Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD46 → Keep "IT" Alive
By robodoig
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1040 | 3.56 | 47 | |
| Fun | 1168 | 3.34 | 47 | |
| Innovation | 241 | 3.86 | 47 | |
| Theme | 617 | 3.94 | 47 | |
| Graphics | 1908 | 3.03 | 46 | |
| Audio | 773 | 3.44 | 46 | |
| Humor | 1927 | 2.07 | 37 | |
| Mood | 1163 | 3.42 | 42 |
This is pretty hard! I got to 37 but it was getting so fast I couldn't keep up. At that point the letters start to go off the edges. Might be good if they went to a new line. Also a shuffle mechanic for your current letters might be nice just to help generate some ideas.
It was a cool game. I liked your take on the theme. It was challenging but addictive. The standalone version didn't work for me for some reason, it seemed to have to do with the resolution. I use an ultra-wide monitor, so that might be the problem.
I might just have a minuscule vocabulary, but I had no idea how to add onto the word after a couple rounds.
Very hard game, but nevertheless an interesting concept! I liked the audio cues, very fitting with the pressure of the game.
Cool and addicting concept
This is one of my favorite entries I've played! I love the style, sound, mechanics, and concept. Excellent game! :)
Pretty nice, and pretty hard. The idea and the sounds were amazing.
Obviously I need to get better at word games!! this was a simple but fun submission. great job!!
This is a pretty neat idea! Very minimal while still being a good challenge. The audio design really adds a lot to the game.
Interesting idea! I might be missing something, but is there a reason to go for longer words? It seems like it would be optimal to stay with 3 letter words as long as possible. Also sometimes there were blank tiles, are those for deleting a letter?
Nice! For a bit more challenge on on-theme-ness, you could add a rule where at least one letter must be kept, or a random letter from the word. (But remove the timer) Was not trivial at first that I can replace existing letter and not just have to extend at the beginning and end, which was hell :). Keeping it at three letters forever howevers makes it a bit easy. (Except for the timer) Not sure that more and more letters being available is intended or a bug, but that should probably be limited, or tied to current world length? For the power-ups, some attention-grabbing animation might be good, I completely forgot about them. Overall great idea, well executed!
im bad with world games. But from audiovisual perspective, this game is absolutelly blast. I love it! :)
I played to round 27 and enjoyed the increasing challenge. It took a few tries to figure out that you could replace the existing letters, not just place them in the spaces, and that you only needed to make a word and not fill all spaces. Neat idea, and love the audio and ambience.
Reminds me of a card game called WordStacker. Nice interpretation of the theme. Got to 11 rounds :)
@adamv You're right, I had intended to balance that aspect a little more but was running low on time. The main incentive for longer words is that at some point it is necessary to avoid repeating a previous 3 letter. If I'd spent more time on it I would have put in some more incentive to create longer words, e.g. you only get bonuses or powerups for words of a specific length.
At first I didn't realise that you could replace letters, which made the game very difficult indeed. Once I figured out the rules, pretty good!
This is probably the best take on "Keep it alive" I've been in this jam so far. The concept was really cool! Although, I thought some of the sounds were a little scary, especially the buzz when you mess up a word. Still, this is a rad game! If there was a mobile version I bet it would be popular.
@yscik Thanks for your feedback! The ever-extending letters was also something I wanted to fix, you're right that it should probably be capped or tied to performance in some way.
18 rounds
I love the interpretation of the theme on this one! Nice atmospheric sounds and effectively simple visual aesthetic too, nice work!
I got 38 rounds! I really like this. Great word play and interpretation of the theme :)
Nice entry. For a while, I was convinced I had to keep "IT" in the middle. After reading the comments, at least I got to 7-8 words. :P Agree with others that making bigger words were pretty much suicide without reward. All in all very good submission, and high potential if gameplay can be sustained for longer with longer words.
Cool idea, but I couldn't get past the second round. Either my vocabulary is so bad, or the randomness is too much. There were some times that i could not find any word for even the first round! Was there a way to get rid of letters in the current word, that I was not aware about? I really liked the audio. It was very fitting given the pressure and the challenge this game has.
I was able to hold for 15 rounds only, but then I didn't want to try again since I didn't know how far from the end I was. :sweat_smile: That's not an easy game, BTW.
@adonisdevs new record!
game was pretty fun wish my vocabulary was better haha
It was a creative way to use the theme. I got to round 20 playing with my family. I liked the audio.
Simple and clean. I liked it so much! So adictive.
The best I did was 31 rounds. I had a lot of fun! It's very challenging and engaging. I lost because "rome" was not considered a word, lol. The use of the theme was very creative, overall it's a great game! The minimalist interface is also really good. The only issue I had was the tutorial's text layout, it's readability was a little lacking (and it wasn't very clear that letters were replaceable). Aside from that, I think you did an amazing job! Congrats. :D
Very cool concept! Thanks for bringing it by the stream!
We streamed your game with Danae: [link to Twitch VOD](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/598538752?t=02h56m15s) (approximate timestamp)
I love this type of games, although I certainly did not do very well x) The concept is nice and simple. My one big issue is maybe the fact that it was not clear to me that `KEEP` was a check box rather than a button. I expected the letters to be kept when I pressed it. Also it seemed to me that the game did not check that a new word can definitely be made out of the letters provided?