rumachine

Year	LD	Theme		Game	Division	Rank	Ov	Fu	In	Th	Gr	Au	Hu	Mo	Co
2012	25	You are the Villain		789	compo	563	2.64	2.49	3.17	2.15	2.13	1.44	2.23	2.22	74

Night By Day by Macroz 2012-12-17T23:20:00

Very nicely done

Sunburn by Rabbits... 2012-12-17T12:18:00

Great idea!

Black Was Sad by eventhandler 2012-12-17T14:17:00

Really cool game!

The Exterminator by netgrind 2012-12-17T14:25:00

Wow, that was great! I like seeing the jetpacks and robots

Grey Goo Turbo Challenge by Bemmu 2012-12-17T00:08:00

cool concept!

CYBERQUEEN by Porpentine 2012-12-17T13:26:00

Thats deep

2012: Mayan Revenge by littleball 2012-12-17T14:06:00

It's almost here, the end of the world. Glad I got to play this game first.

Kill'im by syawqy 2012-12-17T12:24:00

That computer is pretty good! Cool game.

ECHO CHAMBER by Loren 2012-12-17T14:13:00

I had fun playing this.

ECHO CHAMBER by Loren 2012-12-17T23:13:00

I just wanted to leave another comment about how much I really liked your game. It really is a wonderful piece of art. Abstract games are the best, they make you really think :)

Castle of Doom by vivavolt 2012-12-17T14:22:00

that was really great, love the music

Robin Banks by BlockBrains 2012-12-17T13:55:00

wow, what a game! thanks for it.

Cow Stealer by ParaPup 2012-12-17T14:20:00

Great job!

Asterion's House by glbs 2012-12-17T12:30:00

Nice first game!

Bacteria by tinytouchtales 2012-12-17T12:08:00

Very cool game

BourbonBorn by Cthu 2012-12-17T13:51:00

Goat... hilarious game!

789 by rumachine 2012-12-16T15:25:00

If you have questions about the game control and/or the concept, please feel free to ask!

Also, FYI, My current high score is 33 6's. I'm sure I'll get to 40 soon!

789 by rumachine 2012-12-16T21:42:00

And I would love to hear about everyone's high score

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T00:02:00

Yup, got to 42.

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T08:39:00

Just imagine the the 7 is a boat in the ocean, and that that there is a weird current that makes it float in a different direction depending on where it is in the screen. Also, imagine that when you press right it accelerates it in one direction (not necessarily right), and when you press left it accelerates in the opposite direction. Only, you don't get to see the current and you don't get shown what direction the control pushes it!

Also, I made it even more difficult by randomizing the current in the background :) and also making the current time varying. So, that means that each time you play, you have learn a little about how it will respond to your L/R input and then try and catch 6's.

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T08:42:00

Hint: At the beginning, the hidden current will be either right or left above the vertical center line, and the opposite direction below. Pressing R will accelerate the 7 either up or down, and L will accelerate it in the opposite direction. Hope this helps!

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T09:07:00

The whole process of learning how the 7 moves in response to your inputs (in space and time) is the main point of the game. It's not supposed to be easy! It's really, really hard!

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T12:01:00

Thanks a lot for the feedback! I'm glad you were able to appreciate. I'm personally very fascinated with human learning, especially the abstract type, so I like to incorporate this into my games.

Also, I do agree with you that it is more enjoyable on a tablet, although at the beginning it may make you want to throw it across the room out of frustration.

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T12:26:00

Thanks joekinley, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T12:28:00

xgeovanni - html5 with canvas can sometimes be glitchy, i.e. the arrows may be controlling browser position rather than the game. If you reload the game it should work.

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T12:40:00

xgeovanni - actually, you are right, if the browser window is too small, then along with moving the 7 you also move the browser screen, sorry about that. You can also use your mouse and click on the left and right side if you like!

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T13:17:00

Thanks for all the comments :) I wish I had added hints earlier!

The randomness and additional gameplay (random obstacles and targets) is something that I'm playing around with right now (I have more ideas). It's actually an extension of my first game for iOS, sigsys, which I released recently. Sigsys has more structure and completely deterministic controls (although still spatially challenging due to the non-intuitive dynamic movement), which means the learning curve is not as steep as 789!

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T13:18:00

Thanks arch.jslin! And yes, you do make a lot of 6's and 9's when you play :)

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T17:41:00

Thanks Cosmologicon, I will!

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T17:46:00

Ok I added a hint straight out of the comments. I hope people don't think it's just buggy :)

789 by rumachine 2012-12-17T22:32:00

A slow frustration at first, then an anxious addiction. Wagner helps both.

789 by rumachine 2012-12-18T01:46:00

To master the controls make take a lifetime. The truth is hidden in both space and time, only with repetition can you truly see. This may be one of those 10,000 hours things.

789 by rumachine 2012-12-18T23:03:00

The goal is to get you to think nonlinearly, and to learn patterns in space and time. This doesn't happen after playing once. This doesn't happen after playing ten times. It takes much more than that.

Pathos by McFunkypants 2012-12-16T22:20:00

Great game!

Critterrific by joekinley 2012-12-17T12:34:00

I loved this game! It completely capitalised on my fear of mosquitos...

Gobelin's dungeon by Manest 2012-12-17T13:24:00

Great game! Thanks for it.

Salvation by Nutter 2012-12-17T18:29:00

Funny, I liked it

Centipede 2013 by robashton 2012-12-17T18:54:00

Really fun game and well done.

Under the Bed by Logun 2012-12-17T17:34:00

wow, that is a beautiful game.

Tail Orbit by bugninja 2012-12-17T00:19:00

Great game! I enjoyed playing it.

NONEX by feiss 2012-12-17T12:47:00

Great game and graphics!