Rotate the room!

by doxm

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.98

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.04

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.23

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.90

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%

Created for Ludum dare 37!

--CONCEPT--
This is a puzzle game that it' s all about rotating and moving a room... Move the room, and the ball(Player) will fall due to the gravity. The ball has to collect all the blue-yellow cubes, to complete a level. Avoid the red-yellow cubes(enemies)! They exist 5 levels, and a very difficult test level(tutorial).
...I know, the description doesn't make sense... Try downloading the game, and playing it on high settings, for good "transparency rendering"(When you rotate the room too much it will render transparent walls for easier naviga.ti..o... just try it, I can't explain it!)

--SOFTWARE--
1. Unity
2. Blender
3. MagicaVoxel
4. Ubuntu

--CONTROLS--
WASD and QE to rotate the room.
Sorry for the difficult controlling system, but with a mouse I can't simulate 3D movements easily, without causing collider issues. I am still a beginner with unity, hopefully in the future I will be able to improve them :)

--NOTES--
-This is my first unity game, and my first Ludum dare submission, so it sucks, expect it.
-Try playing it on ultra settings, it's well optimized, and it' s a game changer.
-If you want to enter free cam mode, press esc and read the description.
-Take your time playing the game, feel free to press skip level, and remember that the last levels are easier than the first(No scalable difficulty).

--CREDITS--
The one asset that I haven't created, is the sound track. That's why I have removed the Audio judging. Note that I am not a "graphics designer", neither a "programmer", it if my first try to create a game. The music is the only cool thing about the game, but it is an cc0 asset.

--THANKS--
Thanks for the results! I will try to make a post compo entry to improve the game.

Have fun!
@MicCdt

Comments49

Zerochain14 Dec 2016, 14:11

the windows link is broken

DOXMauthor14 Dec 2016, 17:40

Fixed :)

limmmmm14 Dec 2016, 19:02

the Mac OS X build has some mouse pointer accuracy issues... is there a recommended resolution?

Holofire14 Dec 2016, 19:10

The rotation controls are a bit tricky to get used to at first, but the overall experience was enjoyable, even running on my toaster of a laptop :D. Nice work.

DOXMauthor14 Dec 2016, 19:11

I have tested it in 1920*1080. The game itself doesn't a mouse, it is mainly a wasd game(Except the ui). Thanks for playing!

Yamzho14 Dec 2016, 19:26

Your game has interesting mechanics, great concept. But it would probably be easier to play with the mouse or a gamepad. Good job anyway !

rilifon14 Dec 2016, 19:28

Most resolutions just don't work. Game gets laggier the more you play. On the end I could barely do anything in my computer. (Running on Debian here)

Idea is nice though.

DOXMauthor14 Dec 2016, 19:34

rilifon, sorry :( In my low specs debian based(ubuntu) machine it runs great. I don't know what happened. Try to lower down the settings.

And sorry about the bad controls, but they feel great for me, this is my first game, and I am not experienced with smooth control adaptation.

mediocrity14 Dec 2016, 19:46

A bit hard to play but visually awesome. Amazing concept!

Fidrik14 Dec 2016, 20:19

A little hard to control and the ball felt a little too floaty, but overall a cool concept. Nice work

blackbird80614 Dec 2016, 20:22

Nice concept, a lttle bit too hard but very fun, it was also a bit frustrating when you have to replay th ewhole level for a mistake.

TerraCottaFrog14 Dec 2016, 20:48

Cool, but the controls were a big enough issue for me that I had to walk away. They should be relative to where the level currently is, no its original rotation.

A post-jam version with improved controls would be great :)

DOXMauthor14 Dec 2016, 20:50

Okay, I have got it the controls suck! I will try to improve them, sorry :(

Devastus14 Dec 2016, 21:44

I like the idea here and the graphics are effective.

However, the ball physics just don't seem to really work as you'd expect them to. Also, you'll get pretty quickly confused what buttons you should be pressing in order to turn yourself around, because their orientation doesn't match the camera's.

It's a very good effort!

Feathergunner14 Dec 2016, 22:14

Nice concept, but tricky controls. Had fun nevertheless. Sometimes the cubes are hard to see.

Swingularity15 Dec 2016, 20:00

The controls are a a bit confusing but I like the later levels!

stupidmindlessf15 Dec 2016, 20:04

This is very good and very original. We discussed a very similar idea at the beginning of our bainstorming. The art is very nice too. I found the puzzles a bit hard to play, but got better after a while. I agree with you that the tutrialis very hard - maybe make it easier?
Would be great to see a more refined version of this.

afinkyu_Pheaky15 Dec 2016, 20:07

Pretty cool idea. I had fun with it.

DOXMauthor15 Dec 2016, 20:11

stupidmindlessf I plan to make easier and harder levels, and make make the rooms rotateable with a mouse, instead of a keyboard

kamranwali15 Dec 2016, 20:29

Nice game. Was challenging as the controls are a bit difficult to master but was fun. The graphics and audio are good too. Overall nice game to play.

RetroSpecter15 Dec 2016, 23:06

For your first game jam this is pretty good! I like the concept, but my one criticizm is the room control feels a little bit finicky, at least a first. Good job though and congradulations on your first game jam!

Patomkin17 Dec 2016, 09:17

Really nice small game! Cool idea, art, music. A little too hard, but I just needed to get used to controls. So that would be my main complain: controls are a little hard/confusing (mouse move or drag would be better). And second small nitpick: good and bad cubes could be more different (I didn't get at first which cube I need to collect).

bowlercaptain17 Dec 2016, 09:24

Rad! Way to go. Pretty cool patient skill game.

TheScragglyMan17 Dec 2016, 11:34

deceptively tricky game, but fun to play, Great take on the theme too. I like it ^^

DOXMauthor17 Dec 2016, 11:46

Thanks

amras000017 Dec 2016, 13:33

The concept of the game's nice, and I like the design of the rooms. There's just a couple mechanical flaws/bugs that make the game almost unplayable. Pity, because it looks like it could be fun.

The ball really needs a shadow. It's almost impossible to tell how deep it is in the room and I've lost many a ball to thinking it was near the back wall.

More importantly, the ball doesn't keep its position within the room during rotation. It stays in place and the room rotates around it. This makes it really hard to predict where the ball will be when you're finished rotating, since it'll have moved erratically to some random spot dependent on the rotation pivot. This is the biggest issue with the game right now.

I'm also not sure that the front hole adds much to the game. I think the game would've worked fine had you had walls all around. Incidentally, here's an idea to increase visibility of the ball: store each face of the wall (and maybe some of the internal geometry) separately. When the camera's pointing in a given direction, just hide the associated wall so the user can see in (but keep the collision geometry). Or use your transparency effect on that one wall, keeping the rest opaque.

DOXMauthor17 Dec 2016, 13:39

amras0000 You are right, I hadn't much time to make a perfect game. After the voting ends, I will fix the controls and make a better wall-transparency system. Thanks for playing :)

DOXMauthor17 Dec 2016, 15:07

Thanks :)

Yvanor17 Dec 2016, 15:07

Original game, but I didn't managed to finish a single level, I guess I'm bad at this kind of games x) Like other said, I would have enjoyed mouse control. The graphics are great and cohesive. As for the music, even if you didn't made them by yourself, you chose them well. Good work ! :)

badabooom6317 Dec 2016, 15:13

Wow, great concept and idea!
I liked it, you should do full mobila app. I think, it will be popular, because of interesting mechanics

DOXMauthor17 Dec 2016, 15:17

Thank you, this is really inspiring :)

Stending17 Dec 2016, 16:08

Very cool game, great idea and beautiful graphics, nice job

Dege17 Dec 2016, 23:51

Cool idea and very nice graphics!! I really wanted to enjoy it more, but a couple of issue brake the experience for me.

Like others said, controls are a bit hard: for me, the problem was that the same key moves the room always the same way, independently of the current room rotation. So, if you turn the room around, controls soon starts to be the exact contrary of what my brain expect. Can't explain it better, I hope you get what I'm trying to say.

Another issue is with the "transparency": I get the idea, and it is nice, but why making it all grayscale when seen behind walls? This way you can't tell red cubes from blue ones!

Last, I wasn't expecting that the ball can completely fell of the room.

DOXMauthor18 Dec 2016, 08:29

Thanks for your feedback!

Big Cow18 Dec 2016, 12:04

Great idea! Found the ball really hard to move right and it kept falling out of the front face of the room also not technically one room as it had levels :P. It looks amazing though I love the pixelatted 3D look and lighting. Nice one -RS

Yami no tenshi18 Dec 2016, 12:36

Concept and idea are great ! Graphics and music are also good but it was really hard to control and sometimes also hard to distinguish the elements.

Berbecarul18 Dec 2016, 19:14

Awesome game. Excellent level design and choice of music. You might want to experiment with mouse controls. Good luck on further projects!

BlackQuiltro19 Dec 2016, 02:26

Liked the concept :) Very well made graphically. Looked very nice.
Controls could be more intuitive (it is hard to remap the rotations depending on the view). Had fun with it. Did not played all levels but will do later !

RockhopperGames19 Dec 2016, 14:36

Congratulations on completing your first Dare! This is a pleasant little game, and the voxel graphics are nice too, even though I'm not a fan of that style. There are a few issues, mainly in regard to the transparency mode. Losing colour means you can't tell which cubes are necessary to complete the level, and which cubes are instant death, while also erasing a lot of the colour work you put into the level design. I'd also suggest switching the controls over to match the camera. For example, having w/s tilt the room forward and backwards even if the room has already been rotated onto its side.

Keep it up, and I'm sure you'll be making cool 3D games in no time!

Mango Malarkey19 Dec 2016, 18:13

Nice game, tricky controls and the x-ray vision wasn't always super clear. But otherwise it is well done!

Dragojt19 Dec 2016, 22:45

Nice idea to develop. Also, clear and wonderful graphics. Nice work!

Thijs Tak20 Dec 2016, 11:12

Nice game, but the ball was a bit hard to control. It also felt like it was moving in slowmotion, while the rotation of the room was fast and fluent.

Palarus24 Dec 2016, 11:03

Interesting game. I see some game like this on the jam. You should work on collision. Also I suppose that the ball move so slow is by some decision after play-testing but I feel like broke all the flow of the game, just waiting there that the ball falls... And at some points the ball hides behind walls or props and can't see it, maybe by design decision I don't know. But don't take me wrong it's a good game with an interesting idea that could be an interesting game with some polishment. Good work!

DOXMauthor25 Dec 2016, 16:33

Thanks for the feedback!

Minato4th27 Dec 2016, 12:05

At the beginning was hard to accustom for controls, but some practice and game become more fun.

In same time I will recommend you to create first level more easier.

Oddly Shaped Pixels29 Dec 2016, 16:05

Really cool concept.
Sadly the controls are too odd for me to be able to enjoy the game. You should try some grab and rotate mouse controls, it should probably do the trick.
I also think that the physics could be a bit less floaty.

tellus30 Dec 2016, 16:51

This is a really fun idea, but I found it really difficult keep track of the axes of rotation. If there was some visual indicator of the axes or color coding for the walls, it would be easier to keep track of how to move. Also, I had trouble seeing the color of the blocks through walls. Good job on your first Ludum Dare!

Maple3 Jan 2017, 01:32

Man, what a unique concept! It was balls-difficult, but it had a chill atmosphere.

Was there a win-state? I'm sure I got all of the blue-yellow cubes in the tutorial stage. Since I couldn't find another, I skipped to the next level.

Really cool game. 5 stars innovation. :>

DOXMauthor3 Jan 2017, 08:45

Thanks. Actually the tutorial level has this bug. Thanks for playing.