Ludum Dare #42compo

I'm TOTALLY not a clicker!

by maartene

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.73

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.28

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.06

This game was created in 48 hours as a Ludum Dare 42 entry. I named this game in honor of my colleague Robert who totally dispises clickers. With this title however, I'm sure he'll play it anyway.

Instructions

You only need a mouse to play this game!

Basics:

Drag cubes over similar ones:
- Two level 1 cubes make one level two cube
- Two level 2 cubes make one level three cube
- Two level 15 cubes make one level 16 cube
- ???? level 1 cubes make one final cube

Coinz:

Cubes earn you gold
Better cubes earn more
Buy cubes for gold

Theme:

Yeah, I decided to forego adhering to the theme this time and just make a game I felt like making.

Bug FIxes:

August 13, 2018 @ 5:30 CET: fixed a bug where you could drag a cube through the floor rendering it lost. This can be pretty frustrating.

Comments17

otmani yacer13 Aug 2018, 18:59

very fun game

Chocolat-Endive13 Aug 2018, 19:07

It's cool and beautiful, but a little to easy. I think it could be really great if blocks would be falling at a faster rate.

Lipsch13 Aug 2018, 19:11

It was kinda funny, but I got the gameplay after a minute or so, and the fun wasn't really increasing. But I really enojoyed the msuic.

Allan Kong13 Aug 2018, 19:12

It is actually kinda addicting,the desire to gain more and more boxes and money. A well crafted "not" clicker game

WongKongPhooey13 Aug 2018, 19:48

Clicker games get me every time! Sure enough I got completely hooked, its a nice take on a clicker and a nice twist in needing to pair the cubes together too. Well done!

rvenson14 Aug 2018, 01:32

The game doesn't load here. There is any problem with the server, or it could be my system?

maarteneauthor14 Aug 2018, 18:33

@rvenson that's too bad. I chose WebGL because you can play it on many different systems. I tested on Windows 10/Chrome and macOS/Safari and macOS/Firefox. What OS and browser are you using?

rvenson14 Aug 2018, 21:40

It must have been a problem with my system. This time I was able to play. I use GNU/Linux and Firefox.

I really found it hard to understand the main mechanics. Especially because when you drag two incompatible blocks, the dragged block vanishes and falls again. This may make it appear that the game is really only a clicker (I don't know if this is intentional). Anyway, you have a creative and VERY ADDICTIVE mechanics and nice graphics/audio. I think that with a loss condition you have a really awesome game in hands. Congratulations for your wonderful entry!

LSD16 Aug 2018, 09:38

This is pretty fun and would make a good mobile game. My only complaint is that sometimes the cubes would disappear and even if they'd respawn it feels pretty bad. Good job with the game!

PS: Why can't we continue to play normally after we get the last block? :(

Sibi16 Aug 2018, 19:23

The title is a lie! Fun clicker game :) Lacking a bit in theme but making up for it in presentation.

Wolfrug16 Aug 2018, 19:25

If you had a failure state whenever a row got up to the top, you would've fulfilled the theme just perfectly as well :D Anyway, clickers are my bane (damn you cookie clicker!) and this one definitely got to me. But THANK YOU for having an end state, so I didn't waste more than...1.14k clicks and 270 swipes of my life D:

Swordfish16 Aug 2018, 19:28

The music is nice, it might get annoying after quite some time but not immediately at least. I would call it more of a swiper than a clicker, I didn't really do much clicking but I guess that's good for a not clicker. A little short though, why stop the game after the last block? Pretty fun overall.

walnoot16 Aug 2018, 19:30

I played this for longer than I should have, good job :p! I'm generally not really a fan of clicker games, but you've made it a lot of fun. It's polished, the music is good and it has a lot of juice.

shp16 Aug 2018, 19:31

Mechanics aren't very well communicated in the game itself, but fine after reading them elsewhere. at first I just kept swiping blocks everywhere which also works. music was very good

masterkrepta19 Aug 2018, 22:32

I could see myself easily getting lost in this game for hours if i allowed myself to . The music is quite hypnotic. and the overall gameplay, while not the most challenging, was addicting as hell.