Extruder

by bitbof
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.12
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.38
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.56
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.00
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★49%
A puzzler. Should run everywhere in the browser (desktop, iPhone, iPad, etc)

This time a Jam entry because I didn't have enough time on Sunday.

Have fun.

Tools: Notepad++ (coding), Photoshop (visual concepts), Ableton Live (music/audio)

Comments27

mrexcessive30 Apr 2013, 04:13
Excellent soft and gentle mood but quite sneaky puzzle. Mechanic is fairly straightforward once grasped but still tricky and you have to concentrate... very good. Got to the barriers level - bookmarked will definitely play again later
Milktoast
Milktoast30 Apr 2013, 12:26
Very well made puzzler.
Mikel
Mikel30 Apr 2013, 12:52
Very nice puzzle, self-explaining and well done... perfect for mobile
FunByJohn
FunByJohn30 Apr 2013, 13:03
Really innovative concept, man! It seemed like you could sort of "cheat" the first few levels by extruding in small increments - not sure if it would work, but maybe you could add a rule like "you can't extrude twice in the same direction"?

Music and graphics go completely hand-in-hand with the theme.

Couldn't help but give you like a bazillion stars :)
Demurgos30 Apr 2013, 13:15
I agree with FunByJohn, when you understand the trick it become really easy to pass the first levels and I was like "Nice graphics, music fits but I'm not playing : just dragging a rectangle".
Then I arrived to the part with the switching walls and later to the small corridors, this part was really interesting and I was really disappointed when I seen that there was just a few of these "real puzzle" levels. (Other timed walls based on 3 or 4 cycle could improve the complexity).
JustinMullin30 Apr 2013, 13:41
Can't rate audio, because I don't have speakers on this machine. But overall it was fun to play. I appreciated the ease of restarting a level, and found it quite handy. Different and enjoyable
atraxgames30 Apr 2013, 13:44
This is very cool, elegant and well done. One of the best use of HTML5 i've seen so far. Also excellent music.
tonbery30 Apr 2013, 14:45
really nive concept, mainly if you work with 3D modeling, extrude = life! hehehehe
tonbery30 Apr 2013, 14:46
really nive concept, mainly if you work with 3D modeling, extrude = life! hehehehe

all the aspects really well worked, congratulations! =D
visibleatom
visibleatom30 Apr 2013, 17:01
Fun game. I think it's definitely something that you should consider working on and making more levels. The changing walls added quite a bit of challenge.
martijn
martijn30 Apr 2013, 20:54
Great geat with intersting mechanic
multitude
multitude30 Apr 2013, 20:56
Very nice nice puzzle game, with some innovative game play. I like it very much :D
jamioflan
jamioflan30 Apr 2013, 21:14
A lovely game; understandably short, but the last level did my head in!
ElScootro
ElScootro2 May 2013, 01:44
Hands down the best LD game I've played so far!
vladimirdlc
vladimirdlc2 May 2013, 19:11
Really smooth game, perfect balance of graphics and sound, and creative use of the theme. Kudos.
Jellycakes3 May 2013, 02:27
Very nice concept. I got stuck on the last level for a long time but I ended up solving it. Easy for me to grasp because I work with 3d software. Nice work!
Alucard J3 May 2013, 02:27
Very clever idea. A limit on the number of extrusions would make an extra challenge (hard mode), though some of the maps were hard just by themselves. Would like to see more levels. Ambient sound fits well. Well Done =]
killerstarbunny4 May 2013, 02:36
Great game music is awesome, really innovative.
sharbelfs4 May 2013, 02:37
Great puzzle game, especially designed for mobile.
Super Hamster
Super Hamster4 May 2013, 02:40
It was interesting figuring out the strategy, and eventually that even failed so good job! :D
pjchardt
pjchardt4 May 2013, 02:42
Nice mood. Nice music. Interesting mechanic. As others have mentioned, I never felt challenged because I could just extrude one unit a a time and so I never hand trouble completing a level. Enjoyed the experience though.
my.digital.decay4 May 2013, 02:47
Great game! A unique and interesting game mechanic.
SecondDimension
SecondDimension4 May 2013, 20:19
Nice little puzzle game, and it worked perfectly playing in Safari on my 4S
tikilittle5 May 2013, 18:33
Very polished. The extruding mechanics worked very nicely. After a few puzzles, I did get a little fatigued. It would be nice to add a menu screen.
Ditto
Ditto12 May 2013, 22:39
Veery cool game! Stylish and slick, love it.
Pacifist Games13 May 2013, 12:22
Amazing job as usual!
A great companion to nanospin. You're great at these minimalistic puzzle games!
Great job with the audio, but you should note that it doesn't work in Firefox! Really enjoyed the simple touches, like the way that the orange squares break apart when you hit them. Great job!
Brassawiking
Brassawiking13 May 2013, 20:58
Superb puzzle game. Kudos to how you focused on making this touch friendly!

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