A game in which you must control the arms of a boy in order to get back home. Your goal is to get the box out of the lab and drop it infront of the cave. This will open up the cave so that you can pass.
the controls are: wasd-q ijkl-o and space
wasd and ijkl: control the arms as expected
q and o: fully retract the arms
space: switch the hand that can crab stuff (indicated by the particles)
I used libgdx and the basics for another game i was working on. That game only required simple collision handeling, so i made it myself. For that reason this game has fairly poor collision detection.
I had some nice music in this game too, but unfortunately this for some reason doesn't play after the file is compled.
update: I have made a few slight changes 2 days after the contest; -the music was included but didn't work before due to a bug -the level was too short before so I altered it a bit -fixed random crashes due to memory leaks
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sand6r19 Apr 2016, 12:15
WOW, what a nice game, amazing graphics and shitstuff
This was amazing! :) I needed a while to figure the controls out but when you finally get it, it works quite well. At the first try i fell into the pit, at the second i got the Nitro and even made it back, but when i dropped it on top of the cave (not before it) it only blew a tiny opening into the stones. http://remics.net/screen/210416015533.png This was a bit frustrating and i did not have the motivation to do everything again, but i guess the game would have ended there anyway :P Anyway, i really loved it, i think i played your game for the longest time so far this LD.
Oh, i forgot to say that it would have been nice to somehow distinguish the two tentacles, i fell down a lot by mixing them up and having to guess which one i need to retract/bend now.
Good use of theme, cute tentacle boy, and lovely background music. The movement drove me mad, though. Gripping seemed to do very little, since it was so easy to knock yourself free, and so easy to let go by pushing the wrong button. I do love the idea though!
It almost felt like walking! Except you control each leg with the hand on the opposite side of your body, moving each leg independently up/down front/back by pressing unlabeled buttons, and at the same time being amazed by the peculiar things that your legs can do.
I would probably have liked this amazing game more if the poor boy have had no legs, since there is no valid explanation as to why he does not just use them to walk. Sincerely, I hope that you continue to develop this idea. Especially the control scheme <3
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I needed a while to figure the controls out but when you finally get it, it works quite well.
At the first try i fell into the pit, at the second i got the Nitro and even made it back, but when i dropped it on top of the cave (not before it) it only blew a tiny opening into the stones. http://remics.net/screen/210416015533.png
This was a bit frustrating and i did not have the motivation to do everything again, but i guess the game would have ended there anyway :P
Anyway, i really loved it, i think i played your game for the longest time so far this LD.
Anyway great entry!
Perhaps you might want to check out another game I saw that uses similar mechanics, though it took a much different track with it. Maybe it might help with more ideas? http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=56711
I would probably have liked this amazing game more if the poor boy have had no legs, since there is no valid explanation as to why he does not just use them to walk. Sincerely, I hope that you continue to develop this idea. Especially the control scheme <3