Happy Shape Shifter

by domrein
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.48
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★55%
For some reason these shapes can't touch each other. I dunno. They don't like each other or something. Anyways, you're the square in the middle. Shift the other shapes around by pressing the arrow keys. Everyone in the house decided to take a Sunday nap, so this game is what I could accomplish in the 2 hours during the nap. But everyone's up now, so submission time.

Controls:

up - shift triangleus up

left - shift circleys left

down - shift hearteys down

right - shift starreys right

screenshot

Comments24

AssassinMonkey18 Apr 2016, 04:26
Pretty fun, but could use a little more depth
domreinauthor18 Apr 2016, 16:35
Holy wow! This is the best game ever!
vazor18 Apr 2016, 17:05
Woo! After I realized right arrow key DOES do something once the stars appear this game got pretty intense! Nice work!
ragnta18 Apr 2016, 18:57
Nice game! Good job! triangleus seems like an other object that I don't want to write down :D
monkeybit29
monkeybit2919 Apr 2016, 13:03
I wish there was more to the mechanics
domreinauthor19 Apr 2016, 17:54
"triangleus seems like an other object that I don't want to write down" haha. What?
zaywolfe20 Apr 2016, 00:46
Wow I loved this! So challenging. Feels like I'm exercising a new part of my brain while playing.

BTW Cuddle Fish has a mac port now! :P
I can't test it though cause I has no mac.
mikesmullin21 Apr 2016, 02:20
this game changed my life!
timeshapers
timeshapers21 Apr 2016, 08:36
Doesn't work for me on chrome or firefox. But it might be server load, not sure.
Shatter Point Studios22 Apr 2016, 02:57
Simplistic but fun, found myself playing it over and over to beat my old score.
KairosXIII24 Apr 2016, 15:40
Very interesting concept, nice take on the theme.
neondx24 Apr 2016, 15:47
fun game, original use of shapes
OnlySlightly24 Apr 2016, 15:55
Super FUN! The concept was simple but lend itself to a really cool frantic experience. I liked how happy and smiley the protagonist is despite me terrified and frantically trying to remember which button moved which and pressing the arrow keys like a madman. I was yelling 'SQUARE DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IS AT STAKE!" great game I had a lot of fun. Thank you for making it :)
CodeNMore24 Apr 2016, 16:11
Very cool concept and gameplay, with some more polish it could be really cool!
mooncalf25 Apr 2016, 21:13
Really great idea. I would have liked an on screen indicator of which buttons switched which shapes. At first it was very difficult for me to remember, especially since I don't see many of the shapes for awhile.

Congratulations on a job well done!
leffe10825 Apr 2016, 21:36
Interesting game.

I do wonder if it is supposed to have audio as you didn't opt out to be rated on audio. I played in Chrome using the Web-link in a new tab and F12 only listed favicon.ico as a 404.
Studiosaurus26 Apr 2016, 21:31
oh my, this is such a weird, brain twisting game. I play a lot of difficult games and I'm genuinely surprised it's such a challenge. I love it! so far I always die fairly fast when the hearts come. I see a deeper level of understanding of the game which I haven't even begun to discover: being aware enough to smash shapes into each other, rather than just focusing on the ones that are lined up to hurt you. Let me know if you make this into a mobile game or implement some kind of online scoreboard :)
danieldsj29 Apr 2016, 01:44
I like the explosion animations and the screen shake. I could only up and left controls. Good effort!
DcrDro
DcrDro30 Apr 2016, 12:52
cool game!
mar3k
mar3k1 May 2016, 11:43
Cool idea, but it's really hard to get used to the controls so I died pretty quickly most of the times.
knason
knason1 May 2016, 19:30
nice graphics and animation, well spent 2 hours and concgrats on your entry.
Joror
Joror1 May 2016, 19:50
Nice mechanic that is counter-intuitive! Really had to rewire myself a bit to make it work. :)
BloodJohn
BloodJohn4 May 2016, 19:22
Brilliant in its simplicity game. First, you simply watch and then attempt to influence the situation. And then you are immersed in the flow.
yuigoto
yuigoto6 May 2016, 06:28
Whoa, this is simple but REALLY FUN! :O That's great for a 2h project too! :)

Controls work nicely and it gets challenging and quite chaotic after some time! :P Good work!

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