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SquareShift - Sticky Squares by zugende

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made by zugende for LD35 (COMPO)
Are you ready for a busy, overloading game?
Then check out my game SquareShift.

Keys
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WASD / Arrow keys to control the player
Escape key to toggle pause menu

Notes
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SquareShift is a cool mix between Snake and Agar.io. The goal is easy: collect as many squares as possible within 90s.

But watch out, this game is damn hard.
Seriously, if you pass level 4, send me a screenshot. :D

PS: Want a Berserker Mode? Good! I got you covered. Now, play my game.

Tools
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Engine: Love2D
Graphics: Photoshop
Music: Garageband
Sounds: sfxr
IDE: Zerobrane
Text Editor: hackmd.io

This is my first entry, so I am super excited about feedback.
Thanks a lot guys!

PS: Still trying to port this to Mac. But first give me some hours of sleep. XD
Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzdUTd79siSNMGdkR1VQQ1MxNDQ
Source https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzdUTd79siSNZU1NQXlaZ1lXalk/view?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=89443

Ratings

Coolness 64% 3
Overall 3.52 213
Audio 3.41 153
Fun 3.52 200
Graphics 3.03 456
Humor 2.68 301
Innovation 3.38 303
Mood 3.27 237
Theme 3.12 625

Feedback

staircase27
18. Apr 2016 · 11:22 UTC
I made it to level 5 - http://sasha.sector-alpha.net/~staircase/squareshift.png
Fun game. Berserker Mode might be a bit too good. Thats how I got through level 4. Basically constantly grabbing beserker modes and growing till giant but then losing many as soon as it finished.
Kiwiboi
18. Apr 2016 · 11:32 UTC
Got to level 5! Cool game, but pretty sure it becomes impossible pretty soon after 4 unless extremely lucky.
You get blown up after berserker mode and then you most likely can't move (because you're so big).
Fun nontheless!:)
Saymon
18. Apr 2016 · 11:37 UTC
Nice game, can be a little frustrating to hit bombs near the completion of the objective, but it's fun !
rosden shadow
18. Apr 2016 · 11:40 UTC
loved it!
FloatingGhost
18. Apr 2016 · 11:42 UTC
I got to rainbow level (5 I think)
I ended up being massive, albeit spread very thin, so I literally couldn't move :D

Is cherry mode time random? Some times it lasted 0.1 seconds, other times like 10 seconds :P

But it's a nicely made game that got me to keep going to level 5

(http://imgur.com/cTNvgbd <-- Spread VERY thin)
celmore1001
18. Apr 2016 · 12:32 UTC
Had over 500 points in 5th level but the level didn't change! Noooooo!! :D A fun game though.
MartinFernandez
18. Apr 2016 · 12:41 UTC
Very good game, the mechanics are funny, and great music!! excelent work.
Hyoga-3D
18. Apr 2016 · 12:53 UTC
Nice mechanics, I just did not understand how you used the theme in the game. But the menu animations are pretty nice.
KristophTG
18. Apr 2016 · 13:00 UTC
Very fun game. I liked the music a lot.
seitnerk
18. Apr 2016 · 13:19 UTC
really cool idea! nice and challenging.
qu2
18. Apr 2016 · 13:27 UTC
I beat level 4!
http://imgur.com/EKDdyIX
This is really fun, especially the early levels.
Maybe the mechanic needs tweaking for the later levels? Once you hit a certain size you can't really do anything.
zuganfang
18. Apr 2016 · 13:46 UTC
I love it!
But lvl 5 is a beast!
cubegames13
18. Apr 2016 · 13:51 UTC
That was pretty fun!
Alphius
18. Apr 2016 · 16:35 UTC
I beat level 5 too (571/500), but it didn't take me to the next level :'(
aegypticus
18. Apr 2016 · 20:13 UTC
I'll play this once you get a mac port going! I always love playing games of fellow Love2d programmers!
MikeTheWayne
19. Apr 2016 · 20:51 UTC
Absolutely love your entry, simply fantastic, good fun, great audio (even if it is just a repetitive, yet cool beat). When you wrote in your description that it had a mix of Agar.io, I was expecting a cheap rip-off, but instead you give us this, infinitely more original! I applaud you!
Dreschler
19. Apr 2016 · 20:55 UTC
Good game!
James Coote
19. Apr 2016 · 21:08 UTC
Good fun. Think if I played it a bit more, could probably start working out different tactics. Music and graphics are good. UI especially, which is no mean feat for a game jam (though a bit too much bounce for my tastes).

My one criticism would be that I can't see too many places for the game to go beyond what is there at the moment. Maybe that doesn't matter, but always nice to think of ways to keep people coming back to the game on a bit longer term basis.
XtremePrime
19. Apr 2016 · 21:09 UTC
I got to level 5! (and then crashed the game ;P)
http://puu.sh/oow9r/c345b15bb6.jpg
http://puu.sh/oowd4/9ca12d6498.png

Absolutely addicting! One of the best games I played at this LD <3 Great concept, bouncy music, graphics on the spot. Excellent work!
glitchu
19. Apr 2016 · 21:21 UTC
made it to level 5, but I got to a point where the squares took up the entirety of the vertical space so I was unable to move up and down and not left and right(that was on level 5). Menu and UI design is very good and sounds are good too. Overall it was fun to play
psychonull
19. Apr 2016 · 22:14 UTC
fun game! got to level 5 also .. to a size that I couldn't move haha and when I got back from mode Berserker got lots of bombs resulting in an error from LUA (https://snag.gy/NWDTLJ) haha the blue screen could be included in the game too :P
Great work!
Cowa
20. Apr 2016 · 19:21 UTC
Wow that was very funny. I felt very satisfying to collect blocks and grow :D
josefnpat
21. Apr 2016 · 07:37 UTC
Very nice job! Works nicely in linux :)

Clean and entertaining with excellent visual and audio cues!
Saiodin
21. Apr 2016 · 19:54 UTC
Cool idea, I liked the gameplay! As other have said a bit frustrating to lose so much points if getting hit by a bomb, but otherwise good fun!
davor10105
29. Apr 2016 · 21:34 UTC
great game, good job!
Alphish
01. May 2016 · 18:04 UTC
Got to level 5, too, I even got 500 and got so many pieces I was pretty much immobile but then the game kinda said "eh, whatever" and didn't advance me any further (Berserker mode is soo OP). Rather funny concept, but I guess it'd need to be readjusted to make a complete and successful game.

Overall, not bad. Keep it up.
h2n0
08. May 2016 · 08:57 UTC
Freaking beautiful!!!! The best game I've played so far. Its so addicting, I will be level 5