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Gravity Worm

By steve

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Overall304.00
Graphics394.19
Innovation404.05
Theme824.13
Fun1533.52
Mood4093.08
Audio4222.93
Humor8851.81

Comments

tiffi 2013-04-29 10:57

cool innovative gameplay, really tricky after level 3, but thats good

xgor 2013-04-29 11:01

Neat puzzle game, Could start of a bit easier to explain the basics but it's great later

ym 2013-04-29 11:03

Fantastic!
Simple, clean, challenging and fun. Couldn't ask for more in a puzzle game

chman 2013-04-29 11:10

My favorite game so far. Simple concept, perfect execution and very well-polished. Simply brilliant.

split82 2013-04-29 11:50

Damn I don't have windows :( Really like how this looks like.

magimaster 2013-04-29 12:00

It needs maybe a one sentence description of the goal/mechanics.

corofides 2013-04-29 12:02

A simple, innovative game. Rather enjoyable

jimmylord 2013-04-29 12:05

Great puzzle game. The first level was a bit of a challenge, but ultimately taught the rules, it could use a slightly easier intro. Excellent work.

martijn 2013-04-29 12:09

Awesome gameplay
Awesome graphics
Awesome use of theme

This might be the winner

yinbar 2013-04-29 12:11

Creative idea for puzzles, and visually really smooth. Good work.

holofire 2013-04-29 13:15

Amazing game. Incredibly simple but very difficult. I love the way it looks and sounds.

Such an awesome idea.

vegard1992 2013-04-29 13:34

awsome puzzles dude. i cant beat the 4th level though :(

danielcmessias 2013-04-29 16:25

Could do with some description of the mechanics, as the movement is a bit confusing, but otherwise elegant and a great concept with great implementation!

kiwiboi 2013-04-29 16:30

Really nice, I genuinely enjoyed this! :) Got to like level 6 or 7, then I got restless ;D
But honestly this was great!

nicso 2013-04-29 16:42

awesome, really. I would totally pay to play more of this! MAKE IT HAPPEN!

ernyz 2013-04-29 16:44

Very nice game, cant say a bad thing about it.

geepit 2013-04-29 22:20

Cool gameplay and awesome clean style. Excellent!

niallm 2013-04-30 10:14

This is really nice, though I agree with the other commenters that the mechanics are slightly unintuitive at first.

wolfadex 2013-04-30 13:54

Incredible game!

guestcheap 2013-05-01 11:12

You can't go wrong with a fluorescent themed puzzle game!

tainted_code 2013-05-01 11:17

Really fun concept, was really hard too! Good job! :)

maloki 2013-05-01 12:58

I love this game! The rules were a bit hard for me to understand at first, but when it clicked, I just kept going and going and going. Simple yet works amazingly. Good job! :D

steve 2013-05-02 10:42

Thanks for the kind words all!

The reason I didn't give any rules text was partially to fit to the theme, but also because I was hoping to put enough feedback into the game that they wouldn't be needed!

That said, the tabbing between worms is a little janky which makes it awkward to experiment with the game, so perhaps having two worms in the first level rather than three would have made for a smoother learning curve...

If I get around to making a post-compo version I'll try to address that there :)

steve 2013-05-02 10:43

@split82 I'm afraid it would be quite a lot of work to port to other platforms as it is right now, I think for my next Ludum Dare I'll try to do a web based one to avoid this problem in the future!

miro662 2013-05-02 11:10

very nice game, i love this concept!

edocentrique 2013-05-02 11:12

Impressive art/gameplay

shellfishgames 2013-05-02 11:21

Great game. The rules seem a little unintuitive at first, but once you get the hang of it it begins to be quite fun and challenging. The visuals are nice as well.

hd408 2013-05-06 01:09

Success! (I've solved it.) Really liked the puzzle mechanics and the difficulty curve. Instant 5 for almost everything.

norgg 2013-05-07 14:30

So, this is really awesome. I think there's a lot of multiplayer potential in there too, where you each play one worm and shout at each other to get into the right place.

norgg 2013-05-07 14:31

Oh, and I ended up kind of solving the last level by mistake while trying to get one worm over another one and then somehow they were all just in the right place.

saintheiser 2013-05-07 16:05

This game is incredibly awesome!
I like unique game mechanics, which makes gameplay very addictive. It's pretty fun to understanding worm mechanic and solve these puzzles. I enjoyed with that a lot!
Thank you for entry! Excellent work, dude!

misaelk 2013-05-15 05:17

The exe file is less than 100k, that alone is impressive, compared to other entries.
Puzzles were great, not too hard, not too easy, and the level progression was great, too.
Loved the sounds and the colors.
Great job!

ilo 2013-05-17 18:34

So glad I had the chance to play (and complete) this game. It really is one of the best entries and gets so much out of the theme!

deepnight 2013-05-19 16:37

Incredibly addictive concept! Definitely one my fav LD26 entry, you really managed to create a totally unique gameplay with a great learning curve. Made in 84h? Seriously: that's amazing.

deepnight 2013-05-19 16:53

Incredibly addictive concept! Definitely my favorite LD26 entry so far, you really managed to create a totally unique gameplay with a great learning curve.
Made in 48h? Seriously: that's amazing.

turbodindon 2013-05-20 12:15

Very good minismalist graphics and cool puzzle game.

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