Fractman

by samh
co-authored: @niarkou
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.42
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.25
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.90
FRACTMAN, a.k.a. the FRACTAL PACMAN.

A postmodern experiment about exploring a maze that contains a smaller maze, itself containing another maze, eventually containing the original maze, in a never-ending loop. There is no exit.

Made using PICO-8 and Tiled.

Controls: arrow keys to move

Objective: none


Other games made by members of the Potico:
- Stamp by @linheha and @lucien-catonnet
- Loopy Particle Simulator by @nusan
- Floody Loops by @alixmic, @diffty, @florian-piette and tomalego

screenshot
Genres: action
Tools: PICO-8

Comments7

snowinn6 Oct 2020, 01:50
All I see is a link for the source code ? Looks like a very creative idea, I’d be interested in playing
Ree Rolph
Ree Rolph6 Oct 2020, 01:51
Just source code, in a format I don't recognise. Is there a playable executable?
shubart6 Oct 2020, 08:30
Great idea Sam !
nusan
nusan6 Oct 2020, 18:26
the main challenge was to find a path to clear capsules while feeling like there is progress. It's so hard to wrap your head on the level that you are very lost ^^ A bit sad that there is no "ending" as you collected all capsules, and so you are never sure if there is one missing somewhere, deep down ^^
anyway, it's a pretty great idea!
loveapplegames10 Oct 2020, 19:37
The topology of this is mind-boggling! I can keep zooming in one direction and I end up at my previous position. I think I've eaten all the dots, but there does not seem to be a win condition, is that correct?
ditam14 Oct 2020, 09:27
31480 points! I *think* I ate everything... A very cool and innovative concept, congrats! The music loop should be a bit longer, it was very jarring to have it repeat every 4 seconds or so, but I guess that's part of being stuck in a loop, eh?

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