FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD45 → Start with Nothing, End with Nothing.

Start with Nothing, End with Nothing.

By ongomato and Rosik

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3773.6146
Fun4353.4246
Innovation1753.7547
Theme2683.7246
Graphics5613.5147
Audio2613.5546

Comments

los 2019-10-08 00:13

Interesting concept!

shaolin-dave 2019-10-08 00:29

Starting off with a shorter word, or with less unique colors, could give it a more gradual difficulty curve. Good puzzle concept.

cyrolis 2019-10-08 00:33

So hard ! but really nice board game . I don't know why you retire mood of the vote because it can get a good mark :)

graphicedit 2019-10-08 18:00

Nice game

evilobjective 2019-10-08 18:02

I really like the concept. Like another user said it would be nice to start with a smaller word and work your way up since it is pretty difficult. Very unique mechanic!

brandon-anderson 2019-10-08 18:14

Yeah, I definitely like the concept as well. I agree with others saying that it's pretty difficult. Maybe have a couple of levels with the letters apart from each other on the board that way they still spell nothing.

lanz611 2019-10-08 19:36

Pretty neat! I assume a lower score is better? My total was 210 XD

monish-vyas 2019-10-09 09:53

Interesting concept. Loved playing it, but it's quite difficult

oakwarrior 2019-10-09 17:29

Maaaan this took me some time :D Definitely could use an easier learning curve, but I really like this concept. Would work absolutely great on mobile, too! You should continue the development of this!

azamatika 2019-10-10 10:20

I like it. There's a challenge, simple goal to understand, smooth controls. Thanks.

daitse 2019-10-11 11:45

Nice idea ! Love the concept, graphics are nice as well, everything clicks!

ranner198 2019-10-12 01:07

Best game I've played so far very challenging and fun

willoxs 2019-10-15 15:46

I'm really torn at rating the graphics... I love how the letters look and the cool light-effects that are used but the ugly interface (the font and setting of the "colour-counter") damages the appearance.

ongomato 2019-10-15 19:28

@willoxs Thank you. That's something i gotta learn how to do properly before the next Ludum Dare.

demuss 2019-10-16 10:44

Really nice looking puzzle game, simple and clear, controls are nice. One thing i would love to see is a way to revert last action

ongomato 2019-10-16 16:25

@demuss That's a good idea. I think it could be done in a form of being able to go backwards, removing the trail. Thanks!

kaeveris 2019-10-18 18:49

I really liked the soothing music and the look of the graphics and light effects on the letters, very cool! Great idea for puzzle game! I feel like it would be good to start the game with shorter word as this is a hard beginning XD

zsolt 2019-10-21 12:36

Really nice puzzle game :D

papaver 2019-10-22 14:20

Interesting and innovative concept! I like the audio and the blocks with letters. I played a few levels, are they fixed or are they generated?

ongomato 2019-10-22 15:45

@papaver

Thank you. Yes, levels are generated. There is also a difficulty increase between levels. It can be hard to notice though. After a few levels there's a chance to generate vertical target, after a few more - diagonal.

afendar 2019-10-22 18:45

I love the visual effects and the concept is just cool. Nice work anyway!

untitled-studios 2019-10-23 00:02

Nice! Consistently generates fun brainteasers-- has great game feel

karen 2019-10-23 01:02

Great concept! :)

likirus 2019-10-23 10:43

I love how you took the theme literally, its extremely difficult though, I think the random generation wasn't the best choice, I refreshed the page a few times to see how the generation would change and sometimes even the first level was very tough, maybe a few hand curated levels with an increasing difficulty would have been better

nobongo 2019-10-24 20:38

I love all the visuals for the tiles! The effects and sound are remarkably similar to the game we made (so needless to say I like them a lot!) It's a frustrating game at first, but not impossible by any means. I was hooked on it for the longest time, and I'll definitely be returning to it later. This game would work really well as a mobile app, something you could play in your spare time where ever you happen to be. Great job on this one!

Edit: I left the game open in another tab while I worked, the music is just so relaxing and nice :smile:

ongomato 2019-10-25 07:03

@nobongo Thank you. This is my first time designing and programming a game for a game jam, normally i'm just an art and music guy. This means a lot to me that I've managed to create something that people can find interesting.

kristinamay 2019-10-29 16:07

This game is so cool! A great puzzle and very interesting concept, I had fun with it.