Twinkle by ReddogStone
Behold: Twinkle - a game about connecting worlds, erm, stars.
This is my second LD. Having not finished the last one I decided to go for a really small projet this time. Luckily it worked out quite well. Though, I had to drop some more ambitions goals, like multiple level packs with different rules and increasing difficulty. I hope that's something for the future.
The task is very simple: connect as many stars as possible without making a star-triangle. Sounds easier than it is. It is even connected to a quite young field of mathematics, namely the Ramsey theory.
Have fun!
I used:
Programming:
- HTML5/JavaScript
- seedrandom.js from here: https://github.com/davidbau/seedrandom
Graphics:
- Entirely generated in code
Audio:
- Generated with BFXR
Music:
- Guitar
- Audacity for recording and de-noising
This is my second LD. Having not finished the last one I decided to go for a really small projet this time. Luckily it worked out quite well. Though, I had to drop some more ambitions goals, like multiple level packs with different rules and increasing difficulty. I hope that's something for the future.
The task is very simple: connect as many stars as possible without making a star-triangle. Sounds easier than it is. It is even connected to a quite young field of mathematics, namely the Ramsey theory.
Have fun!
I used:
Programming:
- HTML5/JavaScript
- seedrandom.js from here: https://github.com/davidbau/seedrandom
Graphics:
- Entirely generated in code
Audio:
- Generated with BFXR
Music:
- Guitar
- Audacity for recording and de-noising
Ratings
| Coolness | 57% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.03 | 738 |
| Audio | 3.00 | 375 |
| Fun | 2.91 | 668 |
| Graphics | 2.66 | 839 |
| Humor | 1.73 | 897 |
| Innovation | 3.25 | 495 |
| Mood | 2.75 | 766 |
| Theme | 3.22 | 581 |
Probably you shouldn't let the player progress to the next level until a certain score is achieved?
To be honest, I have a concept for at least five more rule-set extensions, like arrows instead of lines. Unfortunately, even for this first extension I couldn't prove the maximum amount yet xD So, one way would be to find it brute force :)
The audio is really soothing.
I liked the living graphics, especially the breathing clouds.
I really enjoyed your music composition, I found the volume a bit too low, but better a low good music than a high annoying one.
I went until the 9 stars level. Maybe for a future version, an highlighting of existing links when the mouse is over a specific star could help to think (or maybe it makes it too easy???).
It's a nice game, I think the size of the project is perfect for a gamejam, you did very well.