Martian Sock Challenge

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.23
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.12
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.16
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.46
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★48%
Connections between worlds are often obvious...AFTER it has been pointed out. Why didn't we figure this out years ago??

This game is HTML5 based and can be played with a PC mouse, with a touch screen, or with keyboard "A" and "D" for the serious. It should work on mobile.

You WIN if you collect 100 pairs of socks, but the game allows you to keep going if you are challenging a friend. (Infinite collector, I suppose.)

"High Score" is only kept for the session, so if you actually get a "double dog dare" you'll need to take a screenshot to show your friends. There are badges up to 100 that will show up in your screenshot if you make it that far, so you can prove you did it. (Badges are not shown in the screenshots below for exactly that reason.)

Some things I learned along the way:
* Warm-up weekend would have been a great idea :\
* Art may or may not be my strong suit :\
* Leave more time for player testing!

Comments15

Endurion
Endurion26 Aug 2014, 05:35
Nice little game, but gets really tough really fast.
Dining Philosopher26 Aug 2014, 16:26
Haha, funny little game. :) I got to 47, and then my eyes started to hurt from looking too long at quickly rotating socks. ;)
ReddogStone
ReddogStone26 Aug 2014, 17:48
Made me laugh a bit. And was also fun for a couple of minutes. I've always been wondering where those socks are going...
garygreen
garygreen26 Aug 2014, 21:15
It made me smile. :-)
Kiwiboi27 Aug 2014, 01:50
Nice, funny entry! Enjoyed the humor and fitted the theme well!
jshaffer94247author27 Aug 2014, 02:16
:) Glad you had fun. Original plan included levels and...yeah, well, y'all know what happened to that, right? Took me until Saturday after midnight (um, guess that means Sunday) to get the basic mechanic of showing which socks you'd collected to work. Didn't leave any time for all those other ideas. Lessons learned for next year!
gnx27 Aug 2014, 04:38
Good base mechanic and you get into the game in seconds. Nice little game.
rustybroomhandle27 Aug 2014, 05:10
Fun - the difficulty curve is a bit steep though! :D
J-d-H
J-d-H27 Aug 2014, 08:08
Oh no, I lost so many pairs. Need to go to buy new ones...
pjimmy
pjimmy27 Aug 2014, 10:42
interesting :)
mrexcessive28 Aug 2014, 17:31
Hi there. First of all... haha! Good idea, like the high speed spinning at same time introduce the patterned socks... cruel. Good job, nice SFX.
gnerkus
gnerkus29 Aug 2014, 18:39
Nice! I had a lot of fun with this game. Thanks.
aeveis
aeveis30 Aug 2014, 04:07
There's something charming about the little smiley aliens. Interesting progression to try and make the matching harder.
Rage Paint13 Sep 2014, 21:44
Funny idea, but don't see how it fits into connected worlds.

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