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Shapeshift by hildegarbage

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made by hildegarbage for LD35 (COMPO)
How to play:

WASD to move
Mouse to shape blocks

Click and drag the edges of a block to shape it.
To solve the last level, you have to think - and use your "magic" - outside the box... LITERALLY!

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v1.2: Fixed the blurry images.

v1.1: Made a small update with a bug fix and two in-game hints, so that the last level makes sense. Original upload can still be found here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/like8yr2ntm8mcr/AABX_r-1pgqK8pRBMOwZg9ZYa?dl=0

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First time participating in Ludum Dare!

Made everything from scratch using Java with LWJGL and Slick-util. Images drawn in Paint.NET and music made with Madtracker 2. Code is really ugly and outdated, but I'm glad it works...

I only used about half the time and spent way too much of it just trying to get things to work, including transparency, repeatable textures and getting the game to run as an applet. Nothing of that worked out...
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/3zl6hkyll1gy3pi/Shapeshift-win.jar?dl=0
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/s/v0im2ojmyr4qa7q/Shapeshift-macosx.jar?dl=0
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/rm1v7glm0p5dfiy/Shapeshift-linux.jar?dl=0
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/avk9a6ffdxq1b3v/src.rar?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=89320

Ratings

Coolness 72% 3
Overall 3.41 289
Audio 3.44 144
Fun 3.46 232
Graphics 2.72 622
Innovation 3.94 64
Mood 3.36 190
Theme 3.89 125

Feedback

Crown Games
18. Apr 2016 路 01:41 UTC
How do you beat the first level?
馃帳 hildegarbage
18. Apr 2016 路 05:46 UTC
Crown Games: Use your magic to transform the block!
hijomo
18. Apr 2016 路 06:33 UTC
Cool game it took me a while to understand but I got there. changing the environment is an awesome mechanic.
Idkfawin32
18. Apr 2016 路 06:37 UTC
This is pretty excellent! Bonus points for the keygen era mod music :D.

Very fun concept and entry
ogre
18. Apr 2016 路 06:40 UTC
Very nice game mechanic. Last room is not obvious that you have to exit higher than ground level. Wish there were more!
OWi Games
18. Apr 2016 路 06:41 UTC
really cool concept!
馃帳 hildegarbage
18. Apr 2016 路 06:48 UTC
ogre: I should have added hints in the game, because that's not really the way to finish! Thanks for pointing it out though. (The goal is to transform the whole level to exit.)
oal
18. Apr 2016 路 06:48 UTC
I took me a while to understand how the game worked, but with some instructions and mouse guides, that could easily be solved. The levels are quite challenging still.
shohs
18. Apr 2016 路 06:51 UTC
I love the concept of this game, I just wish there were more levels!
(Also, I encountered a weird bug in level 3 where it froze unless I hit the maximize button)
wheerd
18. Apr 2016 路 06:56 UTC
Cool idea, but the scaling of the blocks is sometimes a bit sketchy. Also a popup or something when you reach the last exit would have been nice.
HawkSandwich
18. Apr 2016 路 08:32 UTC
Nice game
Rico
19. Apr 2016 路 08:53 UTC
Extra idea for gameplay.
Arvydas
19. Apr 2016 路 17:26 UTC
The idea is very fun, the graphics, no comment, nice concept, better work on the realization! :D
Odyssey
19. Apr 2016 路 19:46 UTC
This was good but there should really be more explanation
BloodJohn
19. Apr 2016 路 20:05 UTC
袗 lot of fun. I was happy when I finally understood how to use magic =)
sftrabbit
19. Apr 2016 路 22:28 UTC
Nice mechanic and I loved figuring out that I could make the block move off the platform it was on. Looks like you tried to go for a pixelated look, but didn't set it to nearest neighbour filtering or whatever, so it ended up looking a bit blurry. Cool music! Overall, a fun game!
Red_Fan games
19. Apr 2016 路 22:32 UTC
Really cool entry, looking a bit blurry though.
EdoCreate
21. Apr 2016 路 05:35 UTC
Nice sound and visual style! Pretty game!
fafastudio
21. Apr 2016 路 18:38 UTC
Nice game and mechanics
Maybe graphics weren't that neat,
But i enjoyed the concept
cicanci
21. Apr 2016 路 18:59 UTC
Really nice game, well done! You should polish it and publish for mobile devices!
w1n5t0n
22. Apr 2016 路 19:09 UTC
Very cool use of the theme!
johnbrynte
22. Apr 2016 路 19:14 UTC
Nice to see such a fresh mechanic that also fits the theme really well! Awesome work!
LOSTALLOY
22. Apr 2016 路 22:49 UTC
I like this a lot, but the game crashes when I get to the third level D:
Loved the song too :D
Daukan
24. Apr 2016 路 16:56 UTC
The game was cool. Some interesting puzzles and mechanics. The graphics could use some fine tuning. Everything shouldn't look diffused. It probably has to do with how textures are loaded and the settings for rendering. Good entry. Keep it up.
Rock Eaters
01. May 2016 路 05:23 UTC
fun mechanic and cute graphic, i like it
BSODDevTeam
05. May 2016 路 17:37 UTC
Well polished and simple game. I like it.
garygreen
05. May 2016 路 21:06 UTC
I liked the clever game mechanic, and the graphics looked great. Nice work.