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Drater

By lomstfer

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4863.1022
Fun4053.1222
Innovation2103.5522
Theme3383.6022
Graphics4962.9522
Audio3333.1022
Humor1.376
Mood3283.2022

Comments

andy-beers 2022-04-04 15:39

Unfortunately I'm having issues running the game, My machine refuses to open the game as it is very confident it's a virus. let me know if this gets fixed, based on the art, I'd love to try it!

baily 2022-04-04 15:42

decent art decent controls overall decent game

nebiros 2022-04-04 15:46

A simple little game that works well ! Nice entry for your first LD

yamzho 2022-04-04 15:47

I like how smooth the mouse control is. Good job.

cruise-elroy 2022-04-04 15:53

Not bad for a first Ludum Dare entry! I like this spin on the "collect as much as you can" idea by not being directly in control of anything, but instead influencing where the collectables go. I would've liked to still be able to see where my mouse is though; I found it pretty difficult to be able to tell where exactly I'm moving everything. Overall, though, you've got a solid entry with a good twist!

fifut 2022-04-04 16:01

It's like snake without snake :blush:

The mousse control is perfect :thumbsup:

benskca 2022-04-04 16:03

The controls feel super fluid and the way the dots move in sync is super satisfying. I really like the music that comes in after the first day!

Great job going engineless! I did my first game jam in SDL and had a blast, taking a look at your code reminded me how fun it is doing every little thing yourself :smile:

lomstfer 2022-04-04 16:13

@andy-beers, thank you for checking out my game! I think you might be getting this error WindowsError1.png

If so, simply click "More Info" and it will let you press "Run Anyway" to trust the program. WindowsErrorFix.png

andy-beers 2022-04-04 16:59

@lomstfer maybe it's just chrome? i'm not sure, now it won't even download for me drater.JPG

lomstfer 2022-04-04 17:04

@andy-beers Unless you can click on the extended menu and click on "Keep", then I don't know what to do. I have encountered a situation like this before when I could not download my program.

hackergreg 2022-04-05 08:13

It is a hard game but I think it was fun, I can't get past day 1 though.

ace17 2022-04-05 20:11

Hey, @lomstfer , would you be interested in a GNU/Linux binary ?

Your code is 100% portable, so I took the liberty of compiling it and uploading an executable here:

http://code.alaiwan.org/Drater.x86_64

Feel free to add it to your archive if you want !

I used the following command line :

``` g++ *.cpp `pkg-config sdl2 SDL2_mixer SDL2_ttf SDL2_image --cflags --libs` -o Drater.x86_64 ```

Simple, but effective :-)

alaah 2022-04-05 23:44

The Windows binary works perfectly on gahnoo plus Linux.

This is very fun. The mouse controls are insanely satisfying. There should be a note in the description that this is a mouse-controlled game.

dob 2022-04-07 18:30

Simple, but really interesting controls, and the music is fun. Nice work!

googlypoo 2022-04-08 05:58

Wasn't sure what I was doing at first, but understood shortly after the music hit. I never lasted long. Tough game! Cool aesthetic, nice music, thematic, haven't seen anything else quite like it. Solid entry :)

Mine did end up crashing, like you said.

zimny11 2022-04-08 22:13

I was able to run it without problems. The graphics are simple, but nice. The music sounds nice, too. I think adding some obstacles to avoid (maybe red dots) would make the game more engaging. Anyway, nice job!

sam-bigos 2022-04-09 10:02

This was fun for the time I was able to play it, but during the daytime you seem to 'dissolve' (for lack of a better term) faster than you could possibly collect, so it seems impossible to get more than 1 day score?

It's a nice idea but needs to be fleshed out and polished more. Good job for your first LDJam though and respect for developing in SDL2.

lomna 2022-04-10 12:38

It ran alright for the first playthrough (though my score was only 1 day) after the the crashes at the title screen. The controls felt smooth. Good job!

gdesecrate 2022-04-10 14:52

Thanks for the game!