Ludum Dare #51compo

ergo

by retrowillgames

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.76

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.40

My first Ludum Dare! Hope you enjoy! Recommend to play on itch.io.

Tools used:

Engine: Gamemaker

Art: Photoshop & paint.net

Sound: Audacity and Bfxr

Special Tip: If you don’t like the current puzzle, click on the solution icon to get a new one!

Devs Note: I had fun this jam, but lacked inspiration and motivation early on. I decided to go with a mechanically simple idea and practice adding juice and game feel. Also note that the Music button on Menu toggles ambient noise.

Source code (GameMaker Project File) available for download on the itch page.

Tags: #effects, #gamemaker, #mouse only, #relaxing, #retro, #simple, #singleplayer

Genres: puzzle

Tools: Audacity, Bfxr, GameMaker, Paint.net

Comments20

tengusheath3 Oct 2022, 01:27

Cool puzzle game, good job for your first jam

Matoux423 Oct 2022, 16:10

Awesome concept, I think it'd make a great mobile game. I just didn't like the way you added the "every ten seconds" to your game, because it doesn't make the game more interesting in my opinion.

Anyway, great compo game !

Lukas08424 Oct 2022, 17:57

Nice simple puzzle game, good job

SimplePotential4 Oct 2022, 17:58

Very cool, very rubix cube type puzzle. I manage to complete several patterns. Nice job

Martin1834 Oct 2022, 18:02

Cool game, some music would be nice for the mood!

merdeboi4 Oct 2022, 18:06

Great mood, visuals, audio feedback. Good puzzles, initially I thought the white cubes were working against me, but they help you :)

helluin4 Oct 2022, 18:18

turns out lights out becomes a lot more confusing just by flipping some tiles every 10 seconds. very nice take on the theme with fitting visuals and sound design. sadly there was no music to match these despite the menu suggesting there would be

retrowillgamesauthor4 Oct 2022, 18:25

@helluin Sorry for the misleading menu option! Meant to add music but couldn't make anything I liked in time. Right now the music setting toggles a background ambience sound (Edit: Now seeing that the ambience doesn't play in the web build, oops). Thanks for playing. I hadn't heard of Lights Out, I suspected a similar game probably already existed, but I couldn't think of a way to google the mechanic lol.

LDJam user 113774 Oct 2022, 18:37

You mentioned focusing on game juice and it really shows! Great audio and visuals accompanied by compelling puzzles. You knocked it out of the park with this one and I'm glad you were able to submit despite an initial lack of motivation. I would love to see anything else you've made and look forward to your future Ludum Dares.

defilerzero4 Oct 2022, 21:32

Congrats on your first LD entry (and first solo as well). Solid little puzzle game, and the timer both helps and hinders the player which is a nice twist.

Pietrek4 Oct 2022, 21:32

I really liked the game. It's simple, but looks great, sounds great, and feels great to play. Also it's just really polished, especially for a game jam project. The only nitpick I have is that the theme is just kinda thrown on top of an unrlated game. Still, well done!

Zakroutil5 Oct 2022, 12:34

Nice and simple game, well polished and fun to play!

digitaldude5555 Oct 2022, 20:33

Indeed it is quite juice, though the sound effect reminds me of water for some reason, took me a bit to figure out but I solved a few puzzles, very nice. Theme fits well with the game.

ActuallyTheMoon6 Oct 2022, 17:45

Really neat puzzle game. Took me a while to figure out that the white outline predicted the next cells to shift, would have been nice if the outline was a bit clearer to see. Aside from that good stuff!

sdelay7 Oct 2022, 13:24

You rock, it is a clean nice game! You rocked on :
* Menu, settings
* Sound design and audio feedback
* Good handling of the theme

I would say you lacked of ambition, but the jam is about finishing a game, and you did it!
oh, I just read your description, I understand your lack of motivation at some point, and you did very good considering this.

My last question: Why "ergo" ?

Lorwon7 Oct 2022, 14:08

Nice entry for a first jam !

Even if i do not like puzzle game, I enjoyed playing your game

Well done

Keenan Woodall7 Oct 2022, 15:53

Great idea for a puzzle game. My puny brain couldn't get past the level with the horizontal line though haha.

Harmadillo7 Oct 2022, 19:06

Nice game. The puzzles were simple(in design, not to solve) but very nicely done. The menu art and mood was great.

TrueVacuum8 Oct 2022, 03:55

The special effects are cool, but the combination with 10 seconds is not very good, but still very happy~

LDJam user 2336599 Oct 2022, 02:02

It's really satisfying to click on the squares, you really nailed the polish and sound design. This is a solid first run at LD!