Ludum Dare #26compo

On Minimalism

by richy486

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.70

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.30

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.70

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.95

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★48%

Move the dot with the arrow keys, avoid the stompers while working your way through the maze to find the treasure!

The minimal aspect I went for was through the single pixel character, minimal colours with mostly greys and a single 'enemy' the stomper.

I tried to use the stomper in as many ways as I could think of while keeping the mechanic the same.

Built for OSX and Windows using cocos2d-x.
Sounds made using bfxr

Fixed for error on Windows version, please try the new build

Comments29

robc28 Apr 2013, 20:07

Excellent game. Tone really fits in… and the controls are spot on.

manabreak29 Apr 2013, 07:20

I can't get it to work. Says something about parallel setting (or something similar, it's in finnish).

HELLO2329 Apr 2013, 07:48

I can't get it to work also :( Here is a screenshot of the error I get : http://puu.sh/2Jkmf.png

tankete29 Apr 2013, 08:08

"The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail."

This appears to be related to missing the correct C++ runtime components.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-pictures/error-the-application-has-failed-to-start-because/df019c0d-746e-42d0-ad68-465e18e3f3ef

Salamander329 Apr 2013, 08:36

I can't seem to get this to run.

HELLO2329 Apr 2013, 08:37

Anyone knows which C++ runtime should I install in order to play the game ?

richy486author29 Apr 2013, 10:45

Thanks guys, I'll see if I can fix it up

richy486author29 Apr 2013, 12:54

Just updated the build, should be fine now (fingers crossed)

andygt4029 Apr 2013, 13:12

Yeah, windows version working just the same as mac version now.
Awesome game by the way! The last level was difficult but totally worth it hah!

Nacho29 Apr 2013, 13:16

Would have been fun, but the player dot was hard to tell apart from a few flecks on my monitor, and the pillar smashing sound made me want to tear my ears off.

mechagk29 Apr 2013, 13:19

It's very hard to see the player as he is only the size of a pixel :/

tiffi29 Apr 2013, 13:22

great game, but perhaps the player could be bigger than 1 pixel

geepit29 Apr 2013, 13:25

Very cool, liked all the variations of the same enemy/mechanic

kewry29 Apr 2013, 13:41

The dot is really small, makes my eyes hurt, it's fun though and a bit challenging

mchaza29 Apr 2013, 13:54

Great job, but the dot was way too small as mentioned.

richy486author29 Apr 2013, 22:17

It is pretty small. I guess it sit too close to my screen so it seemed fine, I could't follow it when other people played it though

fueelin29 Apr 2013, 22:19

Fun game, good use of theme. I like the implicit music caused by the rhytmic crusher things. As others have said, this game kinda hurts my eyes... Seems like a few games in this LD have that quality :D

Korda30 Apr 2013, 02:32

This was actually pretty cool but I think you missed an opportunity with the sound. If the size of the crusher effected the pitch of the sound you could have had the level generate the music for you

richy486author30 Apr 2013, 04:31

Korda - That would have been awesome!

alts30 Apr 2013, 08:33

I really like how the crushers provide "music" for the game, and how some screens seemed to, perhaps inadvertently, use polyrhythms. The one pixel character was confusing at first, and I had to clean my screen to figure out what was actually happening.

Hadyn30 Apr 2013, 08:40

There I was, having made it through hell, enjoying a nice stroll through a couple of screens of progressively narrower but danger-free lanes, when it crashed =[

(Windows version, I'm running Win7 x64. I was at the end of a very narrow screen-long lane if that helps at all)

Still rating you up - this was far better than the screenshots might have led me to think!

LaceySnr1 May 2013, 03:45

Love it. The maze can get quite confusing and some of the stompers are brutal!

robc1 May 2013, 06:48

Great fun. Certainly is a tad brutal - but the challenge was well worth it.

Quite recommend it :)

richy486author2 May 2013, 01:35

It turns out that the game is a community service announcement to get people to clean their computer screens

richy486author2 May 2013, 03:38

Hadyn - are there files in the resources folder?

BipoleMoment4 May 2013, 17:01

Great game! Really challenging!

Ray_Mickelino5 May 2013, 23:07

Awesome. Really fits the theme of minimalism. Good job!

dremelofdeath7 May 2013, 11:16

I could imagine that not everyone would be able to see the little dot, but I could, and I thoroughly enjoyed this game.

Alphonsus11 May 2013, 02:46

This is the the most minimalist game I have played. Haha :P Love the level design, but it's really hard to see the player. But I guess that's part of minimalism, so. Nonetheless, great work!