almightytuna 2015-12-14 03:57
Really nice twist on traditional pinball. Super satisfying feedback, however, some way to nudge to ball in the air would be a nice addition
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD34 → GTBC-1: Global terraformer for barren climate
By smirnov48
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 3 | 51 | ||
| Audio | 528 | 2.54 | ||
| Theme | 573 | 3.62 | ||
| Innovation | 637 | 2.88 | ||
| Graphics | 675 | 2.73 | ||
| Mood | 685 | 2.67 | ||
| Overall | 716 | 2.96 | ||
| Fun | 829 | 2.58 |
Really nice twist on traditional pinball. Super satisfying feedback, however, some way to nudge to ball in the air would be a nice addition
This is a great idea, loved the pinball mechanism. The game had a bit of an rubberband lag which sometimes made it hard to hit the ball. Great entry overall!
Fun little pin ball style game :) Well done!
Interesting concept. It's a bit slow, but I enjoyed the pinball-like idea.
At first I was annoyed that the second button was a mystery, then I realized it was the actual question mark key-- haha! Very nice game! I like the different goals.
I like the idea! The game goes by very slowly as a result of the low-gravity and very bouncy trees though, so I feel like, even though the gravity idea is neat, because terraforming and space, some re-balancing to make everything less bouncy and faster could make the game a lot more fun. Overall a neat idea. ;)
Very good!
Cool idea, but I hadn't the sensation of playing the game, everything was too random, and there is no way to loose, so, if I just sit and watch the ball finish the objectives I would end the game. Overall, it still a cool game, but the player should do more stuffs.
Cool idea. The sound effects are a bit too loud in contrast to the music and the ball is too slow.
Watching the dust come down and the trees grow is satisfying, but doesn't involve the player very much. Most of the time I spent waiting for the ball to come down just to be shot back up by a tree (so, is that how physics works? :P). I liked the progressive objectives though, and I would have liked them to be a bit more prominent than just some text in a corner. Otherwise, nicely done, good music! :)
I had some problems of perfomance playing it in Firefox. The game is very fun and the idea is well implemented. I like the art style. Also, using the ? to control is a bad idea. I have a spanish keyboard, and I had problems to find it. Try to use more standard keys (Z, for example, is a good key. Nice job!
More an interactive screensaver than a full game, but a nicely realised one nonetheless. Good themes usage.
Cool game. I liked getting all the trees to grow. :)
Nice game. Some thoughts:
Putting two 'clear dust' objectives back-to-back is a bit disappointing to the player. Why does it say 'decrease dust to 200', then when I do, I get rewarded with 'decrease dust to 150'?
Later on, the game got quite boring, because there was nothing I could do. The ball rarely got to the paddles, usually just bounced around the trees. And when it got to my paddles, the best thing to do was to just let it fall in between so that it gets shot high up. Maybe add more paddles? More ways to control the ball, in mid-air, or on some sort of flying platforms? Most pinball games have multiple sets of paddles.
I unpacked some saplings before I got the objective, I grew some trees before I got the objective. Maybe prevent the player from doing that earlier? I dunno.
The game was a bit slow for a pinball, so it wasn't very exciting.
The music … I think what makes it so plain is the fact that the 'melody' / the main instrument is constantly playing. Have multiple sections, with different lead instruments, different melodies, sometimes solos and pauses. Now it felt like a randomly-generated piece of music, which isn't too good :)
I'm sure you noticed some / all of the above, but if not, hope this helps. Anyway, good job.