An Errant Slime by gnerkus

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made by gnerkus for LD35 (COMPO)
Glob has refused to be used as sword fodder for fledgling heroes. His kind don't take kindly to this and seek to return him to his rightful place as a level 1 slime.

Escape the dungeon by evading the slimes on each level and reaching the level exit.

Use the arrow keys or W, S, A, D to move. Press 'SPACE' to transform to a cute slime ball that is ignored by other slimes.

Yellow slimes mimic your movement
Green slimes inverse mimic your movement
Red slimes move towards you.

Ratings

Coolness 77% 2
Overall 2.98 662
Audio 3.31 192
Fun 2.80 686
Graphics 3.05 448
Humor 2.76 272
Innovation 2.91 585
Mood 2.89 499
Theme 2.98 700

Feedback

StianTheDark
18. Apr 2016 路 19:52 UTC
Really fun game! Also, thanks for having a Linux version :D
tanis
18. Apr 2016 路 19:53 UTC
How do you restart the level when you die? :-P
lanestp
18. Apr 2016 路 20:00 UTC
Cute little game. I like the way the different slimes move. It takes some thinking. Good job!
owyoow
18. Apr 2016 路 20:04 UTC
I like the game. Fun puzzle game. I did find a bug I think. If an enemy slime dies with a bomb and you move onto the place the enemy was before you die.
馃帳 gnerkus
19. Apr 2016 路 01:52 UTC
@tanis You have to quit the game. I didn't have enough time to fix the bug before submission

@owyoow Thanks for playing and finding the bug. I couldn't fix it in time.

@StianTheDark You're welcome

@lanestp Thank you very much!
Marjie62
22. Apr 2016 路 03:52 UTC
I keep dying and I don't know why. I'm not walking into a slime, a red tile, or a bomb. Is there some difference between the differently colored grey tiles?
馃帳 gnerkus
22. Apr 2016 路 14:37 UTC
@Marjie62 It's the result of an insidious bug (see @owyoow 's comment). I'll fix it as soon as I can. Thank you for playing the game.
sftrabbit
22. Apr 2016 路 21:32 UTC
I think I found another little bug: if you use up all your turns exactly when you reach the end, you seem to end up in a weird state where you can see the next level but can't move any more.

Regardless, nice idea! It was sometimes quite tricky, and I like how you made moving as the slime ball more expensive than normal movement so that you couldn't use it all the time (the game would be broken!). A simple set of rules made for some nice level design. Also, good graphics and music! Nice work.
馃帳 gnerkus
22. Apr 2016 路 21:42 UTC
@sftrabbit Thank you very much! I have a ton of bug-fixing to do when the voting is over.
marmpa
22. Apr 2016 路 22:32 UTC
Nice entry. I really like how the slime guy move. Like this kind of games :)
tomlum
23. Apr 2016 路 02:26 UTC
Would be great if I didn't have to restart the application every time I died. It's also really hard to see why it is that I die when I die. But the art and concept are really cool.
馃帳 gnerkus
23. Apr 2016 路 05:40 UTC
@marmpa Thank you

@tomlum I'm truly sorry. I didn't have enough time to fix those bugs. I will after the voting ends.
Freank
23. Apr 2016 路 07:20 UTC
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games 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
MayankUnreal
24. Apr 2016 路 09:12 UTC
Its really cool game.I wish I could play it more but its small.
馃帳 gnerkus
24. Apr 2016 路 10:35 UTC
@MayanUnreal Thank you. I hope to polish it after once the voting ends.
KristophTG
24. Apr 2016 路 11:51 UTC
It would be useful if you could restart the game. Also there is a bug, where using up your moves and reaching the green tile at the same time makes you lose and win at the same time (Shows the screen saying you have been consumed, but moves you to the next level).
Mathieu Muller
24. Apr 2016 路 13:08 UTC
Nice game, reminds me of MicRogue on Android.
Freank
24. Apr 2016 路 17:59 UTC
i'm still waiting :D
馃帳 gnerkus
24. Apr 2016 路 18:06 UTC
@Freank I've added the game on indiexpo.net. You can include it in the video.
deadbodyoutline
25. Apr 2016 路 15:31 UTC
Nice entry! Simple, funny and with an excellent background music, I played it a lot :D

Some thoughts: It could be good to have a way to restart, instead of closing/opening the game. Also, some tiles are confusing, maybe mixing them on a chess pattern could be nice ;)
bjorn
02. May 2016 路 06:11 UTC
That was fun
馃帳 gnerkus
02. May 2016 路 07:19 UTC
@bjorn Thank you.
gelisam
10. May 2016 路 00:45 UTC
Very unclear, this game needs a tutorial. I kept dying without understanding why, and the fact that there's no restart button made it even worse.