Algebro by ChummyWinds
UPDATE
4/21: fixed small performance bugs for html5 version to work. Only works on Chrome, Safari. IE and Firefox are unstable and shouldn't be used.
**Download is still the best way
Remember how much your imagination would run wild when you were just a bored kid at school?
Let our team, Chummy Winds, take you back to a time of daydreaming and doodling in our first Ludum Dare jam game, Algebro.
Take control of the little dude and fight your way through 3 beautifully designed stages, dashing between 2D and 3D to fend off the blood thirsty shapes who are trying to suck you into their world.
How to play:
Move with the mouse cursor
A key - shift to Triangle shape
S key - shift to Circle shape
D key - shift to Square shape
Space/Click - Dash Attack
Escape - Pause and View Controls
Shift to the matching shape and dash into baddies to clear them from the stage.
The blue meter shows you how much stamina you have left to perform a dash, while the red meter displays how much time you have left in shape mode before your little dude turns back into 3D mode, where you are vulnerable to lose health. But watch out, colliding with the wrong baddie shape will immediately send you back into 3D mode where you can take damage!
Tips:
You can move underneath obstacles when in 2D/Shape mode, just like the baddies.
If you find yourself clicking off the game window too often while dashing, try using the space bar to dash.
Programmers:
Cooper
Ryan
Lucas
Miguel
Artist:
Danny
ALL ART ASSETS for this game where created by the artist on an iPad using the Procreate painting app.
Audio and Effects were a mix of homemade and https://incompetech.com/
4/21: fixed small performance bugs for html5 version to work. Only works on Chrome, Safari. IE and Firefox are unstable and shouldn't be used.
**Download is still the best way
Remember how much your imagination would run wild when you were just a bored kid at school?
Let our team, Chummy Winds, take you back to a time of daydreaming and doodling in our first Ludum Dare jam game, Algebro.
Take control of the little dude and fight your way through 3 beautifully designed stages, dashing between 2D and 3D to fend off the blood thirsty shapes who are trying to suck you into their world.
How to play:
Move with the mouse cursor
A key - shift to Triangle shape
S key - shift to Circle shape
D key - shift to Square shape
Space/Click - Dash Attack
Escape - Pause and View Controls
Shift to the matching shape and dash into baddies to clear them from the stage.
The blue meter shows you how much stamina you have left to perform a dash, while the red meter displays how much time you have left in shape mode before your little dude turns back into 3D mode, where you are vulnerable to lose health. But watch out, colliding with the wrong baddie shape will immediately send you back into 3D mode where you can take damage!
Tips:
You can move underneath obstacles when in 2D/Shape mode, just like the baddies.
If you find yourself clicking off the game window too often while dashing, try using the space bar to dash.
Programmers:
Cooper
Ryan
Lucas
Miguel
Artist:
Danny
ALL ART ASSETS for this game where created by the artist on an iPad using the Procreate painting app.
Audio and Effects were a mix of homemade and https://incompetech.com/
| Web | https://chummywinds.itch.io/algebro |
| Windows | https://chummywinds.itch.io/algebro |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=92986 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 96% | 2 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.22 | 569 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.97 | 667 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.05 | 165 |
| Humor(Jam) | 3.00 | 290 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.97 | 606 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.56 | 217 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.78 | 199 |
Well done!
It was a little difficult at times to tell if I was 3D or 2D but I got the habit in the end.
Regardless, this is a fun little number, well scoped and well put together.
I can't express how much we appreciated his talent.
Glad you like it! :D
The control is a bit hard though, maybe you could show what kind of type to transform? Or maybe use a time stop while changing the shape.
Great work!
It's a small thing, but I also really like that the controls are extra easy to remember because each shape resembles the letter it's mapped to -- the triangular shape of "A", the curves of "S" and the boxy "D". Brilliant little touch. Great job!
Other than that, mood, theme, and graphics were great.