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Neverending bricks by michail

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made by michail for LD26 (COMPO)
Classic arkanoid game, but with the touch of infinity. Survive this brick madness using up to 8 extra balls - things can quickly get out of control. You don't lose when you are out of balls, but you lose if any of bricks touches the bottom.
Controls: mouse
Developed using HTML5 Canvas + Javascript.
All graphics and sounds created by myself.
Web http://michailgames.com/neverending_bricks.php
Source http://michailgames.com/games/neverending_bricks.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=20486

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.04 698
Audio 3.29 210
Fun 3.19 367
Graphics 2.91 652
Humor 2.22 557
Innovation 2.70 878
Mood 2.79 639
Theme 3.05 994

Feedback

ElScootro
29. Apr 2013 路 12:48 UTC
Fun game! I personally prefer keyboard controls for this sort of thing, I'm always getting out of control with the mouse. I hope you'll continue developing this one, it definitely has potential!
AlvaroH
29. Apr 2013 路 14:09 UTC
Good arkanoid style game!
Xgor
29. Apr 2013 路 14:11 UTC
Pretty fun spin on breakout... but it got kinda stale fast.... I wanna see more powerups than just extra boll. Arkanoid had tons of em.
martijn
29. Apr 2013 路 14:13 UTC
rank: potato.
lol.
馃帳 michail
29. Apr 2013 路 14:18 UTC
Yeah, you are right on powerups - if I would have more time, they would definitely be here! But, on the other hand - without them it is more minimalistic :)
JohnBroadley
29. Apr 2013 路 14:19 UTC
Great concept, I'm not very good at this, but a great game nontheless!
SuperlevelSebastian
29. Apr 2013 路 17:29 UTC
That was fun!
deeJayUA
29. Apr 2013 路 18:57 UTC
Great idea!!
Jarcas Studios
29. Apr 2013 路 19:51 UTC
Neat twist on a classic
Filth and Money
29. Apr 2013 路 21:38 UTC
lol, I like the idea a lot; and I really love how foreboding the music is at the beginning! I just wish extra balls came a little more often. I kept losing them when I got a 7-10 split (so to speak) and could only save one of them. oh yeah, and I got a noob rating lol! =D
argo15
29. Apr 2013 路 22:09 UTC
neat little breakout game
bvanschooten
29. Apr 2013 路 22:17 UTC
I like your approach to breakout. The game looks polished. The moments you get extra balls are rather random, as the extra balls make the game much easier.
Eternal_Rest
30. Apr 2013 路 08:29 UTC
I had to check this out as I made a brick breaking game myself. Good job. I like the idea of the bricks scrolling down like that.
Per
30. Apr 2013 路 17:56 UTC
Fun game with nice music :)
sanojian
30. Apr 2013 路 19:35 UTC
A fine version of Arkanoid and fun too. Not sure what it has to do with the theme, tho.
Jesse111
30. Apr 2013 路 21:40 UTC
Nice work! Takes a classic concept and gives it new rules. Also, very nice music!
tacograveyard
30. Apr 2013 路 21:50 UTC
Interesting how making something infinite tends to simplify it. Good insight.
Zccc
01. May 2013 路 12:19 UTC
Please expand this, it's only fun for a little while!
DaveDobson
01. May 2013 路 22:20 UTC
Fun and very clean - the graphics are simple but appealing, and the gameplay works well. Not a lot to do other than bounce balls around, but a solid entry and fun to play (even on my trackpad, which increased the degree of difficulty significantly). I liked the background music a lot.
loxo
02. May 2013 路 07:00 UTC
Good idea. Infinite games are always fun and great time wasters :) The paddle is a bit hard to control on my trackpad, so I would like to see keyboard support too.
馃帳 michail
02. May 2013 路 09:30 UTC
Thanks for comments! Especially for the tip about keyboard support - next time I will try to support more input methods :)
zatyka
03. May 2013 路 02:46 UTC
Not the most original idea, but executed very very well. Very polished and most of all, fun. I played it for quite a while.
Roan Contreras
03. May 2013 路 22:42 UTC
Simply fun.
Covenant
04. May 2013 路 09:34 UTC
Simple and fun... Good job!
GaTechGrad
06. May 2013 路 23:42 UTC
Really innovative approach to freshen-up the old Breakout/Arkanoid formula.
MinionStudios
07. May 2013 路 14:46 UTC
Nice take on a classic! The bouncing is not affected by speed of the colliding object, so it is harder to control but more predictable.
simvig
08. May 2013 路 19:26 UTC
Very interesting twist on the gameplay, but I found that you can't really control the ball well enough to do anything about the descending blocks.
Xanjos
12. May 2013 路 00:24 UTC
Pretty fun twist of Breakout/Arkanoid. The background music was really good.
messiano
13. May 2013 路 00:32 UTC
Not a fun of Arkanoid, but the extra twist made this very fun. Nice music too.
StMatn
13. May 2013 路 21:33 UTC
Cool game. The ongoing level is a cool mechanic for an arcade game. Great job!
davidwparker
14. May 2013 路 21:19 UTC
Cool breakout style. I wish there were powerups.