Convolooption

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.89
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.86
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.06
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.00
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.27
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.91
My 2020, Ludum Dare 47 game submission for the theme: "stuck in a loop".

How To Play:

Use W,A,S,D or arrow keys to control the player

Press Left Shift to slow down time and get invincibility on you trail temporarily.

Circle around enemies and powerups to kill and collect them respectively.

( + powerups increase tail length, heart powerups increase health)



Known Issues:
- The way I made the looping detection, there can only be ONE loop at a time. If I had more time I would have fixed it but I believe this is what people are reporting as inaccuracies in the loop detection. If you are having trouble making loops, make sure that there are no loops made by your trail and then make another loop.

- The game has no audio, (again, I was short on time) dont worry, your speakers are not broken :)

Thank you for all the feedback!

screenshot
Tags: #2d
Genres: action
Tools: Unity

Comments24

Dharby
Dharby5 Oct 2020, 22:52
Very cool! The visuals are really pleasant, and you did a great job applying the theme.
upcharlie5 Oct 2020, 23:00
Very cool concept and gameplay, ran into an issue with the loop not connecting when it got longer.
Janou5 Oct 2020, 23:00
Well made game, love the tail and the mechanics with it. visuals are very pleasant indeed. nice game!
Str0nkyK0ng
Str0nkyK0ng5 Oct 2020, 23:00
Nice job! Really loved the aesthetic!
CitDev Chris
CitDev Chris5 Oct 2020, 23:04
wow. i really liked how this game felt.

has the great beginnings of an online io game. nice!
130N35
130N355 Oct 2020, 23:08
It had a little Geometry wars vibe behind, but with a great new concept :D
really like it
cireneikual2224645 Oct 2020, 23:10
Great graphics, the loop detection was a bit buggy though, it sometimes didn't trigger when it seemed like it should. Overall though I liked the simple but addictive gameplay of it.
Guldfisk5 Oct 2020, 23:11
Nailed the movement! Also like the amount of glow on the sprites.
Croxel Studios
Croxel Studios5 Oct 2020, 23:12
Interesting concept and cool visuals! The difficulty curve was a bit weird though. Maybe you could turn it into an engaging arcade game.
udo
udo5 Oct 2020, 23:19
The best action/arcade-y game I have played so far this LD. The web version wouldn't load for me, and although the Windows version did run fine under Wine, there was no sound (not sure if the game has sound or not, I couldn't rate it).

Not much to say about the gameplay other than that it was well executed. Simple, tight, responsive. Really nice execution of the looping mechanic, good job!
Sentynel5 Oct 2020, 23:22
Pretty visuals and interesting concept. Reminds me of playing Snake back in the day. Could use a soundtrack.
HOOLOP
HOOLOP5 Oct 2020, 23:27
Very cool arcade game with simple but betiful assets ! Love it !
Scott Hernandez5 Oct 2020, 23:29
I think this is my favorite jam game so far. The feel of movement and the way the tail adjusts as you're looping is really nice. Not sure if this was left out or supposed to be there, but I had no sound. This would feel 10000% better with some SFX and music. Well done!!
jvolonte
jvolonte6 Oct 2020, 02:49
The input feels awesome. Great take on the theme I liked it!
6smith
6smith6 Oct 2020, 02:53
great arcade game! sometimes i do feel a little cheated, though, like i shouldve captured something but i didnt. overall, a good application of the lasso concept!
Blumber
Blumber6 Oct 2020, 02:56
Beautiful game, the controls are super intuitive, the gameplay explained itself, I love the idea that to win you have to do the opposite of the snake game and how it integrates with the theme.
Tad
Tad6 Oct 2020, 06:35
This is very impressively polished and so fun to play. Amazing work! :D
Enes Ayyildiz6 Oct 2020, 10:32
One of the best game in jam. It has smart and clear idea. Easy to understand and fun enough to play.
Alan1236 Oct 2020, 11:02
IMHO this is probably the best loop game idea I've seen so far!
OwlyCode
OwlyCode8 Oct 2020, 11:28
One of the best use of the theme! I wish there was some audio, but otherwise it looks so polished!
Squareworx Studio9 Oct 2020, 22:27
Highly polished, very solid core and replayability. you have to share how you did that chromatic aberration. really cool small details.This is easily the game I scored the highest, even above my own. the lack of audio really didn't take away since the game plays well with my own music in the background. I just had a thought; This can be awesome on a mobile phone where you use the gyroscope/accelerometer to move around well done!
Marcusuke10 Oct 2020, 21:40
One of the best games I've tried so far! Great minimalistic graphics a la Geometry Wars and great new mechanic. Really good job!
Zjones25 Oct 2020, 01:37
super fun arccade game the only thign i would reocommend is a score board so ic an keep pplaying
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