Ludum Dare #34compo
SHRiNK
SHRiNK is a small game about a little ball which shrinks all the time. In order to survive you must collect green diamonds to grow and avoid death by implosion.
Unfortunately the world does not help you.. Moving blocks, spikes, everything wants to kill you in SHRiNK!
Use the RIGHT and LEFT arrows to move
Press R to restart a level
Short Post Mortem:
It's my second Ludum Dare and i'm quite happy with what I've done. I started a bit late so I had to find a simple idea to make it work. I had a lot of crazy ideas but it would have been too much work and I wouldn't have finished in time. So I focused on a really simple gameplay. Only two buttons to control the player and a cool shrinking/growing mechanic. My idea was clearly in the theme :D Everything worked just fine, and I finally finished way earlier than expected. The only bugs you'll probably encounter are related with the changing size of the player that makes some collisions weird but it won't be a big deal I hope :)
I hope you'll enjoy!
Troubleshooting:
Windows: The game may be blocked by Windows, so if you can't open it :
Right click on SHRiNK.exe > Properties > Check "Unblock" and it should run just fine! If it doesn't, maybe your antivirus is blocking it :/
Mac: If osx tells you something like 'Downloaded .app is damaged and can’t be opened, you should move it to trash', just open a terminal and go to the app folder (doing cd Downloads for example) and then type:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine SHRiNK.app
Linux: Also this is the first time I've done a Linux export, so I hope it works ok.
Don't hesitate to tell me if anything goes wrong.
Unfortunately the world does not help you.. Moving blocks, spikes, everything wants to kill you in SHRiNK!
Use the RIGHT and LEFT arrows to move
Press R to restart a level
Short Post Mortem:
It's my second Ludum Dare and i'm quite happy with what I've done. I started a bit late so I had to find a simple idea to make it work. I had a lot of crazy ideas but it would have been too much work and I wouldn't have finished in time. So I focused on a really simple gameplay. Only two buttons to control the player and a cool shrinking/growing mechanic. My idea was clearly in the theme :D Everything worked just fine, and I finally finished way earlier than expected. The only bugs you'll probably encounter are related with the changing size of the player that makes some collisions weird but it won't be a big deal I hope :)
I hope you'll enjoy!
Troubleshooting:
Windows: The game may be blocked by Windows, so if you can't open it :
Right click on SHRiNK.exe > Properties > Check "Unblock" and it should run just fine! If it doesn't, maybe your antivirus is blocking it :/
Mac: If osx tells you something like 'Downloaded .app is damaged and can’t be opened, you should move it to trash', just open a terminal and go to the app folder (doing cd Downloads for example) and then type:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine SHRiNK.app
Linux: Also this is the first time I've done a Linux export, so I hope it works ok.
Don't hesitate to tell me if anything goes wrong.
Comments31
Reminds me of both SuperHexagon & VVVVVV in a good way.
hahahah!
Nice game!!
I wonder if the stripes are a design choice or something else...lol
Only one little bug i have found: If you press into a wall you sometimes glitch out, but it doesn't affect you that much :)
The overall design is super awesome and innovative.
The strong urge to pick up everything that's inherent to gameplay... just completely destroyed in front of me. Awesome.
I'm gonna poke around in your code for a bit if you don't mind
if(keyboard_check(vk_left) && !place_meeting(x-hSpeed,y,o_walls))
{
x-=hSpeed;
}
ok right so it checks you wall collisions,
but o_vmoving isn't parented to o_walls, so there's nothing to stop you from moving straight through a wall
Sometimes I died when I was being pushed by wall to the right. The moving walls felt a bit buggy as a whole. Nice sound effects for a compo entry.
Brilliant :)
I enjoyed the music and the aesthetic, though maybe the background/stripes could have changed colors or something between levels -- there was a bit of strain caused after staring at the same pattern for too long.
I'd like to play some more!
Below is a link to the post with details, and you can find out my opinion of your game in the video as I play!
http://ludumdare.com/compo/2016/01/02/lets-play-ludum-dare-34-episode-5/