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Polarity

By nornagon

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall134.07
Innovation94.34
Fun64.12
Coolness281
Theme1503.57
Graphics1703.54
Mood2083.09
Audio2372.98
Humor4022.28

Comments

racura 2012-04-22 13:47

Broke link, I got 404 error

nornagon 2012-04-22 14:17

Racura, try again?

mikecampo 2012-04-22 14:29

I like it! I couldn't get past the push and pull level though...good job.

caseymac 2012-04-22 14:29

worked for me, sweet game.

paulloz 2012-04-22 14:33

I love it !

22bitstudios 2012-04-22 15:32

Amazing, had a lot of fun!
Last level was a bitch, but it felt so rewarding when I completed it

magnega 2012-04-22 18:13

Great, just great. Simple and smooth gameplay. Keep on a good job! (And add more levels!)

druu 2012-04-22 19:14

Nice job, I like it!

joekinley 2012-04-22 20:27

Awesome job, awesome game

altoid 2012-04-22 22:19

By far the most addictive entry I've played so far. This feels like it could easily be an extremely fun android game (I'd get it :D)

limbster 2012-04-23 03:32

really cool game. Just keep working on it, and you'll be able to get an iOS game out of it :D

jezzamon 2012-04-23 05:32

I love it! Fits the theme perfectly!

Oreganik 2012-04-23 06:09

Yep. 12 levels and I'm stumped, but man, you nailed the concept and innovated, to boot. Congrats!

j_peeba 2012-04-23 06:26

This was great. Simple (in a good way) and very fun!

millerman 2012-04-23 06:32

Simple and effective! Nice job :)

daniel 2012-04-23 06:34

Nice idea and well executed!

m-gryko85 2012-04-23 20:23

Nice and polished game. My favorite level was "elixir of life"

cakencode 2012-04-23 23:33

Super fun! I've been playing this since the early builds and the improvements are great. It's got a good level of difficulty with addictive and simple mechanics. I don't immediately see the connection with the theme other than they're small magnets, but that doesn't really detract from the fun factor. :)

nornagon 2012-04-23 23:41

@Cake&Code too bad I didn't get the theme across well enough in the game, but the idea was based around the fact that physics is different at nanoscale. Specifically, the electromagnetic force overcomes gravity :) You're a tiny nanomachine that can change your charge.

gelatindesign 2012-04-23 23:46

Very difficult in places but good fun, great idea

kevin_r_k 2012-04-23 23:50

Extremely fun!

seigenblues 2012-04-24 04:58

Very awesome!

alink 2012-04-25 01:51

Excellent. The idea and controls are very elegant, and the levels are well done. Maybe try be neutral when both keys are pressed. Anyway, really good.

leafo 2012-04-26 05:54

Really fun game, great idea.

blake 2012-04-26 05:57

That was great! Interesting concept and it was fun. Just needed some background music.

joshua 2012-04-26 06:09

Wow. Definitely one of my favourites. And I finished it :P

keenblaze 2012-04-26 09:05

All r

keenblaze 2012-04-26 09:05

All rates to 5!

hd408 2012-04-26 11:52

Can't be all 5, there's no humor in this game.

Great game. Didn't rate the sounds, everything else is 5.

hd408 2012-04-26 11:52

And level 10 is really hard.

mrnewt 2012-04-26 14:30

Nice concept. Some sounds would round it out nicely.

sidetrackgames 2012-04-26 21:52

Very cool concept, though a bit hard at times :)

benw 2012-04-27 01:24

Got stuck on level 10, tons of fun though.

Shadow 2012-04-27 01:36

Cool graphics. quite polished. I recall playing this game during the compo when it was still a prototype. Quite a leap in terms of quality. congratulations.

pixelulsar 2012-04-27 20:24

It was interesting and it fit the theme well.

devon-peak 2012-04-27 20:43

Im awesome! and you're awesome for making this game game. :D

wgemigh 2012-04-28 19:24

This is a great concept. I love the level intros as well. The're simple but they get the job done.

I enjoyed it until I got to 'Tunneling' and then 'Infinite Gravity Well'. Those levels were too finicky and got less enjoyable pretty quickly. Adding the ability to skip a level or adding a bonus difficulty (e.g. getting through is easy, but getting all of the gems is hard) might help with that.

Good job overall, though!

kvisle 2012-04-29 01:22

Stuck at Infinite Potential Well.

Very good game, with a very solid game mechanic. I'm usually not that entertained by the really simple games - but this hit the nail on its head.

refreshcreations 2012-04-29 09:17

Sweet Physics Puzzler! I got to the 10th level i think it was infinite potential well then got stuck. Really playable game and muchly enjoyed. Mobile version plz :)

Just read te tip for level 10 , will have to play through again :)

uprightpath 2012-04-29 23:54

So much fun. I applaud you!

netguy204 2012-04-30 00:04

Love the gameplay and level design. Very clever and original concept.

Fun!

niavlys 2012-04-30 00:20

YOU're awesome! Great idea, physics and all.

niavlys 2012-04-30 00:34

Also, it made me discover Web Audio API, thanks. And thanks for making an HTML game (mine is, too). Let's fight against Flash and Java applets!

fireblend 2012-04-30 00:48

Wow, seriously fun! I think this game probably has the most imaginative mechanic I've seen in any compo entry that just works and doesn't need anything added or removed; great job! Had lots of fun and played through the whole thing. I'll be passing this around :D

peterc 2012-04-30 01:19

Simple, slick, smooth.. plays really well and actually enjoyed it. So a good rating :-)

mes 2012-04-30 17:33

fantastic!

incredible-ape 2012-04-30 18:23

Reminds me of our Ludum Dare 20 entry, POLARITY: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-20/?action=preview&uid=4336

Nice polish. :)

bompo 2012-04-30 19:34

Great puzzle game! Very creative concept!

dwrensha 2012-04-30 20:13

I'm awesome! Nice idea, and just the right difficulty level.

danvil 2012-04-30 22:26

One of the best games I played for LD23! Challenging but not too hard. Fun gameplay and the graphics fit perfectly. Excellent job!

tourgen 2012-04-30 22:29

cool concept

raptor85 2012-05-01 03:24

for the most part pretty easy, "well well well" took some timing to get down but not too bad. The controls are great and it's a really fun concept, a blast to play. You should expand on this more post-compo, make some larger levels and add in a bit more variety for more puzzles!

jigxor 2012-05-01 04:20

Awesome game! Very compelling, fun mechanic and great graphics and presentation. I had a lot of fun with this entry :)

jeffz 2012-05-01 04:30

fun and interesting, well done!

datamosh 2012-05-01 04:43

"Tunneling" was my favorite level! Really addictive mini game, at first I wasn't that IN, though. I did wanted a bigger screen size!

alex-k 2012-05-01 07:41

Fun game!
The level infinite potential well is kinda hard though.

ad-edge 2012-05-01 09:49

Very polished little game here, love the text and smooth feel of it all mixed in with the pixel graphics.
Sfx and music would have really added to it however, shame there isnt any.

nornagon 2012-05-01 22:28

@AD-Edge, there are SFX if you play in Chrome. Didn't get time for music though :(

ryusui 2012-05-02 04:45

Brilliant. Absolutely loved it. Only played the first ten levels, but what I saw, I liked. Love the mechanic, love the gameplay.

jwolf 2012-05-03 02:22

It gets really difficult eventually, but is pretty fun nonetheless. Very neat idea!

zillix 2012-05-05 07:58

Really tricky, but a great concept that is presented simply and elegantly. Great game!

danik 2012-05-05 09:40

I like how simple it is, and still fun and challenging. Neat concept, not entirely new but still very innovative.

One critique would be that the hit boxes of the spikes are a bit too big, well, they seem to be boxes instead of following the shape of the spikes. Also, maybe you should sacrifice some realism for fun by setting a maximum radius of influence, maybe even showing this graphically to make it easier for the player to see what's going on.

Very good entry!

rvmook 2012-05-05 17:06

Lovely game, great level designs aswell. Played one of your earlier versions during the competition, great to see how it worked out.

gaeel 2012-05-06 10:35

Why is it so HAAAARD!

Good game sir!

dustmyte 2012-05-07 12:32

Wow, one of the best games submitted. Gameplay is infectious and engaging. Graphics are cool looking and a wide variety of situations are achieved with level design. It's all kinds of legit!

castor 2012-05-07 17:04

Very clever. Excellent game.

chambers 2012-05-08 04:40

Really good game! Nice level designs from the start to the end of the game!

syntaxide 2012-05-11 00:34

Wow, this is a really fun puzzler. Graphics are clean. The animation for the level text is slick. I'm probably going to play this all the way through. Some music would be nice, but its not a big deal. My entry was silent too.

ddrkirbyisq 2012-05-11 05:07

Nice concept, great presentation. Good work :)

nornagon 2012-05-11 09:32

Thanks so much everyone ^__^

matthias_zarzecki 2012-05-11 13:30

Awesome mechanic!

kevinworkman 2012-05-12 00:09

Fun, simple game. I could see this being a popular mobile game. It would be cool to see some type of level editor, even if sharing is done by copy-pasting a text representation of the levels.

nornagon 2012-05-12 05:10

KevinWorkman: there is a level editor :) though you can't easily share the levels you make. Press [P] while playing a level, then press [Space] to select what tile to place. [B] and [N] go between levels. [R] restarts the current level.

kevinworkman 2012-05-12 05:31

Haha cool!

hungyg 2012-05-12 05:39

awesome game! got stuck at the infinite potential well tho.

dr_soda 2012-05-12 06:12

You've surely done a lot with a very little here. I feel like I don't really have much to add beyond what's already been offered. Great job!

jonathang 2012-05-12 07:33

This is a fun little puzzle game that needs dexterity too! I like the simple control scheme, and how you've made plenty of puzzles around it. Graphics are nice and simple, it's a shame the sound didn't work for me on Firefox.

keirua 2012-05-12 09:45

Very good realization (I love the title screen for the levels), however it's a bit hard to play. The idea is also very original and that's very innovative for a game with 2 buttons

maple 2012-05-12 10:17

I felt the physics could have been improved upon a tad. I did beat the game though, so it wasn't frustrating or anything. Just felt sometimes it didn't respond the way I thought it would or should. Otherwise, great idea and great result. It's a shame there was no sound.

ehtd 2012-05-12 17:14

Very nice! Loved the concept. Got stuck at the Infinite potential well

omaha 2012-05-13 14:56

This was a lot of fun. I couldn't get past level 4 :(