With The Wind by GameRespect

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made by GameRespect for LD26 (COMPO)
Settled on this extremely simple and short game because I had more to do this weekend than I'd previously foreseen. I did this up in about 3 hours, and I think overall, it is pretty decent :)
I'm submitting this at 2.44am, with lectures in about 4 hours :)
Hopefully I will be able to submit something better the next dare.
Go easy on it okay! :D

Ratings

Coolness 39% 1564
Overall 3.00 721
Audio 2.82 482
Fun 2.81 711
Graphics 2.48 983
Innovation 3.12 560
Mood 2.90 539
Theme 4.04 135

Feedback

visibleatom
29. Apr 2013 · 06:43 UTC
You know what would make this like 100 times better? Making the window bigger. Not making it bigger, and keeping the square small, I mean make it BIGGER. It's very claustrophobic to play this tiny game in a huge browser window.

Otherwise, I liked the idea. It's simple, it's fun. It's basically Brownian motion in action :)


Or am I thinking of Zero-point energy?
NiftyLlama
30. Apr 2013 · 05:12 UTC
I agree with the above comment, but it's good for a 3-hour game. Very Minimal.
itsZN
30. Apr 2013 · 17:24 UTC
I like it!
Hatscat
30. Apr 2013 · 17:25 UTC
really like it
AaronYip
01. May 2013 · 03:06 UTC
I've never played a game in such a tiny window. It has a very claustrophobic/on edge effect, as visibleatom mentioned, which is pretty interesting. It looks great this small though. (: Simple and polished, like it a lot.
Metamist
01. May 2013 · 13:00 UTC
Great game, but the window is too small. :/
CherryNukaCola
01. May 2013 · 13:13 UTC
Nice work, especially impressed by what you achieved in so little time.
Jhelle
02. May 2013 · 12:35 UTC
Simple and clear idea, enjoyed it!
lorancou
02. May 2013 · 12:41 UTC
Minimalist gameplay, minimalist graphics, minimalist music, minimal time spent... This surely fits the theme, well done!
imagnity
02. May 2013 · 18:20 UTC
527!!! Yea boy! Damn minimal crazy fun game! Damn!!!
PabloAlexandre31
04. May 2013 · 19:45 UTC
Nice idea and very minimalist :)
Doublecaster
06. May 2013 · 13:57 UTC
Really simple and fun game. I agree with the first comment about the game size. My highest score was 591 :)
Sebastian
10. May 2013 · 15:32 UTC
I managed 623, pretty fun.
lasergans
10. May 2013 · 17:41 UTC
This really shows, how good the theme fits, if you lack of time.
Good job :)
Paul Sinnett
11. May 2013 · 14:11 UTC
Beautifully minimal!

I did feel as though I was not in control some of the time. Are there any subtle in game clues about which way the wind is going to blow next that I'm missing? My strategy is to see which way the box is headed and attempt to push it back to the centre. But it seems at times that even with a direction key held from the moment the box started to drift it wasn't enough to overcome the wind. So it seemed that at some points you would have to predict the wind change.
JonathanG
17. May 2013 · 12:10 UTC
Fits the theme well but doesn't seem to be anything much to do other then move away from the wall until the wind decides you aren't allowed to any more.
Oye Beto
19. May 2013 · 03:40 UTC
-I came to play your game because your display reminds me of my game :P

-my score: 746

-For the post-compo version it would be cool if the wind intensity matched the music up and downs.

-For a 3 hours game this is pretty good.