Limber by Wefiends

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made by Wefiends for LD35 (JAM)
*This game works best when you pump up the music!*

Hey ya'll! Welcome to our Ludum Dare 35 Submission, Limber. The theme this time around was "Shapeshift". Do some stretches and jump on the track to bust some moves.

Instructions:

Press and HOLD the correct key to contort your body to the shape of the oncoming panels.

Team:
Kevin Barrios - Art - @wefiends
Nick Barrios - Programming - @wefiends
Steph Fung - Music - @iammontaine
Brooke Greenberg - Additional Art & Writing - @thebgreenberg
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We're really happy with what we ended up with. It's definitely not the kind of game we would normally make, and that's one of the awesome things about doing Ludum Dare.

Serious props to everyone that put something out, it was crazy challenging! Hope you guys enjoy our game, we know it's really weird.

We'll be streaming other people's games on and off, so give us a follow on Twitch to see when that's going on. We play the games of people that comment on our game, and we also take requests as they come. We love talking to other devs so drop on by: https://www.twitch.tv/wefiends

If you don't have time to hang out live, leave your Twitter handle along with your comment and we'll try and tweet you a highlight of us playing your game :)

Of course with the quick dev time there are always some issues, here are some of the ones we know about. (I'll keep updating this list as people bring stuff up):

Known Issues:

- We don't have any support for non-QWERTY keyboards. This is something we really wanted to support, but the time didn't allow for it.
- In the late rounds, the starting panel for each round is unfairly quick, still not sure what's causing this.

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall(Jam) 4.42 5
Audio(Jam) 4.68 1
Fun(Jam) 4.30 6
Graphics(Jam) 4.52 30
Humor(Jam) 4.38 5
Innovation(Jam) 3.64 158
Mood(Jam) 4.15 30
Theme(Jam) 4.20 39

Feedback

graebor
19. Apr 2016 · 00:44 UTC
Nice job! Love the music and character art. The dialogue made the tutorial very enjoyable. I was impressed with how many combinations of keys you got in there with their own animations and everything :)
Futilrevenge
19. Apr 2016 · 00:50 UTC
Really enjoyed the game. Loved the visuals and the music!
luvShape
19. Apr 2016 · 01:03 UTC
I'm in love! Funny, well designed and the sound design is on point! Thank you for sharing a beautiful game!
fenwick
19. Apr 2016 · 02:45 UTC
Wow! Beautiful, clever, and fun, pretty much everything you can ask for.
TeamKawaiiju
19. Apr 2016 · 02:46 UTC
this is a really great game! its really fun and charming-the art and humor is great!
Hankenstien
19. Apr 2016 · 02:49 UTC
This was a lot of fun and I will be showing it to people at work tomorrow!
nickavv
19. Apr 2016 · 02:51 UTC
I seriously love this. The graphics and music are wonderful, the characters in the tutorial are funny and likeable. The gameplay is fun and difficult (I'm nvv on the high score table btw). Well done
tweedle
19. Apr 2016 · 03:16 UTC
My favorite part was the animations, music a close second! -t
AsixJin
19. Apr 2016 · 03:22 UTC
This is a really great entry! I loved everything about this! Especially the music!
megalukes
19. Apr 2016 · 03:39 UTC
Loved the music. Reminded me of some old psx dance games. Nice visuals too.
huminaboz
19. Apr 2016 · 05:16 UTC
Love it. Perfect score.
KairosXIII
19. Apr 2016 · 23:44 UTC
The game is hilarious, very clever. Love the music and red elbow pads!
Sean
20. Apr 2016 · 03:02 UTC
Gameplay was fairly basic, but the artwork, music, and humour really sold it!
broknecho
20. Apr 2016 · 03:04 UTC
The animations, music, theme. All awesome! Great entry! Z+E always got me!
subpixel
20. Apr 2016 · 04:08 UTC
Loved this. The music was super catchy, the tone of the tutorial was awesome, loved the graphic design. All round star.

Also, I'm in a slightly better mood now, after playing this game. There's some Kimmy Schmidt level peppiness going on in there.

I saw you play my game on the VOD of your Twitch stream. Thank you so much for visiting!
cakeknuckles
20. Apr 2016 · 21:42 UTC
this was really fantastic!! i loved the art style and the funky music, the poses were super cute, and a great take on the theme. all in all, i really enjoyed it :)
wg_phancock
21. Apr 2016 · 02:44 UTC
Nice art, music, tutorial, overall well done! I've seen a few other games with this similar theme but this is by far the most polished and easy to figure out and play.

I only wish the "combo counter" was closer to the character, like a little meter underneath him or next to him or something. A few times I wanted to look at it and it being up in the corner caused me to miss the upcoming shape.

Also for some reason, I kept wanting "X" to be the splits move, but I'm not sure why. Perhaps because it's similar to the "S" shape. Probably just a quirk of my brain.
Titangea
21. Apr 2016 · 03:17 UTC
Really funny, I only did 12 points xD (I try it but it was difficult, but I like it) I like the Animation, the humor, is interesting the use of the keys to do de positions, good work ^^
NightShadow0
21. Apr 2016 · 13:08 UTC
Nice concept. The controls are intuitive, but not easy at all; something that used both halves of the keyboard would've been easier, IMO. The aesthetic is pretty cute too, especially the animations. Nice work!
Populous90
21. Apr 2016 · 15:05 UTC
Didnt impress me. Its a direct copy of the show.
Anyway...IS GRAPHICS EVERYTHING?! think about it....?
SeaDads
22. Apr 2016 · 13:04 UTC
Love it! The tutorial was really nice, great dialog, and the difficulty balance was nice, had the potential to be frustrating but it was really fun! Top notch audio and art too!
Pickens Inc.
23. Apr 2016 · 21:23 UTC
Adore it. Brilliant music, hilarious characters and art, nice concept and implementation. Only nitpick is that Z and C are difficult to press simultaneously for me.
Pickens Inc.
23. Apr 2016 · 23:41 UTC
You know, this might actually be my favourite entry ever. I just keep coming back. Best score I just achieved was 101! :D
joemid
24. Apr 2016 · 23:43 UTC
Yeah, I kept forgetting the S shape. Wow, really incredible achievement! This game seems really polished and slick. It does tend to get fast pretty quick, but entertaining tutorial- responsive gameplay, and fantastic character design! Would love if the "shifting" effected the main track more- but c'mon! Amazing work for 72 hours!!!
jk5000
25. Apr 2016 · 07:59 UTC
The music and graphics is great.
Strike
25. Apr 2016 · 08:24 UTC
Take 5 stars everywhere !
Wonderful game.

I always had trouble in the beginning because it was easy to accidentally shift my hand on the keyboard by mistake and get hit 3 times in a row because of that. So I decided to play with 2 hands. And here I am at the top of the high scores ;) (at least for now :D)

I just think that the X move (on the S key) should have been Q + Z + E + C, but now I'm wondering if all keyboard can support all these keys pressed together XD Anyway, that's also removing the only difficulty for people playing with 2 hands. So maybe it's better to keep it that way.
ButtonMasherBros
26. Apr 2016 · 16:00 UTC
Pssst - you are featured in today's LUDUM DARE TO BELIEVE! Check it out at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t0et_GLOeA
Brian Mayberry
27. Apr 2016 · 02:39 UTC
Caught wind of this from "Ludum Dare to Believe," it's so much harder than it looks, but so much fun! The music and art are on point, tons of replay value. Loved it!
MintArcade
27. Apr 2016 · 18:47 UTC
Got only 7, but it was great fun. Mill play more after LD over. 5/5 game!
Cerno_b
28. Apr 2016 · 19:37 UTC
Awesome! I totally got that Katamari-vibe. One of the rare cases I gave five stars for innovation. This one is exceptional. Great job!
GFM
30. Apr 2016 · 01:51 UTC
Is the leaderboard really online? I'll have to play again to try and get first... So far, my record was 128. :)

Great game!
Everything is so good in it... the art, the song, the mechanic...

It kinda reminded me of Osu's osu!mania mode.
SteveSalmond
30. Apr 2016 · 03:23 UTC
That music was so awesomely peppy! I was just boppin' along to the beat :) Loved the whole thing, especially the way the guy does his little boogie in between shapes, and those tutorial characters were gold. Really well done!
Aaranos
30. Apr 2016 · 20:14 UTC
The art and music are fantastic. Out of all the fit the shape runners submitted this is probably the best.
Docjekyll
03. May 2016 · 03:13 UTC
Super stylish! Simple but well executed.
I could have that wah/formant/talkbox synth talk to me all day.
Jupiter_Hadley
03. May 2016 · 19:45 UTC
Funny game! I included it in my video compilation series of Ludum Dare games, if you’d like to check them out :) https://youtu.be/8gYXle65h9c
Sabina Lis
04. May 2016 · 03:39 UTC
Really complete game, it was fun, the tutorial was entertaining, nice beats and animation, controls felt comfortable, great job!
BSODDevTeam
05. May 2016 · 18:15 UTC
Really nice game. I can play it all day!
Marius
10. May 2016 · 10:56 UTC
Hi, nice game and congratulations ! We're realizing a video with several winners of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description