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Minimal

By gingermess

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness359
Fun1733.48
Overall2603.48
Theme3933.70
Innovation5103.18
Audio6622.52
Mood6682.76
Graphics8532.66

Comments

SuperlevelSebastian 2013-04-29 12:09

For me it hangs up after the second level (Win XP, .jar-version). But sweet beginning! :)

SuperlevelSebastian 2013-04-29 12:23

Just another comment: The build itself works perfect! Just the .jar is crappy, haha. Sweet puzzles! Thank you!

de10ter 2013-04-30 10:00

Fun physics puzzle game.
I was feeling pretty clever until I got to the level with 2 targets, 2 fixed triangles, 2 rects and 2 squares, just can't figure that one out :/
Uh, just noticed before I committed this comment and shut down the game, the pieces on that level can fly out of bounds.

kddekadenz 2013-04-30 13:59

The executable jar didn't start the game for me (32bit Linux Mint 12).

gingermess 2013-04-30 19:34

De10ter: yeah it happens occasionally. Press 'R' to reset the level as that's the only way you'll get the pieces back. :)

kddekadenz: do you have JRE 7 installed? A colleague of mine got it working straight off in his linux install. Were any errors thrown? If you run it by typing:

java -jar Minimal.jar

you should see any error output in the console.

jhelle 2013-04-30 20:12

Enjoyed it. Reminds me of a lot of ammobile/flash physic games :)

qaterknan 2013-04-30 20:16

Great game! I solved only the first four levels, but it is unbelievable how complex physics you made in only three days. It is fun too.

bernhard 2013-04-30 20:22

Couldn't figure out the level with the 3 long ones and the two boxes >_< But I love 2D physics so its cool♪

jhonpi 2013-04-30 20:45

Yeah, it test my patience. Good use of theme.

gingermess 2013-04-30 21:41

Qaterknan: libgGDX (game framework) provides a JNI wrapper around Box2D, a 2D physics engine, right out of the box. Combined with some prior knowledge of Box2D it's almost too easy to set up a simple simulation. The trick is of course to make a game out of it, something that I hope you lot enjoy!

bernhard: the long ones stand on their own if you get the balance juuust right.. ;)

cataclysmicknight 2013-04-30 22:22

First off, WOW for physics in two days!!! Secondly, it was definitely very fun (and challenging!). I got stuck on the level with the really long sticks, but that was because I couldn't figure it out, not because the game was wrong :D

jadams 2013-05-01 21:58

Nice idea for a physics puzzler. Things got a bit tricky to set up, on some levels my elaborate structures got tired and went for a lie down.

khananaphone 2013-05-05 00:35

This was pretty cool, but I got into some situations where the physics would never stabilze.

superdisk 2013-05-05 00:42

NYERGH

And I thought it'd be easy...

I got held up on the one with the three stick and the small triangle.

gingermess 2013-05-05 00:43

KHANanaphone: yeah that can happen. Hold down one of the bodies with the mouse but don't drag at all, it'll act like an anchor and assist with stabilisation. The perils of circles!

angelk 2013-05-05 01:00

I like this one a lot. Despite being minimal, the physics really gives it depth and a natural feel as well. I think the physics and mass controls work very well! It took me a second to figure out how to start, but I loved the title screen :)

avidgamernino 2013-05-05 01:09

This entry is awesome, I was confused at first at what to do after the Minimal level, but once I checked on what you said about waiting for the physics to settle, I was good. So maybe add some sort of countdown... The sound effects are great, I just wish you had some other background music.

xanjos 2013-05-05 13:18

Really nice physics puzzler. Despite the minimal graphics, the puzzles are really well done.

zccc 2013-05-06 18:07

Nice, great game!

arrogant-gamer 2013-05-11 16:33

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Couldn't load next level, no filename given?

paulsb 2013-05-16 12:38

Cool little stacking game! I liked the title screen being the first level. Fun!

jiddo 2013-05-20 19:33

Runs flawlessly for me on Linux. I love physics puzzle/sandbox thingies. This one is no exception. The physics simulation felt solid and the levels were well thought through. Great work!

2013-12-12 23:10

Well done Richard !

Very good entry, and fun physics game !

Best of luck, Panos