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Ortogonalis

By pjimmy

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Innovation2443.55
Audio4682.65
Fun4843.15
Overall5283.18
Humor6461.95
Mood6972.65
Theme7153.40
Graphics8042.41

Comments

2015-12-12 21:40

Good job

jejkobb 2015-12-12 21:56

That's actually really fun, I played better as the game got harder and it was perfect. Good job man, next time you could make better graphics and cool sprites, since this is pretty bland.

Simple and fun, I like it!

triplew 2015-12-12 22:04

Awesome gameplay ! :D

z3 2015-12-12 22:19

nice game!

johntherobot 2015-12-13 02:21

Simple, but the difficulty scaling is great!

2015-12-13 14:37

Good job, since you made it so addicting.

dmecke 2015-12-13 19:58

2695 :-)

Feels very much like the old Atari games - made me super nervously hitting the a key over and over again.. :-)

victorfisac 2015-12-13 21:01

Nice and original idea! :D

morganlefay 2015-12-14 14:18

The gameplay is really fun. I also like your difficulty scaling.

gallerdude 2015-12-14 14:21

Innovative and fun gameplay. Would play this if it were an app.

powerkraut_ 2015-12-14 14:22

Pretty fun and original idea.

mrdave 2015-12-14 14:24

The theme said you could use two buttons but I spent the whole time only using one :P Great game. I hope it gets a high rating.

5you 2015-12-14 14:35

2739!
Not very intuitive gameplay but why not. It was actualy fun to play! but technically, it's more of a one button game (unless I missed someting)

Check out Digicross, playable in solo/multi/coop :
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=46758

mintarcade 2015-12-14 14:50

Great fun. And addictive :)

eruiz00 2015-12-14 16:15

Original idea and good gameplay. This is what we are for!

secularbaron 2015-12-14 16:20

This an interesting and original game. I really like the style and graphics.

dalbinblue 2015-12-14 16:28

Final score 2919.

That was quite fun and hectic by the end. The game was especially good at knowing the right things to do whenever I pressed A which was great for the speed of the game. Excellent job.

zarkith 2015-12-14 17:05

Final Score: 3039

Not sure if a pause button counts as a control, but this was still a really fun and unique entry regardless. :)

otiose-ent 2015-12-14 17:41

Nice gameplay idea!

rockford 2015-12-14 17:50

So clever!!!!!

teamross 2015-12-14 17:56

oooh yes!
I enjoyed sooo much.
Addicting by itself.

Have you thought about continuing on it for mobile platforms?

peterthehe 2015-12-14 17:59

Amazing gameplay. Please make this into a mobile game.

sanojian 2015-12-14 18:10

Pretty unique game. It is fun. It was maybe a little bit too easy.

napoleon 2015-12-14 19:28

quite fun!

nonentheless 2015-12-14 20:11

Good entry, nice addition would be if levels would differ the farther you get :)

officialcodenmore 2015-12-14 21:40

I absolutely loved this, it is quite addicting! It gets very, very fast - maybe another feature and you can have a really, really nice game! Well done! Also, I like how you actually only have 2 buttons!

melusine 2015-12-14 21:56

A very cool game. Good job

iamspencer 2015-12-14 22:59

very nice! That was some pretty original gameplay, and it was quite fun!

mechanics were easy enough to get within 15 seconds of play, and the challenge increased at a fair pace.

overall, this was a really good entry, simple but fun. Great work :)

nunesbarbosa 2015-12-14 23:12

3887 score! Very weird game, the learning curve is just right.

beanallean 2015-12-15 01:34

Final score: 5415

Great job! You're games are always very unique. Simple, but unique. This is no different. Wish the difficulty increased by more than just the timer though. Maybe some enemies could enter that you have to avoid with direction reversal?

browny_09 2015-12-15 01:44

This is pretty neat. The feeling of urgency and wanting to go faster each level made for some fun and panicked gameplay. The purple flickering on the sides was a bit much for the eyes but other than that this was great! Nice Job :)

drtizzle 2015-12-15 01:44

Very nice concept! The graphics fit the gameplay well. After figuring out what to do it got really addicting!

The music is a bit annoying but stopped after a while ;)

Overall good job!

lxxgarrisonxxl 2015-12-15 04:53

Good job on the theme! Fun game I like the concept a lot

dlowe 2015-12-15 08:02

The in-game instructions made no sense to us at first. Once we got used to it, really enjoyed it! I thought it was hilarious to choose to use 1 of the 2 button controls for "pause" while the other button does 3 different things. And the 'game over' screen really startled me! Thanks :)

mrnyarlathotep 2015-12-15 14:12

I really liked this, it really nails early 80s gameplay and aesthetics, right down to the backstory

jamaster96 2015-12-15 14:28

Wish the music looped, one of the best precision games out there!

pparke 2015-12-15 15:08

Timing took a little practice to get down but that's the way it should be :) Overall it was fun and had a cool mechanic that made use of the control restriction.

taffaz 2015-12-15 16:58

I liked it, never played a game similar to that which is a positive.

freaknarf 2015-12-15 19:09

Original concept, i felt like difficulty was only coming at the end levels, and starting the game from the start affraid me a bit at first but i tried and beat it the second time :) cool little game

nirabazgames 2015-12-15 19:10

unique and simply, good job!

x92rwzb 2015-12-15 21:25

Pretty fun and addictive

sichevoid 2015-12-15 21:48

Nice and challenging! Appreciate the zero-level for learning the controls without punishment :)

zeezgames 2015-12-15 22:15

ahh nice job here was fun playing this

Well Done!

acotis 2015-12-15 22:39

2688. Not bad, but I would have liked a second game mechanic to spice things up :P

icereci 2015-12-15 23:14

I'm pretty satisfied with 2535. I don't know if its good or not.
Nice concept. Well put together.

eerongal 2015-12-16 01:31

Neat little game. Reminds me of old atari style games. Nice work!

justinooncx 2015-12-16 01:37

Pretty cool concept! The timing was very strict, but otherwise an interesting game!

mikhail 2015-12-16 04:09

This was a fun game. I really enjoyed it! It got harder and harder which was great and it seemed to have speed cap which was good. The game allowed for me to make a few mistakes even when the game got faster which was great. Not to hard and not to easy. Great balance!

muel 2015-12-16 04:51

So much Atari nostalgia =)

schizophrenicghost 2015-12-16 06:17

I like the innovative idea of this game! But it becomes repetitive after some time since it requires the players to pay full attention for too long.

tasgardyen 2015-12-16 08:38

Good game, but actually ive nothing much to say

jeff 2015-12-16 09:10

The concept is special but good job, it's fun!

videodog 2015-12-16 09:16

The music is outstanding. Now if only it looped! Nice graphics and addictive gameplay.

poptartftw 2015-12-16 11:11

nice game!

bateriadejogos 2015-12-16 12:48

Game fun, different and very clever! I liked!

mauludder 2015-12-16 18:19

Simple and hard to master, I like that. Quite hectic, often struggling to recover when I do something wrong with the control :D

skripteriant 2015-12-16 19:01

More of a one button game but I think it was a pretty clever solution to both themes!

recursor 2015-12-16 20:32

While the concept is good, I'd like to see a new game-play mechanic, obstacle, vertical or horizontal bar to run down, or enemy added as you progress. I think that would add nicely to what you already have.

imagossoftworks 2015-12-17 00:24

3786. Fun to play until the end. Gets kind of hectic trying to control your ship at intersections close to the walls.

vicious_br 2015-12-17 00:55

Ow, congratulation for your game! Greate sound and concept.
I would like to take this opportunity to ask a favor. You already rated my game, but I was not allowed "innovation rating." Please could you assess this item now? Take the opportunity to play with some corrections. Very thanks:http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=36629

schizoid2k 2015-12-17 04:04

Nice job! Fun to play.

krafty 2015-12-17 06:34

This was a lot of fun, surprisingly addictive for how simple it is! I would suggest changing it up a bit in the future, maybe adding enemies or different shapes that you have to fill up, and improving the music and graphics a bit. Still it was great! Good job!

candlesan 2015-12-17 08:29

Game play is pretty original! cute sounds too.

richardboegli 2015-12-17 09:29

Lots of fun to play, great use of the theme. LOLed when I read the instructions and everything was A key. :)

publicidadeba 2015-12-17 11:34

Keep up the hard work!

blake_lead 2015-12-17 12:04

Really fun game ! Well done, I enjoyed playing. You could make a great mobile game with a concept like yours.

kgs0142 2015-12-17 12:51

I love the simple mechanic, very clever and fun!

drfallos 2015-12-17 12:59

Hey mate, nicely done! Gameplay looks innovative to me, its always a good thing when people are searching for something new in mechanics! Well Done =)

blancohugo 2015-12-17 15:08

Nice game! Congrats

ulydev 2015-12-17 19:12

Nice concept, good job!

commodorekid 2015-12-17 20:12

I think this would make a nice mobile game. It seems innovative in the way you represent it but this is a very old mechanic working on mostly reflexes. Reminds me of those machines with prizes inside and you've to stop the quare at the right spot. It was slow sometimes, not sure if because of Firefox and it did take input before the right position. All in all, addicting gameplay.

klianc09 2015-12-17 23:39

I was very confused at first, but once I got the hang of it it's really fun. Really smart move to remove the time-limit for the first level.

pjimmy 2015-12-17 23:58

Thanks for all the feedback, very appreciated! ;D
I'm taking note of all your suggestions. I'll try to find ways to improve the game, like adding enemies, walls or other types of shenanigans, whilst trying to maintain its simplicity.
Also, I will be porting the game to java using the libgdx framework for an android release, whenever I can. If the game ends up with an overall score in the compo top 100th, I might release it as early as February. But regardless of the position or scores, I'll be releasing an android port of the game.
So keep sending those suggestions, thank you ;)

lereveur 2015-12-18 00:12

Interesting gameplay, only one button to save the world, one don't see that every day ! :D

jamesmowery 2015-12-18 00:24

I really enjoyed it. I played it through for a few levels until I got my butt handed to me. Very good work!

nightshadow0 2015-12-18 01:21

Wasn't sure how the red stuff worked at first, but once i realized it was just a timer it felt somewhat bland. Could be more interesting if it blocked blue entrances now and then, so you'd have to be careful when choosing where to enter.

oz2mura 2015-12-18 02:06

I was feeling like such a boss when I started figuring out the game play. Then I got too cocky at the end and started messing up bad : resulting in http://i.imgur.com/eZdUS6Z.png poor Ortogonalis. :(

Fun gameplay, I can see a lot of cool stuff done with these mechanics, felt like a potential rhythm type game.

herniewise 2015-12-18 02:34

Simple and effective :)

bryantdrewjones 2015-12-18 03:56

Wow, that was weird :) And I like it! :D I was confused by the instructions at first, but as soon as I started playing it was super intuitive. Great concept, and I hope you explore it further.

diebackstudios 2015-12-18 05:01

Good game man, just improve on graphics and boom you got a gem here, do a post jam version

allthebees 2015-12-18 05:21

Weirdly intuitive controls. Enjoyed playing it a lot, and it's really original.

crashmore-studios 2015-12-18 15:12

Creative entry and weirdly satisfying!

holyblackcat 2015-12-18 16:07

Simple but fun! Idea is nice.
A bit more difference between level would be great.

By the way, in the comments yo my game you said that you got a crash. Please provide full error log. Also, what system you're on? What videocard(s)? Have you tried to update videocard driver?

sk16games 2015-12-18 17:11

I love the feeling of the game, the graphics and music is awesome! The gameplay is very innovative and fun too!
1939 :)

buffalophil 2015-12-18 19:06

Fun concept! The key press timing was quick/tough to get right, but I liked it

flwns 2015-12-18 20:08

this game is a trip

tuism 2015-12-19 00:24

Interesting take on a pure timing game, super abstract, but works well enough. Not too much depth to it though.

eskivor 2015-12-19 01:25

simple but good and original

23 2015-12-19 07:05

Nice one! Feels like a classic arcade game.

Only complaint is that sometimes I seemed to have trouble entering a wormhole from the outer ring - I'd switch direction back and forth just outside it repeatedly without entering. Maybe the hitbox for it was small?

If I had to make a suggestion about the gameplay, it'd be great if your ship changed color or something depending on what the button would do so it'd be easier to time presses.

The death screen is cool too.

hippolyta 2015-12-19 12:58

Nice game
my score 2886

_benhumphries 2015-12-19 13:17

Good job! It took a few minutes to figure out, but I got it. It was a lot of fun! My top score was 2694!

speciesunknown 2015-12-19 15:37

Very nice, my final score was 2542, nice mechanic but I think it was constrained a little too much by actually having only one control - I would have considered pause buttons not to be part of the controls for the purpose of the theme.

wicked7000 2015-12-19 15:57

Overall the game was pretty solid I liked the mechanics a lot and the audio wasn't too bad either I think the only point of critique I could give is that of the graphics but it still wasn't that bad just if there was anything I would recommend to improve on

scorched 2015-12-19 16:59

I think you should have implemented two button controls; one button controls are inconvenient for me :D Also timing is too hardcore.
Overall good job!

blobo 2015-12-19 19:14

The music was good until it stopped playing. overall i liked the concept.

roynlimb 2015-12-19 20:21

Wow this is a challenging game. You really need to be fast. I made it decently far, but the red creeps up fast. Nice game.

chromewisp 2015-12-19 20:56

Good implementation of a difficulty curve. Definitely felt like a good ol' classic arcade game.

shadow64 2015-12-19 23:31

This was awesome! Thank you for playing, rating, and commenting on GET IT OUT!!! I had such a good time playing this. My score was 2861! It's such a simple game and completely engaging. I'd love to see you branch out with it and make the maps larger as the game goes on. So fun! Really well done. Congrats on finishing! Can't wait to see how it does. :)

athenaofdelphi 2015-12-20 09:47

Fun idea, just too difficult to control when it came to junctions.

diel-mormac 2015-12-20 14:15

Simple and fun game!

Made 4k + score :D

Congratilations!

hotboxgames 2015-12-20 16:56

Cool idea! Well executed and original
Nice!

ludipe 2015-12-21 22:48

Hey there! Thought the game could be cool, but repeating the same level over and over again got old a bit too fast :(

I'd give some more time to switch from one line to another.

srakowski 2015-12-23 00:17

Really cool, essentially a 1 button game but I see what you did there. Very well done!

euske 2015-12-27 11:56

It was enjoyable, but I didn't see much connection to the theme. The music was nice.

tommislav 2015-12-27 16:33

Nice.
I only ever used one button, so you had one to spare =)

skywilly 2015-12-28 01:53

3447 ! Love the idea. Congratulations !

clabbage 2015-12-29 05:27

It would have added a lot to the feel of the game if the controls were a bit tighter. As it is, the controls feel difficult to the point of being unfair. Nonetheless it's a cool concept, and besides the simplistic art style, that's the only fault I can find.

knason 2015-12-29 19:35

2288! Nice!

tortoise 2015-12-30 21:14

Nice, simple game, easy to get a hang of as I continued playing, graphics could be improved though

pjimmy 2015-12-31 10:40

Thanks for all your feedback :)

I'm making some domain changes and updates, so the webplayer and my web link will be down for a while. You can play on Gamejolt and itch.io instead. Sorry for the inconvenience.

chuigum 2016-01-01 00:23

Very original! I could definitely see this continued, it's a very cool concept. Well done! c:

xanjos 2016-01-02 14:47

Pretty fun and addictive concept although the timing to enter wormholes and borders feels very strict because of how fast the spaceship is moving.

silkworm_sweatshop 2016-01-03 18:43

Smart and simple!

zanzlanz 2016-01-04 03:36

I really love the creativity here! Simple, but fun timing game!
I'd argue it's a one-button game, but hey I see you're point, and it does take quite a bit of skill to make a full game with one button, haha. So, awesome job ;)

getdosed 2016-01-04 19:01

Not bad at all! It does take a long time to get hard though.