Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD35 → Squarcle
By bagface
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 1 | 100 | ||
| Theme | 224 | 3.73 | ||
| Humor | 276 | 2.74 | ||
| Innovation | 338 | 3.32 | ||
| Fun | 340 | 3.31 | ||
| Overall | 416 | 3.27 | ||
| Audio | 471 | 2.69 | ||
| Mood | 541 | 2.82 | ||
| Graphics | 777 | 2.41 |
Nice mechanic, I enjoyed the physics of returning to square shape, trying to gestimate where I'd stop and how much time I needed to give myself. Enjoyed the various levels. Nice work!
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Pretty fun game. Sounds could be a bit better, and could use a bit more polish and depth.
Nice game, good job! Love the facial expressions of the Squarcle.
Oh no, the evil triangles! Interesting mechanic, although I had a bit of trouble estimating where I would land by turning into a square. Had fun anyways :)
I have to agree with brinkhousegames, trying to judge the speed and when to turn back into a square was quiet interesting. Well done
Me: "Oh I think i'll stop right around there" Game: "NOPE"
It was surprisingly intriguing. I like how the triangles would just keep on bouncing after they were punched out of the way.
Shapeshifting is laggy compared to the sound, which makes the game a bit frustrating to play. I decided to give up at fourth level. Audio is nice, the idea is nice, graphics are nice(maybe except text boxes), so it is a pretty good game.
I liked it. It had a nice challenge.
The shapeshifting took a bit to get used to, as the shift had a delay. A fun idea anyway :)
Good use of the theme! I wish the transformation from circle to square was a little faster, to allow for a faster and more intense gameplay. But that's just a matter of tweaking things. Well done!
Can I say "Do you want to turn on sticky keys"?
But seriously, great game. You know its a good challenge when you have me cursing at the screen when my box falls into the abyss.
Great job on this one!
Simple idea and great game.
Wow, actually a really neat mechanic despite being so simple, this is great fun
Good job! I liked the mechanic, and physics are great too! Great game!
Great name. Some good map design. I liked the fact it took so long to change, it meant you had to plan in advance what you were going to do.
Also I really liked the changing animation between the two shapes.
Cute game! The only problem is that it's too difficult to estimate where the squar will stp after rolling. Nice sprites and animations too.
It's a good sign when you get addicted to a game? :) This was awesome, great job and fun mechanics. Just the correct amount of difficulty. I'd play more if there were more levels. Well done!
Looks pretty nice and the game mechanics are great! Squarecle is also a good name idea! Good Work
A bit annoying that you always had to switch to mouse when you died. Beside that this was a very fun game and a good approach on the theme. Also I liked them Sqares Circles and Triangles -looking unobtrusive to my own game.
I really dug this, it's a very creative mechanic for a puzzle-platformer. I noticed a few small bugs but overall it's quite good.
a nice idea, the shapeshifting took me a little while to get the hang of to do well
Very nice concept!It takes some time to get used to but it's addictive
Gotta love those expressions xD
Super fun game. Took me a bit to figure out how to get the movement right, but could totally see this being a fun little puzzle game that goes a long way...loved it!
This game is very unique, however I kept running into bugs. For example: You can win after you lose if you lose hitting a triangle and roll into the end.
That was fun, and some decent challenges around a solid core mechanic. Well done.
Like the mechanic and the level design was pretty good too. I would've liked the transform to be a bit faster. Overall great entry
It's cute :) I liked the mechanic, and the simple instructions. Reminded me of wario land there. Didn't play to the end, but enjoyed it none the less
hahahaha! best use of the concept i have scene so far. well done on creating a new style of game. love it
hahahaha! best use of the concept i have seen so far. well done on creating a new style of game. love it
I had more fun than I expected with this game, it's really fun haha. The physics while shifting is great.
One thing that could be changed though is adding a keyboard shortcut for the dialog options, this way you don't have to use the mouse to play it again.
Real Nice game. Great idea and really fun game. Congratulations!
A good, all-around game. For an innovative mechanic, the controls were surprisingly easy to pick up and learn. Nice job!
Enjoyed this quite a bit. Great idea and implementation!
Like the concept!
I like the mechanic
Fun game with a good game mechanic!
Very clever name and the physics was easy to work with. The only problem I had was understanding how I beat the level!
Good job! I had fun playing your game :)
Awesome mechanics, and yay evil triangles!
Interesting mechanic))
Nice, but I did not understand at first that only the first press of the keyboard counts, and I desperatly tried to make it go the other way pressing the button in the opposite direction))
Love the mechanic, very innovative and the game was really fun. But it could be wayyy better if the shifting was more responsive and the physics and controls were cleaned and polished up a bit. Graphics could be polished up a bit too, but I had a lot of fun.
I like the idea, and it was executed pretty well. I did find, though, that I could roll off the map and get the "you lose" sound even after I'd gotten the "you win" menu if I kept rolling around, plus I won once after I'd already lost because my defeated square came to a rest on the checkerboard platform.
It's a little buggy but still a neat, well executed concept, and a good take on the theme.
original and fun ! :)
nice mechanic! I found I'd switch back to square a lot for fear of falling off a ledge. new shapes with more abilities would be cool :)
Good mechanic and well implemented. The physics is just about right to be easy to pick up and then make it more challenging later on. Nice difficulty progression through the levels.
The mechanic was fun, appriciated how the difficulty was ramped up!
Neat idea! It grew on me over time. I wish there'd been a bit more put into the visuals and audio, but it had some neat gameplay and variety.
This is aweesommee! Really enjoyed playing through this!
Crazily addictive. A great selection of challenges across the levels. Good job!
The mechanic was really cool. The control seems intentionally wonky, but I think that is part of what makes it fun. Might be cool to have some race the clock kind of levels later to increase difficulty.
I liked the faces and how they changed based on your speed
Very good solid game, nice idea.
Very interesting concept
I love the mechanics - very well done.
Wow! So simple but really great.
I could not stop playing!
You did a great job with the first tutorial level.
I would play more but I beat it...
I really like the mechanic, and some of the levels have cool ideas too. I just wish the controls were more responsive.
The mood is great and the music fits perfectly without ever getting tiring. The simple mechanic really works well even though I would have appreciated slightly less punishing levels (for examples spots where failing would just slow you down rather than ill you). Overall very fun to play.
One detail : being able to restart with one of the game keys would have been nice, so as to not have to move your hand and grab the mouse when you die.
I love the simplisitc idea. A shape changing face form happy to sad was a ncie touch. Music depsite being simplistic worked. Even if you didn't like it there was a mute option so it's good.
The biggest problem is that in order to restart a game you needed a mouse. This was weak as you force player to constantly switch between mouse and keyboard. Another thing is lack of level number. i want to know how much levels are there left. I don't mind finishing 5 levels but perspective of 20 levels in a single go - how about no.
Overall: Despite the lack of everything I really enjoyed it.
Nice game, I only felt like the shapeshifting delay became a little tedious after a while
When I went to play it, I was told to use a browser that supports WebGL, like Firefox. I am using Firefox.
Fun core mechanic, and solid presentation! Had a good time with it. You explored the mechanic with enough different level design approaches too.
That was fun, and had clever mechanics.
Difficult. Interesting, different than what I've seen, but the mechanics feel almost lethargic. It's really what makes the game difficult, but I don't feel like that's especially fun. Regardless, nicely done all around!
I love the original name.
Great game, good mechanic,i really enjoy the game. Good work!!
The concept is pretty interesting and I quite liked the feel of the physics. The transformation animation and graphics were simple, but quite effective for the overall game. Only complaint was sound, but since there was a mute button for that I am ok with it. Good Job!
Fun mechanic! I love how the first level entirely teaches you the mechanic. Graphics aren't the most complex but that's OK! Music and audio is fine. Overall, great job!
This was a pretty cool mechanic, i just wish it was more responsive, nice job!
Nice game!
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Nice core mechanic! Level Design feels very thought through. Had a lot of fun with this.
I like it, it can be pretty challenging!
I had a lot of fun with this, despite failing many, many times. Although technically a platformer, it felt more like an outright puzzle game at times, requiring you to judge what would happen *after* you change shape. The music was decent and the graphics, although simple, were fun. Also a really good use of the theme which I haven't seen done quite the same elsewhere. Well done! :)
Cool mechanic. Simple but fun. I didn't like the fact that i accidently restarded the game after playing for 5minutes. Fun game.
I really enjoyed this mechanic, it led to some interesting moments, especially trying to switch at the right time.
good entry !
Good idea, we had a similar one! Taking the simple concept of the shapes and using their physical shape to determine platforming abilities.
Love the idea there, using the shapes to play with the physics. Nice take on the theme.
Facial expressions on the shape were great and after getting the controls, it gets really fun.
Nice game!
Cute graphics :)
solid interpretation of the theme, this game had easy to understand mechanics and interesting levels.
Great game! It's super hard until you get a feel for the physics.
Great use of theme. Mechanics were really good and the level design was well thought out.
This is the only comment that you need from me:
My partner wants dinner - and my response is "Just one more turn". It's a great game, well done. :)
Fun game, i liked the use of the theme. I hope you're able to expand on it after the theme. IT did take a while to get use to but overall great job :)
Nice game :)
Nice simple graphics, progressively challenging that's the fun part.Music is great
Nice game! :D not the first game I played with the mechanic you used, but still one of the best! :D
Simple Cute very nice original play. Excellent. Kept playing.
Fun mechanic! A lot of fun! Great level design