Had very little time for LD34 - made a Pico-8 in a hurry :) Theme = growing.
* Navigate with [left]/[right]
* Shoot with action buttons [x] or [z]
The aim is to merge and grow the evil boxes in order to have one left - then it will collapse due to it's unbearable mass! (*erm*).
Whenever you hit a box it changes direction. The magnetic field is also activited and shown as a circle. When boxes have an active magnetic field and are close to eachother the bigger box will consume the smaller one.
In Pico-8 the source is embedded in the cart PNG image.
Really nice take on the theme. I had some trouble understanding how the mechanic worked, so I was mostly playing asteroids :P It has a really awesome retro-feel. Good job!
Clever twist on Asteroids. I'm having some performance problems after playing for a few seconds in Chrome, so I can't really play it. But it seems like you can't move, only rotate? Makes it pretty difficult if you can't dodge.
I found it very challenging to hit the boxes exactly once to change their direction, it was very hard - it does inspire me to create some asteroids like games with non-standard ways of winning however (e.g. use tractor beam to rescue people while causing asteroids to reverse direction rather than destroying them, something like that).
Nice - one of the more unique gameplay ideas I've seen this LD - even if it just "asteroids with a twist." You were able to make something pretty good despite claiming to only spend very little time :)
Challenging, neat little game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/Fm6iQk47yZ0
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http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=63655
"Reinforcements have arrived" - pretty great :)