Ludum Dare #44compo

ORBid

by martynas

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.08

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.96

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.93

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.14

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.91

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.93

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.01

Description

A game about using your life for all types of stuff. Invest your life wisely and you may pass the levels, make foolish decisions and you shall perish.

Trailer

Controls

All of the controls are explained in the game, except for the part that you can move with arrow keys not just WASD.

Developer notes

Couldn't reach the level of polish i wished for, but still very happy with the results. You can mute sound in-game with F1 if it gets too annoying. This is my second time participating in Ludum Dare. The game crashes when you reach level 17 because it's the last level and I wasn't able to add a winning screen in time. I also misspelled the word defeat but I don't think it warrants a patch. I would really appreciate if you could rate my game on itch.io!

Thank you for all the kind comments :heart:

Post compo minor fixes :

*-Changed WebGL presentation resolution because some people were getting their screen cut off.*

*-Moved enemy behavior from Update() to FixedUpdate() because people with different framerates were getting different enemy speeds.*

*-Fixed a typo in the tutorial text and added the part that says you can move with AWSD.*

Tags: #2d, #fast-paced, #id, #orb-id, #orbid, #pixel art, #singleplayer

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments43

meursault29 Apr 2019, 09:35

I really had much fun playing your game. I did'nt get the concept right away, took me some time. But then the upgrade loop was fun. Good job!

Jani Nykanen29 Apr 2019, 10:50

Considering that this is a compo game and made in 48 hours, you have a lot of content. The game idea is also fascinating. Nice job.

JakobTheQuizGuy29 Apr 2019, 11:22

This game is really impressive! Very nice graphics and lots of content. Gameplay is fresh and interesting. Great job!

pwroff29 Apr 2019, 11:26

One of the best games I've played so far for compo. Great graphics, great audio, great idea.

PurpledArtFrog29 Apr 2019, 11:30

Very nice entry @martynas :thumbsup_tone1:

SoerenBachNielsen29 Apr 2019, 11:39

Really well done! You got me hooked on the gameplay. I like the balance between harvesting and killing the enemies.

otresnjak29 Apr 2019, 11:42

Looks and sounds great, and the gameplay is addictive! It was hard to stop playing. I couldn't get past level 9, though! I'd love to see this project elaborated on further. :)

8bit beehive29 Apr 2019, 13:07

first it was confusing but after a few tries the game became fun

Pincushion29 Apr 2019, 13:55

That was fun! The mood is really set well. I really like the music, and how it fits the art style.

Also Orb-id... cute name.

c0d3d29 Apr 2019, 13:58

Really cool and fun game!

LiauJ29 Apr 2019, 14:00

Wow, this might be my favorite of the compo's so far, this is extremely well done! Extremely good tutorial too.

gimblll29 Apr 2019, 14:03

Really solid game! Very well put together, one of the very best I've tried so far if not the best.

pvp29 Apr 2019, 14:06

Nice job. Play good, sound good, look good :).

pcmaster29 Apr 2019, 14:11

You just blew my mind, sir. This is really, really strong. I would totally play such a game on a phone in the bus. The possibilities with the powerups (shop) are limitless. I love the graphics, the mood, the sounds even, the movement. Awesome. I think you've got something truly solid here!

OrbitalBlueprint29 Apr 2019, 15:16

The music and the graphics set an AMAZING mood, especially with the main character design and the floating life orbs. This would be amazing as a mobile game!

Niteb29 Apr 2019, 15:54

Amazing art style and interesting concept!

Barrier29 Apr 2019, 15:55

Concept slightly remins me of my game.
Very cool art and music! Gameplay is pretty fun too. I often kill myself by using all my seeds :D

notb29 Apr 2019, 15:57

I really like it, you have great art and style, really sets a mood. Fits the theme well, too. Nice job!

kristinnes29 Apr 2019, 17:43

Great game! I kept losing track of my orbs and killing myself, which is the point I imagine.

Simone29 Apr 2019, 17:48

I will be surprised if this will not be in the top 10 ;)
Very good job mate!

Danga29 Apr 2019, 20:25

Cool concept! I do think it should be a little faster but the mood it sets is very good!

TasakaSama29 Apr 2019, 20:45

good little game bravo to you :)

Rancoud29 Apr 2019, 21:16

Very nice game, I love it! It was very addictive when you had some powerful upgrades.
You can improve the tutorial with some gifs in game.

Syrapt0r29 Apr 2019, 23:54

Hi, I played your game on stream today. You can find the video here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/418104572?t=02h50m40s

This is REALLY impressive, especially for a compo game. Solid mechanics, good graphics, nice sound design... really good overall.

zampi30 Apr 2019, 05:41

Nice done. Very great concept

NandoN30 Apr 2019, 11:12

Very interesting mechanics

elq30 Apr 2019, 12:05

Nicely done and pretty fun game. It was also quite challenging. Well done!

schizoid2k30 Apr 2019, 17:01

Really well done... the "space-y" effects and music are great. Game play is interesting and fun to play.

Nayaki Anandan30 Apr 2019, 19:54

I really liked this game! Excited to beat it later when I'm not streaming.

Kimily30 Apr 2019, 22:18

The music, sound effects, and mood are spectacular XD I love the chiptunes haha.

I have a few suggestions:
When you introduce the first enemy, don't have it spawn right behind the tutorial box. Also it blends into the green background. That's all, really :3

Kylazaur30 Apr 2019, 22:48

AMazing, a bit hard to understand what's going on in the beginning but once you get going. 👌

OwlyCode30 Apr 2019, 22:54

I couldn't keep myself to sow my last orb at the beginning, I laughted a lot. The game feels really good and polished as it is.

dinosire1 May 2019, 01:22

Wow what a neat take on the theme, I love it! So aesthetic! Very well done!

qst01 May 2019, 07:26

This was a great game. Super fun. I clicked past using my bank on level 8, that made things interesting for level 9... I was always too greedy with planting too!

Yaen1 May 2019, 21:32

Really nice game, man. I enjoyed playing and upgrading a lot until I died to the fast enemies that caught me off guard.
Because I wanted to hop right back in, I hastily clicked the restart game button, not knowing that it would erase all my progress. That's such a shame and I think that such buttons should be placed elsewhere and with a warning since I don't think that most people want to ever wipe their progress. It was a really nice and satisfying game loop until then though!

I also liked the complementary colour scheme and in general you built a cool and interesting atmosphere with this game.

However, I think the 8-bit sound effects took away from that atmosphere quite a bit. It's as if the game audio is actively trying to remind me that I'm just playing a video game. I think 8 bit sounds mostly belong into 8 bit games to serve the aesthetic such games are going for. This game didn't give me 8 bit vibes though so the sounds didn't really work for me. The music was great though, loved that part of the audio!

mrjoshuamclean2 May 2019, 03:02

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/418002198?t=05h50m28s

Vimlark2 May 2019, 06:11

Great work. I really liked the game play and mechanics a lot. Had an issue with the web build, the game didn't read my WASD inputs but the download worked fine. I ran into a bug where I died as I entered the portal. I was taken to the shop as usual but when I was done the next level started to load but still had the death prompt up and I couldn't click anything.

chawls_v2 May 2019, 23:14

This was a lot of fun and a really cool take on the theme. I played for levels and levels, very addictive, great mechanic!

JamesOliverMusic3 May 2019, 13:48

Cool game. With some extra polish this could be great. The difficulty ramps up significantly after the first 15 levels! Maybe make that transition a little smoother? Some more detailed character/enemy models would be nice. Very addictive game!

Jonas Tyroller3 May 2019, 21:54

Nice. Fantastic little game. Super simple but clever design. I like that even though you have mostly number upgrades they at the very least feel very significant. Really feels like you're constantly getting more and more powerful. Also looks quite pleasing. Well done.

Mags4 May 2019, 19:09

Ahh, this game! I definitely played this game longer than I expected to. :heart:

Kaisean Games4 May 2019, 19:49

So far the best game this LD.
Compo?! Gratz!

No comments are necessary, except this one:

Carbs5 May 2019, 17:11

Very cool game! Love the trail effects and the music is actually quite relaxing!

Lots of upgrades def makes the game last a while and want to get better as you play.

Had a ton of fun playing. Keep it up!

Here is my gameplay video from the other day ORBid By Martnyas

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