Ludum Dare #45compo

Floatblox

by rewzu

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.60

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.30

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.26

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.90

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About:

Floatblox is a Compo game made for Ludum Dare 45.

Floatblox is a sandbox game with infinite randomly generated world. However, you can still beat it by constructing and using the portal. You start with nothing and you have to gather materials to construct stuff. Build bridges to travel between islands and find magic crystal which is essential to activate the portal. Be careful though! When you fall into the void your progress will be gone and you will have to start again with nothing!

How to play:

- Gather some resources.
- You can destroy almost everything by hitting it enough times.
- Construct basic stuff like workbench and furnace.
- Use workbench to craft planks out of logs.
- Use furnace to smelt ore.
- Build bridges to other islands.
- Explore the world and find magic crystal.
- Construct the portal.
- Use the portal to win the game.
- Be careful, there are no respawns.
- Have fun!

Default controls:

- Arrows/WASD - Movement
- Space - Jump
- Left Shift/Right Shift - Sprint
- Left Mouse Button - Hit/Pick Up/Place
- Right Mouse Button - Drop/Cancel/Deselect
- Mouse Scroll Wheel - Choose item to construct
- R - Rotate item

Known bugs:

- There is a small chance that you will start surrounded by cliff with no chance to escape. If it happens to you, simply restart the game.
- After the game ends, automatic restart is not working. Restart the game manually if you want to play again.

Have fun! :star::star::star::star::star:

Tags: #3d, #arcade, #first-person, #floating-islands, #low-poly

Genres: adventure

Tools: Unity

Comments10

Tero Pulkkinen7 Oct 2019, 07:10

tons of 3d graphics in the game. Mouse controls + w key was easy to figure out, but the screen kept flickering a little with 3d objects disappearing randomly from the screen.

Jonasz9999 Oct 2019, 11:31

I enjoyed playing the game a lot!

I was really curious what will happen after I enter the portal :sweat_smile:
Fortunately, I managed to find the crystal so now I know (no spoilers of course) :smile:

As seen on the screenshot below, the graphics are amazing in this game. I admire how many different models you were able to create in such a short time. Moreover, you also managed to add a few lightning effects :slight_smile:

However, there are also a few issues:

* Sometimes objects can be placed in the air (as seen on the screenshot below)
* You should add information about scroll wheel to the controls section :wink: It took me some time to figure out how to play the game because of it
* From time to time, after cutting down the tree, logs immediately fall down to the void
* I would also appreciate a small cursor because sometimes it's difficult to pick up an item

vilcans23 Oct 2019, 21:49

Tried the web version on my not very good laptop, and the frame rate was pretty bad... I'll have to try the Windows version.

Larnin23 Oct 2019, 22:32

The webgl version does not works well on my computer, but the desktop version is ok.
On the web version, my game run at 5fps, and the mouse rotate at 500km/s.
I like the low poly visuals, it's simple and effective.
It look like the stone and iron have the same shape, it took me some time to understand why i can't put some stone to the furnance to build it.
It must be cool if you can add something that allow the player to pause the game and unlock the mouse.

hiroboto24 Oct 2019, 00:24

Good game with nice graphics and interesting game mode but I have two suggestions. Though my pc is not so bad but the web version is having a serious lagging, i guess setting LODs would help but since this is a COMPO project I think it might be more applicable to replacing some of some useless/faraway environmental objects into pictures. Besides, the default location of objects to be put down is too near to the camera and that covers almost the whole screen.

Rodrigo Robles24 Oct 2019, 02:03

Nice concept. Feels like an air minecraft: minecraft + toe jam earl + super mario galaxy.
For improve: 1 - the build UI is not that intuitive; 2 - should be some feedback when you hit something.

Rodrigo Robles24 Oct 2019, 02:03

Nice concept. Feels like an air minecraft: minecraft + toe jam earl + super mario galaxy.
For improve: 1 - the build UI is not that intuitive; 2 - should be some feedback when you hit something.

hwaet24 Oct 2019, 06:20

This is a pretty big scope for a compo game! I liked the aesthetic of little floating islands in the sky, and it's impressive to have a build system in there! One thing I would recommend (at least for GL mode), add in a restart button for when klutzes like myself fall off the island ;)

Dudum Lare24 Oct 2019, 10:00

Totally my type of game! I actually made something similar for this jam but in 2d..! The controls were smooth and easy to get, The graphics fits together, overall a very good game! Thank you for making this, I hope to see you in the next jam :D

good.enough24 Oct 2019, 19:18

Totally not my type of game, so it's hard to give an unbiased review.. I did enjoy the atmosphere, and the detail on the blocks and other 3d models. Great work creating all those in such a small amount of time!