Ball Escape by Mjiig
I'm new to this so my only goal was to have SOMETHING that could technically be called a game by the end. As a result there is no art, no instructions and some important info that should be on screen on each level is not :). However I spent a lot of time on this and will upload it anyway.
Move the Big Green Dot (BGD) from where it starts to the hole in the side of the window without touching one of the moving red dots on the way. You can do this by either left clicking to create a point that the BGD will move towards if it can, or right clicking to create a point the BGD will move away from whenever it can. You have a limited number of each points which varies from level to level. Middle clicking on a point removes it.
Ratings
| Coolness |
14% |
26 |
| Overall |
2.50 |
366 |
| Audio |
1.00 |
371 |
| Community |
2.00 |
336 |
| Fun |
2.42 |
313 |
| Graphics |
1.45 |
476 |
| Humor |
1.20 |
427 |
| Innovation |
3.50 |
85 |
| Theme |
2.00 |
450 |
Feedback
It's kind of hard to tell that that 1px black line on the side of the screen is a hole.
And it's a bit frustrating that the ball can't orbit a green dot into the hole, but has to bounce into it, this sort of thing should be explained or something.
Love the Linux support, with 2 binaries even. Wow. :D
Andrew, I might expand it a bit, the limitedness of what you see is a result of me not thinking through my priorities well at the start. I am aware that some levels can be done using lines of green dots (I think one level requires it), but by the time i realised you could do this I had forgotten how many green dots I had given people on some levels, so that aspect is easy to abuse.
And with that goal in mind, I think you've succeeded! This is really innovative and fun. I made it to the level on your screenshot and found it pretty impossible, though.
As for a few criticisms, the fast movement made me feel like I didn't have a lot of fine control on what was going to happen, so a lot of the time I was just clicking and seeing what resulted. Also, as the top half of the window is rarely used, you might want to explore using a narrower resolution. I liked that it was entirely mouse controlled, but I did find myself trying to click near the edge and accidentally clicking out of the window a few times. Might be better to have a bit more of a border between the gamespace and edge of the window.