Revisited an old idea that i never explored fully but seemed to be a nice fit for the LD35 theme. Hope you have a little fun with it. I find it quite soothing, somehow.
Overview: Shift;:. is a casual action game. It features an indirect control mechanic where the player changes the shape of an enclosed space, where a ball continuously bounces off its walls, in order to collect points while avoiding traps.
Controls: The only key needed to play the game is the [spacebar] to shift rooms. Pretty simple all in all.
Rules/Mechanics: - There is a ball bouncing around in a room - [SPACE] shifts the room shape - Each room contains a rock that has to be hit to score points - If the room is shifted before the rock was hit, a penalty is incurred - Each time the ball bounces off a wall, the value of the rock in that room is decreased - If the trap at the bottom is hit: game over.
A help-screen is also available in-game.
IMPORTANT: On OS X, [CTRL]-Click the app and choose "Open"... non-verified developer and all. You knot the drill.
Great one-button game. Audio is great, the bounces sound just right and the loop also fits well. Ending seems to be too abrupt, but otherwise a really calming game.
Really nice idea. Seems quite well polished one. Something I was kind of hoping would have been the ability to turn the map with arrow keys or some other kind of way to have a bit more control of the ball.
Also with web version, the scaling seemed bit off, like I was wondering why the ball sometimes stays alive and most of the times it dies when it goes down, off the screen. But once I zoomed out (Ctrl+-) I saw the yellow area on bottom. This is probably because of having bookmarks and tabs shown on top, that takes some space from the game area.
Excellent game, could almost be released as is on mobile. I like how the art style simply comes from the rules of the game. Great job, very innovative !
Interesting take on the theme. I would like to have had more control in level changes (So you could reliably influence the ball) Overall a nice package with good polish.
The game looks great and it is very responsive! It was also a good use of the theme, but the lack of control over the projecile and the punishment for early shifts make the game a bit frustrating after a while. You just dont seem to have a progress.
Wow, so well executed! I could easily see this as a smartphone game. Fits perfectly with the theme as well and really fun! My only complaint is that I couldn't restart the game after I had died (I only got an angry sound effect). Awesome work, felt super polished! Many, many stars for you! xD
Very solid game: simple but fun idea, nice art direction and sfx, one of my favourites so far :) I could play it for a long time and I can see it working very well on mobile too, if you were to port it. Great job, congrats!
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Also with web version, the scaling seemed bit off, like I was wondering why the ball sometimes stays alive and most of the times it dies when it goes down, off the screen. But once I zoomed out (Ctrl+-) I saw the yellow area on bottom. This is probably because of having bookmarks and tabs shown on top, that takes some space from the game area.
I found it very polished and well realized. Everything sums up well. It's possibly a full, shippable mobile game.
Awesome work, felt super polished! Many, many stars for you! xD
I could play it for a long time and I can see it working very well on mobile too, if you were to port it.
Great job, congrats!