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(T+48:48) Final Entry: BlockOut v0.LD48_11
(T+48:48) Final Entry: BlockOut v0.LD48_11
By lonestranger
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Innovation | 18 | 3.50 | 16 | |
| Overall | 56 | 2.53 | 17 | |
| Fun | 59 | 2.06 | 17 | |
| Theme | 62 | 2.94 | 17 | |
| Graphics | 42 | 2.71 | 17 | |
| Polish | 58 | 2.38 | 16 | |
| Food | 20 | 2.69 | 13 | |
| Journal | 19 | 3.47 | 15 | |
| Technical | 44 | 2.50 | 14 | |
| Audio | | | 1 | |
| Humor | | | 4 | |
| Timelapse | | | 1 | |
Comments
It's an endurance game. It starts so easy I can't possibly lose, and the difficulty setting doesn't increase.
You've got a good idea, though. If the computer were smarter and the ball bounced more sharply, then I would have to budget my resources and the game would be more interesting. Or you could even remove the AI entirely and make the object of the game to keep the ball in play for as long as possible (and open up the entire top of the screen if you do this, otherwise adding blocks is unnecessary).
Good idea, but too easy here. You just sit and wait and do nothing, which isn't fun at all.
Interesting idea, but this version is too easy. I agree with what Dathgale says.
Nice idea, but the game gets boring and easy very quickly. You should make the ball go faster or have multiple balls or something. A mouse interface would had also probably been a good idea.
All good comments preceding mine, and I will add that the bounce effect is very broken... I lost when I had a really thick wall, because the ball decided to instakill about 4 double-blocks, bouncing onto the other side of them as it went.
Looks like you were more interested in the backwards and defense themes than minimalist!
It's a cool idea, but it will take a major change to reach "fun" status. A first step might be to triple the ball and paddle speed, quadruple the rate you make money, fix the collision, and give it mouse control! Right now, as others said, it's very boring. Even though I made a big every time the computer dropped the ball, I didn't like it anyway, since it meant more waiting.
Not a bad idea, but Hamumu pretty much nailed the problems. Speed up the game (or start at the speed it is, and make it go a lot faster each time the computer 'loses'), and you've got a potentially fun game.
Agreeing with Hamumu across the board. Good concept - balance it better.
Not really finished but I can appreciate what you were going for. High marks for that pizza pic, yum.
No java here, sorry :(
Having mouse control and more speed and it might be fun.
I think I won. The ball ended up in an infinite bouncing pattern, so it couldn't possibly hit my goal unless I placed a brick in its way.
The idea is really nice, and it makes for an interesting twist on the whole thing. Collisions in this implementation are a bit shaky though, and that results in some unfair situations where the ball gets tangled up and takes down a large number of bricks at once.
It's also a bit annoying that the only way to gain more cash is to wait... a long time. Might have been better to include some more alternative sources of income, like selling old bricks or building certain structures that aren't really helping to protect the goal but rather help you to raise money instead, or something like that. Maybe you had some of that stuff planned already.
Can't really say anymore than Hamumu and DrPetter and others have said already.
Some difficulty installing / running (see your 'final' post). Nice concept, graphics were nice and minimal, but too easy. Way too easy ... needs to ramp up the difficulty more quickly from the start.
For some reason I can't manage to run this. :(
cool. playing the roll as brick builder instead of the guy behind the paddle.