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PowerClick

by ramlefant

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.60

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.00

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.60

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.20

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.40

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00

PowerClick is a very simple game that takes place on a virtual mobile phone. The mobile device's battery is draining constantly, and all you can do is to delay the inevitable.. a total loss of battery power!

Circles of various sizes will spawn at random locations, and you have to quickly click these circles to gain points. The longer you can keep the game running, the more points you will get.

The points you receive for clicking on a cirlcle is based on the following:
- The distance from your previous click (longer distances gives you more points)
- The size of the circle you clicked (smaller circles gives you more points)
- The time since you last clicked a circle (shorter times gives you more points)

I wasn't able to start programming until saturday evening, so I decided to keep it simple.

Hope you enjoy it!

Tags: #casual, #high score, #mouse only

Genres: action

Comments10

ReboundGames31 Jul 2017, 22:12

Neat little game. I like that you added a mute button (not that the music is bad, just it's cool that you thought of it). I do wish you had explained how clicking the circles stopped the phone from dying.

TheFlyingKeyboard1 Aug 2017, 23:46

Simple and fun, but very repetitive, adding some pickups would definitelly add to it. Also changing colorful circles to apps or something else would definitely make this game better.

Mengane8 Aug 2017, 15:25

Good little game ! The idea is well thought out and in accordance with the theme :thumbsup:. The music is nice too. Nice work !

Pete8 Aug 2017, 16:46

Reminds be a bit of osu, or maybe it's just the circles >.

alwaysinbeta8 Aug 2017, 16:53

Nice idea. It would probably work well as an actual mobile game apart from draining the battery lol! Some different modes like multiple circles or moving circles, power ups and changes in pace could really improve it. Good job keeping it simple and getting it finished for the compo deadline.

Ramlefantauthor8 Aug 2017, 17:01

@reboundgames Thanks for your feedback! The music can become a bit annoying if you play the game for a while, so I decided to add a mute button. Note taken about the explanation.

Ramlefantauthor8 Aug 2017, 17:02

@theflyingkeyboard Thanks for your feedback! I thought about adding powerups or something similar, but I just couldn't fit it in because of the tight schedule. I like the apps idea!

Ramlefantauthor8 Aug 2017, 17:04

@pete Thanks for your feeback. Haven't seen that bug before, nice catch. I was planning on adding some kind of progression, but I didn't have the time to do it.

Ramlefantauthor8 Aug 2017, 17:04

@alwaysinbeta Thanks for your feedback! Powerups was definitely something I wanted to do.

Baby Dino Herd9 Aug 2017, 15:06

I really like the music - it gets you into the perfect circle-clicking mood. The gameplay was simple but effective. I would have liked to have choice between circles to click; the risk-reward element is already in the scoring system. Nice job for just a day of programming!

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