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Screen of Infinite Detail by Snicklodocus

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made by Snicklodocus for LD31 (COMPO)
There exists a screen of infinite detail, where tiny suns shepherd tiny stars. It is the sun's duty to keep the stars in view, so the screen will stay beautiful for all. They have tools for this, such as bombs, lassos and teleporters. Guide the stars and fulfill the sun's purpose.

Get a high score by keeping stars on screen for as long as possible. This is difficult, since the stars run from you and the screen is constantly zooming in! Collect pickups for tools and score.

Move with the arrow keys or WASD.
Aim a powerup tool with the mouse, and use it with left click.

Thanks for playing! Contact me @snicklodocus on twitter or at my blog, gamesbyme.tumblr.com.
Web http://timnedatton.itch.io/screen-of-infinite-detail-ld
Mirror https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45659926/ScreenOfInfiniteDetail/Web.html
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45659926/ScreenOfInfiniteDetail%20-%20Windows.zip
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45659926/ScreenOfInfiniteDetail/ScreenOfInfiniteDetail%20Source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=22794

Ratings

Coolness 48% 1414
Overall 3.72 113
Audio 3.59 97
Fun 3.03 621
Graphics 3.50 305
Innovation 4.17 36
Mood 3.37 205
Theme 4.21 75

Feedback

thopis
09. Dec 2014 · 09:11 UTC
Beautiful!Great concept too!
CAT_IN_THE_DARK_WOOD
10. Dec 2014 · 09:06 UTC
Good entry, like the concept and fine-tuned controls. I expected some recursive gameplay with more and more detailed level, but still very good idea.
mrexcessive
10. Dec 2014 · 14:39 UTC
Hi there. I got very confused... the shimmering maze hurt my eyes... well like a good optical illusion does. Scored 27k odd first attempt... not sure how though, had two stars with me at 'end' but was that me winning or losing ? Got basically impossible to navigate maze after about first minute because all choices were zoomed out of screen range. Like the music.
JJEvil
10. Dec 2014 · 16:38 UTC
Excellent concept. Hard game.
TheScragglyMan
10. Dec 2014 · 17:36 UTC
The graphics made my eyes hurt haha, but i loved how continuous the screen was. Really smart concept. :D
🎤 Snicklodocus
10. Dec 2014 · 20:18 UTC
Thanks for the comments so far! I went experimental with the art; sorry it hurt your eyes!

@mrexcessive: You get score for keeping the stars in view, so you want to guide the camera in such a way to keep them from going off screen. Having two with you at the end is good! I really wanted to make a better tutorial, but ran out of time!
WojWorks
11. Dec 2014 · 00:15 UTC
Hmm, interesting concept, and it works pretty dang well. I especially like the feel of the artwork.
hbocao
11. Dec 2014 · 00:17 UTC
It was kinda confusing at firts, but it's a very interesting concept that could work on mobile. Good job!
BlackBulletIV
11. Dec 2014 · 00:21 UTC
Wasn't sure as to what powerups did or what the score meant. Graphics were nice and polished though. I really loved how it zoomed in on the player. It seemed to convey a cinematic feeling of helplessness.
oh_andrej
11. Dec 2014 · 14:51 UTC
Interesting game with a beautiful style. I like the scanlines, although they can make the game look like an optical illusion when zoomed out - or is that intentional?

I also think that the game seems very hard. Now I put that in such a vague way since I don't know how well players are supposed to do. I for one couldn't get past 28k points, never managed to have more than 3 stars on screen at the end and never had the time to collect even one power up. I can't judge whether the game is unbalanced or I just need practice so I'm not gonna knock off points for that.

Other than that small potential gripe, I'm loving it. Great job!
randomdragoon
12. Dec 2014 · 15:51 UTC
It was a really cool concept, but the moire pattern at the intermediate zoom levels hurt my eyes :(
badlydrawnrod
14. Dec 2014 · 19:00 UTC
Strangely compelling. At first it messed with my eyes, but I got over that and found myself enjoying the game. The music is really well matched with the game.
d3garcia
14. Dec 2014 · 22:40 UTC
Awesome entry! I would just change the wall patterns to see everything better but other than that I loved the game and the mechanincs
Mach60KAS
14. Dec 2014 · 22:43 UTC
Really loved the art style and idea of this game, and with polished presentation like this it was great to play! Well done :)
Pulsartronic
14. Dec 2014 · 22:48 UTC
Nice. Was a surprise the way the camera move to limit your movements and to make it more frenetic that could looks at beginning. Nice entry. Love the audio :D
killthealias
17. Dec 2014 · 00:35 UTC
Very well done, looks very nice, I was a little confused about the goal at first, but it made sense once I was through my first level. Very cool idea for sure!
sweenist
20. Dec 2014 · 15:20 UTC
Neat idea! Fun to play!
maxmetallica
29. Dec 2014 · 22:26 UTC
reallly good game