World of Minimalism by VDZ
(Last updated on May 3rd, 2013; for judging, please use the original version (first three links). For normal playing, the newest version is strongly recommended due to bugs in the original version.)
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NOTE: If you can't move when you log in, but you do see tiles around you, that means somebody made the starter tile solid. Right-click at your position to edit it, and make it non-solid to move again.
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This game has no gameplay.
The world is empty.
There is nothing to interact with.
There are no graphics except for the player character and a
minimalistic interface.
It is up to you to turn this empty world into something.
Controls:
Arrow keys and WASD - Move
Right click - Edit/close menu
Left click - Paint/erase/click button/toggle checkbox
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 - Set zoom level
F or Alt-Enter - Toggle fullscreen
World of Minimalism is a Windows-only game using .NET 4 and XNA Framework 4. If you don't have those or are not sure, pick the large download. Alternatively, you can download them here:
.NET Framework 4:
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17851
XNA Framework 4:
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20914
This game is public domain. Feel free to do whatever you want with it.
==================
NOTE: If you can't move when you log in, but you do see tiles around you, that means somebody made the starter tile solid. Right-click at your position to edit it, and make it non-solid to move again.
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This game has no gameplay.
The world is empty.
There is nothing to interact with.
There are no graphics except for the player character and a
minimalistic interface.
It is up to you to turn this empty world into something.
Controls:
Arrow keys and WASD - Move
Right click - Edit/close menu
Left click - Paint/erase/click button/toggle checkbox
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 - Set zoom level
F or Alt-Enter - Toggle fullscreen
World of Minimalism is a Windows-only game using .NET 4 and XNA Framework 4. If you don't have those or are not sure, pick the large download. Alternatively, you can download them here:
.NET Framework 4:
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17851
XNA Framework 4:
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20914
This game is public domain. Feel free to do whatever you want with it.
| Download (including .NET/XNA installers) | http://www.stack.nl/~vdz/misc/WorldOfMinimalismv1PlusXNANET.zip |
| Download (normal) | http://www.stack.nl/~vdz/misc/WorldOfMinimalismv1.zip |
| Mirror | http://www.vdzserver.org/misc/WorldOfMinimalismv1.zip |
| Post-LD version (v4) | http://www.stack.nl/~vdz/misc/WorldOfMinimalismv4.zip |
| Source (SVN; Visual Studio 2010, C#/XNA) | http://www.vdzserver.org/wom/ |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=7284 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 45% | 1411 |
| Overall | 3.70 | 135 |
| Fun | 3.44 | 198 |
| Graphics | 3.35 | 343 |
| Innovation | 3.85 | 89 |
| Mood | 2.94 | 512 |
| Theme | 3.93 | 207 |
I had hoped for some kind of interaction other than a huge canvas. But I wish there were more games like this one. :)
LOTS of bugs in the compo version!
I wish you could edit multiple tiles at once though.
I also shamefully destroyed some text in the welcome box :P
CHANGELOG:
-ADDED: You can now copy the tile at your cursor by pressing C.
-ADDED: You can now paste at your cursor by pressing V.
-ADDED: You can now change the color of the tile at your cursor by pressing B.
Simply put, copying/pasting is now tons faster.
Do you have .NET Framework 4 and XNA 4 installed? The installers for them are included in the first link. Otherwise, it might be a case of your computer not meeting the minimum requirements for XNA (it just crashing instead of notifying the player when that happens is my fault), as XNA just refuses to run on machines without the proper specs (it's especially picky about video cards; an XP32 laptop's built-in video card is likely not good enough for XNA).