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Magnetoids

By dj-pale

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness356
Innovation2233.59
Fun4243.23
Audio4682.65
Mood5172.91
Overall6253.07
Humor6901.63
Graphics7192.62
Theme7963.26

Comments

nusan 2015-12-14 10:56

The magnetic idea is great. I like how you need to keep some box around by shooting them to invert their velocity.

anissen 2015-12-14 21:22

Really nice take on the theme. I had some trouble understanding how the mechanic worked, so I was mostly playing asteroids :P It has a really awesome retro-feel. Good job!

optimus6128 2015-12-14 22:53

I got it the second time I played. I was just shooting stuff. You got attract them and make them absorb/grow. Plays very well when you get it.

red_fan-games 2015-12-14 23:16

Really great twist on asteroids! Really good "feel" too it.

marod 2015-12-14 23:50

It's hard as hell, but it fits well with the teme. Nice game!

csanyk 2015-12-15 03:37

Clever twist on Asteroids. I'm having some performance problems after playing for a few seconds in Chrome, so I can't really play it. But it seems like you can't move, only rotate? Makes it pretty difficult if you can't dodge.

dj_pale 2015-12-15 12:32

@csanyk: Only rotation and shooting - that's right :) If you have performance problems, please check the BBS (http://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=17772&tid=2898&autoplay=1#pp). Or if you have Pico-8, you can try the cart directly.

mrpiglet 2015-12-15 14:48

I like the idea of putting the 'asteroids' back together, but in practice a bit difficult frustrating. Really wanted to fly the ship around a bit too!

anshulsinghxd 2015-12-15 19:28

Nice one mate! We did something similar for the theme part! The magnet thing! You should check out our game too! :D
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=63655

justinooncx 2015-12-16 11:57

Pretty difficult, but also pretty fun! Nice idea!

karlipoppins 2015-12-19 20:29

Very nice minimalist game that blends perfectly two game types together to fit the theme. Love the retro art style.

tacospice 2015-12-19 21:20

Tricky gameplay, but nice. I like the sounds.

speciesunknown 2015-12-19 21:48

I found it very challenging to hit the boxes exactly once to change their direction, it was very hard - it does inspire me to create some asteroids like games with non-standard ways of winning however (e.g. use tractor beam to rescue people while causing asteroids to reverse direction rather than destroying them, something like that).

frenchie 2015-12-25 21:53

Nice - one of the more unique gameplay ideas I've seen this LD - even if it just "asteroids with a twist." You were able to make something pretty good despite claiming to only spend very little time :)

"Reinforcements have arrived" - pretty great :)

jupiter_hadley 2015-12-28 17:10

Challenging, neat little game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/Fm6iQk47yZ0