Minimalists Tower by Bzaraticus

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made by Bzaraticus for LD26 (COMPO)
Click on blocks to destroy them, attempt to keep the tower stable while reaching the target in the given time.
ESCAPE pauses the game, M toggles sound.

"Minimalism" here refers to removing as many blocks from a tower as possible while maintaining its purpose (to stay upright). And possibly the style of the game too.

Requires .NET framework 4.0, extract all files before running.

Ratings

Coolness 51% 3
Overall 3.21 509
Audio 2.43 717
Fun 3.14 416
Graphics 2.57 928
Humor 2.12 633
Innovation 3.36 372
Mood 2.48 945
Theme 3.46 632

Feedback

StuStutheBloo
29. Apr 2013 路 07:28 UTC
Doesn't work for me :(
HELLO23
29. Apr 2013 路 08:06 UTC
Fun ! I could not pass level 3.
I played the game on windows, and it is working good, and it is a really nice game !. On Linux using mono the game crashes , an exception with the audio (DLL not found openal32.dll) - I also had that with my game so after a lot of efforts trying to solve it I decided not to put audio on the Linux version of my game.
馃帳 Bzaraticus
29. Apr 2013 路 13:50 UTC
Thanks for testing, I'll do a seperate build for Linux then without audio and get it out ASAP
Jim Haslett
30. Apr 2013 路 01:44 UTC
Won't run for me. Gives a generic "LD26 has stopped working" message.
Andy West
30. Apr 2013 路 01:52 UTC
I'm getting the same "LD26 has stopped working" crash that other people are getting.
Korda
30. Apr 2013 路 01:55 UTC
Im getting the same error as Jim (running vista x64 if it helps)
lucasncv
30. Apr 2013 路 01:56 UTC
Surprisingly fun, haha. Freezing the pieces is a nice touch! I think you should include openal32.dll with the package.
nintendoeats
30. Apr 2013 路 01:58 UTC
That's a pretty cool idea. It's awfully difficult to judge this stuff, but I feel like it moves slowly enough that most people can get a handle on it.

However...

If you click on a freeze block, then click as fast as possible on things that aren't bombs, you will win the level the vast majority of the time. That seems to me like an exploit XD

Solid start!
Brian Corr
30. Apr 2013 路 02:00 UTC
this is fun! I reached level 7. Seems like the strategy of 'spam clicks and try to hit freeze blocks' works very well.

I think the fail state is not very well communicated. Is there a set number of blocks you can miss? I was expecting more of a puzzle, and not an infinite tower. Might be worth thinking about.

Anyway good job ! :)
馃帳 Bzaraticus
30. Apr 2013 路 02:05 UTC
Thanks for the comments. I'd love to know why it crashes for some people and not others, doesnt seem to depend on OS. Might be a graphics thing to do with opengl. who knows :/

Hope i figure it out before my next entry
metadept
30. Apr 2013 路 02:22 UTC
I also get the "LD26 has stopped working" crash, Windows 7 x64
Nonameghost
30. Apr 2013 路 02:35 UTC
Pretty sweet! I like the concept, and it played pretty solidly after I figured out the freeze vs. bomb effects. Nice work!
OnlySlightly
30. Apr 2013 路 02:38 UTC
Doesn't run for me either :(
dalbinblue
30. Apr 2013 路 03:09 UTC
Game is buggy for me as well. Windows 7 64-bit. As soon as I move my mouse over the tower (without clicking) the tower explodes and I get a game over.
Spelchan
30. Apr 2013 路 03:22 UTC
Neat idea. The short time-limits made this more of a click as quick as you can and hope you are lucky game rather than a puzzle game.
馃帳 Bzaraticus
30. Apr 2013 路 12:40 UTC
Might have fixed some of the crash issues.
TheAwesomeProgrammer
01. May 2013 路 12:30 UTC
A fun little game with good difficultyc :D
spriters2000
01. May 2013 路 12:38 UTC
Great concept and physics!
I played it so long!
I rated it with the maximum score.
zkenshin
04. May 2013 路 16:55 UTC
I do enjoy a good physics game. :)
galman
17. May 2013 路 12:45 UTC
I really like this idea! Nice game with a lot of potential, you really should make a post-compo game :D
mebibyte
20. May 2013 路 04:56 UTC
Worked perfectly for me. The pressing enter to begin the level could be replaced with clicking to make it so you only need the mouse. Game was pretty fun!
馃帳 Bzaraticus
21. May 2013 路 12:53 UTC
Originally it had clicking but for people who spammed click they missed the new level screen altogether