zero_sum

by fakehair

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.53

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★24%

Gameplay was originally inspired by the idea of two worlds merging and zero-summing with one another. While we strayed quite a bit from our original vision to the point where the theme isn't obvious at all, we're proud of our game and hope you enjoy playing it.

--Controls--

A - Move Left

D - Move Right

W or Space - Jump

Q - Toggles placement mode

Placement Mode 1:

Press Left Mouse Button - Prepare block to be placed

Release Left Mouse Button - Place block

Placement Mode 2:

Press Left Mouse Button - Place block

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My jam entry for Ludum Dare 30!

Brent Popp - Programming, Sound, and Gameplay Design

Andreas Illenseer - Art and Gameplay Design

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Thank you for playing!

If you enjoyed my game, check out my itch.io page!

wiggydev.itch.io/

Genres: platformer

Tools: GameMaker

Comments13

FXCesinha26 Aug 2014, 00:32

Awesome mechanics. reminds me bomber man...

artifex26 Aug 2014, 00:36

Nice funny game, seems like the placement is random, maybe some more handcrafted design would make it even more funny. Anyway, really enjoyable.

AortaStudios26 Aug 2014, 04:37

Very cool, nice mechanics. Level generation appears random but at the same time still possible, nice entry!

Tanner26 Aug 2014, 11:56

Nice game! Cool concept.

jgthespy26 Aug 2014, 18:23

This is really fun. At first I would just run away from bombs and then try to build back up again quickly after they destroyed my blocks but then I actually developed some courage. Great game :)

malf26 Aug 2014, 18:24

liked the game , but the web version is sloooooww , but that way it is easier ;)

hogtrick26 Aug 2014, 18:24

Loved your idea. Nice game to play.

Saphyre130626 Aug 2014, 18:27

Only Qwerty ? I'm french and I really had a hard time with the controls.

kyyrma26 Aug 2014, 18:37

Came for the cool pixel art, stayed for the gameplay.

Seconding that the web version is slow. Curious, was this made with GM:S? I've been thinking about buying the HTML5 module, but if it causes problems like that, I might reconsider it...

vulpineblazeyt26 Aug 2014, 18:59

Pretty awesome, but I agree with the others that perhaps the placement could be a little less random. Good job, though, I really enjoyed it.

FakeHairauthor26 Aug 2014, 19:36

@kyyrma @malf: Sorry about the slow web version guys. Yes, it's made with GameMaker Studio. It's only slightly slow for me. Running an up-to-date Chrome. I've heard complaints from Firefox users.

I'm really glad you are all enjoying it so far!

@Saphyre1306
Sorry, wasn't aware that the controls would be a problem. Do you have any suggestion for an alternate keybinding? Preferably one that doesn't use WAD or at least keeps them on their original keys?