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Broken Breakout?

By timgarbos

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall144.15
Innovation74.54
Fun74.22
Coolness276
Mood1583.45
Humor1782.95
Theme1883.88

Comments

zer0xol 2016-12-12 00:14

Very cool idea.

filogc 2016-12-12 16:30

Awesome

quaternius 2016-12-12 16:49

Great idea! Really liked the sound effects too.

paradxil 2016-12-12 17:01

Really cool game! I loved the game mechanic, the graphics were clean and nice, and the theme use was super creative. Good Job!

yamzho 2016-12-12 17:05

Very nice entry. Easy to understand how to play, cool mechanics, and I love the minimalistic approach for the game. Well done.

berneytd 2016-12-12 17:20

Really enjoyed it!

tjmolinski 2016-12-12 17:28

That was super cool, really liked the idea and you executed damn well on it.

trampolinetales 2016-12-12 17:49

Reminds me of tilting a pinball table. Very clever!

jack-lance 2016-12-12 18:02

I love the idea! It's polished and there are really interesting levels too, I'd love to see what else could be done with this!

peredm 2016-12-12 18:29

The idea is very original and the graphics and sound are good.

shillingburg 2016-12-12 18:51

really neat idea! super simple and super fun. great sound design too

kurakurt 2016-12-12 18:52

Cool idea! Cool game!

drtizzle 2016-12-12 19:08

Thanks for your comment, I have now added download links for standalone versions :)

Your game is really cool! It takes a while to get used to the physics, but when you figured that out it plays well!
The movements are smooth, and the sound FX, while minimal, are really good and fitting.

Nice job!

nikitapash 2016-12-12 19:26

F@CK! The game is really awesome!

bomballroomstudio 2016-12-12 19:59

Nice idea and implemented nicely

hovester 2016-12-12 20:16

Good Game. #WEALLHATETHEREDBRAS

egoregor 2016-12-12 20:18

Very cool!

otiose-ent 2016-12-12 20:19

Just.. Awesome! One of the best Ludum dare casual games! When the room shape changed I was like: that has potential! The graphics and sounds are simple but fit well, develop it further (maybe with slicker graphics though) great entry

cushycode 2016-12-12 20:22

Simple and neat mechanics. Cool idea and a quite good implementation.
I like the sound effects also.
Wish to see this game as a game for mobile phones one day.
Good job, dude!

littleball 2016-12-12 20:26

Tricky to play on a track pad, but I really liked the game. Graphics were spot on, sound and game play were just right.

vipper 2016-12-12 20:33

Very enjoyable and calmness!

ccglp 2016-12-12 20:35

Seems like a super good idea for a mobile phone game.
Good and interesting mechanic here mate.

PD: Submit the source code, is a compo submission :D

timgarbos 2016-12-12 20:38

Oh! I had missed the "http://" in front of the Mac and source download. Sorry. It's available now.

Thanks for all the feedback. I'll definitely look into making a few more levels and putting it up on itch.io sometime.

acotis 2016-12-12 20:46

Neat idea! But, I found the physics of the ball kind of annoying. I would have liked if (1) the walls were frictionless, so I can slide the ball around on the floor, and (2) the ball would stick to the ground while I was moving the room upward, and only fly off when I stopped the room (which is how it would work IRL).

But, I liked the sound effects, and the concept was very well introduced -- I was never confused about what to do!

dminsky 2016-12-12 21:19

Wow, really cool mechanic! And well realization too!

jk5000 2016-12-12 21:21

Great idea and great game.

rburema 2016-12-12 21:37

I really like how level 7 is a suddenly a lot like regular breakout again. That doesn't mean I can get pas it, but still...

In all, the best minimalistic experience I had so far :-)

sollinxp 2016-12-12 22:59

so awesome! I reached the 13th level, really hard

ithildin 2016-12-13 01:56

This is a brilliant idea! I really liked the level progression and how you introduce new block types or other game elements.

I've noticed a couple of bugs during my playthrough, but worked around them by resetting the levels: first, Level 4 started with the ball outside the game boundaries, I couldn't tell if it had spawned outside from the beginning or if it fell through the walls on the first frames. Then on level 7 I hit all the green blocks but still wouldn't progress to the next level and hitting the red block on the bottom wouldn't kill me either.

spacedoubt 2016-12-13 02:45

Fun little skill game. It's so satisfying when you succeed! This is the kinda game that could have 100 levels and people would play them all. Great use of the theme, too!

ema1ih 2016-12-13 03:17

I love the idea, nicee :)

zoopei 2016-12-13 04:53

It's very easy to get the ball out of the level if you move the room off-center a lot. But other than that bug, the game has an interesting idea, and fun gameplay.

alexanderk 2016-12-13 05:32

Great game with fresh revise of brekout gameplay. Seems also will be good for mobile devices.

cole-chittim 2016-12-13 06:44

This is a great idea for a game mechanic and a great take on the theme! This could be a fantastic mobile game with a little polish

d3uced 2016-12-13 06:46

This is legendary what a great idea, well done.

onixowl 2016-12-13 07:35

Awesome game mechanics, it was really fun to play!

stylo21 2016-12-13 11:01

very cool game, good job

kraftkar 2016-12-13 11:36

Cool mechanic, nice entry

discofish 2016-12-13 11:46

Wow!

ionprodan 2016-12-13 13:04

Cool idea! I like it!

negativice 2016-12-13 13:17

Wow, its so simple yet so good.

gamepopper 2016-12-13 13:39

Incredibly clever take on Breakout, managed to get all the way to level 13. Would be cool to see a full breakout level done in this style.

fishbrain 2016-12-13 14:31

Great idea, well done! It's a bit difficult allowing the virtual screen to go off screen though.

kebb 2016-12-13 15:34

Really fun mechanic, great job!

fingamer 2016-12-13 19:27

This game is awesome! Easy and simple to understand. Very addictive! Nice job!

s3outbreak 2016-12-13 20:00

This is awesome! Had a lot of fun playing! Great concept!

ryuko13 2016-12-13 20:04

Amazing!

feips 2016-12-13 21:00

I like it!

pcmxms 2016-12-14 00:06

Nice game. Neat idea!

thatguyminib 2016-12-14 03:15

Really good idea for the theme of one room. I love the different take on breakout!

dunin 2016-12-14 12:15

Cool idea!
Clever levels, and I like that we have to be soft to win this game...
(Just: I had a problem in level 10: after removing the second green bar, the game didn't change level, and if touched a red bar, I didn't lose...)

The end level is really frustrating by the way...

simonhutchinson 2016-12-14 16:57

Excellent concept and execution. It's totally one of those "why didn't I think of that ideas!"

Very well done!

yami-no-tenshi 2016-12-14 17:55

Really smart game with a great realization !!! A bit disturbing in a few levels, but I loved it ! Well done !!!

resty 2016-12-15 12:30

I like your entry very much. It is super fun. LOVE ^ ^
the only question: is the Level 13 passable or just an sign of the game's end?

fullmontis 2016-12-15 12:47

This is a very original idea, have to say! Interesting gameplay, intuitive and fun to play. I really liked this one.

pythong 2016-12-15 21:02

I like it! the later levels are getting aggrevating though ;)

jorbits 2016-12-15 21:03

Was very fun too play

harusame 2016-12-15 21:13

It's simple but a very great idea :)

Clever game, great job !

teamsemicolon 2016-12-16 14:06

Managed to glitch the ball out of the level at one point, right at the start. Very original take on the theme!

patacorow 2016-12-16 16:15

Very innovative and fun entry! Liked the audio as well and it's a shame that I couldn't rate it :/
Awesome work!

pixzleone 2016-12-16 21:19

Very cool idea, but I found the controls a bit frustrating. Also, it was a bit irritating when you moved the room, and then you couldn't see the ball anymore.. Maybe you could add some slow camera pan towards the ball or something like that?
I think you should keep working on this! Well done! :D

royalcivilian 2016-12-16 21:29

I would LOVE to see a mobile port of this game. With like 200 levels lol. GREAT idea. :)

urfbound 2016-12-17 03:02

Really enjoyed your game! I liked the unique twist on Breakout, and I thought that the physics (esp. weight) of the ball and the feedback from hitting blocks and walls felt really good. I also liked the sound effects, that gave really clear feedback on what you were hitting. The only thing I found was that sometimes you got stuck having to drag the room out of the screen to keep the ball from hitting a red block - maybe making the room collide with the borders of the screen would help? Overall I thought that the game felt really polished and a lot of thought went into the levels and the progression of what it teaches you. Great submission and thanks for entering (also - thanks for your review! :D). Hope you have a great Ludum Dare :)

axoona 2016-12-17 23:14

cool game, very innovative. quite tricky with the red bricks espacially when using the touchpad but I think it would make a great smartphone game.

split82 2016-12-18 13:29

Super awesome :D It was a little too hard, but I liked it a lot. Great job.

velvetlobster 2016-12-18 23:11

We couldnt stop playing until we reached the end, very nice game.

rainssong 2016-12-19 06:01

nice gameplay

pierrec 2016-12-19 16:07

This is super cool!
I couldn't beat level 12 though! That's a hard one!
I wonder if it would be possible to play that game using an actual Windows' window. That would probably be even more fun/weird
Anyway the gameplay works super fine and I love it!

phocker 2016-12-19 16:55

very cool idea and well executed. controls seemed very fluid, and well done. great entry.

leom 2016-12-20 16:29

Nice concept and well executed.
Well done. ;)

fussycashew 2016-12-21 00:00

Great use of ambient audio to create a really nice and inviting void.

wowods 2016-12-21 13:36

Very funny idea. Make an old school game into very interesting game...

sos 2016-12-21 22:29

This is so good! I'd love to play a mobile version!

saucygames 2016-12-23 07:14

It's cool, could use some swaggier music

skorpyo 2016-12-23 15:45

Very cool idea! Simple and innovative :)

wowa_u 2016-12-26 06:47

Simple but very solid idea! I had couple issues while playing it 1. sometimes while resetting the level, the ball appears outside the room 2. i could not complete the level despite i destroyed all green bricks. But i had a lot of fun to play!

mrshoestore 2016-12-26 21:15

really good. the one thing i didnt like was having to drag the mouse out of screen to hit the bricks. like, i wanted the camera to follow or something so i could still see what i was doing.

mike-cullingham 2016-12-27 19:39

Clever idea. Gets frustrating when there's a bunch of off-screen action, but otherwise a fun little action-puzzle game. Very nice job.

chrisostome 2016-12-27 22:42

I had stopped voting for games 2 days ago, but I just came by a review of your game on a french website, and played it. So now that I've played it, I might as well vote for it.

Awesome game ! A very broken mechanic, but one that is fun to play. Very fun. I could have play some more level.

Maybe you already know, but you can get the ball out of the room by shaking the room recklessly, and after doing that some times, touching the pink block doesn't restart the levels. It happened to me on the last level, so I don't know if it's on every levels.

And last thing, the level 8 is awesome.

jupiter_hadley 2016-12-28 17:25

Really awesome twist on a clasic game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 37 games, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/kL8oXDGWrLQ

samuelsousa 2016-12-28 17:33

Top Notch! Minimalistic art and sound the work very fine!

Played till level 12 (Too hard for me) ...
The Bigger levels are interesting but things get easily out of control
and if the ball get out of the window... its worse.

I think this would be best played in toucscreen devices (laptop here).

flannelvindicate 2017-02-01 17:21

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