Minimalism

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.49
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.82
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
Made by my friend Nathan and I this weekend.

Escape from this geometrical nightmare of doom or die trying !!!

EDIT: I've made an other version for those of you experiensing crash / can't run the game, I'm not sure this gonna help either (I'm pretty new to xna ^^):

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4761626/LD26/LD26_Minimalism2.zip

screenshot

Comments44

Lizzip29 Apr 2013, 20:00
Very good concept and execution, but shoot(or whatever clicking does) didn't work for me
StabAlarashauthor29 Apr 2013, 20:11
Really ? You can try Space Bar to shoot too
nathan29 Apr 2013, 21:20
Or gamePad :D
SuperlevelSebastian29 Apr 2013, 22:37
Good work, but there shouldn't be so many enemies - or better: they shouldn't respawn that fast. :)
0beah30 Apr 2013, 02:15
Game doesnt seem to work for me.
SaintHeiser30 Apr 2013, 02:16
There is interesting gameplay elements like "geometric doors" and corner shooting... But no goal, and gameplay is boring overall.
So nice concept but unthinked =(
nathan30 Apr 2013, 07:15
You must have Framework .NET 4.0 and XNA installed
s0ulcrusher30 Apr 2013, 12:28
Got to the end with 1hp left. This is frantic and fun, nice work!
billknye30 Apr 2013, 17:31
Fast paced and chaotic, what's not to like? There was a bit too much enemy spam at some points, seemed easiest to rush through the level. I really liked the shaped doors and variable firing patters. Good job!
pereubu30 Apr 2013, 17:32
this is a wall balanced super nervous shooter even if a bit chaotic, i liked it a lot :D
dook30 Apr 2013, 17:37
This is a great concept. I like the geometry locks, and the sound and graphics was all rather good. Something simple like having shootable spawners like Gauntlet would do a lot to make it more fun I think :)
Jhelle
Jhelle30 Apr 2013, 17:40
Found it weird that the enemies kept respawning and how the circle was actually best to play with. Loved the graphics and audio. Good job!
bytegrove30 Apr 2013, 17:40
Nice game, clean visuals and awesome music! I first didn't understand how the shooting worked, then I realized that it doesn't appear to shoot(just make a sound) if you haven't moved your mouse. For some reason I went directly to shooting before aiming. Thus I learned something about myself today. :I

I also found a tiny bug in the main menu: you can't go back to start with w after having selected quit(up arrow works though).
Neat idea with the player being the key to the doors! Nice work! :)
Fadobo30 Apr 2013, 18:37
Wow, that's really awesome. Good to see other XNAlers out here (but I have to admit, you made the better game!)
Tainted_Code30 Apr 2013, 18:38
Bloody fun game! Especially on the X360 Pad! :D
8BitPimp
8BitPimp30 Apr 2013, 18:49
It just crashes on start-up for me :(
Windows 7 X64
paulmcgg
paulmcgg30 Apr 2013, 19:57
I think this shows how far good sound effects go.
paulmcgg
paulmcgg30 Apr 2013, 19:58
I really liked it! (Not sure if my last comment came across a bit vague)
DaanVanYperen
DaanVanYperen30 Apr 2013, 22:53
Shooting works for me. Very unique and polished graphics style.
sP0CkEr21 May 2013, 01:41
soo many eneies -- wow that was alot of fun and i loved the graphics -- so simple yet yet hard to master --- great job!
Hayawi1 May 2013, 01:45
VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY NICE GAME!!!!
jayemjee1 May 2013, 02:06
I think this is one of my favorite games so far in this LD! Simple, but still a ton-o-fun, and the gameplay was very smooth.

The controls on the title menu seemed messed up: I could go down, but not up.
cadin
cadin1 May 2013, 02:15
Your screenshot looks really cool. Any chance of a web or Mac version?
nathanj439
nathanj4391 May 2013, 02:20
Great action game with a lot of polish.
sparkleswirl
sparkleswirl1 May 2013, 06:01
Really liked this game. Loved the lock/key mechanics and the balance of firepower between different shapes. Hope you guys take this further with more powers / varied level designs too.
Oleg Zhurko1 May 2013, 19:11
Like the idea of changing player form. Nicely done!
GreyShock
GreyShock1 May 2013, 19:17
Great job! It's simple and there are lots of enemies, but it's fun!
hgouveia
hgouveia2 May 2013, 17:54
great shooter!, is a shame you didn't include the source code
fishbrain
fishbrain2 May 2013, 17:55
Very polished, well done! Gameplay needs some tweaking.
imagnity
imagnity2 May 2013, 17:56
Man!!! This is really really good. I mean it. It is really good.
StabAlarashauthor2 May 2013, 17:58
hgouveia: now there's the source code :)
EdoMiyamoto
EdoMiyamoto2 May 2013, 18:01
The number of enemies is TOO DAMN HIGH ! Except that, very good game, runs fine on win7-64 !
vapgames2 May 2013, 18:06
\m/ Love the music
Action packed and very fun game. Looks great too.
plash
plash2 May 2013, 18:22
Notes:

- Of WASD, only S works on the main menu.
- Alright, WASD works in the game, though.
- Music is nice and intense.
- There are so many enemies.
- The end. Short game.

Things I would change:

- Reduce the number of enemies.
- Make bullets move faster than the player.
Tyro
Tyro3 May 2013, 04:46
It was hard to hear the music over all the explosions, and amount of enemies that spawned was so high that sometimes I wasn't able to navigate the tunnels without plowing through them. Pretty cool game overall, just needs some fine tuning to be a classic. :)
nathan3 May 2013, 07:17
Im menu it's a bug. you can use QSDZ tu move (like Laverty keyboard...
StMatn3 May 2013, 11:10
Very nice idea and well executed. The randomly appearing shape-changers were a bit strange. I really like the graphics. The ending was a bit too easy to get to. Some more levels would have been nice, since the frantic shooting was fun ^^
Luxorix
Luxorix3 May 2013, 13:35
Interesting idea! Good job!
Orni
Orni3 May 2013, 14:18
well done, this was fun

I'd really like to see an enhanced post-compo version, this game has potential
Xaychru04
Xaychru043 May 2013, 23:01
I like the graphics with a few colors and basic shapes, and the game mechanics are pretty cool. Good game :)
GarethIW
GarethIW14 May 2013, 08:39
Really fun! Would play a full version of this with a gentle difficulty ramp ;)
Zim the Fox
Zim the Fox17 May 2013, 19:08
Got to the end with 25 health left :3

A few things: if you press q, you move left. Autoshoot would be fantastic. There are too many enemies at any one time and random figures spawning may take away the shape you tried so hard to get, or make your life easier; both cases happened to me.

The game however is fun and the game mechanic can have a lot of strategy to it. Do I want to shoot fast or cover all my sides? It's a great idea, fantastic job you too.

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