Super 3D BlockLand by hardycore

made by hardycore for LD26 (JAM)

Guide Blocko through the mazes quickly. Without even the natural ability to jump, Success is only possible by making the most out of the abilities offered. Combine abilities in later levels to pass difficult obstacles!

Touch a colored block to gain an ability for 5 seconds.

Blue - Press A to jump
Red - Movement becomes faster
Yellow - Overhead Mode controls: move in all directions, but watch out for holes in the background!
CheckBoxes - Checkpoints/Finish
Y - Respawn from last checkpoint

Post your best times below if you dare!!!

Unzip the blockland folder to your desktop, then run the LudusMinimus.exe.
XBOX360 controller is recommended.
***You will also need to install a small redist for monogame! ***
http://monogame.codeplex.com/downloads/get/632970
If the game doesn't run with monogame installed try the openAL install. That should fix any remaining issues.
If that doesn't work, try reinstalling .net 4.0.
Sorry for the hassle.

Windows	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25799547/BlockLand.zip
Monogame Install	http://monogame.codeplex.com/downloads/get/632970
OpenAL (might be needed)	http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/Downloads/oalinst.zip
.Net 4.0 (might be needed)	http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17718
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=13215

Ratings

Coolness	41%	1503
Overall(Jam)	3.42	161

Audio(Jam)	2.09	411
Fun(Jam)	3.42	97
Graphics(Jam)	2.46	468
Innovation(Jam)	3.75	52
Mood(Jam)	2.50	410
Theme(Jam)	3.83	83

Feedback

DaanVanYperen

30. Apr 2013 · 02:30 UTC

Had some framerate issues. I like how the mixed abilities are represented.

fueelin

30. Apr 2013 · 04:41 UTC

Awesome game. Loved the ability mixing and the difficulty scaling/pacing of new mechanics. Got stuck sorta after a bit, sad that I didn't finish. Really good though!

Tainted_Code

30. Apr 2013 · 07:35 UTC

Not a bad game! Well done! Although, game crashed randomly whilst playing :(

🎤 hardycore

30. Apr 2013 · 14:51 UTC

Fixed a few bugs this morning.
If you guys encounter more bugs please let me know where if possible! I plan on working on this game more going forward.
Here are my best times from playing this morning!
Level1 - 0:22.93
Level2 - 0:51.97
Level3 - 0:38.64
Level4 - 1:15.86
Level5 - 1:50.74
Lets get some friendly competition goin!!! :D

HelkeGames

30. Apr 2013 · 15:22 UTC

Awesome game! I really enjoyed it ;)

keksdev

30. Apr 2013 · 15:30 UTC

Pretty nice game. The "3D" in the title is a bit confusing, or did i miss the point!?

🎤 hardycore

30. Apr 2013 · 15:32 UTC

When in overhead (yellow) mode you can jump out of, and fall into the screen. :P

billknye

30. Apr 2013 · 15:32 UTC

Certainly an interesting concept. Was a fun twist with the abilities and the race to combine them at times. Some of the puzzles were a bit tricky and some you could ignore a bit of by just 'yellow'ing over a bunch of stuff. Nicely done.

xandy

30. Apr 2013 · 15:38 UTC

very cool concept. the game was fun but i wasn't able to beat the fist level with the black holes. and a game with xbbox360 controller support :)

bowlercaptain

30. Apr 2013 · 16:07 UTC

I couldn't get it to run. :( Using 64-bit Windows 8, and I installed MonoGame, but it refuses to run, which is disappointing, because the previous comments made me want to play it.

mortl8324

30. Apr 2013 · 16:14 UTC

Very awesome game. Is the screen always stuck at that size though? Seems a bit big for default. Cool ideas and well executed.

Meep

30. Apr 2013 · 16:14 UTC

Pretty neat idea. I have a thing for speedrun-type games. :P

NeuronFire

30. Apr 2013 · 16:15 UTC

Hi, I'm running win7 x64 and the app crashes when I try to run it. I installed the monogame framework successfully. Any tips?

Thanks

🎤 hardycore

01. May 2013 · 02:37 UTC

For those who had trouble running I've updated the instructions. Try installing openAL, that should resolve any issues.

CappaGames

01. May 2013 · 03:42 UTC

Level 1 = 20.75
Level 2 = 24.45
Level 3 = 26.56
Level 4 = 57.68
Level 5 = 1:40.12

Awesome game guys! Love the Super Meat Boy style time trials style gameplay.

Some things to add:

A button to restart the level instead of just checkpoints so you can try and get the best time.

A quick tutorial level to explain the colors and mixtures...I had to read the page to understand why I was dying to the holes.

Good job, the game has potential!

ShellfishGames

01. May 2013 · 11:37 UTC

Didn't make it through Level 3, but until then it was quite fun to play. Nice mechanics and puzzles. Overall one of the best games I've played so far in this year's compo.
And although that's hardly important for LD-games, the menu transitions are very nice to look at.

SuperlevelSebastian

01. May 2013 · 13:45 UTC

Can't get it to run. It just crashes when I try to start it (Win XP, 32bit). :(

StMatn

01. May 2013 · 21:08 UTC

Cool concept. The mixing colores were a good idea. Well the whole idea about 5 second abilities is nice. I really enjoyed playing the game.

Dir3kt

04. May 2013 · 15:08 UTC

This one is very clever! Especially liked how the different colors can be combined, awesome!

I gave up on level 4 with the series of small jumps. I quite bad at platformers though.

Tom 7

04. May 2013 · 20:09 UTC

Good! I was initially going to complain that this is NOT 3D but then I understood. :) I thought that was pretty clever and the level design was very good -- some a-ha moments and the game is careful not to get you stuck. Nice. My best times were not good (lots of retrying!):

1) 0:26.23
2) 0:44.31
3) 2:59.52
4) 2:31.07
5) 5:31.22

klianc09

08. May 2013 · 06:08 UTC

It's good to have Controller Support and everything, but if you have to play it with the Keyboard, I would at least like to remap my controls, at some point I couldn't advance because I couldn't jump while moving left-upwards. (Space+Left+Up Arrow keys and ghosting on my keyboard...)
Otherwise I really enjoyed the game, remembered me of other cool games.

Siewart

11. May 2013 · 14:08 UTC

I really like the concept, especially how you switch between platformer and topdown :)

Monxcleyr Productions

21. May 2013 · 00:50 UTC

Very, very clever design. I loved the colored abilities and the combinations that could result. Great job!