Boomerang

by deity
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.13
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.85
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.48
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★48%
You get 1 Boomerang. It comes back to you if it doesn't hit anything. Collect the Orange ball to go to the next level.

Left click to fire boomerang. That's it.

Comments27

mcgraw
mcgraw16 Dec 2013, 03:16
That was fun/interesting! Great work!
supremefist
supremefist16 Dec 2013, 03:16
Hard to predict what the trajectory of the boomerang will be!
SilentBunny16 Dec 2013, 03:16
poor boomerang didnt come back
Snail_Man16 Dec 2013, 03:18
I really liked the clean, crisp graphical style. Sounds were okay, although they cot a bit annoying after a while. The boomerang's physics felt very weird and inconsistent though.
archaeometrician
archaeometrician16 Dec 2013, 03:21
Cute game ! I lost my boomerang after level 6 :P Good job with the graphics I love the isometric view.
andrewkennedy
andrewkennedy16 Dec 2013, 03:28
Cool take on the theme, You've got a pretty fun game here!
ashen16 Dec 2013, 03:35
What a fun game! Well done! The graphic style is clean and the use of the theme very clever.
WojWorks16 Dec 2013, 03:40
A fun, albeit simple game. Not sure how well this fits the theme though.
ehtd
ehtd16 Dec 2013, 04:01
A nice but a little unpredictable boomerang. I played for 30 levels, did not know if the game had an end. Simple concept, but nice gameplay.
mcapraro
mcapraro16 Dec 2013, 04:49
nicely executed!
dcolgan16 Dec 2013, 06:44
Very fun! It's a video game boomerang simulator game.
primaerfunktion16 Dec 2013, 10:10
The boomerang is hard to predict, but it's fun to play.
nicotuason16 Dec 2013, 12:53
Nice crisp graphics! Bit hard to predict the boomerang's path, but still fun.
Tonasz16 Dec 2013, 16:30
I love this minimalistic art style and enjoyed this idea for puzzle gameplay. :) The mechanics of boomerang could be explained better, but I think I got it. Are levels generated or preseted? And I'm not sure if that's bug, but few times the ball has moved around after failure, and once got inside a tree.
Deity
Deityauthor17 Dec 2013, 01:22
Thanks for all the feedback! Was my first entry to Ludum so I kept my plans simple so I could finish.

Boomerang is definitely a bit tricky. I wanted a fully elliptical path but that didn't work so well so I made it to where the boomerang first goes to where you click then does the full 180 degree semicircle before returning.

@Tonasz: levels are all randomized/generated. And yes I think on the return path, the boomerang can sometimes glitch through trees (collider fail due to the movement/rotation speed I think).
danbo
danbo17 Dec 2013, 12:18
Cute game, though since you can just keep throwing it I dunno how much it adheres to the theme.
SecondDimension
SecondDimension17 Dec 2013, 12:31
When there were a few trees and you swung the boomerang between them it was supremely satisfying!
Venturelli17 Dec 2013, 16:42
Nice idea, but the boomerang trajectory is a little weird, I think! We made a boomerang game as well, nice to see the same idea generating games in completely different genres :D
Zerkruemler17 Dec 2013, 20:42
Nice idea, good implementation. but unfortunately it is more luck than skill required. More different levels would also be nice.
somepx18 Dec 2013, 21:51
A good game. Stuck at level 6 tho ;)
Jgpicatoste
Jgpicatoste19 Dec 2013, 21:53
Pretty good, with clever level design and vibrant graphics. I found, though, that the boomerang mechanic behaved somewhat unreliable sometimes.
Miltage
Miltage20 Dec 2013, 13:12
I loved the concept, but the puzzles aren't very well thought out. If you hit the ball, but don't get the boomerang back, the level restarts with the ball in a new position. This makes me think that the levels are actually random and not puzzles at all, more a luck-based game as opposed to a skill/logical one which I hoped it was. Overall, an enjoyable game, nicely done.
diegomachado
diegomachado21 Dec 2013, 20:44
I like the minimal graphics style and gameplay! Could improve control (or lack of) the boomerang when it's comming back. Nice work!
rnlf
rnlf22 Dec 2013, 02:15
Interesting idea. Is there a way to predict the direction the boomerang will turn? It's quite hard this way. Funky art style.
Diptoman
Diptoman3 Jan 2014, 13:28
Simple and fun! It was hard to know if the boomerang would turn left or right, so too a lot of gambles. The spinning was weird. But other than that, great game, and a great way to kill time.

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