Tensek Mode by Diventurer

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made by Diventurer for LD27 (COMPO)
In Tensek Mode, you are a "thing" that tries to stay on the infinitely developing platform that changes mode every 10 seconds! Scary!

If you pick up a mode changer, the next mode will be of the mode changer you picked up.

CONTROLS:
Use 'W' to accelerate, and 'A' and 'D' to steer.
'Escape' to enter title screen.
'Return' to start game from title screen.

Try to beat your highscore, and keep an eye out for a sudden change in speed or platform development. Lightning Speedmode will get you for sure!

Ratings

Coolness 61% 3
Overall 3.03 584
Audio 2.97 309
Fun 2.73 717
Graphics 2.64 705
Humor 1.77 837
Innovation 3.00 521
Mood 2.72 559
Theme 2.93 765

Feedback

Dark Acre Jack
26. Aug 2013 路 17:35 UTC
I hear sounds & have a taskbar icon but no game window. Win7/64 and yes I have vcredist.
馃帳 Diventurer
26. Aug 2013 路 17:41 UTC
@Dark Acre Jack
Oh, that's always a tricky one...
Does the "_nocturne_log.txt" say anything?
If you could pastebin it, that would be great.
Thanks for trying anyway.
You could always try it on another computer though, if you can. Unless that's too much hassle.
handCraftedRadio
26. Aug 2013 路 17:42 UTC
I thought this game had a really cool feeling to it with the visuals and music. It sort of felt like playing a music visualizer. Hypnotic and relaxing.
Sh1rogane
26. Aug 2013 路 17:45 UTC
Fun game!
馃帳 Diventurer
26. Aug 2013 路 17:54 UTC
@handCraftedRadio
Thanks a lot! It makes me really happy that you enjoyed it!

@Sh1rogane
Thanks a lot to you too! :D
HighQuality
26. Aug 2013 路 18:39 UTC
Really interesting concept that feels both well polished and completed disregarding the obvious lack of a thorough highscore system.

The instructions also felt a bit unclear at first due to the fact that I somewhat panicked once I realized I only had 10 seconds to read it all, mostly because it seemed like the descriptions of the different modes were more important than they actually were. Also, even though the player controls were pretty straight forward it'd be nice to have them told to you without having to figure them out by yourself.
doonay21
27. Aug 2013 路 16:58 UTC
Windows 7 64 bit - game work as charm.
馃帳 Diventurer
27. Aug 2013 路 16:59 UTC
@doonay21
Awesome! Did you enjoy it? :)
killmonday
27. Aug 2013 路 17:29 UTC
Cool idea! Felt really trippy and weird in a sick but good way!
馃帳 Diventurer
27. Aug 2013 路 17:54 UTC
@killmonday
Awesome! Thank you for playing! :D
Kragnir
27. Aug 2013 路 23:36 UTC
The instructions could have been made much easier since the only thing you need to know is that you need to avoid the edges.
馃帳 Diventurer
28. Aug 2013 路 04:34 UTC
@Kragnir
While I agree, I have to say that it's not hard to figure out yourself. ;)
Bmanrules
28. Aug 2013 路 16:03 UTC
Very fun game! Lovely use of the theme and very nice gameplay. Controls were a bit unresponsive at times but I really enjoyed it.
馃帳 Diventurer
28. Aug 2013 路 17:51 UTC
@Bmanrules
Thanks, that means a lot! :D
Joror
28. Aug 2013 路 18:17 UTC
I felt very wurmy while playing this. :D A bit hard to 'see' which way you are heading without a more accurate representation of your current heading though.
TammiLion
28. Aug 2013 路 18:20 UTC
Gameplay feels good! I had a million and a half points, died at lightning speed mode XD
馃帳 Diventurer
29. Aug 2013 路 05:02 UTC
@Joror
Haha, well - you don't really need to 'see' which way you are heading. You just have to steer while considering the velocity.

@TammiLion
Awesome! :D And yeah, the lighting speedmode is definitely the hardest one. Nice highscore.
ashdnazg
29. Aug 2013 路 18:56 UTC
Quite pretty and very interesting music!
馃帳 Diventurer
29. Aug 2013 路 19:07 UTC
@ashdnazg
Thanks a lot! :D
Reyn
02. Sep 2013 路 20:10 UTC
Seems your download link is broken :( Can ping the domain but the download hangs
馃帳 Diventurer
03. Sep 2013 路 07:27 UTC
@Reyn
Yeah, I've noticed it myself. I'll upload to a new host.
dook
03. Sep 2013 路 16:53 UTC
This was weird, but good and original :) There should be a highscore, I figure I got a lot of points at one point, but the game restarted before I could see.
馃帳 Diventurer
03. Sep 2013 路 18:37 UTC
@dook
There is a highscore, dook!
On the top-right corner, you can see the highscore, and even shows you the difference of your current score and highscore if you're currently beating it.

Thanks for playing!
Reyn
03. Sep 2013 路 20:03 UTC
Trippy :)
馃帳 Diventurer
03. Sep 2013 路 21:21 UTC
@Reyn
Thanks for trying! :D