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Minimalism

By karsyf

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness294
Fun2953.28
Theme3253.77
Innovation4303.28
Overall5093.21
Mood5842.84
Humor7122.02
Audio8062.26
Graphics10472.37

Comments

paulopn 2013-04-29 05:40

Great! The mechanics are really simple to grasp, but very creative. I also like how it gets very challenging. =D

Also, I loved the level transition effect.

ecbambrick 2013-04-29 05:53

Some of the puzzles are pretty fun and the mechanic is really nice.

karsyf 2013-04-29 06:02

Thanks for the comments! I wanted to make more levels but my non gamer play tester friends kept telling me it was too hard =D I'll add some beefier ones later.

beerman 2013-04-29 06:20

Nice little one-button platformer. Being able to run up the walls/around the ceiling was cool.

guestcheap 2013-04-29 06:21

Really addictive, and I loved those level animations.

mondoshawan 2013-04-29 06:43

Mechanics are good, but the challenge ramps up fast. Loved the transition effect.

tomk32 2013-04-29 07:53

A one-button-platformer. Nice and on the ceiling too.

annynn 2013-04-29 10:19

Fun game! The transition effect is really well done.

acatcalledfrank 2013-04-29 10:31

Nice little mechanic! It feels like there's a pretty low margin for error though, even in the early levels.

lerc 2013-04-29 10:41

WE DON'T ALL HAVE REACTION TIMES OF GODS!

[goddamnit]

foxwell7 2013-04-29 12:31

This is Fun! so good Minimalism!

idovoodoo 2013-04-29 15:58

Great piece of game accessibility with this one-switch game. Fun to play too, well done! :)

karsyf 2013-04-29 16:15

Thanks again everyone for your comments and playing my platformer. Since so many people commented on the transition effect I through together a blog post on it.

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/04/29/success-and-some-comments/

Any questions please ask me here or tweet @kwrky

lzantal 2013-04-29 16:19

Very fun game. I like simple concepts and controls. You got them both =)

cryogenesis 2013-04-29 16:37

Innovative, challenging game!

jimmylord 2013-04-29 17:08

Seems everyone uses their hardest level as their screenshot, or do I always just give up at that point? Wish the one-button was 'z' or something other than space, I never find the spacebar responsive. That said, loved it until I gave up, well done :)

Oh, and just because everyone is saying it and it's true, great transitions.

karsyf 2013-04-29 17:35

Thanks Jimmy, just fyi there are quite a few more levels after the screenshot, and a whole new mechanic =D

I made one small change so now ANY button except Esc is jump

comrad_gremlin 2013-04-29 17:43

Extra points for wallwalking! Great game, man.

xatulu 2013-04-29 18:41

Very nice game, that was worth the time i spend playing on it, will play again!

sir_json 2013-04-29 18:56

Veeery smooth gameplay. Good job!

kortuga98 2013-04-29 19:21

All the praise of the above comments and more! Excellent job.

heishun 2013-04-29 20:13

Very nice game !
The sound got annoying after some time though. xD
Anyway, got 2 or 3 stages past the screenshot. Didn't see the new mechanism. ^^'
Also, as others said, really great transition, loved it!

karsyf 2013-04-29 20:36

Mac version is incoming as soon as I figure out packaging, will have to obnoxious and fullscreen until I can rewrite the graphics engine though =/

pickehut 2013-04-30 05:35

Truly minimalistic, but really fun nonetheless.

alfonzm 2013-04-30 09:58

I love the mechanic and the transition thingy. Awesome game!

caporaltito 2013-04-30 10:44

I don't think you can make a game less minimalist. One key to press, squares and that's it. Great game, the better I've seen in LD#26 so far.

aestheticgamer 2013-04-30 13:05

It had an interesting mechanic of gravity, but the actual gameplay I feel escalated difficulty too quickly and a lot of it felt too much like pixel-perfect jumping. Fits well with the theme, but I also feel some more detail and/or audio (music particularly) could add so much, as well as maybe something like a death counter.

ofursnati 2013-04-30 21:44

Nicely done. I am crap at this game but it is still fun :)

queader 2013-04-30 22:07

Challenging...very challenging!

karsyf 2013-05-01 03:42

AestheticGamer, thanks for your comments. I agree with all of them and I want to do more to fix the issues you've raised. Still kinda recovering from LD but soonish I'll start round 2 of polishing

kgs0142 2013-05-01 05:23

Simple yet brilliant!
It's really hard and fun, good job!

ptsnoop 2013-05-01 18:12

You do a great job here of gradually introducing ideas, constantly challenging but never overwhelming the player. And what's more, you somehow manage to pull it off with only one key! Incredibly well done.

jacic 2013-05-01 18:46

Quite fun and devious! Simple mechanics but great level design! :) The transition effect was also cool.

loren 2013-05-01 19:41

very cool experience, loved the perspective and gravity changes

hgouveia 2013-05-02 17:45

Amazing game i had a lot of fun, love the transitions , and the game play!

alucard-j 2013-05-02 22:34

Really interesting use of gravity, for me it was alot of trial and error to find the correct jumping points. Sound could have more variation, the level transition is awesome. Well Done =]

lexaloffle 2013-05-03 12:38

Nice level design and interplay between puzzle solving and execution. Fun game, good work!

ashdnazg 2013-05-03 13:04

Very challenging and fun!

tankete 2013-05-07 00:56

Simple, hard, fun! Well done!

predominant 2013-05-09 13:10

Totally addictive. This hits the perfect mark between a frustrating and challenging yet highly rewarding game.

Nice job!