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Yarnball

By niterich

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1633.7123
Fun1213.7323
Innovation244.1923
Theme3243.4223
Graphics4013.1123
Audio1723.4523
Humor2402.8320
Mood3023.1522

Comments

enricomandelli 2021-10-03 23:17

really innovative

iluvatar 2021-10-04 08:34

Loved this one! It was way more fun than I expected! Very impressive for a COMPO. Love the graphics, music and most importantly the gameplay. I can imagine playing this on my phone from time to time :)

However, I think it would be better if the player could use only the "up" kind of terraforming, instead of "digging down" one. Because it is really easy to cheese the game with just making holes and the balls were all dropping together to the same place. I mean, this is not an issue, but I just think it may steal some challenge from hard core players.

dnabro 2021-10-04 21:54

This one is actually really fun. Fantastic idea, kind of reminds me of a twist on Super Monkey Ball.

maksim-chugunov 2021-10-04 21:58

Really cool idea! At first I thought the game is too easy, then the floor started moving and I thought I'm trippin

flying-dog-fish 2021-10-04 22:02

Great idea and a very nice implementation, and the music is great.

It's a bit on the easy side, I was able to score 162 on my second try.

yorsh 2021-10-04 22:02

Fun one! You can kind of cheese the game a bit by keeping all the cats in an area, so the difficulty could go up a bit faster to compensate.

shellofagirl 2021-10-04 23:29

Cute music. I am basically a giant cat

randomerz 2021-10-05 02:49

Capture.PNG I got a score of over 400! I really liked how unique the idea was, and you turned it into the perfect jam game

beth 2021-10-05 17:02

Very fun game! I had a blast steering my little yarn ball around and enjoyed herding the cats into cat-jail in the corner. Great work!

joshuarabbit 2021-10-06 16:16

I love the concept of controling the ground to move things! Nice idea!

bridgefromtv 2021-10-06 22:08

SUCH a cute game!! Really awesome job, and I like the unique aspect of raising/lowering the ground to push everything around! So fun! The music you picked is adorable and fits the theme perfectly! Great job!!

nefylem 2021-10-06 22:21

Great way to use mesh deformation. Not a technique I would have expected to see used in a jam, but it runs fast and smooth. Well done

fre 2021-10-06 22:44

Cool game! I'm impressed by the concept and how you managed to implement it in a short time! I had no major issues and scored 47 :smile:

My only suggestion for the next one would be to give more contrast to the text. Right now it's purple on purple and I didn't notice the tutorial text until the second play through. Overall, well done!

anthony-servedio 2021-10-06 23:19

This was a very unique idea. Once you get the hang of the movement it's a lot of fun. The music is fantastic!

bakuchi 2021-10-09 00:18

That was fun! I actually had a similar idea with moving balls inside an even box when I saw the theme, but it didn't occur to me to use mesh deformation so I eventually dropped it and went back to brainstorming. You nailed it!

dingledorf 2021-10-09 13:58

Nice game! I made it to 201 before I decided to call it and let a cat get me haha. I like the concept; very unique and enjoyable. The music was also very lovely. Well done!

jk5000 2021-10-10 08:33

A fun and interesting little jam game. Love the music. Well done.

simex 2021-10-10 08:45

This was a lovely game that knew exactly what it wanted to and need to achieve! I've have loved to see some pacman like fruit I could get so that I could deal with those pesky cats! I could definitely see this working as a casual mobile game!

maus-games 2021-10-10 09:46

Very lovely game. Controlling everything by raising the height was a bit hard, lowering it instead was easier for me by gathering all the yarns and trapping cats. It is nice to have both options available. Also the music is really relaxing and fitting.

ldjq 2021-10-10 10:06

The music is very relaxing, and I have never seen game mechanics like this before.