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2 Growing Buttons ...

By psypol

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme804.23
Innovation1243.79
Overall5523.15
Fun6332.95
Mood8042.36
Coolness181737

Comments

jcwelgemoed 2015-12-14 12:34

lol very interesting and nice take on the theme :) Get quite challenging but fun. well done.

jupiter_hadley 2015-12-14 13:01

Nicely made game, love the spin on the theme! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/rQfOYGAIpM0

excaliburhissheath 2015-12-15 02:18

The slight animation on the dropping boxes was a nice visual touch. I would have liked to see more touches like that. The game works with the simple gameplay (I could see it being pretty fun on mobile) so all it needs is more feedback for this be a solid little snack of a game.

2015-12-15 03:00

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silkworm_sweatshop 2015-12-15 03:39

Great interpretation of the theme!

iapc 2015-12-15 04:46

Nice little game, well done thematically. However, it could have done with some less annoying failure states. For instance, if you try to move a button offscreen, don't let the player die, stop the button at the screen edge.

TaoPhoenix 2015-12-15 04:47

Extremely simple game but per the site notes the guy isn't a coder, but found something and gave it his all, and made a game and I don't see any / many bugs.

And it is the closest I've seen to a private joke about a program I made as a child some 28 years ago and now it reminds me of "avoiding random people here in New York City wandering around looking at their cell phones and you have to dodge them" : )

TaoPhoenix 2015-12-15 04:48

Ps I got to about 720 but if I worked at it I could get higher so I might post back during voting.

Tip - you can move one orb diagonally to safety then jockey the sizing back and forth and save the other one.

pietdagamer 2015-12-15 07:46

I like how you interpreted the theme.

By the way, I got it to work on Linux with WINE.

rhysd 2015-12-15 08:14

Cool idea, I like having to constantly switch between the buttons to get through the course. It was a bit frustrating if one of the buttons grew past the size of the wall and I went to pick it up and got a game over instantly.

nirabazgames 2015-12-15 09:21

An interesting idea, and the perfect a combination the theme =)

psypol 2015-12-15 09:45

Thanks everyone for the comments. i'll try to improve the concept during christmas holidays. nice suggestions from you guys :-)

b0pt1k 2015-12-15 10:04

I like the interpretation of the theme, very interesting and enjoyable to play. However, there are a few annoying states to game over such as accidentally hitting the other button, or when a button moves out of the screen. But that's just a small thing - it's fun :)

tcp786 2015-12-15 10:19

Really nice design. One of the best interpretations of the theme that I've seen.

On my best run I made it to 1290 points.

frostvoid 2015-12-15 12:22

Great little game, much fun to play :)

pjimmy 2015-12-15 12:29

awesome, very intelligent concept, fun and challenging, very creative! One of my favourites, well done! :)

daandruff 2015-12-15 12:36

Really original idea. I think you should elaborate on this game!

fadobo 2015-12-15 12:41

Very addictive little game and great usage of the themes. I assume you also restrained yourself when it comes to scope and actually finishing the game in time, which is also something I am jealous of.

fractalbear 2015-12-15 12:49

Awesome! Loved how perfected it fits the theme, very original :)

david-cookie 2015-12-15 13:12

Ok, even if there's no audio, it's 5 stars for me! Really cool concept and most importantly it really fits the theme of the jam. Well done!

wizzardmaker 2015-12-15 13:13

Nice and funny game, I've got 300 points, it would be nicer if you had made some music for it, but meh who needs music, right?

anael 2015-12-15 13:20

Good concept, well done.

epictck 2015-12-15 13:23

Well done (:

limered 2015-12-15 13:35

Very nice idea and take on the theme. A simple, yet challanging game. I like it.

didi 2015-12-15 13:43

Interesting mechanic and very challenging!

gipzo 2015-12-15 17:16

An interesting concept. There is a problem, where block can repitedly go on the same line.
My score is 470.

taffaz 2015-12-15 17:30

Cool concept, love how you interpreted both themes.

swipefaststudios 2015-12-15 17:36

It was fun but really tricky, nice concept!

ginnko 2015-12-15 17:50

Oh my god you got a really nice and innovative concept :D. Good job! Its funny to play It

h-attila 2015-12-15 19:02

I liked the idea and it's a nice twist on the themes. I guess it'd be even more fun a phone with touch controls (I tried the web version, it was working fine for me). It would be much better with some nice backgrounds, more variety in the enemies and music/sound though. Oh, I got about 320 point before I gave up. :)

estrelsteel 2015-12-15 20:02

Nice!

slothmachine 2015-12-15 20:16

Good multitask practice. Quite hard also.

tuism 2015-12-15 20:37

Really cool idea, dunno what you want to do with it, but it could probably extend into something more :)

Playing it not on a touch device is silly :P

chaoscult 2015-12-15 21:35

3890 =) Simple but brilliant idea. 5 stars innovation.

shadowforce768 2015-12-15 22:05

Very creative mechanics. Great game!

wukkopi 2015-12-15 23:09

PB: 1730 points
Nice concept and thsi would be a great time killer on mobile platforms. I built a strategy for this where i would make the buttons even size and on top of each other, this made the game a lot easier and most of the time i even didn't have to move the buttons.

rhythmlynx 2015-12-15 23:21

After a few false starts I had one good run, got 520. It's a very simple and effective mechanic, good job!

zeezgames 2015-12-16 00:06

Wow , good literal use of the theme and ye it was challenging and i enjoyed playing it

Well Done!

capitals 2015-12-16 01:19

Lovely take of the theme and worked perfectly. Challenging, I think the controls would work well with the theme. Good Luck!

anv 2015-12-17 07:18

Awesome idea!

trexmix 2015-12-17 23:43

Simple and addicting! I wish your mobile port the best!

klianc09 2015-12-17 23:49

Simple, yet effective gameplay. I think it has the potential for a nice mobile game. Nice Job.

jamesmowery 2015-12-18 00:09

I enjoyed it. Add some music or sound to give even more immersion!

kennethlng 2015-12-18 07:38

Cool game. Definitely something new I've never seen before. Some small fixes to make it easier on the player could be having the buttons not snap to the center point (which has caused my fair share of losses, just trying to move the button).

2015-12-18 19:37

Great Game simple design but very addictive... my points were at 370

xgor 2015-12-19 16:15

Tried it out for mobile and while I get that this is made for it some things made me feel that the other version works better design wise. First you might want to remove the mobile interface for the mobile version.. it just looks weird. Secondly I instinctly tried to use one finger each for the buttons but that lead to them just colliding into each other. I got a feeling dragging with the mouse feels better due to there is only one you can take at a time.

psypol 2015-12-19 16:43

thanks for the valuable input. Nice that you could test both to really see the difference. it's a true question i admit. was the touch version really the best one or mouse IS the true version in the end ?

about the mobile interface i could not remove it for now.
someone made the export for me, my android sdk seems broken in unity :-( but ill work on this.

ruerob 2015-12-19 21:07

Nice idea! My best score is 250 so far! It's a great twist on the theme! I'll definitely try the android version later!

psypol 2015-12-19 21:16

Hello to all. i finally managed to make make APK's on my own.
there is now a post jam version with minor adjustments i detail up-there in the header description
=> http://tinyurl.com/2gbld34-postLDApk

publicidadeba 2015-12-23 20:36

This game is ready! It's READY to go! Well done guys, 5/5 in everything almost!

chuigum 2015-12-31 23:57

Very very original! Could definitely see this as a mobile game. I like the innovation, very great job!

agilejoshua 2016-01-04 09:09

Cool idea.

haokarlos 2016-01-04 09:28

Really nice and challenging idea

fartenko 2016-01-04 09:31

I really like this game! Interesting concept and idea! Good job!

randomhuman 2016-01-04 10:36

That's pretty cool, well done.

geckoo1337 2016-01-04 13:41

Simple mechanics, but good enough. Maybe another aesthetic could improve this project. Thumbs up ++