Blink Gun is a puzzle platformer where you control small white square character trying to reach the exit. You will use special kind of weapon which enables you to switch places with black boxes. Not only your position is switched, but also the velocity and angular velocity.
Made in Unity. Code: C# Graphics: Photoshop Music: Logic Pro No sound: I ran out of time :(
Nice touch with rotating body while jumping. It adds a lot of life into the character. Overall really polished. Music, graphic & gameplay work really together.
Nicely done! Seen a few swapper mechanics so far but liked this ones puzzles more. Tutorial text parallaxing's a neat effect to, and good wrapped up set of levels with simple minimalistic UI.
Very good, the graph was pretty nice, the only thing that bothered me was the slowdown of the character (hinders rather the fact that he stay slipping)
This is so impressive. The look and feel of it is so polished. This is practically shippable as a mobile game.
The only gameplay complaint is the camera going from side to side as you move back and fourth in place, for instance on a platform. I felt this made controlling the character a bit hard.
I remember playing your submission for the last Ludum Dare. It was also easily one of the most polished submissions.
Great use of a swapping mechanic, those puzzle were really clever and the difficlty curve is nicely tuned. The controls made the execution frustrating though (I think this is mostly due to the way the camera move constantly)
I really enjoyed playing this game. Great work. I didn't play all the way through though and the thing that made me give up wasn't really that it was too hard or that I didn't understand what to do. The character kept moving after letting go like if it was on an ice level. It should break the speed much faster in my opinion. There was a place in the beginning of the second or third level where you could get trapped and need to reset the level (supposed to drop a black box down a hole to open door). I think giving the user a quick reset level key would be nice (e.g. R) and in this particular case there was really no reason why the jump back should be impossible.
The best part: The jump animation. I could jump all day.
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pinkmonkeyhead20 Apr 2015, 15:53
Impressive! Really clever level design and the way you introduce the player to the concept. Graphics are great. Everything is really polished.
Its awesome. The graphics you made in 48 hours. Man it just needs some levels then its ready for real publishing. Only thing that itched me was the physics on the cubes they just kept falling off edges B(. But idk its part of gameplay. I will do some research on your source. B)
Great game! Prob my fav yet. It does so many things right, yet a little short and a tad easy maybe. Or maybe I just want more, haha. You should deff continue this if you can.
The visual are really pleasant, i really like them! The mechanic is interesting enough (already saw it in other game, although implemented a little bit differently). And you should definitely work on more levels! I enjoyed playing your game, thank you for making it!
Loved it. My only complaint lies with most of the others: not enough levels. It's clear though that you spent your time refining and polishing this game and I prefer all of that to a lot of levels.
Really liked your games pixel art and music, suited it. However I didn't entirely understand it, and I think I solved the first puzzle a different way because I didn't know how I was meant too (http://i.gyazo.com/0b6d3ac97fb6bca7703432e69da30f82.png) I still really enjoyed it though, and playing it, I could see the depth of the gameplay. Really well done! I also like the starting story, shot your mood ratings up for sure. Pretty much gave all 4 stars.
Conpletly unrelated: Your website and demain name is so cool.
Split82: My apologies! Shit happens I spose haha. All these tabs are gonna drive me crazy :P. Revoted, your game is excellent. Just as good as that comment.
Short but very complete experience. I liked the way the player box rolled around, it seemed like there was also some unique collision solution based on your rotation while jumping onto the corner of platforms - or did I imagine it? Well, very smooth controls and collisions at any rate.
Possibly there could be a minimalistic sound effect while swapping and jumping - something subtle that wouldn't interrupt the nice mood.
Other than that, no suggestions.. this was excellent work. (￣▽￣)ノ
I designed a similar game for a jam about a year ago called "Genetic Bounce Moto." It was like this but a Metroidvania, and almost unplayably bad.
It's very chill, and I like the dangerous brightness of the lava. It's a good way to indicate "THIS IS HAZARDOUS" without anything flashy. My only problem is that the tutorial is a little weird. You learn how to go right, then how to jump, then how to go left? That seems wildly disjointed.
This is amazing! The graphics are clean and effective, the music sets the right mood, the puzzles are just enough at each stage to push your thinking. Great work!
Five Star Game! Great game feel - The controls are very solid, the jump rotation, and dust when moving adds make it very interesting just to walk and jump around. The art is amazing. Cant believe it's made in 48 hours! The idea is very creative. And the company puzzles make full use of it. Just amazing.
Quite polish I must admit! Great job! Everything falls in place, graphics, audio, tutorial. I would suggest to keep the tutorial level - its really short.
Very very excellent. The concept is well conceived and the puzzles well designed. The polish is great, I *just* can't give everything five stars, but it's a really well rounded game.
The physics on the character is surprisingly good - wrangling unity physics into a good platformer is no mean feat! I like how the rotating block is a good "trick" to getting corner climbing to work :)
This is amazing, I'm amazed this is done in 48 hours!!
Graphics very pretty, music suits the game, the color, the feel, the concept, very very spot on. In fact, this looks sellable. I hope you do well in the compo judging! :)
This game is beautiful! I love the position-swapping mechanic and the puzzles. The music and the minimalist style fit really well. I just thought that the player box (which looks cute) needs to be less slippery. One of the best games so far for me.
Very nice visual with minimalistic background music which is perfect. There is here a real potential so as to do something different - a great game. Neat ++
We had the same idea for a weapon, although the pace of the game is quite different. I loved your slow take. Excellent execution, lovely art, nice audio, great mood overall. Great entry mate!
Very solid swapping game, albeit probably 4th one I've played so far. I really like the two modes you've put together: swapping vs normal, where the former indicates what you can flip with. It's the nice usability touches like these that makes it great.
Would really appreciate sound effects. They totally make the game better!
I like the graphic design a lot. Smooth, poetic, efficient !! Great job. The gameplay is really nice, with great ideas. But so short. Do a longer version and I buy it !
Nice and polished entry. Nicely adjusted difficulty. For just being a square, the jump animation withe the rotation feels pleasant. As someone said, the 1st tutorial level is totally innecesary. The moment it "teached" me that "A" went left was like.... really?
PS.: get rid of tutorial level :P