Endurion
Nice, although it\'s easy to cheat by using the side borders.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD12 → Tower Construction Kit
By wjordan
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fun | 39 | 2.45 | 20 | |
| Theme | 43 | 2.80 | 20 | |
| Overall | 44 | 2.50 | 20 | |
| Innovation | 44 | 2.50 | 20 | |
| Polish | 45 | 2.20 | 20 | |
| Humor | 51 | 1.00 | 6 | |
| Graphics | 54 | 1.68 | 19 | |
| Technical | 26 | 3.05 | 20 | |
| Journal | 52 | 2.08 | 13 | |
| Audio | 2 | |||
| Food | 1 |
Nice, although it\'s easy to cheat by using the side borders.
Why is it possible to move the view? Why is it possible to zoom? Why use the RIGHT mouse button?
This feels like just taking a physics library and whipping together something to try to make it look like a game, and not at all like a game made from scratch in 48 hours.
I love physics sandboxes, but there's not enough freedom - or game - attached to this one.
I uh, have to admit I have no idea what I am doing. :E I tried but it's just too confusing!
I almost gave up at first because nothing seemed to work, but that was because it uses the right mouse button. Why not use the left button like every other program does? Anyway it was fun for a while, but pretty easy to beat.
I played the 3rd level first so the other two were easy after that. Fun with physics!
Stuff like this is impressive at first glance, then you think about it. Like "wow, this is like real physics!", then "wait, that means 90% of this was already written by someone else." It's sort of like someone using an MP3-playing library making a "game" where all it does is let you choose an MP3 from a list and it plays. Writing an MP3 player is extremely impressive... using one isn't.
Don't get me wrong, that's fine and allowed. I scored based on the merits of the game, it's just that you've created something that is in theory technically impressive, but you're getting a low Technical score from me, because I know the impressiveness isn't your doing. I have nothing against people using physics engines, and I encourage it because it allows cool effects. I just don't want people JUST using physics engines.
You have the bad luck of being the 3rd or 4th entry just like this that I've checked out in this contest, and it's just wearing on me. I think Junk Tower (although I question its credentials as a 'tower game') is a great example of taking the physics engine and instead of just making it run, adding something game-like to it. Cannon Hates Tower is similar, though definitely closer to the 'physics sandbox' side of the equation.
This theme has really just created an amazing flood of physics games and sandboxes. Am I the only one who decided to do a TD?! I wanna play some more of those!
By the way, woe be unto the next physics sandbox I come across. The ranting will worsen.
Only the third level played like a game. Other ones were the kind of stuff kids to with real blocks at age 3 or so. So could use more game. Agree with Hamumu about the technical aspects.
The editor is potentially fun, and simply playing around with the physics simulation is pretty fun. The goal of the game is okay, although the third level's too hard for me.
The graphics are very simple.
All in all, an okay game, especially since the editor's pretty nice. :)
Physics of spinning platforms felt nice. No sound ? Couldn't figure out the goal or winning condition.
More toy than game. If there had been more levels it could have been ok but it felt like just another physics tech demo.