Ludum Dare #45compo

Inkblot Shade

by ptsnoop

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.98

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.60

An abstract downtempo moving-around-and-dodging-things game.

You are the small blob to the left of the screen. Click and hold the mouse button to move around. Each time you make it from one side to the other without falling into any larger blobs, you get one point. Post your high scores in the comments.

Or you could just sit there and stare at the gently shifting inkblot patterns. Either are good.

I will admit, this had more to do with the theme when I started coding it. But it still kinda fits, maybe?

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EDIT: Turns out I had a GLSL undefined-behaviour bug giving some laptops game-breakingly large blobs. I've pushed out a bugfix release.

Comments9

simXple6 Oct 2019, 21:56

I love the music and the chill vibe the game has. Theme could maybe have been more present by starting with less Ink / no Ink in the beginning? But it's an awesome game anyway. :D

Marcin J7 Oct 2019, 16:43

I got to 4. Very chill and pleasing game. Cool goo and relaxing music. I'm not sure if it's exactly on theme but it was fun nevertheless. Definitely deserves more love.

johnnysix10 Oct 2019, 20:00

Prety cool, liked the jazzy music. Would be cool to see a video on how you did the shader / fx.

Don't know how transferable it is to Android etc, but would work well on mobile.

Zinkler26 Oct 2019, 11:58

Loved the music, loved the way shapes change. Kinda wish for more fluent ink transition, but there is definitely a nice vibe to the way if shifts now. Game really asks for an agar.io style, but with ink.

SleepyStudios26 Oct 2019, 13:01

The music fits the art perfectly. It's a really simple game but it works well, not sure what more could be added to it really. Nice work.

Roitchie26 Oct 2019, 15:06

I really like the jazz music and abstract art style. If your traveling fast you can go through the smaller blobs without failing, not sure if thats a glitch or not. Definately a cool concept to expand upon.

elmo27 Oct 2019, 13:52

I like how it sucks you gently into the dynamic-blobs that's a nice touch. music is cool. Gameplay is a bit lacking, it kinda feels like it was art-piece forced into game.

Budaniel27 Oct 2019, 14:52

I love the gravitational pull effect when you near the other blobs! Countless times I'd be damn near another point and a blob would appear underneath me where I couldn't see it, costing me the game. I'm not sure there's a fix for that, though, aside from safety-checking for the player's position before spawning blobs.