Time and Shapes

by woftles
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.11
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★54%
You are a magical polygon and the evil squares are out to get you. Under a curse, you may only live for 10 seconds. You can extend your life by defending yourself with your magical polygon projectiles in this fast paced two-dimensional arcade game.

Development logs are included in both the source and game zips.

Comments28

UnAdmin25 Aug 2013, 19:54
Very neat with the shapes.
keyboardmonkey
keyboardmonkey25 Aug 2013, 22:10
Could you supply a 32-bit version? It looks interesting, all those beautiful polygons.
woftlesauthor26 Aug 2013, 02:52
I was fairly sure that was a 32 bit version uploaded, but I'll go repackage in a bit. If anyone on Mac can comment on whether that version works, I'm not able to test it myself.
andreyin
andreyin26 Aug 2013, 03:24
Loved it! But it sucks that you can't shoot in a direction while going to other direction. Apart from that it's pretty cool.
Zuige
Zuige26 Aug 2013, 03:26
Wouldn't run for me on OS X :/
namrog84
namrog8426 Aug 2013, 03:27
Absolutely loved the style and graphics and sound effects!

I would have loved a keyboard control to move and shoot differently though, but

Game was done extremely well!
kidder26 Aug 2013, 03:29
love the synthesized voices. very challenging and fun to play.
ix
ix26 Aug 2013, 03:31
Nice clean graphics style. I liked that you could only shoot forward, that makes the gameplay a little more unique.
patrickgh3
patrickgh326 Aug 2013, 03:31
The bullet-time effect was really smooth.
woftlesauthor26 Aug 2013, 03:33
Any errors given Zuige? I don't have a mac so I can't test my packages.
ethankennerly
ethankennerly26 Aug 2013, 03:36
The clean polygons and computer voice enhanced the shooting and dodging that alerted me. If you continue to develop this, have you considered exploring another powerup?
doctorscientist26 Aug 2013, 03:36
This is really fun. Doing badly is just as fun as doing well. Thanks Obama indeed.
woftlesauthor26 Aug 2013, 03:53
The game is definitely packaged for win32. Make sure you unzip it before running. If you have any other problems please comment away and I'll get it sorted.

Ethankennerly, I have considered more powerups that alter your projectiles in more interesting ways that statistics.
arcticleaf
arcticleaf27 Aug 2013, 16:32
pretty cool, the visual style is good
prettymuchbryce
prettymuchbryce28 Aug 2013, 01:39
I got an error.

TimeAndShapes cannot be opened because of a problem.
Check with the developer to make sure TimeAndShapes works with this version of OS X. You may need to reinstall the application. Be sure to install any available updates for the application and OS X.

Click Report to see more detailed information and send a report to Apple.
NMcCoy28 Aug 2013, 02:06
Heh, the screenshot makes it look like a long lost cousin of my own entry. Nifty game!
Tom 7
Tom 728 Aug 2013, 03:08
My favorite thing about this one was how the moving and aiming were using the same control, which totally messed with my usual way of playing this kind of game. I didn't find myself using bullet time very much... The difficulty wasn't with everything happening too fast, but with the speed I can shoot, I think.
woftlesauthor29 Aug 2013, 00:06
There's no limit on how fast you can click and there are powerups for bullet speed. Bullet time can increase your overall fire rate if you want to use it as a volley strategy.
Laelien
Laelien29 Aug 2013, 00:23
Okay, I should probably stop playing now, or I'll stay up all night. Loved it, 'nuff said.
joelrobichaud
joelrobichaud29 Aug 2013, 00:30
The graphics and sounds somehow pair up very nicely. Had fun playing it!
Danex31729 Aug 2013, 16:28
I wish I could have moved in a different direction than I was shooting. But I loved everything else.
EvilObjective29 Aug 2013, 16:28
Couldn't play on OSX :(
Error: TimeAndShapes cannot be opened because of a problem. Check with the developer to make sure TimeAndShapes works with this version of OS X. You may need to reinstall the application. Be sure to install any available updates for the application and OS X.
woftlesauthor30 Aug 2013, 05:28
Alright thanks. I'll retry the port ASAP.
ZeppelinCaptain1 Sep 2013, 13:42
Score: 729, 144 seconds and yes I feel proud! Watch out for this magical polygon!

I like how you have to be strategic in which enemy you're moving towards/aiming at. Very smooth controls, and clean audio/visual design.
Terrabyte
Terrabyte15 Sep 2013, 15:56
I really like the visuals and idea! It gets quite addictive after a while :)

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