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Surface Tension

By twistedshield

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Fun1653.56
Innovation2993.44
Overall3403.41
Audio7042.48
Mood7772.74
Graphics7852.81
Humor8851.99
Theme10182.56

Comments

matthias_zarzecki 2014-04-28 02:47

Love the circular and streamlined movement!

orangepascal 2014-04-28 07:56

Love how simple you made the gameplay with just one key, adds to the challenge . Nice! :)

dragonxvi 2014-04-28 07:57

Nice simple one-button gameplay, nifty! :D

honcho 2014-04-28 07:58

Quite addicting.

manabreak 2014-04-28 07:58

Very nice little game! I'd love to play this on my phone, would control nicely as only a single touch would be needed. :)

zedutchgandalf 2014-04-28 08:03

This is great! I love the simplicity of the mechanics :)
And difficulty ramps up just right.
Really great! Well done! :D

dustystylus 2014-04-28 08:41

Cool concept, minimal controls. Nice work!

darkflamejam 2014-04-28 08:53

Great fun game! Would prefer a continue and a life system but fun!

rorycooke 2014-04-28 08:55

I think you have got the difficulty level spot on

cinnamonmelonpig 2014-04-28 10:04

The game was funny, I would have liked to restart at the level that I died on. Great job!

neilo 2014-04-28 10:06

Really awesome! Simple, easy to play, addictive, and a PITA.

fserb 2014-04-28 10:17

I really enjoyed this game. Great job.

customphase 2014-04-28 10:18

Pretty interesting thing. Some music would be good.

techblogogy 2014-04-28 10:56

Simple and cool

romko_pidstryhach 2014-04-28 11:21

Awesome one-button idea. Like it.

adamwoolridge 2014-04-28 11:46

Simple but fun! Well executed.

dooleus 2014-04-28 12:01

The health bar being yellow on white makes it really difficult to see peripherally - should be yellow on black or something high-contrast like that. The sprite works is decent, and the SFX are about the same - what really kills it for me is the lack of music. Good gameplay, but weak thematic interpretation IMO.

microapple 2014-04-28 12:13

Challenging but fun! Controls a little difficult to master.

doubstract 2014-04-28 15:57

I like mechanics, but it's very hard for me

paperblurt 2014-04-28 16:05

Puzzle games always rate high in my opinon!

elforama 2014-04-28 16:25

Awesome game. I found myself trying to beat my high score.

mactinite 2014-04-28 19:46

I really like the simplicity of the controls. A lot more to this game "beneath the surface". ;)

bombjack 2014-04-29 10:09

wow! hard and fun! great game.

jomacel 2014-04-29 10:17

Great game! Easy to play. I enjoyed it

kyyrma 2014-04-29 10:28

Cool game. Would have worked great in the one-button compo. Personally I'd like it better if the movement and shooting were given to the player. Congrats!

spotco 2014-04-29 11:37

Really fun (and a very original idea!)
Not ever a fan of repeating levels when dying though...

mintarcade 2014-04-29 11:43

Nice one. Very addicting ;)

01101101 2014-04-29 11:45

Cool concept and pretty well made. Would work great as a mobile game ;) Nice job!

dminsky 2014-04-29 11:47

Fun yet simple.

papygaragos 2014-04-29 12:00

Cool concept. I really like the simplicity of the controls.
With more polish you might have something here

mugwort 2014-04-29 12:16

Solid basic gameplay, nice addictiveness

binary_girl 2014-04-29 13:18

great little game.. i love the simple mechanic :)

lyje 2014-04-29 15:36

This is fantastic. Basically Super Hexagon with a gun and dodging bullets. Surprisingly balanced - constant struggle of choice between dodging/surviving and destroying the surface to get through. I love it!

fullmontis 2014-04-29 16:47

Very interesting idea! Minmalistic and yet requires strategy! Graphics and sound effects are a little bare bones but that's to be expected for 2 days of work. All in all I enjoyed it.

raiyumi 2014-04-29 17:02

Simple, but fun. and really cool concept.

gingerbeast 2014-04-29 17:12

A really nice simple game! Love the one button control, well done!

logun 2014-04-29 18:21

Simple and nice ! :)

ninjacharlie 2014-04-29 18:39

Awesome! This is my favorite minimal game made this LD. I wish the loading time between levels was less ('cause I die a lot). The AI is super smart though. Can't beat it :P

Good job :)

theengineers 2014-04-29 19:35

Awesome. Best controls ever.

msaul 2014-04-29 20:08

Minimalist and fun. I really appreciate that game.

aaronjbaptiste 2014-04-29 20:59

Perfect example of a simple game mechanic that works really well. Such a polished game, super congrats to you sir / miss !

iamspencer 2014-04-29 21:38

pretty hard but great fun. Would love to see this on mobile, nice job! :)

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-04-29 21:48

Super addictive! The simplest mechanic for a great game, really well done!

romankornev 2014-04-29 22:38

Awesome game for such simple concept! The AI is definitely a plus!
The sound effects could have been a little bit better though.

abajur 2014-04-29 22:55

This is genius game design. And it only uses 1 button! The simplicity of the mechanics is brilhant. Well done, sir!

pansapiens 2014-04-30 03:14

I enjoyed chilling out any playing this - a simple premise that works well. I'd probably have played for longer if there was a life or checkpoint system, since repeating the earlier levels got old after a while - but I guess this would be more of an issue if there were more levels. Would work great on mobile, being a single tap control scheme .. great stuff.

danidre14 2014-04-30 03:57

Not a bad game, but difficult to control.

thorig 2014-04-30 08:44

A simple but great game! Improve the graphics and release it for mobile. I would buy it.

wdebowicz 2014-04-30 12:09

Love the simplicity!

soupwithbits 2014-04-30 15:19

Quite hard :( I couldn't get passed level 3. I liked the simplicity. Wanted to see more levels. Practice, practice, practice, I guess. Otherwise loved the gameplay. Could go on a phone *hint hint*

saintheiser 2014-05-01 05:27

Not bad. Fresh bullet hell idea =)
But it's bad to pull down player to the end after death.

gikdew 2014-05-01 08:51

Nice and fun game! very polished!

miltage 2014-05-01 12:30

Pretty cool, and a unique concept. Don't think I've seen something quite like this before.

I would have liked to have been able to retry the level, instead of starting over from scratch. After a dozen attempts or so I managed to get to Level 5.

tomvert 2014-05-01 13:21

I love one-button games ! Quite hard, I wish you'd add more lives, or a checkpoint system (it was boring to start from the beggining each time). Otherwise I love it :D

damrem 2014-05-01 20:55

Nice and original game, good job :)

hyouko 2014-05-02 02:08

Simple, hard, fun.

pixlexia 2014-05-02 02:33

The gameplay is really simple and fun! The controls were hard to master at first but I got the hang of it after 2-3 levels. I'd love to see more content added and please do make a mobile version! Good job, keep it up.

andrewshouldice 2014-05-02 11:40

This is a great one button game idea! Nice work. The difficulty curve feels just right for me.

caridorc 2014-05-02 12:19

This game is simple but fun. BUT The Permadeath (you must restart every time you lose is very annoying).

georgebroussard 2014-05-03 08:49

Solid game! I had a lot of fun with it. Only got to level 6. The mechanics were fun once you got into it. Would play 50 levels of this but would want the game to save per level :)

gamertaters 2014-05-03 09:09

Really interesting concept. Super simple to pick up, hard to master. Nicely done!

catman 2014-05-03 11:40

Cool game with a nice, simple mechanic, reminds me of super hexagon. Smooth design, good job!

petey123567 2014-05-04 22:15

Just needs some juice like flashes and camera shakes to pump the gas -- solid design!! :)

ahmeni 2014-05-05 09:56

Very nicely done!

jupiter_hadley 2014-05-09 11:06

Challenging but fun game. I included it in part 16 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/ruvs0qoO4zU

actionremix 2014-05-09 20:01

I made it to level 6 - wow this is hard.

maesk 2014-05-11 19:19

Awesome game! With a single button, you have been able to create a fully working game mechanic, and it is fun!

Audio is great, graphics are good, and it may lack only one thing: explosions :D

udo 2014-05-13 13:58

The Flappy Bird of breakout games: everything with just a single button/action, I love it!