Disposable by Zuige

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made by Zuige for LD28 (JAM)
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This is an experimental multiplayer world creation game. Standalone Unity clients are supplied.

Game includes instructions.

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In Disposable, the World you create gets automatically annihilated each hour.

You will be given the power to create and multiply a primitive block for each hour.

Remember: You only get one.

However, you're not alone. There are others, perhaps with different powers building with you.

Do whatever you wish with your newly given powers to create in this world.

Just keep in mind: It won't last.

Ratings

Coolness 51% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.48 112
Audio(Jam) 2.65 329
Fun(Jam) 2.88 260
Graphics(Jam) 3.12 296
Humor(Jam) 1.94 378
Innovation(Jam) 3.48 68
Mood(Jam) 2.65 362
Theme(Jam) 3.28 118

Feedback

code-11
17. Dec 2013 路 05:00 UTC
This game sounded really cool, but it required me to login to bitbucket which was interesting. After I had logged in, it said that access was denied.
馃帳 Zuige
17. Dec 2013 路 05:27 UTC
@code-11: I'm really sorry. I forgot to switch the repo to public on bitbucket. Should work now!
ocathalain
18. Dec 2013 路 01:19 UTC
Really interesting idea! I think the timer might be a bit long (I ran out of patience), but otherwise really enjoyed.
TeamFlare
20. Dec 2013 路 14:15 UTC
Very interesting and pleasently minimal :) cool
soy_yuma
20. Dec 2013 路 21:09 UTC
Cool! I like the minimalism of it! Although, I felt it was complicated to precisely place the cubes... Also, the other people are other players? Or some sort of AI?
BeardoGames
20. Dec 2013 路 21:12 UTC
Super ambitious concept with a great implementation! The only difficulty I had was in the precise placement of blocks. My assumption is that it's a Journey-style anonymous multiplayer? Nice work, I'll be back to play it some more over the weekend.
Czepta
20. Dec 2013 路 21:13 UTC
Really great game idea! It was cool when I first loaded up the game to see what had already been created. Unfortunately I wasn't able to place any blocks for some reason and the timer was stopped at 1 hour. Otherwise this game is really cool and a great way to share creativity!
Norgg
20. Dec 2013 路 21:28 UTC
Not sure who was helping me make http://imgur.com/efnxlML but thanks for correcting my lettering. :D

Awesome idea.
runvs
20. Dec 2013 路 21:45 UTC
Nice idea. Some Music and some more sound effects could have been nice. I would also have liked to see some things happen on the map by itself, like flowing water or flowers growing on grass.
rnlf
20. Dec 2013 路 21:48 UTC
It's probably fun, when lot's of people are online, looks solid, but is honestly a bit boring when you're alone.
evilseanbot
20. Dec 2013 路 21:49 UTC
All I saw was "Your block for the next hour is" and "Time left until next world reset" without any blocks in view.
馃帳 Zuige
20. Dec 2013 路 22:08 UTC
Sorry @evilseanbot and any others who may have experienced this! The server went down for a while there. :(
Norgg
20. Dec 2013 路 22:44 UTC
In memorial to world #532:
http://i.imgur.com/bGsbgOe.png
http://i.imgur.com/VB529r3.png
http://i.imgur.com/OZA0Bxt.png
http://i.imgur.com/rLYK4hB.png
http://i.imgur.com/8qWiVoS.png
http://i.imgur.com/hukPDQk.png
Jiggawatt
21. Dec 2013 路 01:26 UTC
Block placement was a bit derpy with that projection sometimes. Adding shadows or letting the user rotate the camera freely could help with that.

Of course, a multiplayer game of any scope is pretty ambitious for LD. I like to think that simple as this is, it raises some philosophical points about impermanence and anonymity in the process. Or it's just a toy and I'm overanalyzing.
Jiggawatt
21. Dec 2013 路 01:29 UTC
I'm seeing someone place purple and green blocks right now even though gray's the theme. wut

Whih reminds me, maybe you shouldn't be able to remove blocks that aren't your color.
Jiggawatt
21. Dec 2013 路 01:31 UTC
Oh nevermind, apparently everyone gets a different color and there just happened to be several people with my color when I first joined.
Xaychru04
21. Dec 2013 路 20:45 UTC
I liked the concept, just a bit boring when you're alone on the server... I enjoyed playing that with a friend, although he just placed some random blocks everywhere and rage quited... x)
goerp
22. Dec 2013 路 17:01 UTC
Oops, I didn't read the instructions at first and didn't know it was multiplayer. Sorry about the random block spamming :)

But because I didn't read it was a nice revelation when other were adding to the world.

Original this was.