NOTE: Try to get past the 4th level, it gets interesting after that.
My worst game yet? :(
Hey! Managed to have time for LD35! :) Sadly, I didn't do so well this time. I'm too tired to finish it up
Anyways, this game is called OUROBOROS, and is about an infinitely long snakething trying to eat it's own tail. Gameplay wise, kinda like hokohum mashed with flywrench.
There are some neat concepts here! I like the imaginative interpretation of the theme, with use of warps and rotating the world as a kind of "shift"ing. There's something very Super Hexagon-y about the pacing and the rotation mechanic, but this is about a different kind of traversal which makes it a different kind of design problem. Having a few different level layouts that are selected randomly when you respawn would make this more catchy I think, rather than always doing the same level.
wow really nice game! i liked the mechanics and the smoothness of the line is really pleasing. its pretty hard to control but other than that nice job!
Really nice concept but so so hard! Devilishly hard. I must've played that racetrack-shaped level 40 times before finally giving up. The difficulty curve should be much less steep. I really live the effect that the rotating camera gives. Good job! :)
I really liked the idea, but felt that it could have done with a shallower learning curve. The snake moved way too fast to get to grips with the movement and I got stuck after only a couple of levels. With some balancing I could see this being a lot of fun. Certainly not as bad as your description implied, and easily fixable. Well done. :)
Brilliant idea, it's incredibly smooth and the slithering adds to the challenge. However there needs to be some sort of countdown period before you start, because some levels do not allow time to prepare.
There also need some require some checkpoints, since you can cheat some levels by holding a direction before it starts, having the snake go all the way round to its tail without having to go around the level.
Short, but really nice game! I included it in my video compilation series of Ludum Dare games, if you’d like to check them out :) https://youtu.be/Q_baWrdQ2o4
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Well done!
Could image it on mobile devices ;)
There also need some require some checkpoints, since you can cheat some levels by holding a direction before it starts, having the snake go all the way round to its tail without having to go around the level.