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Merkaba

By nostradamon

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics234.42
Coolness293
Humor873.09
Innovation1073.48
Mood1083.51
Overall1403.48
Theme1413.65
Audio1983.15
Fun2153.05

Comments

prelucid 2013-04-30 01:56

I got stuck in an object with two crystals left. All I can say is I am now left with more questions than answers. Aliens must have did it. Aliens.

travischen 2013-04-30 02:42

AMAZING.

ilovepixel 2013-04-30 03:24

Very pretty art, I loved kicking does little orange things.

cybearg 2013-04-30 03:53

Absolutely gorgeous game. The direction of minimalism with having you charge and turn right was an interesting idea that made for some interesting puzzles. Unfortunately, I couldn't find many crystals and it could be difficult to tell where you could pass on to the next screen, but the beauty of this game, coupled with the fact that it certainly matches the minimalist style, overrides the fact that I didn't think the gameplay was my cup of tea.

Please continue to do more games in the future, with lots more gorgeous art!

aaron9000 2013-04-30 06:31

I love the colors and animation

spierek 2013-04-30 07:23

Looks absolutely stunning.

crazi456 2013-04-30 07:23

Haha that was extremely amusing, fits theme very well!

orangepascal 2013-04-30 07:23

brilliant !

therestlesstaxidermists 2013-04-30 07:24

Really nice graphics! I got stuck in a rock after a while though...

edocentrique 2013-04-30 07:27

Very good, except a few bugs (i keep spawning the middle of trees after a while!) but love the art !

bonezoner 2013-04-30 07:27

Like others here I kept getting stuck in rocks, visually really impressive though!

redsounding 2013-04-30 07:27

Great graphics. Got stuck in a tree though! Fun, good game.

smaxx 2013-04-30 07:48

Nice graphics, the game is missing sound and I had to give up twice because I somehow got "out of bounds" skipping some obstacle by accident, so I could no longer leave the current screen.

smaxx 2013-04-30 07:55

Ah, disregard my comment regarding sound. Should check I didn't forget turning on the speakers. :)

runonthespot 2013-04-30 12:39

Lovely art, especially.

ahm99 2013-04-30 21:55

Really awesome game. Only turning one way made it really interesting. Good job :)

meep 2013-05-01 03:56

Beautiful art! Great work! :D

robotality 2013-05-01 08:01

Love the visuals! :D Love the idea of only one button.

jah2488 2013-05-02 01:14

Beautiful Game! Stunning really.

ltyrosine 2013-05-04 13:11

Totally awesome graphics! Unfortunately this gem is plagued with some collision bugs as more than once I got locked inside a rock or a tree unable to continue the game. Just managed to find 4 crystals, but I will try again latter for it is one of the best games of LD26.

Music is amazing also. I'm really impressed!

johnnysix 2013-05-04 22:23

First game I've managed to complete so far haha, I got stuck the first time, but gave it another shot - gotta say awesome work on the art and for for producing such a large layout. I was probably hoping for too much for an end cinematic - as the giant dude pounding the ground on one layout whet the appetite for more animation. Good luck in the contest. :)

gertjohnny 2013-05-05 05:22

I got all the way to the last crystal, and then the pushing puzzle got me stuck in an unrecoverable state. even if I hit R to restart, the collision map was all offset no matter where I went. Curious how it ends!

nodoxi 2013-05-05 06:49

i completed the game
spoiler!
http://dropi.ru/JVp.jpg

nostradamon 2013-05-06 17:25

Ahah good job nodoxi. You can find the map here though: http://evasionadomicile.re/NostraDamon/Merkaba/Merkaba-Map.pdf

jellycakes 2013-05-07 02:35

Was pretty fun to play, was a bit frustrating with the mechanic and the ending was a little abrupt but other than that it was a pretty good game. Nice one.

casimps1 2013-05-09 13:50

This seems like it would be an interesting world to explore, but the 1 button mechanic made it to frustrating for me to want to go any further than getting the first crystal. The collision also seemed a little off from where I thought it should be in several cases. Cool idea though and nice art too.

minionstudios 2013-05-09 22:59

Hilarious and wild! Um. one button, huh?

phocker 2013-05-10 02:06

this was truly as awesome game -- even tho the controls were frustrating -- great job!

kill0u 2013-05-10 18:48

Can't run on win32 (not a valid win32 application), and my computer won't run the unity web player =/ I can't play your game :(
(but I can play almost all unity games ported to windows)

xanjos 2013-05-11 00:11

The graphics were really nice, the gameplay mechanics were interesting and the sound the player makes when punching things was quite humorous. The only problem was that the audio was too quiet.

andromatta 2013-05-11 03:30

Enjoyed playing through this! Not sure if reducing it to one button adds anything; it could still be minimal with arrow key controls. Also no credit for the music? I was able to pick it out as this song from Reprisal: https://soundcloud.com/eric-skiff/hhavok-main

sestren 2013-05-11 03:37

I think if the collision with objects were tightened up some more, the turning mechanism wouldn't be so annoying, but as it stands, it was very difficult keeping him from going off into areas I'm sure he wasn't supposed to be able to get to. I really liked the look and the sound, though. When I got all the crystals, at first I didn't know what I was supposed to do, but I did eventually find the giant crystal.

radmars 2013-05-11 22:03

Interesting concept & great graphics, but uncredited music? That's a really shitty thing to do :/

jolle 2013-05-12 12:49

Pretty clever game, certainly minimal controls. Got a bit frustrated at the north west most (I think) screen, but got it. Nice look.

super-hamster 2013-05-12 21:45

Interesting idea and really annoying but I guess that was supposed to be so, so good job. Could use so more polishing as I did manage to walk through the wall and get one of the gems without actually getting it correctly.

alfonzm 2013-05-15 06:03

Finished it! :D Love the mood. Nice work!

lotusgame 2013-05-15 07:07

Wow ! Superb game and you have had the courage to implement a truly minimalist gameplay ! It is a little disturbing at the beginning but it fits totally with the theme. Your graphics are very cute, i should have prefered them more minimalist, but it's a hard choice too ;) Congrats !

mrspeaker 2013-05-15 07:59

Fantastic game - I loved your "flow control" techniques and hint methods. And those graphics, beautiful!

turbodindon 2013-05-15 08:11

Good entry, graphics and mood are very cool.
Maybe a bit repetitive after a time and sometimes very frustrating ; for example a few tubs are difficult to move correctly.

- SEPHY (@sephyka)

madball 2013-05-15 12:05

It`s cool. I liked that you came up with the whole universe. However, I don`t like how pixel and not pixel art are combined.
This is also very fun to play. I liked the puzzle aspect. The collision box is very unintuitive though.
I got stuck in a wall. While being stuck in a wall, I moved to another screen, so "R" couldn`t save me anymore. After some time running around inside walls, I managed to get out... It was hard to see what was going on there, but I think I moved to an unexisting screen, and appeared one screen to the left...

mrshoestore 2013-05-15 22:45

I was having a real fun time playing this until i got stuck in some trees, then quit playing before I realized there was a reset button. very very good. and the art! hot damn.

kddekadenz 2013-05-17 15:08

Web-Version did not work for me (Linux Mint 12).