Far Field

by besm
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.23


Far Field is a small puzzle platformer. The goal of this game is simple: Go right. You can become any creature on your screen by clicking on it.

Controls

A - move/jump left

D - move/jump right

Left click - become the being that is being hovered.

screenshot

Comments21

zooi3 Dec 2017, 17:50
Cool
Jaloko4 Dec 2017, 08:34
Nice entry, I enjoyed the graphics style. I was confused at first but got there at the end. Some audio could have made this so much better!
meskaline
meskaline4 Dec 2017, 08:48
Nice game! Challenging and fun! :D
11tomi124 Dec 2017, 08:48
I didn't first know that you have to click on those cubes to control them. Controls could need some fine tuning, other than that, cool game!
NoeTheLazyDev
NoeTheLazyDev4 Dec 2017, 08:48
Could you please make a Linux build, I really wanna play it :(
The_BM
The_BM4 Dec 2017, 08:58
sound was the only thing missing.
Lawrence
Lawrence4 Dec 2017, 09:34
Interesting idea & combined with block's behavior fits with theme very well. :slight_smile:

Collision boxes sometimes feel a bit off though. Or maybe it's that the cube looses horizontal velocity. But sometimes it gets stuck when it seems like it should be able to go further. There's a gif of what I mean:

Gread job overall!

EDIT: Just beat it, lot's of fun!
Besm
Besmauthor4 Dec 2017, 10:18
@lawrence
Thank you for your feedback!
This behavior is intentional. The player can't control the character when it is in the air.
In hindsight I could have approached this differently.
Terryd984 Dec 2017, 14:28
really nice idea, dont really see a huge connnection with the theme but i like it, Thomas was alone inspired?
rincewind-cz
rincewind-cz4 Dec 2017, 16:03
Ok, this is a masterpiece! I got to the end in about 10 to 15 minutes and I'm not sure If I always solved the puzzle in intended way.. but hey, I had so much fun while trying! I also like this simple and clean visuals, controls seems odd sometimes but I got used to those misbehaving squares :smile:. Also solid game and level design -- most of the level parts/objects/mechanics were intuitive but still challenging. Really good job here. On the side note, Linux version would be cool. I managed to run it under Wine though.
nizlow4 Dec 2017, 16:09
Wow that was a really intersting concept.

First I didn't know how to to anything and randomly clicked everywhere. First "wow" moment when I clicked the cube.
The puzzles were ok, it was more like get them in the right position so your jump doesn't cancel while jumping against a wall. I really really liked the distortion (?) effect that happens when you release other cubes out of their static state, really really cool.

I got to the green cubes and then I didn't know how to advance since I couldn't get any more over with me. Also having the cubes go wild after not interacting with them is really crazy, but in a good way :)

If you don't mind check out my game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/just-another-space-game
AcsiD4 Dec 2017, 17:11
really like the idea. good puzzler. jump against wall are little bit frustrating to get over some obstacle. but overall i liked it
Gris
Gris4 Dec 2017, 19:16
Loved the simplistic graphics, a pitty you couldn't fit some ambient music. The idea is super cool.Congrats!
SilvervaleGames
SilvervaleGames4 Dec 2017, 19:49
This game has a lot of potential. Good job!
zooi5 Dec 2017, 21:03
cOOL
Sand-Gardeners
Sand-Gardeners6 Dec 2017, 20:58
Fun little platformer, got stuck near the end but was fun and great looking!
LeonLaci
LeonLaci7 Dec 2017, 13:23
It's a fun game.

I didn't like the movement of the boxes and the jumping, it felt slow. Also you sometimes you couldn't reach. It felt quite slow.

This could be a great game with more polish :smile:
finbobby1237 Dec 2017, 18:36
Being able to control other objects made the game quite interesting. I kind of liked the box movement however it can be slightly hard to move accurately (e.g. to jump up onto stuff). Overall, it seems unique and a good game.
Logan
Logan8 Dec 2017, 00:11
It's a pretty neat idea. I think I understood what you were going for, and how much you could reasonably do in a short time, but I would have liked to see some more puzzles that weren't just stacking.
Still, what's here isn't bad. And you worked well with the minimal art style.
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