Tiny Life by armornick

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made by armornick for LD23 (COMPO)
Tiny Life
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Entry for Ludum Dare 23 by armornick.

Gameplay
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A small and simple ascii graphics strategy game.
Currently has only one weapon and two enemies.
Thus nothing more than a whack-a-mole game. With mines.

Credits
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* Love2d Framework:
* Pecita font:
* Gamaliel font:
* sound effects:

Ratings

Coolness 53% 3
Overall 2.07 853
Audio 1.09 782
Fun 1.82 844
Graphics 1.89 849
Humor 2.52 291
Innovation 1.71 880
Mood 2.05 778
Theme 2.52 670

Feedback

MagnesiumNinja
23. Apr 2012 路 04:28 UTC
Couldn't download the file, link wasn't working for me. I'm not sure if the service is overloaded or not
馃帳 armornick
23. Apr 2012 路 04:33 UTC
Tried it and it should be working. Did you get an error message?
SidetrackGames
23. Apr 2012 路 04:45 UTC
Its an ok game, could turn out to be something with a few additional features :)
RandomOutput
23. Apr 2012 路 05:01 UTC
appreciate the ending twist.
LukeRissacher
23. Apr 2012 路 05:01 UTC
Click it!
mikelovesrobots3
23. Apr 2012 路 05:14 UTC
The OSX link says file not found, but I was able to download the .love file and run it via love. Nice first try. Keep it up!
Oye Beto
23. Apr 2012 路 06:21 UTC
Maybe you could make the microorganisms follow a trajectory and limit the number of mines. This way the user has to put the mines in an intersection point where 2 or more organisms cross.
馃帳 armornick
23. Apr 2012 路 07:12 UTC
That was something I originally planned but things happened and I had to start over with only 10 hours left so I didn't have much time to work with.
Seppi
23. Apr 2012 路 22:45 UTC
You monster. :)
triplefox
24. Apr 2012 路 05:29 UTC
I was a monster.
Kane
24. Apr 2012 路 19:19 UTC
One word: ASCII <3
devwil
24. Apr 2012 路 22:32 UTC
***I'm posting this on all non-browser games I bring up in an attempt to encourage folks to make browser games next time around. Do not take it personally.***

When hundreds of people make non-browser games, that means that, to play all of the entries, I would need to download hundreds of games to my computer. I typically use OS X, so Windows-only entries are particularly inconvenient.

Please consider making a browser game next time.
uprightpath
25. Apr 2012 路 01:35 UTC
Clicking cases things to stop moving. Then I can click a bunch of other things and kill 'em. So long as I use the wrong end of the mouse!
graytest
25. Apr 2012 路 15:38 UTC
Too easy (just click the enemy)! Could be fun with more features.
Mago
27. Apr 2012 路 08:29 UTC
Too simple and too short. Fun ending screen :)
Muhiz
28. Apr 2012 路 01:56 UTC
Humorous, own fonts, nice idea. Too easy.
Couldn't download .love file but running the sources through Love worked.
Cyboot
30. Apr 2012 路 09:17 UTC
the shortest game i played so far, about 30 sec :D
But funny, i like the ascii graphics.
kratorspore
01. May 2012 路 07:42 UTC
A bit simple and short.
BlackBulletIV
01. May 2012 路 08:09 UTC
This ends up being a click the enemy game, especially because you have unlimited mines. The enemy movement eases the difficulty even further.

The ending text was kind of amusing though, and you made it in Love2D, which is awesome.

One last thing: you credit sfxr for sound effects, yet I heard nothing play? Is this a bug?
Jezzamon
01. May 2012 路 09:06 UTC
Hey, just letting you know that that preview image isn't very good. When viewed from the list of games, it just seems completely black. Maybe upload a picture of a zoomed in section of the game? Something that's visible in the screenshot.

Also I'm getting a file not found error, and from the looks of the downloads, it seems like everyone else is too. :C
馃帳 armornick
03. May 2012 路 04:25 UTC
It's a strange thing, those downloads. I uploaded the love file to github and it's even there in my list of files but when I click it, it says file not found.

About the sound, I did have sounds in my first version but some things happened and I had to restart with only 10 hours left so I didn't have time to implement everything.
Datamosh
03. May 2012 路 06:17 UTC
LOL really short, but ASCII really adds personality to it!
robcozzens
06. May 2012 路 01:04 UTC
I would play it, but I'm on an iMac.
馃帳 armornick
12. May 2012 路 06:44 UTC
Unless I'm very much mistaken, it should work on an iMac. Just download Love2d (from love2d.org) and the source and put them together.
tomhunt
13. May 2012 路 19:10 UTC
couldn't download the mac version. got a file not found error.