Squeezed Out

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.26
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★55%
Use the left and right arrow keys to avoid the blocks!

This game was made in about 8 hours for Ludum Dare 26. The theme was Minimalism. I created this game on Sunday while I traveled on three different types of trains and a bus across four states total.

Has online leaderboards if you're into that kinda thing!

screenshot

Comments26

pansapiens29 Apr 2013, 03:53
Great little challenge - it's like Superlinear Hexagon :) Reminds me of the good times trying to beat the flying level on Battletoads from Gameboy .. at some point your finger have to move faster than your brain. Nice touch with the play button tweening from the title screen to become the player.
CogentInvalid30 Apr 2013, 00:53
Simple game, but it controls well and gets challenging fast.
ella guro30 Apr 2013, 00:53
def makes me think of super hexagon. i'm not super into the idea itself, but it works pretty well.
Sestren30 Apr 2013, 00:56
Fun game. Simple and well-executed. Sound was a bit annoying, though.
berjah30 Apr 2013, 00:58
Good smooth game and fun to play. I had to really focus to beat my own top scores.
ataxkt30 Apr 2013, 01:01
Really really nice. Shame the positions don't randomise more, I could basically stay still till near the end!
HybridMind
HybridMindauthor30 Apr 2013, 01:04
@pansapiens & ella guro: I wasn't originally thinking about Super Hexagon when I came up with this simple idea, but I do see the similarity for sure. Super Rectagon? :)

@ataxkt yeah, I definitely agree that is probably one of the things that annoys me the most. I just didn't have time to address that unfortunately in the small window I had to make this game.

@others: thanks for playing and the feedback thus far!
SuperlevelSebastian30 Apr 2013, 04:26
Where are the leaderboards? Didn't find 'em. ;p

But pretty cool! :)
HybridMind
HybridMindauthor30 Apr 2013, 15:17
@SuperlevelSebastian: The leaderboards are available via the little trophy icon in the bottom left of the main menu.
ocmu
ocmu1 May 2013, 01:41
Very good work for such a time frame! Simple but fun
Nolojen
Nolojen1 May 2013, 01:43
nice job, good sound and animation work
Andrew Shouldice1 May 2013, 01:46
This is a great example of how super simple graphics, if animated well, can look really sharp.
pvwradtke
pvwradtke1 May 2013, 01:55
Nice little game! One suggestion, instead of making the bars going lower when the games gets faster, keep them up. It´s actually very easy to find a spot to stay when the bar are o close to the player
netgrind
netgrind1 May 2013, 18:03
This game had me replaying a bunch, gameplay is perfect for the theme. I really liked the play button turning into the character.
zatyka
zatyka2 May 2013, 16:24
Awesome use of the theme, and quite fun too. Keep up the good work!
SuperDisk3 May 2013, 00:52
Fun little game! It seems like you can get into one position though and pretty much just make minor movements to go on forever.
cardboard3 May 2013, 00:59
Simple but effective. Great sound effects and visuals.
Julian Ceipek3 May 2013, 01:00
Nice and simple gameplay that gets pretty tense. I wasn't very satisfied with the difficulty gradient, though -- the game seemed very slow initially and switched to being very difficult in an almost binary way.
Switchbreak
Switchbreak5 May 2013, 19:03
Nice work! It starts maybe a bit too slowly, but as it gets harder it's really fun.
Milktoast
Milktoast7 May 2013, 15:27
The difficulty ramps up perfectly. Found myself grinning wider with delight with each successive round. Great job!
Alex Shestakov7 May 2013, 16:06
3700! A perfect little game for several minutes, good job.
lasergans7 May 2013, 18:52
Is fun :) Although the simplicity it looks very good (like the animations). At the beginning its a bit boring.
MathiO7 May 2013, 20:56
Doesn't get much more minimalist than this, nicely done!
Jeremias
Jeremias8 May 2013, 15:18
Good job in doing this. Your game creates a fantastic flow. Perhaps you should change the instant death to some kind of penalty (perhaps the game gets slower) to keep up the flow!
Sylvain.p
Sylvain.p15 May 2013, 04:57
simple, but great challenging game, it's like a maniac shooter. Good work.

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