DrPetter
Fun sandbox. I like teleporting cannonballs into the middle of the tower with maximum velocity :P
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD12 → Cannon Hates Tower
By sivart13
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme | 11 | 3.95 | 21 | |
| Fun | 15 | 3.33 | 21 | |
| Overall | 32 | 2.95 | 21 | |
| Innovation | 43 | 2.62 | 21 | |
| Humor | 19 | 2.90 | 10 | |
| Polish | 34 | 2.62 | 21 | |
| Graphics | 40 | 2.48 | 21 | |
| Technical | 28 | 3.00 | 21 | |
| Journal | 57 | 1.38 | 8 | |
| Audio | 1 | |||
| Food | 1 |
Fun sandbox. I like teleporting cannonballs into the middle of the tower with maximum velocity :P
Crashes:
E:\\\\ludum dare\\\\ld12\\\\Sivart13>tower.exe
Loading chipmunk for Windows (32bit) [E:\\\\ludum dare\\\\ld12\\\\Sivart13\\\\chipmunk.dll]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File \\\"main.py\\\", line 542, in <module>
File \\\"main.py\\\", line 393, in __init__
File \\\"pyglet\\\\window\\\\win32\\\\__init__.pyc\\\", line 423, in __init__
File \\\"pyglet\\\\window\\\\__init__.pyc\\\", line 636, in __init__
File \\\"pyglet\\\\window\\\\__init__.pyc\\\", line 288, in get_best_config
File \\\"pyglet\\\\window\\\\win32\\\\__init__.pyc\\\", line 192, in get_matching_configs
File \\\"pyglet\\\\window\\\\win32\\\\__init__.pyc\\\", line 240, in _get_pixel_format_descriptor_matching_configs
WindowsError: exception: access violation writing 0x00000000
I had a nasty situation in the second stage: The rooftile was resting on a few ground blocks and i couldn\'t shoot them out from below.
More of a demo than a game but still fun to play with. The simulation needs to work at finer intervals to avoid the balls teleporting effect.
It's nice to watch the tower crumble after a couple of shots. But I think it fails somehow short on gameplay. Because there was nothing to aim for. Also playing for highscore becomes pointless with endless (?) levels. If the game would have focused more on the scoring might be more fun. Maybe making it a condition to score at least a certain value each level in order to get to the next level. That and a more transparent scoresystem for the player might have made the experience more fun. In my opinion that is. :)
Pretty fun, though I managed to get stuck when I somehow blasted an entire tower completely off the screen.
I hate that tower so much...!
I never get tired of playing with physics sandboxes. Needs more variety and objectives though.
Nice physics sandbox, although the goal is pretty much non-existant. In terms of a game, it's a bit too random - trying to beat the highscore doesn't quite work as a goal here, since the tower won't be the same the next time you try :)
Graphics are simple but okay.
I think I ran into the same problem as Endurion, except my top was off the screen. I couldn't hit it or something once it was off. But neat idea. Maybe put some different density bricks here and there that absorb or reflect the cannonballs at later stages.
No question that it's fun! It's not a game, but it's fun! I like to smash. Like Edge said, to make it a game, you could have required scores to move on. And like other people said, I ended up 'losing' when I knocked the roof off the screen somewhere.
It's really fun that you can go full auto and cover the thing with cannonballs (that's how I made the roof go away).
Well worked for me. And i don't know. No it is not boring but mm unchallenging...
Hmmmm. Not much 'why' in the game. Also, the physics are pretty wonky -- the blocks bounce on their own like jumping beans and the cannon ball bounces weird and gets stuck. Still, its fun to shoot cannonballs at towers (thats exactly what my game does too :D )
Me cannon. Cannon smash! Smash tower! Me winner.
It's cute how all the bricks goes all happy after having won. Seems the cannon balls have Tunneling (Rank 2), though.
It's really fun to play with, but it's more of a toy than a game. Also you could get stuck when the top fell offscreen sometimes.
A fun toy ... I could envisage some more complex levels here with a required score threshold in order to advance to the next level ... this would add some challenge. No sound ? From the source I can see you had lots of interesting plans ...
Clearly not a game yet, but it's damn fun to play. :D