LD29 Jam : You Are The Magnet by robopossum

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made by robopossum for LD29 (JAM)
You Are The Magnet

A game designed and created by Robopossum and MrAffen in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 29.

Controls and Gameplay

You Are The Magnet beneath the surface of a table/desk. Your goal is to move the ball above the desk into coins for points, fortunately it's magnetic.
Unfortunately, there are also other magnetic (and non-magnetic) obstacles on the table/desk which you will have to compensate for.
Control your magnet with W, A, S , D and adjust the music volume using + and -, you can also mute it with M.

Coin values
Gold = 10
Red = 20
Blue = 50

Achievement Hints

Dinner
Fork off! - That fork would look great on the floor...
Pea'd off! - Hide your greens.
Greek Wedding! - Smash those plates!
What a mug! - Who needs coffee anyway?

Desk
Coup d'etat - Topple the ruler!
Last screening - Real pros don't need no monitor.
No pen left behind - I love the smell of falling pen in the morning
Squeaky clean - Mice squeak...

Score
At least you tried - Fail completely
Become the magnet - Rack up the points

Additional notes:
The game screen starts at a very small resolution but is resizable and i recommend sizing it up a bit.
To play on Windows you need Microsoft XNA Redistributable
Link to it is in the download links
To play on Mac you Mono runtime,
Link to download is in the download links

Ratings

Coolness 90% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.54 161
Audio(Jam) 3.20 304
Fun(Jam) 3.00 361
Graphics(Jam) 3.49 332
Humor(Jam) 3.16 160
Innovation(Jam) 4.00 23
Mood(Jam) 3.00 398
Theme(Jam) 3.85 59

Feedback

Conchlab Games
28. Apr 2014 · 19:02 UTC
This game looks great!
Jeasonfire
28. Apr 2014 · 19:08 UTC
Fun game, very interesting to navigate based on the magnet mechanic. Graphics were fun and the music was good.
igwb
28. Apr 2014 · 19:09 UTC
Interesting aproach on the theme. The game is much more difficult that one would expect. Yet it's fun. I like that you added two different settings as well. Heck, even a tutorial and achievements. Well done!
SonicRaptor
28. Apr 2014 · 19:09 UTC
Love the concept, very nice game
AdamSwaggoner
28. Apr 2014 · 19:09 UTC
Cool game, I was sorta lost with the magnet, but I enjoyed it nonetheless!
zedutchgandalf
28. Apr 2014 · 19:12 UTC
Original, pretty nice game! :)
The sound is really quiet, though...
crocantidepollo
28. Apr 2014 · 19:17 UTC
Amazing game! That ball is a little heavy though :P
gwa
28. Apr 2014 · 19:17 UTC
Hey nice game but pretty hard :)
tuxxilla
28. Apr 2014 · 19:17 UTC
Found this to be quite difficult. A glass table would be good for training :)

Great graphics!
Roman Kornev
28. Apr 2014 · 19:32 UTC
Really like the concept of this :) The idea of not directly controlling a ball is very fun.
3D objects look great and feel very realistic but I think 'pixel' art style feels out of place.
Music gives it a nice mood. Great game!
fullmontis
28. Apr 2014 · 19:57 UTC
This is a very cool idea, but very hard. The ball seems to fly away quite easily, hm. Stil, I love the originality!
Kragnir
28. Apr 2014 · 20:19 UTC
I like the idea. Could have used at least one level where the magnet was visible the invisible magnet was a bit overused.
VanMerwan
29. Apr 2014 · 09:59 UTC
Nice. Maybe the magnet should attract the ball from a more far distance.
abuzreq
29. Apr 2014 · 10:04 UTC
Liked it , yet it was a bit hard though to keep predicting the location of the magnet.
DanEEStar
29. Apr 2014 · 10:48 UTC
Great game!
But its always Game Over for me. But fun to play around with.
Great work on the achievements.
Kwrky
29. Apr 2014 · 10:55 UTC
Windows zip is corrupt?
🎤 robopossum
29. Apr 2014 · 11:36 UTC
@Kwrky I've just checked the windows download and it's working fine, perhaps try downloading again. For the game to run you'll need microsoft XNA installed, the link to download it is in the download links of the entry.
Dramentiaras
29. Apr 2014 · 13:53 UTC
Graphics look good. I like the achievements!
Red Light Collective
29. Apr 2014 · 14:50 UTC
Good idea, it's just need practice.
Original :)
RobotParking
29. Apr 2014 · 14:56 UTC
I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE MAGNET
archaeometrician
29. Apr 2014 · 14:59 UTC
Nice concept ! Interesting mechanics, really not as easy as I first thought ;) Great work and nice interpretation of the theme ;) The achienvments are funny, good idea ;)
ComicSans
29. Apr 2014 · 15:02 UTC
Ok, I admit I spent all my time trying to knock stuff all the desk. Fun!
mrhill
29. Apr 2014 · 15:11 UTC
Nice idea and good graphics, couldn't get the hang of the magnet controls though but that's just me being bad.
Stepperz
29. Apr 2014 · 15:42 UTC
I like your take on the theme :) And the graphics coupled with a good gameplay idea make for a very interesting game!
Siewart
29. Apr 2014 · 15:43 UTC
Pfff, very hard. Nice idea! :D
nonentheless
30. Apr 2014 · 08:46 UTC
Pretty nice idea
ccglp
30. Apr 2014 · 11:32 UTC
Magnets are always a cool thing!
GamerTaters
30. Apr 2014 · 11:35 UTC
I really enjoyed this game. Great interpretation of the theme.
TeamFlare
30. Apr 2014 · 21:33 UTC
Super original!
Newt_
30. Apr 2014 · 21:40 UTC
Ever since I was young, I've said that I wanted to be a magnet when I grew up. They mocked me. All of them. Teachers, friends, my grandma. They said it was impossible. They said I could never be a magnet. Well look at me now, grandma. Look at me now.
(Great game btw)
SoupWithBits
02. May 2014 · 06:26 UTC
Really awesome take on the theme!
dector
03. May 2014 · 06:42 UTC
Quite fun but time pressure killing me :(
jtpup0
05. May 2014 · 20:27 UTC
Awesome concept and game, I used to do this with paperclips in class at high school to scare people haha
Delca
09. May 2014 · 21:48 UTC
A great entry, and a surprisingly hard game! Still got a couple of (easy) achivements.
However, even when I knew where my magnet was, it was still hard to control the ball, especially to make it stop.
Clinthoney
19. May 2014 · 04:15 UTC
Absolutely loved the game. The uniqueness of it is great. But I wish there was a way to see were the magnet is while its under the table because personally I get confused.