Ludum Dare #26compo

the pretentious apple

by bluebutton

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.09

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.02

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.68

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★48%

The pretentious apple is a 3d puzzle game based around tactile rotating mechanics. The player guides the apple through a series a puzzles by manipulating and rotating the environment.

The game fits the theme as I wanted to keep the mechanics as pure as possible, no fluff, you touch and drag everything in your path and that's all you do. I also centralized the game on a single theme...the apple (albeit a pretentious one).

Comments31

matthias_zarzecki29 Apr 2013, 03:03

Ha, this idea is great! I haven't seen a ball-game with this control-scheme before.

Artstyle works quite well. I think the start black background might even work in its favour, contrasting with the high-detail objects.

Also nice work on the "story"-integration, to increase the artsy-fartsy-factor

wallmasterr29 Apr 2013, 08:44

Looks awesome, controles are a bi fidly, got stuck on level 2 for ages. the gameplay is quite inavitive.

Komradus29 Apr 2013, 09:24

Some of the levels were fairly tricky at times but overall fantastic work! On occasion though it's a little difficult to judge distance and angle due to the camera position.

SenorDiablo29 Apr 2013, 19:23

beautiful, interesting and funny

Masadow29 Apr 2013, 19:26

This game have great control, great concept and awesome art !

iamorim29 Apr 2013, 19:29

Beautiful graphics and music. The controls are a little strange but I played perfectly. Good game! :)

Ditto29 Apr 2013, 19:51

Interesting mechanic, took a little while getting used to, but worked really well! The music set the pretentious mood really well! :D

BumpkinRich29 Apr 2013, 19:53

Could have so easily been a ball.. and would have lost all of its charm. The ingredients wouldn't work on paper but you have made them come alive (as they might say on Masterchef). That music shouldn't fit a ball roller... but it does.

HelkeGames29 Apr 2013, 20:04

Good game! :D

d_durham29 Apr 2013, 20:05

Really well presented take on a simple idea. I did find it a bit tricky to control initially, but still enjoyable.

mebibyte29 Apr 2013, 20:08

Great music! Levels were a bit challenging, but the controls were easy and fun. Nice work!

Diamonde29 Apr 2013, 20:14

Very nice concept and incredibly well executed!
I like the simple art, and love the music. Even more, I love the gameplay which is rock solid in the controls and the increasing difficulty.
So rewarding to solve that last level! Thanks for sharing this game :)

Rafael Sales29 Apr 2013, 20:26

Great gameplay.

phnxphire29 Apr 2013, 21:39

Very nice. Love the music and the interface.

Split8229 Apr 2013, 21:40

Not sure how to vote because it looks like the game was made by more than one person (at least it's written in the credits), anyway I like it a lot :)

bytegrove30 Apr 2013, 18:48

Pretty game, with clean visuals and nice music, but I think this should have been entered in the jam instead seeing as it was made by more than one person?

Alexander1 May 2013, 02:12

Absolutely love the music!

thenmal1 May 2013, 02:21

Loved the gameplay, but was very disappointed that the music wasn't original. (lists a music store in the credits)

kidevil1 May 2013, 02:42

Great graphics and concept, but had a hard time grabbing the platforms when I wanted to.

mrexcessive1 May 2013, 04:13

Very nice... Screw the apple lol... Good job doing tutorial levels, a valuable feature. Fantastic music/atmosphere - truly pretentious... (in UK at least... it's not just an apple, its a Marks and Spencers' apple...)

jacklehamster1 May 2013, 06:18

Very high mark for the music, even though I'm not sure an epic music like that really fits the game.

gregdevice1 May 2013, 06:43

Very original mechanic and like the theme!

Uhfgood1 May 2013, 06:54

Reminiscent of Marble Madness, however it was a pain in the butt to control that apple.

Ismei1 May 2013, 10:05

I loved the music, and the black background worked really well. I found it difficult to judge angles sometimes, but apparently that's something I'm bad at in general, so it might just be me.

IceCliff1 May 2013, 17:13

This was great. Though I must say level 2 was ridiculously hard. Great to see so many good Unity games :)

MinionStudios1 May 2013, 17:58

So fun! Gets hard to judge the angle with a fixed camera, but it works out just fine in the end. Awesome game!

Squared Muffin1 May 2013, 19:04

A very nice game with a very nice soundtrack!
It could do with a bit more polish since I encountered quite a few annoying bugs.

theomnis1 May 2013, 20:10

Screw that apple! Fun game, but a little hard to get the hang of.

jackspinoza1 May 2013, 20:28

nice work, looks very polished. I found it quite difficult sadly but I'm rubbish at this sort of thing. Albeit, good work.

SmilingCat7 May 2013, 02:49

Very beautifully done! Both the graphics and the music are gorgeous. Love how you rotate a single piece of the puzzle at a time.

Excellent work!

GameNacho8 May 2013, 19:52

Cool idea, I always like "tilt" kind of games :)