Ludum Dare #53compo
Bricks and Fire
*-- Stop the delivery before humanity meets a terrible fate --*
There are only two tools: Halt boxes temporarily by placing brick walls, or destroy them using the fire tool.
Most of the jam was spent learning Godot (and Krita). Now has a web version below.
- Mouse (Fire): aim and hold to charge, then release when ready to destroy boxes
- UP / DOWN: select tool
- LEFT / RIGHT: change scene
There are only two tools: Halt boxes temporarily by placing brick walls, or destroy them using the fire tool.
Most of the jam was spent learning Godot (and Krita). Now has a web version below.
Controls
- Mouse (Bricks): aim and click to place brick walls- Mouse (Fire): aim and hold to charge, then release when ready to destroy boxes
- UP / DOWN: select tool
- LEFT / RIGHT: change scene
Changelog
- v1.1 - Fixed a critical bug that prevented clicking UI buttons with the mouse.Screenshot
Comments26
zundou1 May 2023, 12:48
The way the boxes keep getting bigger and more chaotic is quite amusing.
As it becomes increasingly busy, the game becomes even more enjoyable.
As it becomes increasingly busy, the game becomes even more enjoyable.
cavedens1 May 2023, 15:08
I managed to save 174 for humanity lol. Interesting little game. Great job with the jam! Keep up the good work and I look forward to what you make in the future!
LDJam user 2807072 May 2023, 01:55
The difficulty curve seemed pretty incredibly steep, like it went from "Huh, how could I ever possibly lose this?" to "Holy shit, what am I even supposed to do?" in a matter of seconds, but other than that, really fun lil game!
Artstyle is nice, and unique interpretation of the theme!
Artstyle is nice, and unique interpretation of the theme!
Str8griz3 May 2023, 04:04
I thought the learning curve on the game wasn't too bad, but it did take me some clicking around to figure out the fire. I think if the boxes came a little slower in the first 15 seconds I would have been able to absolutely get a high score, I will have to live with my 114 for now....
Fun concept, great art.
Fun concept, great art.
LDJam user 2246703 May 2023, 04:37
what is this evil corporation hell-bent on world destruction!?!?! how can they be stopped??
I liked the way that boxes popped into combo boxes :)
I liked the way that boxes popped into combo boxes :)
sezdev3 May 2023, 13:44
Cool entry! Why can't I vote for humor? I think the nuclear launch was really funny.
LDJam user 3524903 May 2023, 22:29
@sezdev -- Eh, I guess that makes sense! Didn't really think about humor one way or another when making the game, but I see why that could be pretty hilarious. Went ahead and added the humor rating.
Phlip453 May 2023, 22:31
At some point I just started focusing on the fire near the missile silo, and then a HUUUGE box just slammed straight through. Funniest thing I've seen all Jam. Really like the graphics for a compo game. I also spent this jam learning godot! I thought it was pretty good.
LDJam user 3524903 May 2023, 22:34
@phlip45 -- Haha, glad to hear that! Cool to have a fellow godot learner.
the_martijn4 May 2023, 21:34
I also thought at first that it was too easy, because you could spam brick walls everywhere, but the longer you play, the harder it gets. Nice entry :smile:
Gametrodon4 May 2023, 21:34
Grats on the first jam! Some thoughts:
It was unclear to me why the giant boxes just showed up and blew up everything I had made, maybe I missed something because it happened on another screen, but it would have been nice to understand why I suddenly lost.
The fire tool was a bit unintuitive to me, maybe having an empty circle that shows up when you have it selected would be nice. Or just something to indicate you have it selected, and it's doing the first part of the charging.
It was unclear to me why the giant boxes just showed up and blew up everything I had made, maybe I missed something because it happened on another screen, but it would have been nice to understand why I suddenly lost.
The fire tool was a bit unintuitive to me, maybe having an empty circle that shows up when you have it selected would be nice. Or just something to indicate you have it selected, and it's doing the first part of the charging.
IcarusDev24 May 2023, 21:41
Congratulations on the game and welcome to the godot community!
Firespike334 May 2023, 21:46
Big box OP
LDJam user 3524904 May 2023, 22:01
Thanks all!
@gametrodon -- That was a side effect of A) boxes generating more frequently over time and B) combined boxes moving faster. Once the boxes are frequent enough to combine by themselves, the first one snow-balls and eats up every box in the game. Wasn't originally intended, but I was scrambling and didn't get much time to playtest :)
Definitely makes sense about the fire tool. I had meant to add some kind of target under the mouse while that tool was selected.
@gametrodon -- That was a side effect of A) boxes generating more frequently over time and B) combined boxes moving faster. Once the boxes are frequent enough to combine by themselves, the first one snow-balls and eats up every box in the game. Wasn't originally intended, but I was scrambling and didn't get much time to playtest :)
Definitely makes sense about the fire tool. I had meant to add some kind of target under the mouse while that tool was selected.
Johnsensei5 May 2023, 00:47
Good job completing the compo! It was fun seeing the idea you came up with get realized. Were the assets hand drawn? I think that creates an interesting asthetic.
Hakro5 May 2023, 11:15
I really like the idea and hand drawn art style.
It looked easy in the beginning, but boy was I wrong :D
It can get really challenging
Good entry
It looked easy in the beginning, but boy was I wrong :D
It can get really challenging
Good entry
LDJam user 3524905 May 2023, 14:42
@johnsensei -- Not quite hand drawn, I drew it all in Krita with a pen tablet. But I definitely went for a hand drawn look.
Matt Green5 May 2023, 20:53
Just like in real life, I failed to save humanity :joy:
Neat little game. Great first entry :)
Neat little game. Great first entry :)
milq6 May 2023, 12:31
A simple idea but it makes the game complex! how can it be that with two options it can be so much fun. My congratulations! The design of the game seems to me of incredible quality and the graphics also accompanies it. Great game, congratulations!
LDJam user 28062410 May 2023, 14:01
I like graphics and change screen mechanics. Nice job!
jk500010 May 2023, 17:29
A fun and pretty well made little game. It took a bit of time to understand how to play, but when first learned it, it was pretty fun to play. To bad there is not music and sound effects, but else a good jam game.
LDJam user 25082510 May 2023, 21:42
Nice first entry, love the diegetic UI! The difficulty curve was pretty amusing as first I had no idea how the fire worked and it was way too hard but in the end I could keep the boxes in the first screen with some serious fire spam. Not sure if I should have waited even longer but it didn't seem to get hard enough that they could escape my fire blasting further into the level :D
LDJam user 35249010 May 2023, 23:33
@jk5000 I totally meant to add sound and music, but ran out of time. Maybe next jam :)
cheesepencil11 May 2023, 03:45
those dastardly packages! cool art style. 5/5 theme i haven't seen many ppl make the objective to prevent a delivery
axelrinaldo19 May 2023, 16:20
There is nothing better for learning a new tool quickly than a game jam! I really like the graphics style and it feels like a good style of game to learn a lot of what Godot has to offer on. Great work! :D
I couldn't figure out how to use fire the first time, I think you can make it more obvious.
The twist that you have to PREVENT delivery instead of making delivery yourself is a nive one!
I also maximized the window and got funny bug there :smile:
Overall good job, I had fun with your game! :smiley_cat: