I didn't have the weekend I wanted for the Ludum Dare. Instead I only had 3 hours on Monday evening. This is what I came up with - nothing innovating - arrows to move.
I had time to implement few of the things i wanted - but I find it reasonably fun and hopefully it won't do too badly (no way I will beat my premier 25th from last LD)
You really don't want to be touching those spinning blue things - perhaps use the spiked ball you control.
I love this idea. Challenging, but in the same way as a yo-yo or poi -- it's the kind of timing game that forces you into a flow. Super simple, but great work.
An awesome entry for only three hours! It's a shame you didn't have more time than that. The graphics are really cute, and the gameplay feels well polished. I love how the ball's momentum pulls you along when you swing it around.
On a side note, it would be awesome if you could implement a Newgrounds leaderboard! :)
pretty neat! swinging a big weapon like this is pretty fun. though a few things: there should be more feedback when you kill and enemy, and there should be more reason to kill them. right now theres no reward for killing them, and all it really helps for is keeping the screen clear. another thing is you can just sit in the ball and never get hurt (unless one spawns inside you and kills you before it detects the ball) pretty fun though
Very enjoyable to play, and music and graphics blend together well. I missed having some kind of squashing sound-effect when killing of the blue squares. Impressive to finish this in one evening!
It could be better if the contacts (hitting enemies, getting hit) weren't just dissolves; they need to be sharp and punchy. Sound would help. Also, the hatboxes are a little oversized.
You undersell yourself in the description, this is an awesome prototype! Even though it's a weird, challenging concept, it's immediately intuitive because it's physics based. I played your game for entirely too long - started thinking of lots of ways it could be used in a bigger game.
It is fun but quite challenging, but not in a way it becomes a problem.
On my previous LD I was also short in time and it drives you to really focus on making things simple as there is no way spending hours on tracing down bugs. I think for using only 3 hours, you managed very well.
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at some point does the screen just get instantly filled with blue blocks? i always mess up my flow when they spawn in my spot
On a side note, it would be awesome if you could implement a Newgrounds leaderboard! :)
pretty fun though
It could be better if the contacts (hitting enemies, getting hit) weren't just dissolves; they need to be sharp and punchy. Sound would help. Also, the hatboxes are a little oversized.
All in all, though, pretty darn fun!
On my previous LD I was also short in time and it drives you to really focus on making things simple as there is no way spending hours on tracing down bugs. I think for using only 3 hours, you managed very well.