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TrackSurfer by fysx

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made by fysx for LD26 (COMPO)
TrackSurfer is my entry for the 26th LD48 game jam. I tried to apply the "Minimalism" theme to various aspects of the game such as graphics, music, but most of all the controls. The whole game is controlled via the mouse. No buttons are involved.

The game increases its difficulty and can get quite tricky. So, be warned.

The game is made using the fabulouse Love2d game engine (http://love2d.org). Also I used lots of helper utilities made by (http://vrld.org).

Music was made using (http://www.warmplace.ru/soft/sunvox/).

Have fun

Windows http://www.fysx.org/~martin/shared/ld48/TrackSurferWin.zip
OS/X http://www.fysx.org/~martin/shared/ld48/TrackSurfer.osx.zip
Linux http://www.fysx.org/~martin/shared/ld48/TrackSurfer.love
Source https://bitbucket.org/MartinFelis/ld26
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=10726

Ratings

Coolness 65% 3
Overall 3.59 184
Audio 2.64 598
Fun 3.49 168
Graphics 3.27 391
Humor 1.79 899
Innovation 3.62 197
Mood 2.87 562
Theme 3.89 235

Feedback

Kinzata
29. Apr 2013 路 03:44 UTC
Nice work! My one criticism is that there are certain angles that are harder than others because the mouse can leave the app window easier. Otherwise well done!
bobo72a
29. Apr 2013 路 04:14 UTC
Amazing! I wish I could have thought of something like this!
hissssssssss
29. Apr 2013 路 14:25 UTC
This is simple, fun, and beautiful. Amazing job.
馃帳 fysx
29. Apr 2013 路 19:45 UTC
@Kinzata: yes I'll look into mouse grabing or even full-screen support for future versions.

Thank you very much for playing and your comments! It means a lot to me!
Jubjub.
30. Apr 2013 路 10:42 UTC
Really intuitive! It put me into a trance like daze for a lot longer than I thought it would haha. I managed to get one 'Nice surf!', which made me happy.
jackspinoza
30. Apr 2013 路 11:16 UTC
what a good idea, I feel the music could be amped up some and I think it might work a wee bit better in full screen but, having said that, I feel it's really accomplished. good stuff.
evoker
30. Apr 2013 路 14:10 UTC
Fun! Fits the theme too. Maybe add some keyboard or gamepad controls for the next version? (Or maybe I just need to get better at the game.)
fullmontis
30. Apr 2013 路 14:24 UTC
Great use of the theme! I really found it fun despite the extreme simplicity.
EdoMiyamoto
30. Apr 2013 路 15:59 UTC
That was a good time !
sP0CkEr2
01. May 2013 路 04:03 UTC
wow -- what a great game -- simple and is tru to the theme -- great job!
davidB
01. May 2013 路 08:35 UTC
simple, calme beautiful. with a fullscreen mode, my mouse will not go out of area.
Moist
01. May 2013 路 12:23 UTC
Love how simple, yet addictive it is. Some music would make it even nicer, but it's a great game anyway.
nilstastic
01. May 2013 路 12:27 UTC
Pros: Very fun and easy to get into, liked it a lot!
Cons: Hard to control with a trackpad, but i guess that is to be expected. =)

(339 with trackpad..)
馃帳 fysx
01. May 2013 路 12:38 UTC
@nilstastic: impressive score for a trackpad!

@Moist: yes the music would need much more work. I hope to gain more insights into SunVox.
ShellfishGames
01. May 2013 路 13:28 UTC
Very well done, I like it a lot, although I had to play it with a touchpad. Those short feedback messages the game throws at you are actually quite encouraging and a nice little touch.
Diamonde
01. May 2013 路 16:21 UTC
Very cool concept and really minimalistic and solid gameplay. I like the precise steering, but I had trouble with maximizing the speed, since I had to hold the mouse at the edge of the window. Maybe some other speed algorithm could be used to make it even more solid!
The graphical style is lovely by the way. :)
Proch
01. May 2013 路 20:44 UTC
very nice
BarrensZeppelin
02. May 2013 路 08:06 UTC
Stylish and fun, good job! ~
dvdking
02. May 2013 路 08:06 UTC
I enjoed this game. I wish it was faster, or had different difficulties levels, so the game would be faster at the start. I liked rotation of camera, but it would be so much better at higher speed, more dynamic. It reminds me about "super hexagon" game for some reason, even though gameplay is different. Overall is 5 stars
Tanius
03. May 2013 路 16:47 UTC
Not an easy game for me but i like it. Nice graphics too.
little_polygon
05. May 2013 路 01:08 UTC
Perfectly elegant! Great job!
Jeremias
11. May 2013 路 14:40 UTC
My longest distance was 982! Addictive gameplay and nice flow experience. If you plan to make a post-compo version, you should really add full-screen support at first :D
alts
18. May 2013 路 08:37 UTC
This is a wonderful game, well done. It isn't often that I think this, but this game would benefit a lot from a joystick/analog stick. Mouse controls in a windows setting are frustrating at best. I also felt like occasionally loops would send me backtracking, which, because of the controls, felt a bit unfair. Other than that one nitpick, I found myself really engrossed by the game. Great work.