We were inspired by amazing sitcom "Rick and Morty"! The game is about collapsed time, that Rick's is trying to fix it. A simple game, with one click on the screen, the player can restore the normal flow of time or multiply the number of universes in two. Everything decides a fraction of a second.
Heheh, this is interesting! It definitely gets worse the more universes you have, so it fits the theme. :P My biggest complain would be that it runs at a very low framerate in the browser, and would maybe benefit from a download link.
Great use of the theme, and really nice art. However it was hard to decipher what to do, and the inclusion of Rick and Morty of source material didn't really add anything. I saw the episode this is based on, but this didn't add much to what was done there.
I had to play for two times to figure how the concept work. After I found out how to win the game, I thought it is fxxking difficult and crazy to play when you just have one wrong click!! Hahaha To me, overall of the game is nice and the concept is cool and innovative.
At first the music was really nice but after 2 minutes going back and forth trying to fix time it got a little bit annoying. The theme was brilliant. Keep up the good work! Tiny Rick yeah!!!
Very cool adaptation of that Rick and Morty episode. One complaint that I have is that it doesn't run as smoothly as it could in the browser, might benefit from something other than Unity :)
Yay! Rick and Morty!!!!! Firstly great job using R&M to this theme xD haha loved it! Although it gets a bit hard... but bottom line good art and all the best :) Pls feel free to play my game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/split
The art is really nice, the music is catchy albeit gets a bit repetitive and the way you thought about the theme is really cool, which makes for a fun game.
It wasn't always obvious to me when I did something right and when I did something wrong, though. Trying to think of ways to communicate this to the player in a more clear way could improve the game.
Oh Yes! Picke riiick! I love it from the music to the actual idea! Win on my first time but wasn't able to replicate :D really fun! Thx for it! Good job :)
Nice job! I wasn't ever clear on what we're matching to - the image in the top left? - and while having a bunch of little screens is a pretty cool effect, I don't think it makes the gameplay more meaningful (it's easier to wait for an adjacent box to match, so there's not really a reason to click in one of the many, many screens that appear). I like the feel of this and it's different from every other game I've played this jam. Thank you!
Got the feeling of multiple universe and a sense of quantum mad. Also, I think it did conveys the feeling of how happy it is when you see a good numerical results in the laboratory.
I like Rick and Morty too. But I just dont get the game. The hint in the first screen is confusing. Am I supposed to look for a specific image like with "morty at left, no holding bottle" or what?
Rick and Morty! S02E01 !!! One of my favorite episodes! I love this one! The rick in this game is so cool! It's definitely that the more you have, the worse it is.
But as a game, it's difficult to show that theme. Maybe you can keep splitting space-time. When the game starts, there is only one world, seconds later,there are eight world and keep increasing. Now the player will know he has to do something.
I think at the very least, you should opt out from the "graphics" rating, because your game visuals are closely based on someone else's copyrighted work. (check the jam rules for more)
As for the theme, this game and the quantum uncertainty situation fits it really well! Great connection!
As for the game play, I can't even fix the quantum once because my reaction time is above the switching time when they are all the same. Pity. :)
Nice idea! If you watched the episode, it's really easy to get the concept. But my reaction time is too big, i can never get it right =/ Good work however!
Great homage to R&M. The theme connection couldn't be better chosen :D
I still have problems figuring out what to do, though :sweat_smile:. I'm not sure if it's just a matter of patience and quick reflexes or if there's something else I'm missing.
I'll eventually get there, but in the meantime congrats for a very solid entry!
It looks like old game "pairs" but much harder... Pluses: it's good visual and music! Minuses: when it became more then 10 realities game became a lottery. But it completly fits to them... So it's great!)
Awesome (I'm told) for Ricky & Morty fans, but for those of us not in the Rick & Morty club, totally and utterly confusing. Art looks great and sound is fun.
It's a fun spin on the R&M episode and a good application of the theme, with super simple mechanic! :) Super hard, especially because it didn't run very fast on my notebook (about 5 fps), but I managed (somehow) to win it
Points to improve IMO: * Slow down the speed a bit of the changes of characters * Music is a bit repetitive * Rick would NEVER have different poses because Rick is never uncertain :D
This is one of my favorite episodes of Rick and Morty! =) Mechanics is simple but challenging. Start button combined with a tutorial - what an idea! Good work!
R&M is too smart for me. Well done! Interesting concept. Screw up a few things and it takes exponentially longer to put things back into place. Negative point is I'm just too slow.
Simple but surprisingly catchy. I guess the main issue is that you can easily win the game without really getting it, just with a couple of lucky clicks at the beginning.
Siimple but fun :) took a while before I realised how to put time together again though... oops. I think the R&M fangame aspect added to it as well, as this was a fun episode :D and made for a goofy game mechanic
I like fan-games. It's nice to see one. Difficulty feels a bit weird as it gets harder and harder when you get it wrong. And if you get it right at your first try, super easy to finish. But it does fit the theme more than most games. the art rocks !
This could be a good game if it had original characters, better and original graphics, better sound, and better user feedback. Try using UE4 next time.
@technomancy-studios you have some valid criticism but that last sentence is very ignorant and doesn't even make sense since the game probably wouldn't benefit from UE at all.
LOL this is great. I accidentally won the first time without really getting what I was doing. Then I purposely tried to fell and it made me laugh a lot. Thanks for making this
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8 Dec 2017, 01:14
I don't want to be a party pooper, but isn't making a game like this against the spirit of the competition? You're using copyrighted characters, without permission, with no sort of twist on the conceit taken from the episode... Plus, I'm pretty sure the art assets are taken from here https://dribbble.com/shots/2285669-Rick-and-Morty.
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8 Dec 2017, 01:41
I hate to be negative, but 300+ ratings done in 3 days after the jam? Seems suspicious to me. The game's not bad, but I feel like the Rick and Morty theme plus the enormous amount of ratings have artificially pushed the popularity of the game.
This was a really fun game and I like the rick and morty theme. The game is really challenging though but still fun. The graphics are amazing, music a bit repetitive. But good job :)
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8 Dec 2017, 08:19
How some people have noticed, your game based on a 3rd-party artwork. So why didn't you opt-out graphics? And 340 ratings are like "what?". But I see that the smart balance is negative, so I am making an assumption that admins know about you.
It was a bit confusing at first because it wasn't clear which picture/dimension is supposed to match with what and that I'm not supposed to click the picture if Rick's holding a bottle. Though yeah maybe you left them for the players to figure out themselves.
I got linked to this one by a friend that knows I'm a Rick and Morty fan, so of course it looked interesting to me. It's a great tribute to the episode, although mechanically-wise, I still don't get it at all. I won 2 games. First one I won was by trying to match stuff up, and I ended up more or less thinking that the patterns were arbitrary. So, dumb luck.
Second time, I accidentally double clicked in the first second and still won :I
Still, the presentation is superb. The graphics make it look like a "barely within copyright infringement territory" game, and the music is very fitting. I like how it managed to adapt the split-timelines style to perfection.
That's all I've got to say. Possibly nothing that hasn't been said before, but I thought it'd be nice to reinforce some comments :P In behalf of my team, we hope to see more from you in the future. Kudos! :whale:
Very new concept that innovate the match-pair games with special art and music. It's quite difficult though. One problem: instruction is not clear that I had played several times before I know the goal. Besides the grandpa's pose should also be same but nothing introduces this.
really cool idea to take that multiple dimensions thing, and very well executed actually. It is very hard in fact but with some mega seed juice it's totally doable
An interesting take on the theme. Plus, it's a Rick & Morty reference, so you've got that going for you... even though I'm not sure what the legal gray area is there.
The mechanics are a neat idea. It's pretty easy to solve, but if you screw up on your first match it gets impossible pretty fast. I guess that's the point though, so well done. :)
So yes... I had to play your game... You guessed right -> Because I love R&M. I had to try several times until I got the "right" or "wrong" and finally I won!!!
Ok... That is also my biggest minus (not clear what to do)... I guess you can life with that. Even as a fan of the show I "forgott" or had to think about the gameplay. However I love the "split universe" idea also as a game.
The Art is well done and nice. However I'm not sure, if this is to close to the original character? (I have not downvoted because of this... but you might get downvotes here from others?!)
Summary - Very nice game. I sent out the link to friends of mine a minute ago... (Not for "Ludum Dare" but for "nice game" reasons)
Really hard going from 4->2 and 2->1, got it eventually with quite a bit of luck I guess. One suggestion: if you fail from the starting position there is no benefit to getting it right over just resetting (by quickly failing a few more times). I guess it would be better to start from the worst possible situation.
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Good luck on LD man.
Nice concept!
To me, overall of the game is nice and the concept is cool and innovative.
I don't know where to look with all thes universe ^^
I think the instruction could be a little bit more clear, but still a good game
Good work
Firstly great job using R&M to this theme xD haha loved it!
Although it gets a bit hard... but bottom line good art and all the best :)
Pls feel free to play my game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/split
It wasn't always obvious to me when I did something right and when I did something wrong, though. Trying to think of ways to communicate this to the player in a more clear way could improve the game.
Overall, a fun little Rick & Morty game.
I really loved it, as simple as it is.
Am I supposed to look for a specific image like with "morty at left, no holding bottle" or what?
I love this one! The rick in this game is so cool!
It's definitely that the more you have, the worse it is.
But as a game, it's difficult to show that theme. Maybe you can keep splitting space-time. When the game starts, there is only one world, seconds later,there are eight world and keep increasing. Now the player will know he has to do something.
anyway, i got the trick to combine the universes, so i beat the game quite easily,
the theme clear on this game tho
If you are interested, please check out my LD40 game Escape Infection!
As for the theme, this game and the quantum uncertainty situation fits it really well! Great connection!
As for the game play, I can't even fix the quantum once because my reaction time is above the switching time when they are all the same. Pity. :)
I still have problems figuring out what to do, though :sweat_smile:. I'm not sure if it's just a matter of patience and quick reflexes or if there's something else I'm missing.
I'll eventually get there, but in the meantime congrats for a very solid entry!
Pluses: it's good visual and music!
Minuses: when it became more then 10 realities game became a lottery. But it completly fits to them... So it's great!)
Points to improve IMO:
* Slow down the speed a bit of the changes of characters
* Music is a bit repetitive
* Rick would NEVER have different poses because Rick is never uncertain :D
I liked the idea. Love the show. Cheers.
Difficulty feels a bit weird as it gets harder and harder when you get it wrong. And if you get it right at your first try, super easy to finish.
But it does fit the theme more than most games.
the art rocks !
So why didn't you opt-out graphics? And 340 ratings are like "what?". But I see that the smart balance is negative, so I am making an assumption that admins know about you.
It was a bit confusing at first because it wasn't clear which picture/dimension is supposed to match with what and that I'm not supposed to click the picture if Rick's holding a bottle. Though yeah maybe you left them for the players to figure out themselves.
Second time, I accidentally double clicked in the first second and still won :I
Still, the presentation is superb. The graphics make it look like a "barely within copyright infringement territory" game, and the music is very fitting. I like how it managed to adapt the split-timelines style to perfection.
That's all I've got to say. Possibly nothing that hasn't been said before, but I thought it'd be nice to reinforce some comments :P In behalf of my team, we hope to see more from you in the future. Kudos! :whale:
however it will be a shame if the assets are taken elsewhere as mentioned by others
The mechanics are a neat idea. It's pretty easy to solve, but if you screw up on your first match it gets impossible pretty fast. I guess that's the point though, so well done. :)
I had to try several times until I got the "right" or "wrong" and finally I won!!!
Ok... That is also my biggest minus (not clear what to do)... I guess you can life with that.
Even as a fan of the show I "forgott" or had to think about the gameplay. However I love the "split universe" idea also as a game.
The Art is well done and nice. However I'm not sure, if this is to close to the original character? (I have not downvoted because of this... but you might get downvotes here from others?!)
Summary - Very nice game. I sent out the link to friends of mine a minute ago... (Not for "Ludum Dare" but for "nice game" reasons)
Keep on coding!
One suggestion: if you fail from the starting position there is no benefit to getting it right over just resetting (by quickly failing a few more times). I guess it would be better to start from the worst possible situation.