Event Horizon by Smooks 2018-08-16T20:56:29Z
@linheha Thank you! I haven't had any time to rate games yet which downprioritises me in Ludum Dare's discovery algorithm, so I imagine that's why so few people have gotten here. I plan to put some time in over the weekend, hope that helps.
@niarkou Thanks! I developed the idea for this theme (actually my first LD entry), the length was born out of necessity. I originally planned to do a longer gameplay sequence with the dialogue box after it becomes "edible" where it would try to avoid and fight you, but ran out of time to develop it further, so had to adjust my scope.
Yes, I deliberately decrease the speed of the black hole as it grows larger. This is partially a gameplay design trick to drive home the notion that you're growing larger (more mass = more cumbersome) which was inspired by games like agar.io. However it also serves a narrative purpose in that it allows the dialogue box to have various stages of dialogue as you move closer to it at the end (it actually gets more afraid the closer you are, and becomes elated if you move away again). If the player kept their original speed (which is 1:1 mouse input), they'd probably eat the dialogue box before even noticing the dialogue.