The particle swarm by dick_claus

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made by dick_claus for LD26 (JAM)
Help the particles to escape from this universe.
Simple logical game with interesting physics.

Gameplay: Use mouse to draw obstacles
Objective: Send all particles to black holes
Challenge: Finish all levels

Team KamuKuda:
ign - programming lead, level design
monkimkey - graphics, FX, music, level design
dick_claus - programming, level design

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.88 34
Audio(Jam) 3.89 36
Fun(Jam) 3.56 68
Graphics(Jam) 3.49 202
Humor(Jam) 1.75 366
Innovation(Jam) 3.75 52
Mood(Jam) 3.54 100
Theme(Jam) 3.61 155

Feedback

Tiago Ling Alexandre
29. Apr 2013 路 17:11 UTC
Amazing game! Simple yet challenging puzzle, love the audio, totally sets the mood for the game! Congratulations!
Lizzip
29. Apr 2013 路 17:14 UTC
very nice. Level 3 defeated me D:
tonic
29. Apr 2013 路 17:52 UTC
Quite nice! It could be a little bit more forgiving, now it wants me to get all of the thingies to their goal.
馃帳 dick_claus
29. Apr 2013 路 18:58 UTC
Some levels are hard. That's why we made all levels available.
PyroSneak
29. Apr 2013 路 19:30 UTC
pretty good game, really got me thinking about how to do each level. but you could make it so most have to reach the goal not all :)
mrexcessive
29. Apr 2013 路 19:39 UTC
Great fun to play with the bouncing bits... Need to be very precise to avoid losing too many
Rialgar
29. Apr 2013 路 19:55 UTC
Interesting concept, but maybe a slower learning curve would be nice. Also I seem to need to place every corner pixel perfect, which can get quite annoying ( played until level 7, looked at the rest though, but level 7 killed my mood ). I like the music.
thatwhichis
29. Apr 2013 路 21:37 UTC
Great concept and execution!
zerebruin
29. Apr 2013 路 21:43 UTC
Very well done. This would work great as a mobile game.
Michael Hall
29. Apr 2013 路 22:01 UTC
I really like this game, reminds me of the game Enigma.
Milktoast
30. Apr 2013 路 02:43 UTC
I could play this game for hours. Very relaxing.
ilovepixel
30. Apr 2013 路 05:18 UTC
Great idea! very original
Christopher Schulte
30. Apr 2013 路 07:10 UTC
The audio was great and the soft colors really made this an enjoyable experience. Such a simple concept of getting something in a hole develops into some pretty devious puzzles. The space background is nice for the theme as it complements the puzzle design in showing an example of when there can be so much to explore with so little actually there compared to a vacuum.
Ryusui
30. Apr 2013 路 08:23 UTC
Amazing job for a weekend's work - very professional-looking (and sounding!)
MrHalfman
30. Apr 2013 路 13:29 UTC
Nice game, polished an enjoying. Good work.
Qaterknan
30. Apr 2013 路 13:30 UTC
Great game. As known, there is no way you could have to many particles in a game, and this is just great. Congratulations!
Holofire
30. Apr 2013 路 13:34 UTC
Love this game. Makes the play think outside the box and create weird polygonal shapes. Love it.
xdegtyarev
30. Apr 2013 路 13:37 UTC
interesting to play. good job.
stromchin
30. Apr 2013 路 13:38 UTC
Very polished.
Demurgos
30. Apr 2013 路 14:06 UTC
Level 6 buged when I launched the particles. (It become empty, with only the background and buttons left)
FuzzyWuzzie
30. Apr 2013 路 15:27 UTC
This is a lovely little puzzle game! The music makes adds a lot. I would love to see this is a mobile game!
馃帳 dick_claus
30. Apr 2013 路 17:27 UTC
We have fixed the bug on level 6
anatolat
30. Apr 2013 路 17:43 UTC
Good idea and nice game!
henrykun
30. Apr 2013 路 18:52 UTC
Great game! Have you thought about porting it to touchscreen mobile devices? I think it fits those devices :).
SecondDimension
30. Apr 2013 路 21:23 UTC
Very good idea and really simple, fit's the theme really well.
Husky
02. May 2013 路 09:38 UTC
Great work!
I enjoyed solving the puzzles, challenging levels!
dapierce
03. May 2013 路 06:39 UTC
Awesome level of polish and great idea, this was a lot of fun! Nice relaxing music too, this is a great game to unwind with coming home from work.
PsenFilip
03. May 2013 路 16:11 UTC
Clever design.
Interesting levels. Some of them are pretty challenging!
Sound is good, despite being too short. It would be even better if it was a seamless loop instead.
TenTonToon
04. May 2013 路 06:36 UTC
Very interesting concept and fitting use of the theme. Too bad I suck at it! XD

I found it difficult to visualize both the right orientation of the obstacle to redirect the particles, prior to drawing it, and the very action of putting the vertices down. Maybe with a little visual aid, like drawing a line from the vertex to the mouse position, drawing the obstacle would become much more intuitive.

But that's just a limitation of mine. The concept is very cool. Congratulations! :D
berareu
06. May 2013 路 08:41 UTC
Great puzzle game! It's hard to predict where the particles will go and that makes it interesting for me
shiprib
06. May 2013 路 08:55 UTC
Nice mechanics, I got till level 7 before the difficulty topped me. I found it a little fiddly, especially on level 3 - maybe upping the gravity a bit on the black holes? Also a couple of times on my many attempts at level 3 I found that one dot got stuck in a stable orbit and I had to restart the level myself.
tobbez
06. May 2013 路 09:48 UTC
Would have been nice if every launch was deterministic, since as it is now you can launch once and fail, and then launch again (without changing anything) and succeed.
Alex Shestakov
07. May 2013 路 16:43 UTC
Guys, I highly advise you not to drop this little game and make it to the App Store, it'll certainly find it's audience and will earn some bucks for you :)
kill0u
07. May 2013 路 21:46 UTC
Really nice!
Jeremias
08. May 2013 路 16:08 UTC
Awesome! Didn't expect that I play this more than 20 minutes... just wow. A button is missing where I can reset the level without deleting all my drawings, but that's a minor critic...
bobiniki
09. May 2013 路 12:41 UTC
Well executed nice graphics nice idea, but it was little harder then what it should be. Probably work on better level design. But overall good game and considering the time limitations good job.
馃帳 dick_claus
10. May 2013 路 02:56 UTC
2 Jeremias
After you push launch it would change to stop button. This is what you are looking for.
Jeremias
12. May 2013 路 19:16 UTC
Oh, okay... sorry :)
omaha
15. May 2013 路 05:27 UTC
Really excellent execution. Lots of polish. Great game.
Spiridios
18. May 2013 路 05:50 UTC
Nice graphics and audio. Wonderful puzzle mechanic. I stopped playing at level 6 mainly because I've been rating puzzle games all night. :P Yours is the best I've played tonight though.
wallmasterr
19. May 2013 路 13:29 UTC
Nice, but i dont get how the repell holes work , got to lvl 10 then couldnt compleate it
wallmasterr
19. May 2013 路 13:37 UTC
Dam lvl10 I might have brok it https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1993209/come%20on%20little%20balls.PNG the eventualy ended up at the bottom corner :(
hnjslater
20. May 2013 路 00:38 UTC
wow great game!