A game designed and created by Robopossum and MrAffen in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 29.
Controls and Gameplay
You Are The Magnet beneath the surface of a table/desk. Your goal is to move the ball above the desk into coins for points, fortunately it's magnetic. Unfortunately, there are also other magnetic (and non-magnetic) obstacles on the table/desk which you will have to compensate for. Control your magnet with W, A, S , D and adjust the music volume using + and -, you can also mute it with M.
Coin values Gold = 10 Red = 20 Blue = 50
Achievement Hints
Dinner Fork off! - That fork would look great on the floor... Pea'd off! - Hide your greens. Greek Wedding! - Smash those plates! What a mug! - Who needs coffee anyway?
Desk Coup d'etat - Topple the ruler! Last screening - Real pros don't need no monitor. No pen left behind - I love the smell of falling pen in the morning Squeaky clean - Mice squeak...
Score At least you tried - Fail completely Become the magnet - Rack up the points
Additional notes: The game screen starts at a very small resolution but is resizable and i recommend sizing it up a bit. To play on Windows you need Microsoft XNA Redistributable Link to it is in the download links To play on Mac you Mono runtime, Link to download is in the download links
Interesting aproach on the theme. The game is much more difficult that one would expect. Yet it's fun. I like that you added two different settings as well. Heck, even a tutorial and achievements. Well done!
Really like the concept of this :) The idea of not directly controlling a ball is very fun. 3D objects look great and feel very realistic but I think 'pixel' art style feels out of place. Music gives it a nice mood. Great game!
@Kwrky I've just checked the windows download and it's working fine, perhaps try downloading again. For the game to run you'll need microsoft XNA installed, the link to download it is in the download links of the entry.
Nice concept ! Interesting mechanics, really not as easy as I first thought ;) Great work and nice interpretation of the theme ;) The achienvments are funny, good idea ;)
Ever since I was young, I've said that I wanted to be a magnet when I grew up. They mocked me. All of them. Teachers, friends, my grandma. They said it was impossible. They said I could never be a magnet. Well look at me now, grandma. Look at me now. (Great game btw)
A great entry, and a surprisingly hard game! Still got a couple of (easy) achivements. However, even when I knew where my magnet was, it was still hard to control the ball, especially to make it stop.
Absolutely loved the game. The uniqueness of it is great. But I wish there was a way to see were the magnet is while its under the table because personally I get confused.
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The sound is really quiet, though...
Great graphics!
3D objects look great and feel very realistic but I think 'pixel' art style feels out of place.
Music gives it a nice mood. Great game!
But its always Game Over for me. But fun to play around with.
Great work on the achievements.
Original :)
(Great game btw)
However, even when I knew where my magnet was, it was still hard to control the ball, especially to make it stop.