Shapeshift

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.89
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.72
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★72%
How to play:

WASD to move

Mouse to shape blocks

Click and drag the edges of a block to shape it.

To solve the last level, you have to think - and use your "magic" - outside the box... LITERALLY!

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v1.2: Fixed the blurry images.

v1.1: Made a small update with a bug fix and two in-game hints, so that the last level makes sense. Original upload can still be found here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/like8yr2ntm8mcr/AABX_r-1pgqK8pRBMOwZg9ZYa?dl=0

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First time participating in Ludum Dare!

Made everything from scratch using Java with LWJGL and Slick-util. Images drawn in Paint.NET and music made with Madtracker 2. Code is really ugly and outdated, but I'm glad it works...

I only used about half the time and spent way too much of it just trying to get things to work, including transparency, repeatable textures and getting the game to run as an applet. Nothing of that worked out...

Comments27

Crown Games18 Apr 2016, 01:46
How do you beat the first level?
hildegarbageauthor18 Apr 2016, 05:51
Crown Games: Use your magic to transform the block!
hijomo18 Apr 2016, 06:38
Cool game it took me a while to understand but I got there. changing the environment is an awesome mechanic.
Idkfawin3218 Apr 2016, 06:42
This is pretty excellent! Bonus points for the keygen era mod music :D.

Very fun concept and entry
ogre18 Apr 2016, 06:45
Very nice game mechanic. Last room is not obvious that you have to exit higher than ground level. Wish there were more!
OWi Games18 Apr 2016, 06:46
really cool concept!
hildegarbageauthor18 Apr 2016, 06:53
ogre: I should have added hints in the game, because that's not really the way to finish! Thanks for pointing it out though. (The goal is to transform the whole level to exit.)
oal
oal18 Apr 2016, 06:53
I took me a while to understand how the game worked, but with some instructions and mouse guides, that could easily be solved. The levels are quite challenging still.
shohs18 Apr 2016, 06:56
I love the concept of this game, I just wish there were more levels!
(Also, I encountered a weird bug in level 3 where it froze unless I hit the maximize button)
wheerd
wheerd18 Apr 2016, 07:01
Cool idea, but the scaling of the blocks is sometimes a bit sketchy. Also a popup or something when you reach the last exit would have been nice.
Rico19 Apr 2016, 08:58
Extra idea for gameplay.
Arvydas
Arvydas19 Apr 2016, 17:31
The idea is very fun, the graphics, no comment, nice concept, better work on the realization! :D
Odyssey19 Apr 2016, 19:51
This was good but there should really be more explanation
BloodJohn
BloodJohn19 Apr 2016, 20:10
А lot of fun. I was happy when I finally understood how to use magic =)
sftrabbit19 Apr 2016, 22:33
Nice mechanic and I loved figuring out that I could make the block move off the platform it was on. Looks like you tried to go for a pixelated look, but didn't set it to nearest neighbour filtering or whatever, so it ended up looking a bit blurry. Cool music! Overall, a fun game!
Red_Fan games19 Apr 2016, 22:37
Really cool entry, looking a bit blurry though.
EdoCreate
EdoCreate21 Apr 2016, 05:40
Nice sound and visual style! Pretty game!
fafastudio
fafastudio21 Apr 2016, 18:43
Nice game and mechanics
Maybe graphics weren't that neat,
But i enjoyed the concept
cicanci21 Apr 2016, 19:04
Really nice game, well done! You should polish it and publish for mobile devices!
w1n5t0n22 Apr 2016, 19:14
Very cool use of the theme!
johnbrynte
johnbrynte22 Apr 2016, 19:19
Nice to see such a fresh mechanic that also fits the theme really well! Awesome work!
LOSTALLOY
LOSTALLOY22 Apr 2016, 22:54
I like this a lot, but the game crashes when I get to the third level D:
Loved the song too :D
Daukan24 Apr 2016, 17:01
The game was cool. Some interesting puzzles and mechanics. The graphics could use some fine tuning. Everything shouldn't look diffused. It probably has to do with how textures are loaded and the settings for rendering. Good entry. Keep it up.
Rock Eaters
Rock Eaters1 May 2016, 05:28
fun mechanic and cute graphic, i like it
BSODDevTeam5 May 2016, 17:42
Well polished and simple game. I like it.
garygreen
garygreen5 May 2016, 21:11
I liked the clever game mechanic, and the graphics looked great. Nice work.
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