Ludum Dare #37compo

PacTwist

by prospero

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.49

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.59

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.45

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.56

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★84%

PacMan with a twist. Guide the hero (ball) to the coins, beware of the ghosts.
The more times you clear a room, the harder it gets. How many times can you clear the room?

Click with mouse button or spacebar in the direction the arrow is pointing. The longer you hold the button down, the stronger the ball release will be.

Edit: I got a couple of questions about the music. It is "auto generated" music using an online-tool called Incredibox. This tools makes it easy, even for somebody like me ;), to create something that sounds like music. (http://www.incredibox.com/v4/).

I seem to have forgotten the extra info for this game: https://prosper0.github.io/

I used:
- Phaser.io
- Brackets
- Paint.Net
- Incredibox
- Bfxr

Please note that I have only tested this on Chrome v54. (Time-constraints)

It seems the embedded game doesn't work well for everyone, might be better to click the Web-link!

Thanks for trying out and commenting! =) My first LD!

(Of course I would like to have made it more "gamy" but I am happy I had something at all in 48 hectic hours. First time using Phaser)

Comments33

Sawtan12 Dec 2016, 11:05

Wow! Superfun game, and innovative as well, it's a wee bit hard though, seems like there's no thought where the ghosts appear in relation to the coins, so you die a bit to early, perhaps reset lives when you clear a level? Love the graphics and the audio! Great job!

Prosperoauthor12 Dec 2016, 13:14

@sawtan thanks for your comment! Thought? Ha, no, there is not. :) It's all random for now.

paradxil12 Dec 2016, 21:07

Took me a minute to figure out the movement, but it was still fun. Good game.

rogual12 Dec 2016, 21:16

Love the music.

Geckoo133712 Dec 2016, 21:23

Really good game with a clever gameplay. Minimalist but addictive - and I had fun playing it. However the soundtrack is a little bit annoying. Overall, it is good. Well done ++

TrampolineTales12 Dec 2016, 21:24

The embedded game freaks out a bit in my browser window, but it's remedied if I go fullscreen. A fun concept, I could see myself playing a mobile version of this.

gdcvdqpl12 Dec 2016, 21:26

At first I thought you had to wait until the ball stopped totally before being able to move it again, but once I figured out you could move the ball all the time the game became more dynamic and fun.
Some nice sound effects here, even though I'm not a huge fan of the music.
Anyway, nicely done !

ccglp12 Dec 2016, 21:28

Music was awesome, the idea was allright, but maybe with more time you could make it a little bit more interesting.
Nice effort !

dalbinblue12 Dec 2016, 21:37

Did you make that music in the 48 hour period? It's fantastic! Other than that the game is pretty cool. The only problem I had was that often when starting the next level there would a ghost at the start point and I would immediately be hit and lose a life unfairly.

Also as a small note, I'm very happy with the small note, making the arrow to shoot alternate the rotation direction made it much easier it make controlled movement faster. It is much appreciated.

NikSorvari12 Dec 2016, 21:44

This could be a start to a pretty fun mobile game

erikiene12 Dec 2016, 22:03

Catchy song!

KaiseanGames13 Dec 2016, 18:12

Cool idea. Rotation is somewhat unpredictable, but the idea could be expanded on into a really nice game. :) Well done.

skorpyo13 Dec 2016, 18:14

Pretty chalenging, but i like it :)

harusame13 Dec 2016, 18:34

Wtf the music ? You make it during the 48h?
The game is fun ^^ nice idea.
Good job ! I like it.

Yami no tenshi13 Dec 2016, 20:56

Nice idea and interesting music XD

But some situations were impossible with ghost surrounding me ^^'

hunttis14 Dec 2016, 13:26

The music was a big surprise, did you make it? :-o It could've been a bit longer, but nice work!

The controls were a bit hard, and the instructions were a bit hard to read at the start of the game (maybe if the font had an outline or a shadow or something?), but the game was on the fresher side, even if really difficult :D

Garris14 Dec 2016, 20:46

Loved the music in this game! It set a really cool mood and the game itself was simple, but clever. It was fun and I appreciated having more than one life!

TeamScripta14 Dec 2016, 20:50

Nice twist on a classic game! Innovative controlls.

Casevse14 Dec 2016, 21:22

Interesting movement mechanic, keep polishing it!

My Sweet Whomp14 Dec 2016, 21:27

Seems that your game doesn't work in Firefox :/
Your idea is cool and the game is both playable and enjoyable. Seriously where does this music come from? x)
Anyway, good entry.

sapoi14 Dec 2016, 21:30

Fun game, it has a really interesing navigation system!

Wildebeest Studio14 Dec 2016, 21:34

Great game ! I like the fact that the time it takes me to realise that i pressed the button at the wrong moment makes me rush faster into the ghost haha

Volcanic Giraffe14 Dec 2016, 22:11

I like the mechanics and overall gameplay. I think levels could be bigger, and also sometimes ghost appeared very close to coin.

jotson15 Dec 2016, 05:33

Interesting game... tighten up the controls (and change the music) and you may have something worth taking further.

wdebowicz15 Dec 2016, 21:16

wow, the mechanism was so simple but so funny to use, good work!

The Mad Strauss15 Dec 2016, 21:17

That music! very surprising hahaha

I enjoyed a lot the mechanics. Not very complicated but challenging. A great pacman concept

Stending15 Dec 2016, 21:19

Amazing audio!
Pretty innovative gameplay ^^

Congratulations on the entry, it's pretty cool for a first!

TheHighChairs15 Dec 2016, 21:20

Neat little game. Well done on your first Ludum Dare!

MAT4DOR15 Dec 2016, 21:25

Very interesting! One thing that would be great for the random generation, would be to make sure there is a clear path between the coins.

drludos16 Dec 2016, 14:09

Great game, I love it! It simple to pick up but quite fun and challenging to play!
Also, the audio is incredible, thanks for making us discover the incredibox tool! :)

KevinWorkman25 Dec 2016, 03:30

I like the idea here, but this was a little hard to play. Maybe try ramping up the difficulty gradually as the player gets used to what's going on?

loveapplegames25 Dec 2016, 17:41

Very original entry! Overall well done. Relying purely on timing to shoot the ball is a little frustrating though. Collision is a little dodgy.

quadtree1 Jan 2017, 22:51

Interesting control scheme. The way the levels are generated sometimes makes losing lives inevitable, though.