Impossible Worlds

by lukz
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.22
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.13
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★71%
Impossible Worlds is a platformer game in which you can switch worlds to change position of other players in order to use them as platforms and get to the next level.

Game aestetics base on Red, Green and Blue colors. Each world have different base color.

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Controls:
UP - jump
SPACE - switch world (color)
R - restart level

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It's my first ludum dare entry!

Unfortunately I didn't manage to add:
- UI
- better sounds (were added in hurry)
- more levels (there are only 7)
- particles
- implement menu

Gameplay and style were inspired by games like Thomas Was Alone and The Impossible Game.

I used: LibGDX, Box2D, Universal TweenEngine, sfxr, tiled.

twitter: @lukz_dev, http://infunity.pl/en/

Thanks!

Comments24

Retr0spectrum
Retr0spectrum25 Aug 2014, 10:11
This was really fun to play. Great job!
mess110
mess11025 Aug 2014, 17:08
really fun game, one of the best
jpmit
jpmit25 Aug 2014, 17:21
Nice game. Good idea and well implemented. I really like that it was a runner game, so I only had to worry about jumping and freezing. I like the look of it as well.

Collision with spikes maybe a bit harsh, and some problems when freezing the player instantly when starting the level, and not being able to jump sometimes. But in general, great work!
Joncom25 Aug 2014, 18:10
Cool take on the theme.
lukzauthor25 Aug 2014, 19:24
Most of bugs cause switching layer near spawn point. I knew about that but I didn't had time left to fix it. Simple fix could block player from switching layer for 1 sec after spawn.
w84death
w84death25 Aug 2014, 20:22
I don't like all those frustrating platform games but this one is make me less frustrated :)
Berail
Berail25 Aug 2014, 20:30
Good mechanic it was fun to play :D
sez25 Aug 2014, 21:50
Fun little game, I like it. The switching is a bit late and could be more tight, but overall a very well done challenging little game.
Bozwellox25 Aug 2014, 22:02
Really neat idea and executed pretty well. My only gripe is that the controls seem unresponsive sometimes which makes the game more difficult to play
owyoow25 Aug 2014, 22:16
Timing the world switching was pretty challenging but the game is great fun. Well done
andrewkennedy
andrewkennedy25 Aug 2014, 22:56
Really nice. I was thinking "this is kind of like Thomas Was Alone and Impossible Game's lovechild" then I read your post. Definitely nailed it :)
LostTrainDude
LostTrainDude26 Aug 2014, 09:08
Sometimes I wish I could choose right away which block to move instead of cycling through all of them every time, but then I realize that it may result in being frustrating.

Nice and fun! Congratulations!
(Not) Ivano26 Aug 2014, 09:45
I like the abstract art, I had issues playing 'cause pressing UP made the page scroll.
lukzauthor26 Aug 2014, 10:37
@(Not) Ivano I tried to block default UP behaviour but it was also not working in game. Although, I successfully blocked space for scrolling down.
ryguydavis
ryguydavis26 Aug 2014, 15:56
Great idea. It was a bit hard to play. I had a lot of trouble with the jump button--it worked only about half the time, unfortunately. Even when it was working the game felt pretty difficult to control and not terribly user-friendly, which was a shame since the game itself looked very interesting and I wanted to see what it had to offer.
kdunee
kdunee26 Aug 2014, 15:57
I liked it, it was challenging. Sometimes the cycling mechanic was a bit annoying and resulted in just restarting the entire level, but overall cool game.
AnnaGavaldaKedavra26 Aug 2014, 16:02
Good mecanics. Game is bugged after the really hard level (5 little jumps in a row. I don't know what is after but until there i think the difficulty is too much reliant on the platform and not enough on the color mecanic. I would be great if the level is finishable only with one color and you have to use others only as platform in the right order. Maybe it's what you did in next levels but sadly i can't play it. Still the game is good, art style is great too.
MintArcade
MintArcade26 Aug 2014, 21:42
Nice mechanics, I like minimalistic concept, really fun game.
Franklins Ghost
Franklins Ghost30 Aug 2014, 14:40
Nice design which works really well with this mechanic but did find the switching a bit delayed. Would definitely like to see this expanded. Fun game.
dcampos
dcampos1 Sep 2014, 16:30
I like to see simple, yet innovative games like this. The art style looks good with its minimalism too.
grayhaze
grayhaze2 Sep 2014, 11:13
The platforming physics are well implemented and I feel like this could be a really good game, but I'm stuck on the second level and suffering a bug where sometimes I can't jump. With a bit of tweaking this could be fun though. :)
RobotFriend
RobotFriend4 Sep 2014, 23:46
Great game concept and levels.

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