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Code Thief by Zelen3d

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made by Zelen3d for LD25 (JAM)
In this game, you are a malicious being who and you wander around through the source of Ludum Dare games with your sturdy selecting tool, stealing the best parts of the code.

I have made this game in the last four hours, since I couln't participate on the weekend. There isn't really much to it. I didn't have time to add a purpose, or an intro. I wanted really badly to make an intro, but I guess it is for next time. Anyway, I hope you will enjoy it, at least a bit.

Controls: mouse

Web (html5) http://rnd.atspace.tv/code-thief/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=13310

Ratings

Coolness 60% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.05 320
Audio(Jam) 1.05 278
Fun(Jam) 2.00 303
Graphics(Jam) 1.53 325
Humor(Jam) 2.07 242
Innovation(Jam) 3.10 118
Mood(Jam) 2.00 298
Theme(Jam) 2.40 288

Feedback

Colapsydo
18. Dec 2012 · 09:24 UTC
Clicking is a bad idea.
chuck_mcnugget
18. Dec 2012 · 18:41 UTC
I can see the Matrix!!
Per
20. Dec 2012 · 23:13 UTC
Strange idea :)
I hope you can participate fully the next LD ;)
Starspell
22. Dec 2012 · 22:43 UTC
That's a really cool idea. It's actually I pretty fun mechanic. It's a shame you couldn't develop it further.
Jezzamon
23. Dec 2012 · 22:42 UTC
Interesting concept, I guess a bit too much to accomplish with a 4 hour time limit.
hnjslater
24. Dec 2012 · 01:56 UTC
Heh at least it works!
fishbrain
26. Dec 2012 · 10:46 UTC
This is a very cool "hacking mechanic".
Bobrocket
26. Dec 2012 · 16:22 UTC
very good for 4 hours!
SuperDisk
26. Dec 2012 · 17:50 UTC
Works on an iPad and was still fun :)

Still though, you can just tap the top left then he bottom right and just own. Neat though.
Pierrec
27. Dec 2012 · 12:24 UTC
Wow, I really love the feel of the gameplay. there's a bigger game to make here. Also, the idea is funny!
AyCe
27. Dec 2012 · 23:47 UTC
Interesting idea. :) A bit too "empty" though.
Pacifist Games
28. Dec 2012 · 02:17 UTC
I really liked the selection mechanic, but found that if I circle the mouse in the window I can make my selection area stay quite large. If you continue working on this maybe you should add some "bad code" that hurts you if you collect it. Cool concept!
jackspinoza
28. Dec 2012 · 13:48 UTC
really strong start to something cool I think. Keep at it.
csanyk
31. Dec 2012 · 00:23 UTC
Rather clever idea. And the play mechanic is fun, even without points or purpose. Wish you could have had more than 4 hrs to develop this into something more.
lucasncv
31. Dec 2012 · 17:02 UTC
Neat concept and very nice result for just 4h.
azurenimbus
05. Jan 2013 · 01:08 UTC
Haha, this is interesting, considering the recent debate on the source code policy.

I think if you had added a lose condition it could have been really fun :)
Worse
05. Jan 2013 · 13:10 UTC
It should definitely have had actual code snippets instead of horizontal lines. Also the controls are a bit flawed as you can just move the mouse quickly between opposite corners to capture everything :)

I like the game idea though.
jfroco
06. Jan 2013 · 16:41 UTC
Intersting idea. Hope you have time to finish it.