Ludum Dare #34compo

Lab Rat

by someone

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.30

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.70

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.63

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.32

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★40%

Puzzle platformer game.
Two button controls: left and right to move. That's it!
Also R to reset the level and M to mute the music.

Unfortunately I didn't manage to finish the character animations in time due to an irritating bug in the library that took far too long to fix.

Edit: Added a post compo version that has the animations and updated levels.

Comments13

hexagore14 Dec 2015, 21:25

This mechanic works really well for me. I got through a good few levels before I got completely stuck :)

johntherobot14 Dec 2015, 21:30

I like the level design and the potion concept, but it's not always easy to understand which platforms you can climb and which ones you can't (based on your size I assume). Maybe an explanation or a couple more "teaching" levels before moving on to the shrinking potions.

Allthebees15 Dec 2015, 01:15

I love a good puzzle game, this one is a lot of fun. The music is great, fits right in. The art is pretty too, the controls do feel a bit "fast" and the character jumps when you don't want it to. Overall really fun :)

dusho15 Dec 2015, 16:06

interesting concept.. sometimes I was like 'ah.. you can do that... ok'

AlexaCol16 Dec 2015, 20:32

Fun mechanic, really liked it!

Auroz16 Dec 2015, 20:33

The mechanics were decent, but the jumping was a bit random.

Bobsleigh16 Dec 2015, 20:37

Good puzzle game, interesting mechanics, good atmospheric music. Gets quite hard fast, I got stuck after a few levels on the one where you got the two cracked tiles in front of you at the beginning.

lurils16 Dec 2015, 20:39

very complete, the mechanics work well and the puzzles are interesting not too easy not too hard.

Diventurer16 Dec 2015, 22:23

It was very fun, but... Is the last level impossible? I tried about every possible combination of grow/shrink. There seems to be no way to actually finish it. Please make a playthrough, please I am puzzled (no pun intended) by how this is solvable.

It's a great game though, don't get me wrong. I had fun. :)