The Only Winning Move Is Not To Play

by csanyk
Overall★★★★★★★★★★1.53
Fun★★★★★★★★★★1.24
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.54
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.33
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Mood★★★★★★★★★★1.35
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★66%
Obviously I'm going for a high Theme and Humor score here.

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Comments26

Crynix
Crynix27 Apr 2013, 04:34
I demand cross-platform support!
csanyk
csanykauthor27 Apr 2013, 04:52
Lol, I'd love to do that, Crynix. I bought GameMaker Studio for that very reason. Yet for some reason this project won't even build to HTML5. Well, it builds, but when I load the resulting web page in my browser it won't run anything. Very odd.

And to build to OS X or iOS or Ubuntu or Windows 8 I need a second computer that runs that OS to target. My current environment doesn't have that. But if any other GameMaker Studio developers out there want to download the source and make a build, by all means go ahead. And if you can send me the build, I'll host it and update this entry with a link to it.
csanyk
csanykauthor27 Apr 2013, 21:28
OK I managed to rebuild my project and get an HTML5 build that runs. I'm not sure, but I think the project I worked on last night may have been corrupted, resulting in the HTML5 build to fail.
Pacifist Games29 Apr 2013, 02:55
Cute. I like it!

Just wanted to stop in and thank you for your GM Wave Motion Tutorial. Really helped me out with my entry!
Suese
Suese29 Apr 2013, 04:00
haha. You get a humor rating, that is all.
csanyk
csanykauthor29 Apr 2013, 10:31
Suese, that's really all it deserves, anyway. I hope to be more inspired by the theme next time. This was really more of a joke entry/protest of the theme. - - although if I had a freer schedule this weekend, I would have made a second, more serious attempt.

PacifistGames, you're quite welcome! I am glad my tutorials are getting popular. I worked on the wave motion problem pretty hard, as a result of the previous LD, where I had to fake it with a sprite animation. I do learn a lot from doing these compos. :-D
ddionisio
ddionisio1 May 2013, 06:18
Hm...I don't about the theme though...this feels more like nihilism than minimalism...You took away too much!
Brassawiking
Brassawiking13 May 2013, 19:25
Actually wanted it to be more smartass against me when I lost.
domrein16 May 2013, 04:10
I didn't feel like the game mechanics and the first person perspective really meshed well. Moving the jelly past the dragon was especially difficult after you got the cake, but I can appreciate the statement you were trying to make there.
Ryusui
Ryusui16 May 2013, 04:39
A strange game indeed.
DDRKirby(ISQ)16 May 2013, 07:18
I got stuck on the third level =(
AndyBumpkin
AndyBumpkin16 May 2013, 08:14
Heheh nice. Although I'm sure it cheated. I'm positive that I won!
dick_claus18 May 2013, 05:00
haha, ok.
Andrew Shouldice18 May 2013, 20:22
I lost the first couple times, but I'm trying a different strategy now. So far so good!
jamioflan
jamioflan18 May 2013, 21:30
I'm impressed by your flawless support for iPads and other mobile devices; I appreciated every facet of this deep and complex project just as well as a PC gamer would have.
Koltiman18 May 2013, 22:09
This will be the benchmark for future gaming
Natedog914519 May 2013, 04:47
I long, compelling journey with lots of great gameplay and story twists! Great game
Zim the Fox
Zim the Fox19 May 2013, 06:46
I opened the link and it was a blank square, and after a few seconds it displayed 'You Win.'

Yay!
EatenAlive3
EatenAlive320 May 2013, 13:33
Very difficult! I eventually gave up after dying for the 7th time... You might want to give us more health and an ability to heal. Otherwise, great job!
csanyk
csanykauthor20 May 2013, 17:01
@Zim the Fox, you won my game?! That's un-possible!
rezoner
rezoner20 May 2013, 19:24
White is my favorite color so u get 5 in graphics.
Rafael Sales20 May 2013, 22:15
Here didn't work. In the beginning I thought that the concept is just the blank screen with 3 texts, but reading the comments, it seems that there is something to play. I didn't rate because I didn't play :(
Rafael Sales20 May 2013, 22:17
Okay. Reading again the text:

Obviously I'm going for a high Theme and Humor score here.

Yep. It's only this. Rated! hahaha
Fnkee20 May 2013, 22:41
Haha, genious!
csanyk
csanykauthor20 May 2013, 23:48
Rafael Sales, I think perhaps some of my players ended up staring at the game so long that it started giving them hallucinations, or something;-)

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