Marble Run

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.70
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.96
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★81%
The best marble run simulator you'll ever play. It has real panning marble sounds in it. There's not really much else to say about it.
Arrow keys / WASD to tilt board.

Tools used:
- Flex SDK - Actionscript compiler
- Flashpunk - Game framework
- Flashdevelop - Actionscript IDE
- GIMP - Graphics package
- Chronolapse - Timelapse software
- Garageband (iPad) - Recording marble samples
- Ableton Live Lite - Processing marble samples
- iTunes - Music

Comments33

Alexandre Szybiak
Alexandre Szybiak25 Aug 2014, 17:30
Cool idea ! Some levels are evil, that last ones with 4 balls are quite challlenging, but not too much so anyone can finish the game, I appreciate that. Great job !
koalamo25 Aug 2014, 20:44
Well executed and designed.
MrSylar59
MrSylar5926 Aug 2014, 09:56
Remind me a game on my phone but funier ! You made a good job.
Artamus27 Aug 2014, 14:10
Nice game, congrats!
43iscoding
43iscoding27 Aug 2014, 14:16
Old idea with a new twist. Pretty hard with multiple balls :)
Razoric
Razoric27 Aug 2014, 14:17
Clean, easy to get into and challenging. Great job! :)
BillToWin
BillToWin27 Aug 2014, 14:18
This game felt real due to the marble rolling and hitting wall sounds being so well done as well the shifting of the board graphical effect. I really enjoyed it. A+
foolmoron
foolmoron28 Aug 2014, 18:56
Really great execution of a simple idea. Controls and visuals and sounds all come together to enhance the mechanic. Really fun overall!
kristof28 Aug 2014, 18:58
Nice idea and very good execution. It really feels like playing one of those marble games I has as a kid. The sound effects in particular are very pleasing. Nice work!
kdunee
kdunee28 Aug 2014, 19:01
Fantastic, a really well designed and executed game. Sweet marble sounds ;)
dook28 Aug 2014, 19:04
This was suprisingly good! Looked a little dull and simple, but it got challenging and the sound and graphical effects were rather good :) Could work pretty well on a phone I guess.
Sunflower
Sunflower28 Aug 2014, 19:23
Pretty neat entry, reusing the old ideas in quite fun and challenging way. Liked the board shifting effect.
PeerPlay
PeerPlay28 Aug 2014, 21:36
Exactly what it promises to be. Marble game, plain, simple, fun, challenging!
jmf
jmf28 Aug 2014, 21:38
"Real panning marble sounds" - I can attest to that. Great game, well executed.
ratking
ratking28 Aug 2014, 22:14
Great entry, I enjoyed it a lot!
rlangewi
rlangewi28 Aug 2014, 22:20
I liked this a lot! The marble sound was perfect!
Glaydur28 Aug 2014, 22:20
God I hate this game. But that is good because it's a rage inducing fun! hahah
shatterhand28 Aug 2014, 22:21
This is incredibly well polished and a lot fun to play. Loved it a lot, very good work!
yodamaster29 Aug 2014, 14:51
Very nice! Good levels, very playable, fun to play, and the difficulty gets higher slowly. The sounds are minimal, but fit perfectly.
vividhelix
vividhelix31 Aug 2014, 16:44
I was on one of the levels with three balls and switched browser windows and that closed the game window - please make it stay open.

Other than that, great idea and execution, good level design too!
skiddings31 Aug 2014, 16:50
good but so hard!
Homletmoo
Homletmooauthor31 Aug 2014, 16:53
Oops, sorry about that. My whole website's codebase is a bit of a mess at the moment. I've been a bit discontented with the current system on that page, so I'll probably add a dedicated 'close' button to the popups soon.
Rock4831 Aug 2014, 18:03
Pretty fantastic game, the sound design was pretty good too
Fazz
Fazz2 Sep 2014, 23:32
Genuinely quite a fun little game. Sounds work really well.
whalebot
whalebot2 Sep 2014, 23:32
I loved playing the real life version of this game, but that only had one ball... X( Nice work with this! It feels and looks really good!
kidando
kidando3 Sep 2014, 13:06
Now this is an entry I have mad mad respect for. I'm not sure how you came up with the physics and mechanics in less than 48 hours but it had my kinda challenge. When I had to handle 3 marbles, I knew I was screwed. This is going to be a killer android game. Superb!
mrspeaker
mrspeaker3 Sep 2014, 13:10
Ha, really good take on this concept - there were a few similar ideas in this LD, but adding the rolling marble aesthetic (with those ever-so-authentic sounds!) makes it my favourite of them. I'd say that the hit boxes on those holes was a hair too picky though - I feel like it would be a bit more "fun" if you could move fast n loose a bit more. Besides that, it had a really good feel to the movement... great job!
twintrite3 Sep 2014, 13:11
Cool simulation and response to the inputs and nice simple style. I like the interpretation of the theme and playing it is fun :)
Homletmoo
Homletmooauthor3 Sep 2014, 13:16
The collision is probably one of the weaker points, I agree. The problem is trying to simulate round objects with hitboxes and pixel maps - which are, by nature, not round. I didn't really have the time or knowledge to extend Flashpunk's collision engine to support circular bodies, so the marbles are represented by a square, and the holes by a circular pixel map (with jagged edges, because pixels).

One feature I would have liked to add would be a slight acceleration towards the centre of a hole when you get close enough. That way, if you are travelling fast enough, you could skim around the edge of a hole.
thecolorhacker3 Sep 2014, 13:18
Nice and fun entry! I lasted 6 minutes in my first try
dancingmad9 Sep 2014, 12:43
I finished the game in 5:36. It was fun!
jprogman
jprogman9 Sep 2014, 18:57
I'm glad the physics are tolerable unlike those real marble labyrinth toys. Those buggers are such a pain to control. I'm glad this game is well executed.

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