The Rod Of God

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.53
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.39
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.45
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.66
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★62%
The Rod of God is a physics-heavy simulation of how the worship of man has brought forth an avatar in his image, and now our sadly linear cities shall suffer his wrath so long as the faithful still follow him!

A and D to move left and right, space to drop the hammer or lift it again.

Special thanks to @Draknek, @fromsmiling, @bnhw, and @sally_anne_! Thanks so much for the help making this work, and jamming with me in Toronto!!

Also less personal thanks to Wilhelm, where ever you are, for your lovely scream, to Project Gugenhiem for their recording of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, and to Iwan Gabovitch for use of his explosion sound effect.

Genres: simulation

Comments20

crockid520 Apr 2015, 02:33
Violates the LDs rules...
RandyOrensteinauthor20 Apr 2015, 02:43
I did not ask to be included in the Audio judging as I used non-personal tracks. I had hoped that would work?
RandyOrensteinauthor20 Apr 2015, 03:02
Checked with Mike Kasprzak, and with the opt-out he said it was legal for Compo :)
amras0000
amras000020 Apr 2015, 03:15
The FAQ says otherwise, but Mike's the boss...
zeejfps
zeejfps20 Apr 2015, 03:15
Wat in the actual fuck did I just play...
vini60
vini6020 Apr 2015, 03:15
What the actual hell. I give you 1 star because u actually somewhat finished it.
Fanttum
Fanttum20 Apr 2015, 03:26
Hmmm, ok. Not sure what to make of this, But you do you man.
ErikU20 Apr 2015, 03:33
Hmm. That was something. Good job, I think.
Havacore
Havacore20 Apr 2015, 06:53
So I guess I just played that...
pi_pi320 Apr 2015, 10:40
WTF. This game is so... I don't there exists a word so powerful to describe this game's greatness. 8/8, wld r8 again m8. Although better controls would be appreciated. E.g. mouse controls for the rod. And it glitched out when I played. After I destroyed a really high building, it went into the air and stayed at the top.
Hyoga-3D
Hyoga-3D20 Apr 2015, 19:39
Oh yeah, problably the most strange game I've played until now, but it Works.
Split82
Split8220 Apr 2015, 23:28
This one and "Grow My Thing" compete in their own category :D Good job!
nihilocrat
nihilocrat21 Apr 2015, 00:46
dongiest game in the compo
ChronoDK21 Apr 2015, 05:19
Thanks for guiding me to this game from the comment you made on "Grow my Thing" - you too have shown great use of the theme obviously :D
hexagore
hexagore24 Apr 2015, 09:46
One of my own rejected game ideas was around "The Power of Christ Compels You" but I couldn't figure out a mechanic. You found one. Got to give you credit for that :P
Geckoo1337
Geckoo133724 Apr 2015, 21:53
Hum! Are you serious? I know that you can do somethink better - in fact you should :)
zwartraider30 Apr 2015, 10:04
A giant wrecking dong gets my vote! But I couldn't get past the main menu, an error console opened instead :(
RandyOrensteinauthor7 May 2015, 03:17
Try the downloadable version. in-browser doesnt seem to work as well. The Console error is a streaming thing, downloading it will solve that issue :)
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