Ludum Dare #32compo

Sticks and Stones

by sam-reid

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.71

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.44

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.38

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.25

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.07

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★30%

Only one man had the courage to stand up to the villainy of the Red Squares and Other Various Red Things. Knowing he had limited time, Blue Circle decided to grab the only weapons available to him, unconventional though they were. Will his innovations and clever wordplay save the day? Or is Blue Circle doomed to a long slow Red death? Let's find out...

Comments15

Bastienre420 Apr 2015, 12:25

Awesome idea. It's really interesting and all the words are used differently, good.

MrDave20 Apr 2015, 12:29

Despite the simple graphics I actually think this is a clever game. I would like to see the idea of using the letters to build up weapons and items fleshed out into a full game. gj

yuigoto21 Apr 2015, 14:07

Liked the idea of using words/letters as weapons and can totally see a potential of improving upon this idea into a lot of things. :)

Xanjos22 Apr 2015, 00:53

Nice wordplay (in a literal sense). The concept is pretty well done too.

TailyILoveYou22 Apr 2015, 00:54

Very cool little game, I love the idea. I just wish there were more words! :P

Blobo22 Apr 2015, 00:56

Really loved the concept. turning words into weapons was a pretty cool idea.

ThirdMoon22 Apr 2015, 00:56

I love it! =) the best is level 2, absolute fun! :D
Also end level is very good! =)

grillaface22 Apr 2015, 00:56

Very interesting! Got a little slow for me on level four but overall pretty great. I've seen a lot of word themed weapons, and this is one of my favs. Great job!

smikulcik22 Apr 2015, 00:57

Really cool idea. Interesting way to put words into a game.

MGhareeb3222 Apr 2015, 01:01

This is awesome! The concept is really good and the puzzles were interesting. With more puzzles, this game would be perfect. Good job!

Pixel Heart22 Apr 2015, 01:04

Everyone should try this game. This is an amazing idea.
As a designer, I was at first really "meh" by the graphics... let's face it! They are really "basic". But fortunately I decided to open the link and try the game... And I found wonderful ideas, innovative gameplay (the GUN level is my favorite) and funny mechanics.

Everyone should give this game a try. Good job. Thumbs up!

dydx22 Apr 2015, 01:21

Really clever game. I'm on a phone right now so I appreciate the touch controls too. But I can't seem to be able to move on level 4

samreidauthor22 Apr 2015, 01:28

> But I can't seem to be able to move on level 4

@dydx I saw that problem too when I tested on an iPad--it took more than 20 seconds to load level 4, but when it loaded it played OK. It was much faster in an earlier iteration when the bad guys were squares instead of texts. Perhaps I could speed up loading if I cached the text graphics as images??? Anyways, thanks for the report!

Justin Mullin22 Apr 2015, 01:40

Very clever! A little light on gameplay, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. =)

Nikteddy9225 Apr 2015, 20:04

Whoaah! the idea behind thi game is great! I really like it! Maybe one or two more levels would have been great! Well done by the way! Great Entry!