id0001 2011-05-02 03:02
I like the sand mechanics.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD20 → Everything is Sand
By airwaffle
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation | 45 | 3.54 | 41 | |
| Fun | 223 | 2.24 | 41 | |
| Theme | 206 | 2.34 | 41 | |
| Graphics | 123 | 3.00 | 40 | |
| Audio | 275 | 1.25 | 16 | |
| Humor | 131 | 2.50 | 38 | |
| Overall | 185 | 2.63 | 40 | |
| Community | 78 | 3.12 | 26 | |
| Coolness | 142 | 4 |
I like the sand mechanics.
Hahah. This made me laugh. I do wonder what kind of sandcastles I could build with all that room behind the source, too....
didn't know you could stack sand like this :D
Nice little game :) Could be built upon to become something really neat !
Definitely more of a neat tech demo than a game, but pretty cool nonetheless. The trippy environment is funky too.
Neat idea. A little bit tedious to play and build in but again a fun idea. I'd be curious to see where else you could take this mechanic.
Heh, I had a larff.
Gratz on getting this one out in 24 hours!
Nice mechanic, just needs a little development - just stacking sand gets tedious pretty quickly.
As has been said I liked the mechanics. The theme did seem very forced, but the characters' comments and facial expressions had me grinning all the way through.
With the sand mechanic you could probably create some very interesting puzzles - sand of varying weight, effect, colours.... there are some flexible options if you would want to pursue it further, definitely.
Thanks everybody! Yeah, there were alot of things I wanted to add, like wind, a more sandlike feel to the sand, (so it doesn't make those stupid spikes), and a second kind of pixel that acts as some sort of acid that burns trough the sand.
I also intended to make enemies that exploded in different kinds of sand that were then collected and could be collected in different containers, different containers being able to hold different liquids/pixels/sand.
If only I had those extra 24 hours!
Seems like more of a tech demo than a game. The sand stacking is fun initially, but the novelty wore off when I was about halfway done with the ramp. It has potential though.
Made me chuckle, and I like the backgrounds. The sprites could be improved though, they look pretty rushed and don't really fit in. The use of the theme was also pretty awkward, as others have mentioned.
The sand-stacking mechanic was a really neat idea, just underdeveloped. I'd like to see what would happen if it was taken further!
This is the most interesting simdate I have played to date.
I want to see more game though.:) fun little demo
I thought the guy's WTF face was brilliant. Great game mechanic, I actually like that it's unrealistic.
Missed having no music/sound, shame you didn't get any more time to work on this.
Nice tech demo indeed ! It's an interesting mechanic.
A neat tech demo, not too much of a game though. The sand could make a few nice puzzles.
Most annoying part: The object did not get focus and up/down scrolled the browser frame as well. Did not have that problem with other entries.
Nice little idea