Drater

Unfortunately I'm having issues running the game, My machine refuses to open the game as it is very confident it's a virus. let me know if this gets fixed, based on the art, I'd love to try it!

decent art decent controls overall decent game

A simple little game that works well ! Nice entry for your first LD

I like how smooth the mouse control is. Good job.

Not bad for a first Ludum Dare entry! I like this spin on the "collect as much as you can" idea by not being directly in control of anything, but instead influencing where the collectables go. I would've liked to still be able to see where my mouse is though; I found it pretty difficult to be able to tell where exactly I'm moving everything. Overall, though, you've got a solid entry with a good twist!

It's like snake without snake :blush:

The mousse control is perfect :thumbsup:

The controls feel super fluid and the way the dots move in sync is super satisfying. I really like the music that comes in after the first day!

Great job going engineless! I did my first game jam in SDL and had a blast, taking a look at your code reminded me how fun it is doing every little thing yourself :smile:

@andy-beers, thank you for checking out my game! I think you might be getting this error

If so, simply click "More Info" and it will let you press "Run Anyway" to trust the program.

@lomstfer maybe it's just chrome? i'm not sure, now it won't even download for me

@andy-beers Unless you can click on the extended menu and click on "Keep", then I don't know what to do. I have encountered a situation like this before when I could not download my program.

It is a hard game but I think it was fun, I can't get past day 1 though.

Hey, @lomstfer , would you be interested in a GNU/Linux binary ?

Your code is 100% portable, so I took the liberty of compiling it and uploading an executable here:

http://code.alaiwan.org/Drater.x86_64

Feel free to add it to your archive if you want !

I used the following command line :

```
g++ *.cpp `pkg-config sdl2 SDL2_mixer SDL2_ttf SDL2_image --cflags --libs` -o Drater.x86_64
```

Simple, but effective :-)

The Windows binary works perfectly on gahnoo plus Linux.

This is very fun. The mouse controls are insanely satisfying. There should be a note in the description that this is a mouse-controlled game.

Simple, but really interesting controls, and the music is fun. Nice work!

Wasn't sure what I was doing at first, but understood shortly after the music hit. I never lasted long. Tough game! Cool aesthetic, nice music, thematic, haven't seen anything else quite like it. Solid entry :)

Mine did end up crashing, like you said.

I was able to run it without problems. The graphics are simple, but nice. The music sounds nice, too. I think adding some obstacles to avoid (maybe red dots) would make the game more engaging. Anyway, nice job!

This was fun for the time I was able to play it, but during the daytime you seem to 'dissolve' (for lack of a better term) faster than you could possibly collect, so it seems impossible to get more than 1 day score?

It's a nice idea but needs to be fleshed out and polished more. Good job for your first LDJam though and respect for developing in SDL2.

It ran alright for the first playthrough (though my score was only 1 day) after the the crashes at the title screen. The controls felt smooth. Good job!

Thanks for the game!