Minimalismism by tayl1r

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made by tayl1r for LD26 (COMPO)
My take on the Minimalism theme was to create a platformer consisting of a single screen. As you progress the environment shifts providing new obstacles. Tools of choice were: C#, XNA, Photoshop, sfxr and pxtone.

Requires NET and XNA. The latter's redistributable is in the zip as it's probably less common.

Ratings

Coolness 26% 1775
Overall 4.26 3
Audio 3.02 368
Fun 4.10 5
Graphics 4.04 75
Humor 2.05 690
Innovation 3.88 75
Mood 3.62 102
Theme 4.56 4

Feedback

Cybearg
28. Apr 2013 路 21:56 UTC
Hm... It doesn't seem to work for me. I run the executable, but nothing seems to happen. Too bad--the screenshots look like the game has lots of visceral fun!
馃帳 tayl1r
28. Apr 2013 路 22:11 UTC
If it's not running you'll need the redistributables. Sorry about that.
馃帳 tayl1r
28. Apr 2013 路 22:20 UTC
Actually, I will put the XNA one in the zip as it's pretty uncommon.
TheColorMan
29. Apr 2013 路 20:22 UTC
Very interesting! I love the fact that the levels shifts and the levels are interesting! good work
Baknik
29. Apr 2013 路 20:31 UTC
It was interesting to be able to play different "levels" without having to load or go through a level selection screen. Particle effects were great. I just wish you could do more than jump.
馃帳 tayl1r
29. Apr 2013 路 23:50 UTC
Thanks for your comments!

Re: More to do.
I wanted to keep this as streamlined as possible. More player functionality, or at least a more interesting array of obstacles, would be definite goals if I was aiming for a more ambitious project!
qdowngames
30. Apr 2013 路 20:56 UTC
What the! favorite game by far. Of all the platformers, this has the smoothest controls and coolest effects - nice work!
HeyZeus
30. Apr 2013 路 23:07 UTC
Awesome!!
Kashi
30. Apr 2013 路 23:13 UTC
Very cool game idea! I enjoyed playing it a lot. The sound was annoyingly loud tho... :x
Jools64
30. Apr 2013 路 23:17 UTC
This game is super cool!

The level transition animations are awesome, I'm really impressed you managed to put together so many in the time given.

I really like the graphics too, very minimalistic but also very stylish.

My only minor complaint is that it was a bit too easy to breeze through. Only one jump ever gave me any trouble.

Great game, nice work!
AnTiCamPr
30. Apr 2013 路 23:17 UTC
Simply Amazing! (wish it had more levels though)
Ryusui
30. Apr 2013 路 23:20 UTC
That was amazing. I only had two issues - one, the "long jump over the lava pit" sequences were a little on the unforgiving/trial-and-error-y side, and two, some background music would have been an awesome touch. Other than that? I loved how the map kept transforming every time I touched the flashing icon, complete with awesome particle effects. Heck, watching the whole screen disintegrate as I found my way out was a more satisfying ending than some full games I've played. XD
KilledByAPixel
30. Apr 2013 路 23:21 UTC
Wow that was awesome, I loved it! Really satisfying victory screen. It was perfect how you kept it simple to fit the theme but you should expand on it more now. This would work great as a cell phone game.
recursive frog
30. Apr 2013 路 23:23 UTC
Yeah, I'm on a mac so I can't play this. I did see your gameplay video though, and it was beautiful!

I've seen the whole morphing room concept done before, but the explosions and particle effects really bring flair to the proposition.
saguaro
30. Apr 2013 路 23:33 UTC
This is one of my favorites! So simple, so addictive, so minimalist. Lovely.
3.14
30. Apr 2013 路 23:40 UTC
You totally nailed the effect of changing the level. The particle and sound fest is amazing. I loved the ending!
zkenshin
01. May 2013 路 00:48 UTC
Nicely done. :)
馃帳 tayl1r
01. May 2013 路 10:51 UTC
Thanks again. Ambient music, 'live transforming' and some moving platforms for harder/interesting jumps are definitely features I wanted! I鈥檝e never finished a LD before and wanted to keep it bite-size. :)
Webravenz
01. May 2013 路 14:48 UTC
awesome transitions ! and great amounts of levels good job
Aron
01. May 2013 路 14:51 UTC
Wow, even if it's not that hard or long it is a very polished and well thought through game. I really liked the idea of playing in one screen the whole time and changing the levels without leaving them.
Rex Peppers
01. May 2013 路 15:20 UTC
Can't play windows games :-(
geepit
01. May 2013 路 17:45 UTC
Awesome, cool idea and the transition as the levels shift to form the new ones looks really nice
jackspinoza
01. May 2013 路 18:44 UTC
enjoyed this, concise, succinct and fun. Nice length that left me wanting more (totally interested if you make more). good work, thanks.
QXD-me
01. May 2013 路 20:11 UTC
That was good, I really liked how the levels readjusted themselves during gameplay. My criticisms would be that it took a little too long (in my opinion) to get to the challenging parts and also the audio was really grating by the end. Maybe you could randomise the pitch slightly to avoid this?
pereubu
01. May 2013 路 22:56 UTC
waw, just ... damn addictive, great job, it's one of my favs :D
Felix20
01. May 2013 路 23:08 UTC
That was pretty awesome, the effects were cool, and the "level" design was really good. Especially with the minimal amount of stuff. In fact this is one of the best entries I've played as far as the theme is concerned.
Also I like how at the end it just closes ;)
jwolf
02. May 2013 路 02:26 UTC
Wow, that was really neat. It's interesting how you've portrayed a progression of different levels just by rearranging things.
lekochen
02. May 2013 路 08:59 UTC
PERFECT.
blackmagic
02. May 2013 路 11:46 UTC
Super entry !
bbrown2
02. May 2013 路 19:15 UTC
Cool beans. Most true to the minimalism theme of all the games I've played.
BNeutral
03. May 2013 路 04:30 UTC
Awesome~
Alphonsus
03. May 2013 路 16:44 UTC
Very simple and enjoyable! Love the level transitions. :D
JigxorAndy
04. May 2013 路 10:10 UTC
A really awesome game with a very cool take on the theme and platforming. Nice ending too! Great work!
brxtr
07. May 2013 路 11:21 UTC
Fun, quick and flowing to play, with an interesting gimmick, though perhaps not used to its full potential, gameplay-wise.
Husky
15. May 2013 路 13:06 UTC
Pretty cool!
I like the particle effect and your concept!
Great work! :p
Haette
21. May 2013 路 00:11 UTC
Please sir, may I have some more?
Orni
23. May 2013 路 22:02 UTC
where's the source though ?
馃帳 tayl1r
25. May 2013 路 00:25 UTC
It's in the same download in the src directory.
Rodrigo Robles
23. Jun 2013 路 15:55 UTC
I'm a Linux user and can't run the game. Even wine couldn't make it run. Please use some multiplatform tool next time! When you develop a windows-only software, you obligate your user to purchase the windows thing. And the money is not the problem, the goal is about freedom and break the chains of the microsoft slavery.