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Circle Defender

By daleth90

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio2853.08
Fun3303.35
Theme3313.91
Overall4213.31
Innovation5323.09
Graphics5872.91
Humor6551.91
Mood6722.70

Comments

velddev 2015-12-13 19:05

Neato! i saw this on twitter, great job dude!

duobix 2015-12-13 19:06

Well, I wanted to try this game, but it isn't in WebGl, so sorry.

jerry111zhang 2015-12-13 19:40

So much fun playing this game! If only the ball can rotate faster!

kouthem 2015-12-13 19:46

nice and simple concept you have there.

mxjones 2015-12-13 20:19

Awesome concept, really fun to play. Good job

ovidios 2015-12-13 20:24

The physics made this one unique. For me it was pretty hard though... Also: Don't use the "z"-key! On QWERTZ-keyboards the z and y key are switched. It wasn't too bad for this game but it's still annoying.

trueboolean 2015-12-13 20:34

Awesome! It's pretty challenging!

davidamiller 2015-12-13 20:40

Love the idea of the game. The physics make it fun and difficult at the same time (i almost punched the boxes basically in the core :D ), the only thing that annoyed me a little bit was the X Z combination (due to the Qwertz/ Qwerty difference)

gerjj 2015-12-13 21:07

Nice concept, digging the art style!

chubb1337 2015-12-13 22:12

This game is pretty hard, or so I thought, until I found out you could used both Z and X at the same time ;)

Simple but nice game.

domnomnom 2015-12-14 04:36

Sometimes bouncing the cubes off feels inconsistent in terms of which direction they end up bouncing in.
The yellow-on-white of the player does not provide a lot of visual contrast. Adding an outline to the player would address this.
Do you currently ramp up the difficulty? Spawning less enemies earlier and more later would be a good idea.

jcmonkey 2015-12-14 05:18

nice game, the music was a tad too loud

tsfreddie 2015-12-14 05:18

Quite challenging. I'm enjoying the music.

sayrafon 2015-12-14 12:47

Wow, awesome O.o the idea, the game, the controls, really really good :D

rujomarco 2015-12-14 12:58

the idea is nice and the game is fun to play
maybe you could have added also the growing theme by making the circle grow each time it was hit making it also more difficult

kaupenjoe 2015-12-14 13:03

Really fun game. The music was good and the graphics fit really well :D

modoc73 2015-12-14 13:44

This has a simpler look to my game, but different mechanics. Nicely done. Seemed a bit slow rotation though.

alexiseshford 2015-12-14 14:03

SICK BACKGROUND MUSUC!

Awesome minimalistic art stile, pretty gameplay and good game overall.

Well done dude!

mintarcade 2015-12-14 14:25

Great fun. Loving simplistic concept and addictive gameplay. Great job.

jcwelgemoed 2015-12-14 14:31

Very cool little game. This is fun to play and has lots of potential. Great work

cicanci 2015-12-14 14:32

Fun game, nice job!

emkiusz 2015-12-14 14:58

Simple and fun :)

victorfisac 2015-12-14 15:04

So funny v:)

ripatti 2015-12-14 15:10

Simple and addictive.

pkenney 2015-12-14 16:33

Cool idea, and the game looks and sounds really nice! Love the funky bass.

It was interesting how I didn't just have to touch the blocks, but actually smack them hard enough to drive them off course. This made the game more unique, and the slow movement of the ball made for some OH NO moments where I was already too late but watching the disaster unfold.

I think there's one design choice that hurts the experience though, so don't take this badly but I want to offer the suggestion.

It needs a faster retry loop.

It has three delays every time you die and want to play again:

A delay before the death actually registers.
A delay while you watch the score screen.
A delay going back to the main title screen, which was made worse by the fact that I had some glitchy issues with the two-button combo keypress registering to start the game. Sometimes it was immediate, other times I had to jam the keys repeatedly for a few seconds first.

I would prefer the game to instantly kill me and show my score with a single-key instant restart. I would have played a lot longer if it was that way.

The problem with this kind of slowness in the retry loop is that it most punishes a brand new player, who is eager to experiment but likely to die quickly. The developer, who is expert enough for a long gametime, doesn't feel the pain.

That's just a small thing though, nice compo entry!

ajopart 2015-12-14 17:01

Hi daleth90 . Great game ! Perfectly executed !Thanks for your comment on my game. I uploaded the folder. You can now test it. Cheers.

designernap 2015-12-14 18:52

Simple and fun. Nice audio too.

zeezgames 2015-12-14 20:44

ahh this got me frustrated lol the controls were alright just didnt seem to get to block some in time and if i got there late it bounced then into middle even faster but i did enjoy playing this just had to stop or it would drive me crazy wanting to beat previous score :)

Well done!!

thebrickanator 2015-12-14 20:57

Was a good game :) I think the controls became un-responsive at one point but that may have been an issue on my end, as It never happened again.

blake_lead 2015-12-14 22:18

Real nice ! I enjoyed playing your game. Well done

nunesbarbosa 2015-12-14 22:19

Great use of the theme. congrats!
The gameplay is very good too. I haven't figured what the yellow box does.

zero2121 2015-12-15 12:42

Exciting game, and great and simple Graphic design.

jamaster96 2015-12-15 14:38

Average game, a little too impossible though.

lonewookie 2015-12-15 15:32

Simple but fun! (A color blind mode would be nice though!)

x92rwzb 2015-12-15 20:46

+ Good concept.
+ Has health powerups.
+ Simple.
+ Fast paced.

- Slow ball.

blackname 2015-12-15 21:25

A lot of randomness, I think it would be more fun if you create a progression. But it's simple and fun, I like it!

agilejoshua 2015-12-15 21:50

Nice concept simple and good fun - playing several times comparing high scores with my family.

humanics 2015-12-15 23:07

Extremly simple but fun to play ;)

lia-sae 2015-12-16 01:39

Having trouble getting past the start screen for some reason. It's as if you're testing the events GetButtonDown or GetButtonUp for both keys (instead of checking for both being down), and having both events on the same frame is rare.

allthebees 2015-12-16 17:06

Really cool game, such a great concept for the two button controls! Personally I found the music a bit distracting... but a fun game.

crucknuk 2015-12-29 22:14

Nice entry! I had fun playing this and it was quite addictive! Good job ;)