Orb by Grouflon
Bring life by bringing light
Controls : mouse
Graphics : Jeremy Forveille
Sound design, original music & level design : Maxime Ferrieu
Scripting : Remi Bismuth
Enjoy !
Controls : mouse
Graphics : Jeremy Forveille
Sound design, original music & level design : Maxime Ferrieu
Scripting : Remi Bismuth
Enjoy !
| Web | http://www.uselessworks.com/LD26/ |
| Source | http://www.uselessworks.com/LD26/LD26.rar |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=14480 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall(Jam) | 4.02 | 20 |
| Audio(Jam) | 4.11 | 14 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.52 | 79 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.36 | 28 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.00 | 300 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.59 | 77 |
| Mood(Jam) | 4.14 | 12 |
| Theme(Jam) | 4.07 | 40 |
In the levels where the sky turns yellow it can be a bit difficult to see the ball (this might've been the point? blinding light? hehe)
The gameplay itself was pretty standard, definitely minimalistic, in a good way. The rules were simple, and easy to follow. The actual design of the levels was a bit strange, it seemed like they didn't really take advantage of the circular shape of the game, like they were designed for regular breakout.
Anyway, really awesome game, I've given you 5 stars for Theme, Audio, and Graphics :D
Great job guys :D
Not a fan of the gameplay but this is subjective.
I'd say that's a fairly net positive. =)
Great job!
This is a hard game--you don't seem to get lives back and it's easy to lose a ball if you try to treat it like Breakout because the circular orbit means that it's much easier for the ball to get away from you.
Did I mention how much I love the music and graphics? The ending of the levels is awesome.
Still, is beautiful, is beautiful when I win, is beautiful concept. Bravo!
Nice gameplay, man!
The concept is interesting, but I found it rather difficult to use the mouse to control the paddle. It was frustrating to try and quickly move the paddle to catch the ball from going off into oblivion, due to the lack of precision with the paddle and the strange angle the paddle takes making it hard to actually bounce the ball in the direction you would want it to go. I often accidentally bumped the ball with the side of my paddle when I tried to prevent it from falling off the stage.
The starting shot, where you click to release the ball, seems to go in rather imprecise places rather than directly forward from the paddle.
To sum it up, the gameplay, though intuitive, seemed rather frustrating and not very fun for me, though everything else was impressive.
- Strega
I feel the controls are a bit annoying though. I kept moving the mouse pointer outside of the game area and losing control over it. Perhaps you could use the pointer lock to take control over the mouse.