A solid game! The building mechanics are a lot of fun, to the point where the normal platforming feels almost like a distraction from the rest of the game. Sometimes felt a bit harsh when you lose bits of goo over the edge and couldn't progress. Perhaps goo should come out of the most recent tap if you lose them into the water?
To fit with the theme, I decided the player can't start with goo so I need to provide the goo, however it could not be unlimited or there would be no game. To fix the harsh construction mechancic my idea was to display a ghost connection when building goo and have a sorta vacuum pickup mechanic. It's also very nice to see all of you enjoying the game!
nice work. I agree that the concept is really cool, and implemented pretty well! I wish I could hold the right mouse and drag over points to suck them all up quickly, I think that would help the pacing. I also agree that goos lost off-screen coming back out of the most recent pipe would help a lot.
The slime frameworks are fun to play with, but the rest of the game is too slow paced, and when you fail a level, you have to go through the slow movement all over again. Also, thanks for the native Linux build :thumbsup:
I really enjoyed your game, it reminds me of World of Goo! I also agree that the goo can be a bit finicky at time - I think you have the right idea to add a ghost connection to show how the goo will connect and a way to get back goo you lost.
Also, I only played two levels, but I found the spikes to be more of an annoyance than an challenge - they were so small and blended into the the background well enough to make them hard to see at times. I even think there were some that were hidden behind a flower, which I felt was unfair.
That was pretty fun! The goo building was definitely the highlight. It's a bit slow and floaty but I got used to it after a while. Still, it does become a bit of a pain when I SLOWLY have to get back to the fun goobuilding after restarting a level. Might also be a good idea to be able to replace lost goo pieces.
Really interesting concept, good art design, I wish the levels were designed more as an introduction to mechanics. But overall great job! Thanks for bringing it by the stream.
duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude. The slime is genius. I loved discovering it. I wanted the whole thing to be about the slime. I detested and still detest the platforming and the spikes. The platforming wouldn't be so bad if you didn't have to start back at the beginning the whole time. It was really neat and a solid mechanic that can be totally explored in a variety of ways! excellent entry.
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nice job!
Also, I only played two levels, but I found the spikes to be more of an annoyance than an challenge - they were so small and blended into the the background well enough to make them hard to see at times. I even think there were some that were hidden behind a flower, which I felt was unfair.