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Squiggles

By sko

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Mood334.14
Overall993.84
Audio1113.77
Graphics1464.09
Innovation1903.58
Theme2263.74
Fun3803.32
Humor5602.40
Coolness166636

Comments

2016-04-19 12:18

Cool atmosphere!

sadenly 2016-04-19 12:22

looks really nice, and controls are very smooth, I like the jellyfish but I got stuck here http://prntscr.com/au5757

larzan 2016-04-19 12:23

Wow, beautifully done, i got stuck after a while with the frog, but i enjoyed playing it :)

slord6 2016-04-19 12:24

Fun game. I like the 'murky' art style and the backing music is nice. The octopus is quite impressive considering it was done with rigid bodies. Bit rough around the edges but that's to be expected with jam games!

superchihuahua 2016-04-19 12:27

@sadenly: I was also stuck there but you have to grab of of the branches above you and then click on the obstacle

sko 2016-04-19 12:33

Thanks to everyone so far. c:

@sadenly: what chihuahua said — you need to press alt and change to playing as the octopus here.

jin47 2016-04-19 12:45

The ambience is very cool and the squid physic looks very smooth. Great game!

landosystems 2016-04-19 13:07

Great mood. The graphics and the squid physics are great!

skullpixel 2016-04-19 13:20

The atmosphere was very impressive. I really liked the octopus's animations and physics.

axoona 2016-04-19 15:44

I really liked the idea and the music, also the animations of the octopus. However I got stuck at a point where I could'nt get the little fellow past the big vertical boulder... and I suppose that the octopus cannot go o land and become a frog

silkworm_sweatshop 2016-04-19 16:12

It looks cool but I couldn't get past the vertical boulder either. The octopus could get through that narrow passage just fine but the tadpole could not. And I couldn't seem to move the vertical boulder in any way.

wisedawn 2016-04-19 16:52

Impressive physics, and an innovative use of the theme!

sko 2016-04-19 19:40

Thanks again so far! c: I was actually really worried that the octopus physics would be too buggy to enjoy for some people, but it seems really positive so far.

@axoona & silkwork: you can push the boulder up with the octopus, but only from the left side; the little pathway is only there in case you accidentally went to the other side first without the tadpole (or if the rock fell back down again)

palys 2016-04-19 20:15

Very good mood and interesting octopus mechanics makes this game outstanding

matzigon 2016-04-19 22:25

The atmosphere is wonderful. Good job! :)

dssiege11 2016-04-20 20:16

Such a beautiful game! It was really fun to play until I jumped with the frog and got stuck on an edge :( Maybe I'll try again later. Anyway, you did a fantastic job with this game, congrats! :D

evanegibbs 2016-04-21 06:57

The atmosphere in this game was really great. I just loved the colors and the music. It felt really nice too, the animation was very fluid. Nice job. :)

sko 2016-04-21 09:11

Thanks!

@DSSiege11: That makes you two so far! Someone on YT played the game and the same thing happened. :c Never found that bug ourselves. I might fix that later! Here's the video, in case you can confirm that you got stuck in the same place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1kga3bqhR4

grayhaze 2016-04-21 15:52

Beautiful graphics and audio, but I got stuck on the second screen with no clear way to progress. I could see a sing past the barrier that said "try pushing things around", but nothing I did with either character allowed me to get past. I imagine the shapeshifting aspect comes later in the game, so I'm disappointed I couldn't experience the game properly. I'd love to see this developed further though, as the movement on the squid alone was amazing. Well done. :)

sko 2016-04-21 17:33

Thanks, grayhaze!

You're supposed to do, well, what it says — try moving things around. :p There's a big vertical boulder there. Push it with the octopus to get it out of the way. A few earlier commenters apparently got stuck there too.

While it's unlikely that we'll keep working on this game itself, I will eventually need an octopus for my project Vatnsmyrkr (https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=44264.0), and I may well base some of its implementation on my experimentation in this game, so you can keep an eye on that if you're interested. e:

dssiege11 2016-04-21 18:16

I got stuck somewhere else, as the big frog. Somewhere around the place at 3:45 in the video. I jumped and landed right on the edge and got stuck that way.

paveldlouhy 2016-04-21 18:33

Nice game. Good job.

sko 2016-04-21 20:01

@DSSiege11: Thanks for the info. This morning we tried to bugfix the frog and froglet somehow, so I hope it should be better now.

@Pavel: Thanks!

lostalloy 2016-04-22 21:05

The style is very consistent, everything in this game contributes to the mood. I really like the idea of this pairing :)

franklins-ghost 2016-04-24 00:18

Liked the style of this and thought it worked really well in setting the mood with the simple colours and music. The puzzles were also well done and I liked how you did have to work together to get the octopus to the end.

Do wish the tadpole had some contribution but can understand how hard it is to come up with so many puzzles that work together in such a short period of time. The form changes for the tadpole were also a nice touch and worked well in progressing the player. Also liked the menu and ending drawings thought they were nicely done.

Game reminded me of the cartoon Over the Garden wall which is a good thing.

h2n0 2016-04-24 09:04

I really like the Limbo aesthetic that you went for in the game, it played well to the simple mechanics.

2016-04-24 09:49

Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description

sko 2016-04-25 13:31

Thanks again, everyone!

@Freank: Yeah, sure, I'll try to sort that out! Thanks!

riftpoint 2016-04-25 20:20

Cool mood and graphic style! Nice puzzles. Congratulations to the team

puppetmaster 2016-04-26 22:24

Wow! What a beautiful art.
Very clever theme implementation.
Congrats for your great game!

nolocality 2016-04-30 17:00

Squishy octopus how satisfying you are to blob around with.

Very nice all around, the little touches really add to the mood and feel here. I especially dig the watermark flowing through the background and the rigidbody octopus.

Great job guys.

rock-eaters 2016-05-01 05:43

cool ambiance and really beautifull game. physics work great too

sabina-lis 2016-05-07 04:08

Beautiful mood, loved the initial drawings and the color palette. Music too. I enjoyed the idea of shifting characters, i wished the octopus was easier to control since it is so important to continue, great game!

thecain 2016-05-09 21:21

Good game. It felt complete.

2016-05-10 11:13

did you put it also on indiexpo ?