The Quest for Minimalism

by arkazon
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.28
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.33
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.47
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★71%
Fairly straightforward puzzle-platformer.

Bob the bloke with the silly hat and a sack of potatoes is a bit of a minimalist and wants to just sit there and eat his potatoes in peace. Unfortunately there are a load of pesky levels with platforms, mesh things, bridges, boxes and other stuff preventing him from finding happiness.

Luckily there are some handy magic levers of handiness +3 to help out. Activate the levers to remove parts of the level and make bob happy, activate all the levers on a level to proceed to the next level.

Controls:

WASD/Arrow keys : Move around (up or down only work when on climbing meshes).
Space : Activate a lever / Start the game.
ESC/R : Reset the current level (you'll need to do this so remember the button!).
+/- : Cheat like a cheating person and jump between levels using a debug feature that I figured was probably worth leaving in.

Game uses WebGL so you'll need a browser that supports it (I'm looking at you, Internet Explorer). I suggest using Chrome since that's what I tested it in but most non-Microsoft browsers support WebGL these days so take your pick.

Comments19

mortus
mortus29 Apr 2013, 09:14
Very nice idea, I think this could be a good game with some more work put into it.
gizmo29 Apr 2013, 16:21
_VERY_ nice puzzler!
Ernyz29 Apr 2013, 16:34
Simple, yet interesting. Pretty good game :)
Zekyon
Zekyon29 Apr 2013, 18:04
Nice puzzele-platform game, although, a little easy
Covenant29 Apr 2013, 19:52
Very nice, interesting puzzles, and an excelent take on the theme!
pighead1030 Apr 2013, 08:25
Nice little puzzle game. It wasn't really minimalistic though. I crashed when completing one of the puzzles.
quill18
quill1830 Apr 2013, 16:21
Something about this game reminds me of the ancient Montezuma's Revenge on C64. I like it!
mort96
mort9630 Apr 2013, 16:22
The game is very nice, and I love that you used WebGL instead of relying on browser plugins like Flash, Unity or Java :D
Arkazonauthor30 Apr 2013, 16:30
Glad you're all liking it, I intended to make some of the levers do non-gameplay related things like remove background images or turn sound off. Ended up not having any backgrounds or sounds to remove though!

@pighead10 : Did the browser crash or just hit an error? Which browser are you using?
@FloatingGhost : Are you using a WebGL compatible browser? I suggest trying with Chrome.
Per30 Apr 2013, 18:37
Wow! Nice level designs!
SmallDeadGuy1 May 2013, 18:52
A little simple and easy. Graphics weren't too bad, and was a little puzzling. Not bad for 48 hours, but some audio and a bit more polish would be nice.
Polar2 May 2013, 18:42
A great idea, and a great take on Minimalism. My only issue was that it was quite easy, but that's not that much of an issue.
SmilingCat4 May 2013, 20:13
Pretty cool, I liked how you could confound the monsters by walking over top of them.
HuvaaKoodia
HuvaaKoodia4 May 2013, 20:40
I would have liked a "Level Minimized" screen with Bob sitting down (on thin air) and eating some potatoes, before cutting to the next level.

Otherwise a pleasant puzzle platformer with a whole lotta levels.
messiano5 May 2013, 04:03
Nice entry, I liked the mechanics and the player graphics!
dem05 May 2013, 18:26
That was really simple, yet fun little puzzle game :)

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