Ludum Dare #35compo

William's Dilemma

by thunderklaus

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.53

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.54

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.09

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.70

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★69%

William's Dilemma is game where you navigate a worm through strange rooms.
Along the way, William finds some stuff that makes him grow which allows him to reach farther and makes him stronger. Having grown, he can take any form and shift his head around his body.

Controls:
- Arrow keys or WASD to move
- ESC brings up a menu where you can also retry

Tech:
PlayN which is Java which cross-compiles into JavaScript for the HTML5 version.
All sprites are drawn programmatically. For the background I used Gimp.
For sounds: Bfxr

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Comments31

pythong18 Apr 2016, 18:59

sokoban + snake?

thunderklausauthor18 Apr 2016, 19:02

Yeah, that comparison is quite fitting :-)

knason18 Apr 2016, 19:03

nice game and good work on the puzzels, I also liked the tutorial "on the go" :) good job!

Evgenii Petrov18 Apr 2016, 19:43

This is really engaging! Great job!

TiRSO!18 Apr 2016, 20:25

Good concept and clever level design. I wish it had a button to retry the level when you are stuck.

sftrabbit18 Apr 2016, 20:25

Nice puzzles - the one with 6 boxes and 6 switches was the most interesting, because I spent a good while trying to figure out how I could possibly get all 6 boxes down. However, some of the puzzles were too simple (just grab all the green things then hit the switches). The graphics were actually quite hard to understand at first - the empty spaces are quite difficult to see and the buttons and doors look very similar. Overall, interesting puzzle mechanic - good job!

TLansdale18 Apr 2016, 20:26

Level 7 seemed very difficult - so I was glad I could skip it! But fun and charming overall, well done :)

bigbatardyt18 Apr 2016, 20:28

It was pretty cool, one or two animations would not be too much ^^

Pellanor18 Apr 2016, 20:28

Really enjoyed it :)

Asturk18 Apr 2016, 20:38

I like puzzle games, so this one was a very good one! it had some clever level designs (like the one with the christmas tree design). you should just work more on the sound of the game now, and i hope you will continue this project by upgrading it and making more chalenging levels too!

JHemmings18 Apr 2016, 20:45

This had a great puzzle learning curve! I didn't feel the need to be told what to do/how to do it, the intuitiveness(?) was really well thought out. Some minor criticisms, as someone else said, a retry button would have been useful and the game ran very pretty slowly in my browser. Other than that though, great job!

thunderklausauthor18 Apr 2016, 20:52

Actually there is a way to retry: Open the menu using ESC.
I added that info to the main description.
Thanks for pointing that out.

DesignerNap18 Apr 2016, 21:11

Fun little game, audio is a little hard on the ears but simple enough.

datadazer19 Apr 2016, 03:05

This game was fun! Interesting and different puzzle mechanics. Well thought out levels and cute cohesive graphics. The difficulty progression was from lvl to lvl felt natural and engaging. Good job!

merrak19 Apr 2016, 03:06

Great concept!

Geckoo133719 Apr 2016, 05:50

Really good game. One of my favorites for the 35th LudumDare. I did all levels. I want more. Well done ++

s0wbear19 Apr 2016, 09:19

I liked that level design a lot!

euske19 Apr 2016, 09:20

I'm kinda relieved that I beat all the levels. I was expecting more mind-bending ones. Good level design!

antglynn19 Apr 2016, 14:27

I like the concept, and the introductory levels do a good job explaining the mechanics. Nicely done!

silkworm_sweatshop19 Apr 2016, 16:59

Good puzzles! I wish the "holes" (where you can't push blocks, not the exit) were black or a more contrasting color just to make the layout more readable right off the bat.

markusfisch19 Apr 2016, 20:03

So Sokoban and Snake really do mix well! Very good idea! Just had to beat all the levels! The concept really shines in Level 7, the one with the 6 buttons in the bottom left corner, which took me way too long :)