Ludum Dare #26compo

Pieces

by husky

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.49

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.84

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%

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Hi, before you started playing.

I want to remind you that I had added the "mouse over + key 'Z'" as the alternative control of mouse middle click.

Thanks :p

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Hmm...I thought the theme would be like "Death is good". "Afterlife". "After the end of the world" or "Every Death is meaningful",
then I can make a horror game muhahahaha!

But it is not. *sigh*

According to these key words:
"Less is more".
"Simple is good".

and I saw the post: http://www.coffeewithanarchitect.com/2011/11/16/ten-representations-of-minimalism/

They give me a idea to make a game using plus/minus (difference/union?)as its gameplay.

I feel a little sad that the ideas of horror games, I want to use at the "Death" themes, are all gone.

So I was trying to make "Pieces" like a evil and horror game lol (well, maybe I failed).

I am using the same languages and tools as usual: AS3 and Lua.

This time, I was trying to make a music by TENORI-ON, it's pretty fun, but I still need lots of practice.

That's all, thanks for playing! :)

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The game is pretty short, so it's ok to put attention on game dialog ;)

oh, and the game has potatoes.

Comments38

SuperlevelSebastian28 Apr 2013, 14:25

I really loved your puzzles and the simple mechanic. Thank you. :)

FuzzyWuzzie28 Apr 2013, 15:41

This is really really cool! My only complain is the flashing when hovering over an object.. it got distracting and annoying fast.

DrGeraud28 Apr 2013, 15:47

Exactly the same as FuzzyWuzzie.
Really cool ! But objects flash way too fast.

Anyway, good job !

omaha29 Apr 2013, 04:49

I think I need to invest in a proper mouse. Hard to play on my trackpad.

Huskyauthor29 Apr 2013, 06:53

@SuperlevelSebastian
Thank you!:)

@FuzzyWuzzie
@DrGeraud
Thank you guys!
I fixed the annoying flicking effect.

@omaha
Aw, sorry. I forgot the notbook users...
I add the "mouse over + key 'Z'" as the alternative control of middle click.

Thanks for your feedback! :)

raincole29 Apr 2013, 07:15

It's a great idea and it fits the theme. Sometimes the click doesn't work.

caasi29 Apr 2013, 09:49

(Y)
Did you put her in your closet?

lekochen29 Apr 2013, 11:52

Whoa, what an ending!

Huskyauthor29 Apr 2013, 15:29

@raincole
Thank you!
I didn't cause that situation, my mouse works fine here...
I will keep tracking, thanks for your feedback :p.

@caasi
rofl.
I have no idea what you're talking about~~~~ lol.

@lekochen
It's lucky that it's just a story XD.

CryoGenesis29 Apr 2013, 16:32

Interesting concept and charming game!

karsyf29 Apr 2013, 16:36

I liked the game, but I found that the puzzles kinda stopped making sense after a while and I was just clicking without thinking

ilovepixel29 Apr 2013, 16:43

Tricky puzzles, I enjoyed playing this game

saggiosoft30 Apr 2013, 11:38

This game is very cute!

alts1 May 2013, 06:07

I really liked this. The final puzzle in particular really convinced me. Excellent mechanic, and great execution of it. I wasn't able to middle click (the browser would intercept it before the flash embed). Luckily it isn't critical.

Jezzamon1 May 2013, 06:08

Yay! Fit the theme really well! Great game!

There are a LOT of typos though, but it's forgivable.

How exactly did you make this? I don't understand how you could get the middle and right mouse click working if you used as3

starpixie1 May 2013, 07:22

I was compelled to finish the game and find out the ending! I would agree that this is a charming game. The music, sound effects, and story really helped draw me in, and the mechanic was pretty solid - and certainly minimalist. Excellent submission.

hypp1 May 2013, 07:47

Nice one! Couldn´t get middle click to workt though

Ezzam1 May 2013, 07:53

Pretty outstanding game with a very interesting and well executed mechanic.

Pitoum1 May 2013, 08:59

Too bad you didn't think to the players who don't have a middle click :(

tiffi1 May 2013, 09:14

Wow simple and minimalistic and quite puzzling ;)

Tyro1 May 2013, 09:21

A puzzling puzzle if I ever puzzled over one. Great presentation and the like! You really put a lot of effort into making this work with the minimalism theme.

rezoner1 May 2013, 10:38

Awesome idea! Very fresh and interesting. Enjoyed the calming experience.

Huskyauthor1 May 2013, 15:46

Thank you and your feedback, guys! :D

Sorry for my poor level designing and English/grammar...*sigh*

I had added the "mouse over + key 'Z'" as the alternative controlling of mouse middle click,
hope that can solve all the middle mouse problems...
My fault, I wouldn't use middle mouse in my gameplay next time. :s

Thanks again!

Dir3kt1 May 2013, 17:37

Cute but had some difficulties figuring out what to do :/

domrein2 May 2013, 04:00

Very cool idea. The doll puzzle was pretty tricky though :( Didn't beat it. I think I'll go back and try again.

Skywilly2 May 2013, 08:13

It's not for my little brain... But it's a great idea !

Huskyauthor2 May 2013, 08:50

@Jezzamon
Hi, AS3 can use the event of mouse middle and right after FP11.2! :D

atraxgames2 May 2013, 09:58

A cool way to express a feeling, to narrate a story.

foul2 May 2013, 15:54

lol i just created a really horrifying doll :)

GranaDa3 May 2013, 17:36

Nice puzzles and storie. Good job!

Rafael Sales3 May 2013, 18:51

Intelligent puzzle. Congratz!!

PabloAlexandre314 May 2013, 20:11

Nice Idea

Colapsydo5 May 2013, 08:40

Nice mechanic for this puzzle game.
Sometimes it's a bit hard to find the right combination when we just have a text description oh the key, but it's also challenging.

glbs6 May 2013, 18:55

Simple mechanics but pretty beautiful game

Cake&Code8 May 2013, 06:00

Such a smart game! I love the idea of adding and subtracting, and I love the way you approached the theme. It took me a little while to completely wrap my head around the game mechanics, since the Umbrella + Cat stage got a little complex. Great work. :)

Turtle12 May 2013, 06:54

@_@ spooky