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Grid Ten by pbdiode

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made by pbdiode for LD27 (COMPO)
The goal of Grid Ten is to protect the green dot from the cyan and redish/purplish ones.

You can select junctions and then add objects that force the cyan dots to move in specific directions, and you can also add blocks that destroy cyan dots instantly.

You get points every 10 seconds. These points are both your score and a type of currency for being able to place objects on the grid.

There are also more things in the game (behind the scenes) that relate to 10 or 10 seconds -- like that the grid is 10x10.

The rest of the instructions are on the game's webpage.

Only tested on Chrome 29 and FF (22 and 25.0a2).

* Known Issues:
- sounds occasionally get louder the more often they are played, and so audio is muted by default.
- If you have something like vimperator installed as a browser plugin, you might run into some issues with keys not being capture correctly
- (FIXED) Apparently the arrows stick around between resets. This is not intentional, and a bug


Tech Stack Used:
* Vim
* Firefox, Chrome
* javascript
* Howler.js
* Audacity
* Bfxr
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/48144436/LD48/27/index.html
Source (github) https://github.com/zombified/gridten
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=7263

Ratings

Coolness 55% 3
Overall 2.52 1022
Audio 1.50 923
Fun 2.23 1038
Graphics 1.77 1141
Humor 1.39 963
Innovation 2.90 597
Mood 1.84 1042
Theme 2.19 1121

Feedback

Miltage
26. Aug 2013 · 16:20 UTC
Interesting game. I liked to set up elaborate traps for those unsuspecting dots to fall into.
rephus
26. Aug 2013 · 16:27 UTC
Original idea of a tactic game, however, the game becomes too easy if you cover the borders with arrows pointing outwards
Cosmologicon
26. Aug 2013 · 16:29 UTC
I found the gameplay really hard to get a handle on at first. (One issue is that the instructions for what keys to use for each object are currently wrong.) The mechanics is not very intuitive, and a tutorial would do great here. But once I got into it, it was kind of a fun little tower defense. I got to around 300 points. It was helpful that I spawned so close to the edge. I think it would have been much harder in the center.
hypp
26. Aug 2013 · 17:05 UTC
I found it hard to understand what I was supposed to do?
Spelchan
26. Aug 2013 · 17:27 UTC
Nice puzzle. The difficulty of the game depends on where you start. If you are near the edge the game is ridiculously easy while being in the middle is quite a challenge.
Mesene
26. Aug 2013 · 17:33 UTC
Nice entry, interesting mechanics.
On firefox If you restart the game older arrow sprites keep on stage
joekinglake
26. Aug 2013 · 17:46 UTC
I really like this game, it felt like a very interesting challenge. I thought the mood could be improved such as some ambient music and softer sound effects. A few simple graphical effects might be nice. Overall a really pleasant experience. Great job.
KeithE.
26. Aug 2013 · 19:03 UTC
Cool idea. It felt like the arrows should disappear between scoring intervals. The game became really easy the further I got into it. I could see this being expanded in some fun ways with different types of traps and different colored dots that require different strategies. Good job!
Vile Smile
27. Aug 2013 · 15:44 UTC
Wasn't sure what to do at first. The mechanic is very cool, but it's very easy to push enemies off screen.
elementz123
27. Aug 2013 · 16:11 UTC
This is a neat idea that has great potential! I agree with others who said it can become too easy when you figure out whats going on. One suggestion I can think of is have a fast forward option.
netmute
28. Aug 2013 · 06:27 UTC
Interesting gameplay in this one. I found it a bit complicated to figure out what was going on at first, but then everything went buttersmooth ;) Pretty simple once you grasped the mechanics :)
Capro
28. Aug 2013 · 12:02 UTC
Not so much related with the theme, but the mechanics are interesting. You should work on this concept, it can become an awesome game.
KunoNoOni
30. Aug 2013 · 16:23 UTC
I like puzzle game. This was really cool.
Brassawiking
30. Aug 2013 · 16:54 UTC
If you can fix so that spamming the borders with a great wall is not a winning move, add some music, throw in some extra variation, then you have a nice fun little game on your hands =)
tchem
05. Sep 2013 · 22:42 UTC
Nice game, original and dinamic,,, great
PaulSB
08. Sep 2013 · 21:19 UTC
Interesting, reminiscent of ChuChu Rocket mechanically. Found it was very sedate to start with then quite sharply the number of enemies became overwhelming. I would have enjoyed a faster pace to the early stages and a smoother transition to the harder stages. Quite basic in appearance but a solid effort :)