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Scary Rocks by Pat Kemp

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made by Pat Kemp for LD32 (JAM)
Defend the Earth from incoming meteors with your gravity orbs!

Click or tap to create gravity orbs. Orbs will catch small meteors and halt their movement. Click and drag an orb to rotate it along with any meteors trapped inside. Click an orb to destroy it and release its contents at full speed.

Large meteors can't be affected by gravity orbs. To destroy a large meteor, fling a small meteor into its path. In fact, smashing meteors together is a great way to rack up points!

If you let too many meteors strike the Earth's surface, you're toast!



Game by Nate Slottow, Nico Prins, and Pat Kemp.
Music by Teo Acosta.
Sound effects by zimbot via freesound.org (http://www.freesound.org/people/zimbot) licensed under Creative Commons.
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/pv08bzfqfqyp4k9/index.html?dl=0
Windows https://dl.dropbox.com/s/dce150y2kuxwrds/Scary%20Rocks%20%28Windows%29.zip?dl=0
Mac OS X https://dl.dropbox.com/s/i823q58pqzku4my/Scary%20Rocks%20%28Mac%20OS%20X%29.zip?dl=0
Linux https://dl.dropbox.com/s/aw54gd4smgxexae/Scary%20Rocks%20%28Linux%29.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=4349

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall(Jam) 4.33 11
Audio(Jam) 3.95 53
Fun(Jam) 3.82 80
Graphics(Jam) 4.45 49
Humor(Jam) 2.46 713
Innovation(Jam) 4.28 12
Mood(Jam) 3.76 104
Theme(Jam) 4.23 24

Feedback

Hyoga-3D
21. Apr 2015 · 02:20 UTC
Seams very nice, but I could not play, since it only has a OS/X version, if you could make a Web/Windows version it would be nice.
marinalucio
21. Apr 2015 · 05:47 UTC
It's a great game idea and i wish i could play it on my ipad. I hope you can continue developing this amazing game. Great entry. :)
pss
21. Apr 2015 · 18:57 UTC
Lovely! Great graphics and fun gameplay. I really like it.
OnePixelMonster
24. Apr 2015 · 20:05 UTC
Very nice, love the graphics.
SmilingCat
24. Apr 2015 · 20:07 UTC
Pretty awesome, loved the mechanics of turning the asteroids against each other. Great job!
OrangeSpikyGames
24. Apr 2015 · 20:08 UTC
Very cool idea, a little difficult currently.
badlydrawnrod
24. Apr 2015 · 20:08 UTC
I never thought trying to prevent meteors would be sooooo relaxing. Very polished, fully fledged, and a really fun game.
MikkelLevisen
24. Apr 2015 · 20:09 UTC
This was really nice!
chaotikZA
24. Apr 2015 · 20:21 UTC
Very nicely done!
SecondDimension
24. Apr 2015 · 20:31 UTC
Really liked the graphics, I thought it looked incredible. Very interesting game mechanic as well. Found it very hard at first, until I figured out you could turn the gravity orbs.
oparisy
24. Apr 2015 · 20:34 UTC
Very solid, I love your graphical style (low poly and particles, yum!). The music was great too. Please add a very small tutorial at the beginning so that I don't have to read the description :)
local minimum
24. Apr 2015 · 20:41 UTC
Superb arcade game. Very much fun and well balance and... I don't know, kind of perfect. Well, it'd be nice to have a clear indicator of which bubble is up to pop if one just places a new one. It took me one retry to figure out what made the meteors explode at times and that the purpose was to divert and/or shoot at the others. So it might be good with a first time play instruction about the rotation and shooting. Not on every replay though. Got 1165. Don't know how that stands. Oh it would also be cool if there were bonuses for e.g. trapping two in the same bubble and then using both to shoot down two different meteors.
teirce
24. Apr 2015 · 21:28 UTC
What an amazing entry! I really liked your graphics, and the aesthetics of the game as a whole. It took me a while to figure out that I could rotate gravity wells, but that's a really neat idea. This is a game I could definitely see myself playing on my phone or tablet for fun! I'm already playing it for fun right now!
MegaPonies
24. Apr 2015 · 21:29 UTC
Very simple and neat concept, was very cool to play :) It really looks like it will be even better played on a mobile device/tablet
andrewkennedy
24. Apr 2015 · 21:54 UTC
Fun game! The art style was definitely the most impressive feature. I had a hard time getting the hang of the gameplay.
Crefossus
25. Apr 2015 · 00:38 UTC
Slick and innovative w/fitting ambient music sfx etc etc! It's really impressive. For me it's only missing on the fun factor.

I wonder how it would play if you didn't need to rotate the asteroids around completely. As in - if it automatically reversed the direction on bubble entry. Would it make it too easy? It sorta feels a bit tedious to perform the same revolution every time. Although I just realized you can create the gravity orb <anywhere> and not just near the earth surface.

I sometimes get lost in which direction the asteroid is going to go. Maybe my brain thinks the triangle could be both a trail and a direction indicator? Practice I guess..
Enneract
25. Apr 2015 · 04:16 UTC
I really enjoyed this. Felt well polished, and graphics looked great. Awesome work!
lucentbeam
25. Apr 2015 · 04:56 UTC
Gorgeous, unique, welcoming. Best thing I've seen so far!
Kate Kligman
25. Apr 2015 · 04:56 UTC
Beautiful game! Love the graphics and music. The rocky rotating earth looks superb. Nice polish!
Frozenfire92
25. Apr 2015 · 20:18 UTC
Really cool game! It had a nice flow from start to finish. The effects were nice and consistent given the polygon feel
Langouste
28. Apr 2015 · 16:00 UTC
Super game! I love it, thanks ;)
emmelineprufrock
28. Apr 2015 · 23:56 UTC
Very interesting mechanic. Took me a round to get the hang of it (like most LD games, it could use a bit of a tutorial) but I love the art and the sound a great deal and they really add to the sense of polish that this game has.
dyfer
29. Apr 2015 · 16:09 UTC
simple, smart, efficient, you're game is awesome, well done
tikilittle
29. Apr 2015 · 17:58 UTC
Hey Pat & Nico! I could see myself playing this to death. What's the top score so far that you guys have achieved? It would be cool to see how well you do against yourself and others. The art, music also is stunning. Well done fellas.
Fabraz
05. May 2015 · 17:45 UTC
This is fantastic! Fun, simple, nice low poly art. I could see this being quite fun with more gimmicks down the line. Bravo!
surpent
07. May 2015 · 03:23 UTC
Beautiful music. Sophisticated control system.
I love this game!

Sometimes the wrong operation, after a little easy to understand and best.
Mathieu Muller
12. May 2015 · 08:44 UTC
Wow, I didn't know that somebody else had the same idea as me for the LD32. Congrats for your ratings!
🎤 Pat Kemp
12. May 2015 · 17:41 UTC
@Mathieu-- Hah, your concept does sound very similar! I wish I could check it out, but I'm on a Mac.