CaptureZ

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
My first Ludum Dare entry, (in)complete in 36 hours...

A game of capture - build fences to surround your prey - but you've only got 10 seconds to do it!

Postmortem - http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/08/26/capturez-postmortem/

Control the ball with Q W E - the ball can only turn when its moving, W is accelerate, so tap it to corner more sharply. Mouse to shoot at black saucers and to scare the animals!

Comments51

DanHayesGamer26 Aug 2013, 02:43
Would have been better if the controls were tighter, but this is a pretty cool game! I'd buy a commercial version with more polish and features.
brobutter
brobutter26 Aug 2013, 02:44
pretty innovative and fun. good job!
ShawnFeatherly26 Aug 2013, 02:45
Cool idea! That turn radius makes it maybe too hard.
ix
ix26 Aug 2013, 02:52
This is a neat little idea. The QWE controls feel a tad odd to me, and a better visual indicator for when fences are out would be nice, but I definitely think the overall concept has legs (also, it's really impressive for 48 hours).
whydoidoit
whydoidoitauthor26 Aug 2013, 03:20
Yeah to make the turn radius slower you need to release the W key and tap it :)
whydoidoit
whydoidoitauthor26 Aug 2013, 03:23
That and shooting with the mouse need to be improved for sure!
flamecow
flamecow26 Aug 2013, 03:38
Pretty innovative, reminds me a little bit of some games I used to play where you'd have to box in monsters. Great graphics, too. Especially for a LD game.
OldPeculier
OldPeculier26 Aug 2013, 03:41
Amazingly brilliant despite some bugs and difficulty. You've really made two games here: just fencing alone would have been enough, without the shooting and whatnot.
Steve
Steve26 Aug 2013, 03:49
Pretty nice. QWE is a weird control scheme though, should probably be WAD. Nice music.
Metal Axe26 Aug 2013, 05:03
Definitely something to keep working on! Make the controls a bit more slick, fix up situations when you can trap yourself (not only by making a wall around you, but if you get stuck in between two walls that are too close together) and you'll be onto a great game!
Impmaster26 Aug 2013, 09:50
The QWE controls are very odd. Also, I don't know why, but a UFO started chasing me, blocking my screen. Also, I'm pretty sure that the music was just some loop from a VST. Also, I had no clue what the animals were.
whydoidoit
whydoidoitauthor26 Aug 2013, 11:06
The music is a composition loop I made in Garage Band. I WISH I'd used different keys (they weirdly feel ok to me, but given the feedback...)

Shoot the UFOs, especially as they are highlighting a problem in my camera controller ;)
JtM26 Aug 2013, 11:29
Nice concept but the controls could do with some work, I like the way the animals try to escape.
Rick Hoppmann
Rick Hoppmann26 Aug 2013, 11:56
The music is nice and calming, but the colors have a too high saturation in my opinion.
as3boyan26 Aug 2013, 12:20
Very good graphics.
AdventureIslands
AdventureIslands26 Aug 2013, 16:36
Nice work for 48 hours! Interesting game.

The controls take time to get used to, why not just use ASD than QWE? I kept getting confused.

I also got stuck inside a rock and inside my own fence and couldn't get out of either.
tripleVisionGames26 Aug 2013, 18:10
It's like Billy Hatcher meets the light bikes in TRON! Feels nice to control although my fingers kept slipping to WSAD frustratingly. Really nice presentation, I like the look of it, particularly the fence you build looks cool. Great game!
Ghostik
Ghostik26 Aug 2013, 21:29
Really great idea!
Volute
Volute26 Aug 2013, 22:42
This was a fun experience
Sergey Mohov27 Aug 2013, 00:54
Really fun! Reminiscent of GO and Tron. Oh and Dots of course! One suggestion though: I think the player should be able to pass through their own walls.
Diogo Muller27 Aug 2013, 01:28
Fun idea, good game. Relaxing music.
Tork27 Aug 2013, 02:06
Fun and great graphics but not a fan of the camera movement.
Jayjay27 Aug 2013, 02:28
Really awesome, definitely feels like potential for a commercial game here =D
crashbanito
crashbanito27 Aug 2013, 03:19
Pretty interesting concept for catching the little animals. It's a super relaxing game to play.

That music also reminds me of the old Spyro the Dragon games. In fact several aspects of this game remind me of that (spaceships and little animals).
sirdorius27 Aug 2013, 08:43
I like the idea but the controls are annoying. Besides being really strange (Q and E for rotation?), I would like to be able to look around easily, with the mouse maybe.
infernet89
infernet8927 Aug 2013, 10:09
Really original gameplay! I felt a little uncomfortable with controls, i am more a wasd person..
Xgor
Xgor27 Aug 2013, 13:53
It got a pretty good look to it. I wish the controls was a bit better.
Also I could get myself stuck in my own fence so I had to restart.
Also... how do you get the UFOs.
DoubleS
DoubleS27 Aug 2013, 17:34
QWE Controls felt a bit weird. Pretty fun though!
Hypnohustla
Hypnohustla27 Aug 2013, 21:33
Loved how fast it was. Really smooth experience. Maybe the controls could have been mapped more traditionally. I kept trying to use A and D to turn. But thats just me :)
Reverend Speed27 Aug 2013, 21:39
Loved it. Great use of the theme, original gameplay, easy to pick up and play. Looks great, sound great. Yeah, there's problems with the turning circle and the way the UFOs obscure your vision, but these are very minor problems.

Love Unity Gems, by the way!
tigerj
tigerj31 Aug 2013, 04:50
really amazing concept. fun and rewarding play.
Diptoman
Diptoman31 Aug 2013, 10:47
My fingers are always going to the conventional WASD directional controls. But I like how the game is very cute and fun!
hbocao
hbocao31 Aug 2013, 13:43
This is a very cool idea! Loved the music! It made the gameplay so... "light". But why not A and D to turn left and right? I kept pressing the wrong keys. Yeah... I'm a idiot. Great job!
timtipgames
timtipgames31 Aug 2013, 15:17
The fence mechanic is pretty cool, but I was missing some feedback on how I actually perform :)
Vile Smile
Vile Smile31 Aug 2013, 15:34
Very cool! The graphics are nice, and I really liked the concept.
Pinktreeleaf31 Aug 2013, 17:52
funky game. weird and incomplete but good for a 48 hour competition.
kristof31 Aug 2013, 18:40
The idea is very cool. Kind of difficult. The sound that plays when you fall into the water and get rescued is extremely loud. Also the controls are a bit strange. WASD or arrow key would have been better in my opinion. Still a cool game.
Mironix
Mironix31 Aug 2013, 23:15
Very satisfying mechanics! Loved cowherding those little guys! Great job, especialy for 48h compo!
The Evil Cult1 Sep 2013, 00:11
Nice entry. Was fun to just roll around and jump off cliffs. Controls felt a little difficult when trying to make sharp turns to fence in stuff. Overall I found the game quite relaxing though, and the music certainly helped that. Pretty good entry, especially for the 48. Good work!
Codexus
Codexus1 Sep 2013, 11:33
Very cool game. The fencing mechanic was interesting.
Ray_Mickelino1 Sep 2013, 21:39
Interesting game. I think it might have been better if the ball moved a little faster, but good job!
caranha
caranha2 Sep 2013, 14:09
Hey thanks for the game! It is a very novel and interesting idea, but to be quite honest, I couldn't handle the controls very well - the camera moved around too chaotically for my taste, and I had a really hard time trying to predict where my own character would move.

Maybe add some sort of camera control or mini map to the game?

Thanks for the game, and here is my video review - hope it helps you with the post compo!
PaperBlurt
PaperBlurt4 Sep 2013, 11:37
but this was fun! nice job!
blackotus4 Sep 2013, 17:56
This is a fun game!
Very different, in it's own way. I like the premise.

I wish the controls stuck to the usual WASD though.

Nice entry!
Jedi14 Sep 2013, 12:00
I wanted to check this out after seeing caranha's review. Once you get used to the funky controls (well I never quite did) it's a fun little game!

I love the modern take on the Tron mechanic!
withoutpillow
withoutpillow15 Sep 2013, 11:42
great idea, but i would have loved some way to control the camera, it's very hard to hit those annoying UFOs. if you even need those things, perhaps at later levels but the other gameplay is surely enough. would also like to play this without time constraints.
porglezomp
porglezomp16 Sep 2013, 21:29
Seems like an interesting game, but the controls need a lot of work.
porglezomp
porglezomp16 Sep 2013, 23:46
I managed to get to the predators (the controls aren't as bad as I thought, they're just not very standard), but the predators were too hard to catch.

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