Skin Deep by Martin Vilcans
The very latest in cosmetic laser surgery is here!
Bring out the true beauty of your patients with the PeelRay(tm) LD29, designed to grow together with you in your medical profession. Once you have mastered short incisions, the PeelRay(tm) LD29 increases its powerful laser to make even longer uninterrupted cuts possible. In fact, with the PeelRay(tm) LD29, there is no other way than uninterrupted cutting!
NOTE: There is a bug which makes the game freeze when you make certain cuts, and the behaviour when completing the game is confusing. I'm working on this.
Update Tuesday Apr 29: I modified how the skin is removed and got rid of the requirement of the browser to support WebGL. Now it should work on most handhelds and graphics should update properly.
Bring out the true beauty of your patients with the PeelRay(tm) LD29, designed to grow together with you in your medical profession. Once you have mastered short incisions, the PeelRay(tm) LD29 increases its powerful laser to make even longer uninterrupted cuts possible. In fact, with the PeelRay(tm) LD29, there is no other way than uninterrupted cutting!
NOTE: There is a bug which makes the game freeze when you make certain cuts, and the behaviour when completing the game is confusing. I'm working on this.
Update Tuesday Apr 29: I modified how the skin is removed and got rid of the requirement of the browser to support WebGL. Now it should work on most handhelds and graphics should update properly.
| Web | http://ld29.librador.com |
| Source | https://github.com/vilcans/ld29 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=10862 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 44% | 1633 |
| Overall | 3.13 | 614 |
| Audio | 2.90 | 465 |
| Fun | 2.72 | 826 |
| Graphics | 3.29 | 467 |
| Humor | 2.19 | 734 |
| Innovation | 3.97 | 76 |
| Mood | 3.48 | 208 |
| Theme | 4.00 | 43 |
As the final cut I cut a big part of the face and it said game over and something else at the same time. It felt like I had removed all pieces but maybe I missed one.
Anyhow that was the tech-part. The style was nice. To increase the cutting-feel you could try having the user stay close ahead of the red dot to keep cutting and not burn a hole in the head and not move too fast so the cut becomes dashed, not skid too much to the sides of the target line. And so on.
Some answers:
@local minimum: Congratulations for completing the game! Unfortunately the congratulatory message was obscured by the game over message. I've fixed that bug now. The freeze bug is still roaming free, but it should be fixed any moment now... Also thanks for the ideas for improving the gameplay.
@ripatti: The graphics bug is fixed, but the freeze bug is still there unfortunately.
@bhocao: Control the laser cutter by pointing in the direction you want it to go. Enclose an area of the skin to cut it away.
And an unique approach about the theme too! A little creepy! xD
P.S.: Hi, how's things? :-)
Nice visuals and a cool idea though.
Anssi@MooseflyGames
@vilya: Yeah, hi there! All is good here. Started as an independent contractor recently. Downloading your game right now.