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Ludum Dare #29compo

Hollow Planet

by akz-2
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.84
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.77
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.48
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.46
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★77%
A platformer where you control a tiny alien with gravity-flipping powers.

Controls:
Left+Right arrows or A+D: Move left and right
Up or W: Jump
Down or S: Drill into the ground

Desktop version requires Java to run.

My first attempt at Ludum Dare! I'm quite pleased that I got the thing submitted, even though there's not all that much content in the game. Next time I'll try not to spend a day fixing bugs in collision detection :)

I used LibGDX, Paint.NET, Tiled and Bfxr to create this game.

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Comments26

rallebauz28 Apr 2014, 10:06
Fun mechanics! I'm not gonna lie I had trouble with these puzzles
eldog
eldog28 Apr 2014, 11:25
Woooo! That was F.U.N.

Great game mechanics. I completed it. Took me a while to figure out what I had to do on the third level. But was a lot of fun when I got it, made the whole thing more daredevilish. Great platform puzzler.
thomz12
thomz1228 Apr 2014, 11:29
Fun game with creative mechanics! Well done!
longshorts
longshorts28 Apr 2014, 11:39
A really great spinoff on the theme. You kept the game very simple (which i sadly didn't do for my libgdx game!) and that means it is really effective, well done!
CupcakeMedia28 Apr 2014, 17:39
This bent my mind, but when you get the hang of it, the level design makes the game flow really intuitive. Needs more polish on the camera movement and controls, but otherwise great!
snooze82
snooze8228 Apr 2014, 18:41
fun mechanics - a mix between VVVVVV and fez :)
SmilingCat28 Apr 2014, 18:47
Interesting platform mechanic, and good use of the theme.
jotson
jotson28 Apr 2014, 18:49
Really neat idea.
dusho28 Apr 2014, 20:05
pretty nice idea, cool controls
overall very good
CDK29 Apr 2014, 08:16
nice mechanics.. quite hard puzzles..
Belvar29 Apr 2014, 12:47
Cool game, really dynamic and interesting gameplay. The graphics looks good to!
Raiyumi
Raiyumi29 Apr 2014, 16:39
Really cool mechanic. and pretty fun.
SirJson29 Apr 2014, 16:41
Cool use of the theme!
Cash29 Apr 2014, 16:43
Good job,the lack of music made it feel a little "empty" but I still had fun
dj_pale29 Apr 2014, 16:44
Nice work, feels quite polished due to innovate mechanics and proper level design! Level design is one of the tricky things on LD, IMHO. Small pickings would be that sometimes the drilling is too "sensitive", and the hitbox on the enemies are a bit big.
Linus Lindberg29 Apr 2014, 20:30
Really fun game-mechanics and charming pixel graphics! :)
Charimation30 Apr 2014, 23:04
Nice interpretation of the theme! I love the side switching mechanic, really fun and nice graphics too :)
Sheepolution30 Apr 2014, 23:09
At first I thought this was another 'change gravity' game, but you took more out of the concept than I thought! The levels really make me think.
Vinyl Pixels2 May 2014, 12:29
At first I was like: meh, just a decent polished take on the side switching games.

But then I discovered the through-ground-jumping mechanics and the fact that you can actually kill the enemies and I was like: SUPER AWESOME :)

Really, I WANT MORE!
KevinWorkman
KevinWorkman12 May 2014, 12:45
This was a really interesting mechanic. You maybe should have made the "jump through" mechanic more obvious, as I only discovered it after reading through the comments. Also you might want to add the ability to cancel digs, as I ended up quitting after accidentally digging on the wrong square too many times. Reminds me of Ibb and Obb.
Dietrich Epp18 May 2014, 09:21
I had trouble accidentally drilling through to the bottom and dying, but it's a great concept and a fun game!
BeeintheCarGames
BeeintheCarGames20 May 2014, 00:24
Some of the puzzles were challenging! Great work.

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