Ludum Dare #27compo

Tourmaline

by nmccoy

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.87

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.90

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.44

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★45%

Controls: Click to dash. Press P to pause and M to mute.

Clear the sky in 10 seconds. Take out multiple clouds in a single dash for big combo points.

The music is dynamic based on your actions, and the speed your... butterfly-dart-thing is flying at (faster = more notes). If anyone's wondering, the game is named after one of my D&D characters, a faerie dragon (who is similarly colorful and flighty), who is in turn named after a mineral (which is often colorful, but usually immobile).

Comments19

XmmmX26 Aug 2013, 09:49

Nice game, the sound effects fit perfectly to the music. :)

Rave Radbury26 Aug 2013, 09:49

Simple yet elegant. I really liked the dynamic soundtrack. The dash mechanic took a few tries to get used to, but was very satisfying. Great game!

William Bundy26 Aug 2013, 09:50

I believe I already told you this was a lot of fun, but I think the new scoring system makes it more so.

manabreak26 Aug 2013, 09:53

The music and sounds reminded me of old Mario games. I think this would make a great mobile game. :)

T126 Aug 2013, 11:50

I really like the happy mood this game creates :) The movement and dash mechanics are unique and fun.

I wonder if you tried making the regular or dash trails persistent at low opacity or have the explosions generate some persistent graphics for the duration of the level? So that the player not only generates unique composition of music while playing, but an abstract visual background as well, sort of like painting strokes.

Daisuke90926 Aug 2013, 21:04

This is really cool. It has a sense of urgency that I would expect from the theme, without being stressful.

SneManden26 Aug 2013, 21:08

Very nice game! Very addictive; it is a really rewarding feeling when you clear multiple clouds at a time. Thumbs up for the orginal mechanics.

Lars Faust26 Aug 2013, 21:08

Wow, one of the most unique movement schemes i have seen to this date. Extremely smooth.

The dynamic music is also very impressive.

The minimalistic art style wouldve fit into the last Ludum Dare competition as well, very slick.

Great job, one of the most interesting "time killer" concepts i have seen so far.

Burhuc26 Aug 2013, 21:11

Very nice game. It's fun to play & and I like the graphics + music.

amidos200627 Aug 2013, 13:12

That's really amazing simple and nice ;) great job ;)

Vavassor27 Aug 2013, 17:35

Nice simple game, really liked the movement mechanics! Also incredibly impressed with the dynamic music, it sounds great.

HauntedSoul28 Aug 2013, 08:02

Very cool game! Took me a a second to get used to the controls but past that loved the sound and feel of the game. Good job!

Zerkruemler28 Aug 2013, 09:14

A funky music game. I enjoyed it altough it looks quite simple at first sight.

NiallM28 Aug 2013, 10:41

This is lovely. The dash mechanic is really interesting; it's tricky to master, which is perfect for a game like this.

Liz England30 Aug 2013, 02:33

This is definitely the best use of music I've seen so far this Ludum Dare!

Jupiter_Hadley31 Aug 2013, 20:54

Lovely music, found this game pretty great!! To bad it wasnt recordable (Fraps would only record the background of the page, not the game itself. :/) so I couldnt record it and include it in my LD27 compilation video series... Sorry

CosmicAdventureSquad2 Sep 2013, 17:27

Liked the clean and minimal graphics. The game play was fun and addicting.

bitowl6 Sep 2013, 18:58

the music fits so well with the dash sound, but I don't like the hit sound, so I cought me flying a lot of time just around the start-button and enyoing how the music is changed by my actions :)

matthias_zarzecki11 Sep 2013, 07:48

This is lovely! Music fits nicely. Nice work!

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