Str1ngle by Zanzlanz
Hi!
Hope you enjoy Str1ngle!
Feel free to skim the sections below if you're interested :D
===== Game stats =====
- 977 lines of code
- 4 sweet powerups
- 3 ball upgrades
- 3 enemies
- 10 levels
It's *really* difficult! Good luck!
Play it a few times, because over time you'll definitely get better. :)
===== The name =====
Single + string + 1 = Str1ngle!
Best name I could come up with, haha ;)
===== Concept =====
So the concept is very abstract! You're a tethered wrecking ball, whose rope is being attacked by ninja stars in space! You must defend your one and only rope, for whatever it takes.
===== Post Compo =====
Fixed a dozen bugs, tweaked a couple small things, and added medals for Newgrounds.
===== Music =====
- http://zanzlanz.bandcamp.com/album/str1ngle-soundtrack
===== Source Code =====
- Flash CS5.5 file: .fla
- 818 kB (Music is commented out, erased ad)
===== Beginning =====
When I heard the theme, I had no idea what to make (as did many of you)! So I started off with 'Just One' rotating box in the middle of the screen. After I attached a string to it, I realized what my game would be.
===== Timelapse and Live stream =====
I live streamed whenever I was awake, on http://twitch.tv/zanzlanz.
Timelapse: https://youtu.be/19MqTBOCpUE
I need to thank every one of you who watched my stream, even for a minute. It was quite a party, with over 50 people on at one point!! So thanks so much. And a special thanks to Starry (@StarrylLeaf) for finding a game-breaking bug in the last hour. And also that to Boodog, who also found one (he's the first comment)!
===== What the game lacks =====
- Replayability is low, I didn't have time to add a scoreboard, or even save high scores.
- Easier tutorial. Would help for people who can't grasp the random concept I came up with.
- Points-until-next-level meter. I wanted to add it, but never had the time.
- A lot of other, smaller stuff! xD
===== Overall =====
I'm so happy with this game! I had my doubts at first, but now I love it! It's so trippy and fun! :)
I could expand upon it in the future, but for now I just want to sleep...
O_O
ZZZZZzzzzzzZZzzz
Hope you enjoy Str1ngle!
Feel free to skim the sections below if you're interested :D
===== Game stats =====
- 977 lines of code
- 4 sweet powerups
- 3 ball upgrades
- 3 enemies
- 10 levels
It's *really* difficult! Good luck!
Play it a few times, because over time you'll definitely get better. :)
===== The name =====
Single + string + 1 = Str1ngle!
Best name I could come up with, haha ;)
===== Concept =====
So the concept is very abstract! You're a tethered wrecking ball, whose rope is being attacked by ninja stars in space! You must defend your one and only rope, for whatever it takes.
===== Post Compo =====
Fixed a dozen bugs, tweaked a couple small things, and added medals for Newgrounds.
===== Music =====
- http://zanzlanz.bandcamp.com/album/str1ngle-soundtrack
===== Source Code =====
- Flash CS5.5 file: .fla
- 818 kB (Music is commented out, erased ad)
===== Beginning =====
When I heard the theme, I had no idea what to make (as did many of you)! So I started off with 'Just One' rotating box in the middle of the screen. After I attached a string to it, I realized what my game would be.
===== Timelapse and Live stream =====
I live streamed whenever I was awake, on http://twitch.tv/zanzlanz.
Timelapse: https://youtu.be/19MqTBOCpUE
I need to thank every one of you who watched my stream, even for a minute. It was quite a party, with over 50 people on at one point!! So thanks so much. And a special thanks to Starry (@StarrylLeaf) for finding a game-breaking bug in the last hour. And also that to Boodog, who also found one (he's the first comment)!
===== What the game lacks =====
- Replayability is low, I didn't have time to add a scoreboard, or even save high scores.
- Easier tutorial. Would help for people who can't grasp the random concept I came up with.
- Points-until-next-level meter. I wanted to add it, but never had the time.
- A lot of other, smaller stuff! xD
===== Overall =====
I'm so happy with this game! I had my doubts at first, but now I love it! It's so trippy and fun! :)
I could expand upon it in the future, but for now I just want to sleep...
O_O
ZZZZZzzzzzzZZzzz
| Post Compo | http://zanzlanz.com/g/Str1ngle |
| Newgrounds (Post Compo) | http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/630426 |
| Web | http://zanzlanz.com/g/Str1ngleLD |
| Source | http://zanzlanz.com/dump/2013/Str1ngleSource.zip |
| Timelapse! | https://youtu.be/19MqTBOCpUE |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=11407 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 73% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.98 | 23 |
| Audio | 4.03 | 9 |
| Fun | 3.95 | 12 |
| Graphics | 3.29 | 309 |
| Humor | 2.90 | 254 |
| Innovation | 4.07 | 18 |
| Mood | 3.29 | 194 |
| Theme | 3.13 | 364 |
Good job on your first LD, Olafsworld98!
I also thought of the next level meter, Bogden, but I ran out of time before it came into priority. A fast-paced game with slow-progression is pretty bad design. I should have changed that!
gmfk07, I was contemplating for a few hours on how to make that not an issue! Thanks to some Skype buds for helping me brainstorm! Sorry about the lag. I realized this when I played at school (shh!). The slow-down effect doesn't help in that case, haha! Hope it didn't ruin the game for you!
FrozenCow! Thank you!! Once I got the idea for it, I knew it had to be very powerful and trippy. I don't know where the idea game from either, and it's kinda awkward to explain to people, haha :)
Desmarkie, that's exactly what I was hoping for! Thanks!
SerialVelocity - :D! I did test that before, and you can definitely hit everything that comes at you if you plan a bit ahead :)
Xaedes and HeyChinaski, the background is actually pretty easy! I used Flash's Perlin noise function. Feel free to download the source if you want. But this site has a really cool code generator that makes it much easier to set up:
http://houseofthead.com/blog/flash-as3-perlin-noise-explained-and-demonstrated-part-1/
:D
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107314069/screenshots/str1ngle.png
It took me two times to win - first time, I made it to level 8. Had lots of fun.
I did notice that the game started getting really slow around levels 6-7 when there were more things flying around. It was especially slow when I had the torch + projectile powerups at the same time - I suspect that the high number of particles was the culprit.
All in all, great job!
Thanks Symmeteer, and great job beating it in only 2 tries! :)
You're right about the lag. I wish Flash was just a tad bit faster, haha, because I loooove particles a lot!
Gosh, that's a very generous rating olafsworld98! Thanks so much :D
xk - that's exactly my intentions! :3
Maybe if I can set it up just right, it'll work well on iOS! :D
I love it. It was really fun. For 48 hours, absolutely amazing.
music and easy mechanics and power ups in combination make it quite addictive :)
And thank you Nyrrrr! I was hoping for that ;D