The Sandbox

by quade81
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.12
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.45
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★91%
You play a creature living in a sandbox and your goal is to rid your home of the debris from the lot next door.

You are constantly moving forward use the A and D keys to turn left and right.

Comments30

Jerick28 Apr 2014, 05:46
This was a lot harder then I thought it would be, I was struggling with the controls a lot, I wonder if locking the camera to the player would make it easier to move.
malmazuke28 Apr 2014, 05:49
Original idea. A bit too difficult for me though
Taugeshtu
Taugeshtu28 Apr 2014, 05:50
I completely agree with Jerick :)
OhFiddleDiddle
OhFiddleDiddle28 Apr 2014, 05:50
Wow that was really hard. :P
I think it might have been easier if the camera came with the player or something like that.
But really innovative!
manabreak
manabreak28 Apr 2014, 05:51
Extremely difficult, but also a very original concept!
BruceDoh28 Apr 2014, 05:52
Nice, innovative gameplay. Very challenging!

Graphics are exactly what they need to be, and the song is nice and soothing.

Would have liked more freedom of movement - annoying to have to repeatedly press the controls rather than being able to hold them down. The turn radius also didn't seem to be quite consistent (eg. 4 button presses left turns me around 180, 4 button presses right gets me further than 180). This made movement a bit unpredictable.

Overall, highly rated. Well done.
Nition
Nition28 Apr 2014, 05:53
Excellent interpretation of the theme.
Liens
Liens28 Apr 2014, 05:54
A little slow for my taste, and it was hard to tell how much control you had over movement. But interesting concept and good theme.
Shivur28 Apr 2014, 07:19
Very relaxing game. BruceDoh, the turns follow and hexagon shape, it's easier when you understand that.
shaneparsons28 Apr 2014, 07:21
Very hard only just got past the first level!! But a good game overall.
Alucard J28 Apr 2014, 09:46
A really good idea, and great use of physics and mesh, but the controls could really use some refining. It took me a few goes to realize it was looking for GetKeyDown, not GetKey, each press and release of a key rotates the direction. The speed of the 'monster' and the size of the sandbox makes it very hard to control. A long comment because otherwise I thought this was very clever =]
Andrew Adams28 Apr 2014, 17:21
Nice. Thanks for letting me play this. I think the difficulty is just right.
DragonXVI
DragonXVI28 Apr 2014, 18:34
Great idea and well presented, but have similar issues with the difficulty :p Quite fiddly to push the balls out.
graebor
graebor28 Apr 2014, 18:34
Cool idea, I found it really hard though, even with just the one ball.
rylgh28 Apr 2014, 18:36
such a good idea!
xgeovanni28 Apr 2014, 18:37
It's hard to come up with a truly original game idea. I don't think I've ever done it. Really nice looking as well.
Thomas Ingham28 Apr 2014, 18:37
This game was really difficult. I think locking the camera to the player would help a lot.
sprawl28 Apr 2014, 18:37
I'll have to agree with Jerick. The controls made this game hard to fully enjoy.

Enjoyable Graphics.
hnjslater
hnjslater28 Apr 2014, 18:41
Tricky but good fun, I got the third level on my third try so not too bad. I think a stop button would've made it easier.

But seriously, beautiful looking and sounding game!
DavidErosa28 Apr 2014, 21:02
Really hard to control! But a nice interpretation of the theme.
terraco28 Apr 2014, 23:16
Very hard. Good job!
Kep28 Apr 2014, 23:55
I liked the idea, but it took me four attempts to get rid of the first ball. I got passed level 2, but was burnt out once I got to level 3 and stopped.
I don't know what the solution is, but it takes too long to figure out what your new direction is after pressing a key. It took me a while to realize holding the buttons down did nothing.
benmcnelly
benmcnelly29 Apr 2014, 00:25
Solid entry, very neat and almost relaxing!
Integershift
Integershift29 Apr 2014, 01:45
Pretty good game, but I don't like how you are constantly moving...
Techblogogy
Techblogogy29 Apr 2014, 12:48
Pretty hard game, but I enjoyed it.
Halbernacht30 Apr 2014, 08:27
Took a while to get used to the control, but once I did the game was really neat.
tehryanx
tehryanx1 May 2014, 23:11
Super neat idea. I wanna see what I look like :P
DrStahlbart2 May 2014, 13:53
A game easy to understand but hard to master. Nice work!
MintArcade
MintArcade5 May 2014, 10:31
Nice use of the theme. Interesting gameplay.
Zerkruemler8 May 2014, 14:22
Very cool idea, but too difficult. I feel that it is not so realistic that the sand at the borders has a slope towards the border. Otherwise good realistic feeling and nice idea to play just sone chords on your guitar instead of synthie-music.

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