Ludum Dare #35compo

Shapeshifting Blobs

by spud

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.78

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.69

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.35

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.57

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★91%

A turn based strategy game where your units can change shape to serve different roles such as defender or ranged attacker.

The game has no AI players but you can play two player hot-seat.
Balancing is also terrible between the units

Created using the Godot game engine www.godotengine.org
Windows and web version

EDIT: Re-uploaded the web version so that the end turn button isn't behind the full-screen button

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This is my very first Ludum Dare competition entry

I haven't spent much time testing so there are probably quite a few bugs, but I haven't found any game breaking ones yet

Comments17

candlesan18 Apr 2016, 02:33

Interesting use of the theme! :) Would like to see more people try to make a strategy game with shapeshift mechanics.

brinkhousegames18 Apr 2016, 04:08

Really liked the shapeshift idea here... Will be really interesting once the AI is done!

Check out my game, Tito's Revenge:
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=65699

Dasginger18 Apr 2016, 11:27

Good use of the theme! I always love local multiplayer games, that was a really nice touch. Even if it did lead to me getting demolished by my little brother... Fun game!

cubegames1318 Apr 2016, 12:08

I don't have any friends to play with but the game was still pretty fun!

Per18 Apr 2016, 20:56

Interesting twist on the turn-based strategy game mechanics.

ALobker18 Apr 2016, 21:16

Was it just me or did anybody else have the 'fullscreen'-button over the 'end turn'-button?

lkr18 Apr 2016, 23:06

Fun with a familiar style of gameplay, but using shifting mechanics to situationally adapt your units :)

Would have been great with an AI for those of us without a readily available local person to play with, but the time constraint is very understandable.

A couple of technical issues though:
Playing the web version - in both Firefox and Chrome on my Win 7 box, the fullscreen button is exactly on top of the end turn button. Playing in fullscreen (obviously) gets around this.

The game also refuses to run in private mode in FF (throwing an error), and crashes the browser in a normal window. Works without problems in Chrome though :)

bushmango18 Apr 2016, 23:14

really fun but it stopped working in the middle of a good game.

Wevel19 Apr 2016, 11:26

Nice to see a multiplayer game, but some ai would still be nice

OveRMolo19 Apr 2016, 12:01

Interesting mechanics :)

Rulrite20 Apr 2016, 18:20

Strategy games aren't usually my thing, but I can easily see how this game could be fun with two players. The shapeshifting into a different type of unit is a cool and unique mechanic!

ogre22 Apr 2016, 06:45

Hankenstien23 Apr 2016, 03:32

First strategy game I played in this Ludum Dare. A little animation on the guys would have gone a long way to making the mood better

DSSiege1123 Apr 2016, 10:17

Seems like a cool game when there will be an AI! Hope you'll continue working on it :)

themadknights27 Apr 2016, 09:53

Nice concept for a tactic game

ManuSaiz28 Apr 2016, 21:20

I liked the mechanics and I like multiplayer local games. Good idea!

d3garcia30 Apr 2016, 05:48

I really like the idea of mixing the theme with this type of game, usually is really challenging to have a good balance game of this type, this could get very far. Excellent job.

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