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Shrinking Contract by pikmin4000

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made by pikmin4000 for LD26 (COMPO)
Shrink. Just. Shrink.
This retro game is like Mario meets Pong!

Space to Shrink.
Arrow keys to move.

How is this minimalism?
Well, when I googled it, google said an artistic movement. Movement. That gave me the main mechanic to mess around with. I did not add any special features to over complicate things I wanted to keep it as 'elegant' as possible. I also took in the artistic approach as well by implementing a clean shape-ish design to all the objects in the game (including the player)- the goal is to collect triangles. I'm keeping the story as simple as possible. I also only have 5 different colors throughout the whole game. I only have 5 words throughout the whole game as well trying to keep explanation to a bare minimum. My last reason is the word minimalism itself. I took the prefix 'min' and made that the main mechanic- to Shrink.

Game made by Andrew Hoyt, AKA. pikmin4000, AKA. chillhammer.com

Music made by Daniel and Sam (Estudio Evergreen)
http://estudioevergreen.wordpress.com/
Windows http://sandbox.yoyogames.com/games/216183-shrinking-contract
Web http://chillhammer.com/shrink/
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/66802056/shrinking_contract.gmz
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=13796

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1411
Overall 3.30 416
Audio 2.92 428
Fun 3.07 478
Graphics 2.86 699
Innovation 3.63 185
Mood 2.86 566
Theme 3.36 732

Feedback

馃帳 pikmin4000
29. Apr 2013 路 00:07 UTC
For a better experience, play the windows version. If you insist, play it on Google Chrome to hear all the sounds and music.
Fervir
29. Apr 2013 路 06:04 UTC
The game's pretty tough, due to the controls, but I really like how the shrinking mechanic works.
For some reason when I move left or right, I jump as well.
Tighter controls, and this would be a pretty cool platformer
gizmo
29. Apr 2013 路 06:06 UTC
what a crazy weird (and hard) game this is! in a good way.. great fun!
CagedRat
29. Apr 2013 路 07:21 UTC
Very interesting but hard to master shrink mechanics.
馃帳 pikmin4000
29. Apr 2013 路 12:12 UTC
@Fevrir - well you have to jump when you move left or right as it gives a new sense of direction for you to minimize and move in that direction.
free_napalm
30. Apr 2013 路 12:08 UTC
Nice shrink mechanic, but I was unable to pass through the first level where you had to go through a small passage.
馃帳 pikmin4000
30. Apr 2013 路 20:27 UTC
@ free_napalm thanks! all i can say is that with only three controls, I was able to make several techniques to make the game easier/possible to play, like sliding on the floor with friction perhaps
Thanat0s
01. May 2013 路 01:56 UTC
You gave me a very nice and thorough review so I figured you deserved the same. :D
It's such a wonderful mechanic! Takes some time to get used to, but man, it's cool.
I got stuck on the second level, so there are a couple hitbox issues, but other than that I really like it!
AlbertoSM
01. May 2013 路 20:12 UTC
Weiiiiiiiird game. Yet fun!
SmilingCat
02. May 2013 路 19:49 UTC
Interesting mechanic, at least if I'm playing it right - move, and hit space when dude is heading at the angle you want to fly.
HelkeGames
02. May 2013 路 19:49 UTC
Nice game, very minimal! :D
spacechase0
02. May 2013 路 20:00 UTC
Seemed like level 5 was harder than 6 for me, but it was very fun. Needs more levels. :P
aquilicoco
03. May 2013 路 15:00 UTC
Good game. I's a little hard to master
Blinked
03. May 2013 路 22:43 UTC
Pretty good, but the controls made it a pain, though that may have been intentional. Overall pretty good though.
Roan Contreras
03. May 2013 路 23:01 UTC
This game is very hard... But I like the graphics and the audio of this game :) ... Great game.
Fnkee
09. May 2013 路 00:14 UTC
Awesome concept. So simple, yet very addicting. Took me a couple of tries to understand the mechanics, but once I got the hang of it, it was really fun! Goodfeel music as well. Good job! Top score on innovation!