My take on the Minimalism theme was to create a platformer consisting of a single screen. As you progress the environment shifts providing new obstacles. Tools of choice were: C#, XNA, Photoshop, sfxr and pxtone.
Requires NET and XNA. The latter's redistributable is in the zip as it's probably less common.
Hm... It doesn't seem to work for me. I run the executable, but nothing seems to happen. Too bad--the screenshots look like the game has lots of visceral fun!
It was interesting to be able to play different "levels" without having to load or go through a level selection screen. Particle effects were great. I just wish you could do more than jump.
Re: More to do. I wanted to keep this as streamlined as possible. More player functionality, or at least a more interesting array of obstacles, would be definite goals if I was aiming for a more ambitious project!
That was amazing. I only had two issues - one, the "long jump over the lava pit" sequences were a little on the unforgiving/trial-and-error-y side, and two, some background music would have been an awesome touch. Other than that? I loved how the map kept transforming every time I touched the flashing icon, complete with awesome particle effects. Heck, watching the whole screen disintegrate as I found my way out was a more satisfying ending than some full games I've played. XD
Wow that was awesome, I loved it! Really satisfying victory screen. It was perfect how you kept it simple to fit the theme but you should expand on it more now. This would work great as a cell phone game.
Thanks again. Ambient music, 'live transforming' and some moving platforms for harder/interesting jumps are definitely features I wanted! I’ve never finished a LD before and wanted to keep it bite-size. :)
Wow, even if it's not that hard or long it is a very polished and well thought through game. I really liked the idea of playing in one screen the whole time and changing the levels without leaving them.
That was good, I really liked how the levels readjusted themselves during gameplay. My criticisms would be that it took a little too long (in my opinion) to get to the challenging parts and also the audio was really grating by the end. Maybe you could randomise the pitch slightly to avoid this?
That was pretty awesome, the effects were cool, and the "level" design was really good. Especially with the minimal amount of stuff. In fact this is one of the best entries I've played as far as the theme is concerned. Also I like how at the end it just closes ;)
I'm a Linux user and can't run the game. Even wine couldn't make it run. Please use some multiplatform tool next time! When you develop a windows-only software, you obligate your user to purchase the windows thing. And the money is not the problem, the goal is about freedom and break the chains of the microsoft slavery.
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Re: More to do.
I wanted to keep this as streamlined as possible. More player functionality, or at least a more interesting array of obstacles, would be definite goals if I was aiming for a more ambitious project!
The level transition animations are awesome, I'm really impressed you managed to put together so many in the time given.
I really like the graphics too, very minimalistic but also very stylish.
My only minor complaint is that it was a bit too easy to breeze through. Only one jump ever gave me any trouble.
Great game, nice work!
I've seen the whole morphing room concept done before, but the explosions and particle effects really bring flair to the proposition.
Also I like how at the end it just closes ;)
I like the particle effect and your concept!
Great work! :p