler: Many of the levels didn't even need usage of the lever!)
Excellent design, level editing always good. Had a problem with mouse getting lost when over game first happened on first level with triangle black tiles - couldn't place them to kill baddie then mouse gone. Control scheme is a bit confusing, but hard to see what else you could do without click to edit.
Nice idea. Getting a chance to edit the level made it fun. Initially I thought gravity might eliminate some options when exiting edit mode, but that would probably be too hard (to play).
Cool. Love the concept of edit mode. Reminds me of my #1gam game Blocktion that I did a few months ago - http://www.chriswilloughby.net/blocktion/. Liked the controls. Liked the music. Fit the theme. Good job.
Love the idea. with an editor to make personal level it would be fabulous. The Lever and lock on block seem not to do anything. Leap of faith is very long. Good luck.
Cool little game. I ran into a few bugs (spikes getting stuck in other blocks, and not being able to let go of pieces), but it didn't stop me from finishing the game and enjoying myself.
Very nice game and a very nice idea. Well done! You should focus on making more levels and maybe polish the graphics a bit (when LD48 voting is over of course, since I'm assuming the current graphics are based on the theme)
Interesting concept, and there are some well-designed puzzles in there. Sadly the controls are too twitchy. It would be easier if E and space worked upon keydown, not keyup. The music is a bit annoying, especially when switching in and out of edit mode.
On the level where you had to move the spikes, I could pick them up but it wouldn't let me place them near the enemy(even though the place I wanted to put them was empty)
Very original concept. I think you can definitely develop this into something proper with more time. Still, given the 48-hour constraint, you did it quite well IMO.
Think I might've found a bug. If you place a black block in the very tile you're standing - you will teleport to ontop of it. This meant that for potatolevel I could just go stand at the edge, build a huge tower on top of me and teleport up to the potato! Cool game, nonetheless! I enjoyed it!
Cool idea. I think it would have been better if you had very few blocks to work with though. Also I somehow got stuck in edit mode on the first level that has a lever. (Edit mode text was visible, but I couldn't move blocks and pressing space did nothing).
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I think the only thing that jars me as a PC player is swapping back and forth from keyboard (space + arrows) to mouse, esp. as a right-handed mouse user. (Maybe a left-hander is less jarred by the swap?).
I think a simple reevaluation of the control-scheme makes this a 5-star game :)
Please use the Web version, if you aren't already. The others aren't tested, in fact, I think I'll take them down.
@Suese
The blocks aren't picked up by click and drag. Click once, move the block, then click again, on an EMPTY spot (important). It should work fine, as long as you're using the web version.
Fresh and innovative idea.
When you move over a lever press E, and it will work. The level where you can move the locked blocks does have 2 possible solutions, but in a later "Hard" level I've implemented levers only. Glad to see you guys are enjoying it.
I actually had been thinking of this, but I ran out of time.
You could've made the game a bit harder by not letting you move blocks through other blocks, then more strategy could be involved.
I've already restricted which blocks can and cant be edited. Only black tiles may be moved around.
Still was a pleasant experience :)
Wish it had more levels and smoother controls.
Anyway it was fun I finished the game :)
How?
The edit mode is a good idea but to the level three its so long
I was just trying to keep things simple.
When you select a level from the main menu, you have to click in the screen inorder for the game to rcognize your keyboard.
You can use WASD keys, guess I should mention that in the instructions
You have to click a couple of times to get the spikes to be stay still.