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Blink by samlo

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made by samlo for LD35 (JAM)
Top down action dashing game where you must shift states to destroy enemies

Get combos by killing multiple enemies in the same chain of blinks. To chain blinks, tap the blink button after the previous blink ends but before the ring goes away!

Score and combo are currently meaningless but make you feel good inside!

Game over when you're out of hearts and get hit


Controls:

Move - Left stick/WASD
Blink - A button / LMB
Switch States - R1 / RMB

Pro Tips:

-Use a controller
-Blinking is reckless
-You can change states while blinking
-Killing an enemy knocks back enemies of the opposite state
-Combos end if you lose your blink chain or if you take damage
-Use a controller

Programming and animation by Sam Loeschen
Score and illustration by Flite
Web https://samloeschen.itch.io/blink
Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7Yq0UyUVJpaVUN5MTd0VkZjZnM
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=88195

Ratings

Coolness 82% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.84 99
Audio(Jam) 3.77 111
Fun(Jam) 3.83 78
Graphics(Jam) 4.12 137
Humor(Jam) 2.28 624
Innovation(Jam) 3.28 348
Mood(Jam) 3.64 176
Theme(Jam) 3.50 415

Feedback

snoodleking
19. Apr 2016 路 13:56 UTC
Love the aesthetic and the blink mechanic! That screen effect - so sweet! Combos were a little unclear to me, but maybe I just need to spend some more time with it. Overall great job!
馃帳 samlo
19. Apr 2016 路 15:07 UTC
thanks snoodleking! I updated the description to make the combos a little more clear - they're actually pretty easy to do but a bit cryptic without explanation
joemid
19. Apr 2016 路 15:33 UTC
Great job! Simple and easy to play. Great game mechanic and never a feeling of being "cheated." A little to fast for a trackpad- but I think that's my problem.
Allthebees
19. Apr 2016 路 15:34 UTC
Really addictive and absolutely beautiful graphics! Once the difficulty spiked and it became like a bullet hell it really grabbed me and I was trying over and over again to make mad blink combos. Excellent stuff!
goodbadokay
19. Apr 2016 路 16:00 UTC
Awesome entry!
Would love to play this on my phone :)
Togimaro
19. Apr 2016 路 16:05 UTC
Really cool! The difficulty is well balanced but the combometer goes down really quickly, I have not made more than 3 ^^'
Good job!
JayProg
19. Apr 2016 路 16:10 UTC
Great execution of a simple idea. I'm impressed by the minimalism and polish. Feels great with gamepad.
Madzinah
19. Apr 2016 路 16:10 UTC
The sound is quite nice to blink on the tempo, making the control almost useless, nice work on effect and graphics, great job !
JayProg
19. Apr 2016 路 16:10 UTC
Great execution of a simple idea. I'm impressed by the minimalism and polish. Feels great with gamepad.
foolmoron
19. Apr 2016 路 17:49 UTC
Obsessed with that godly light particle effect... the chroma abberation and screenshake is well done too (not overdone)
ragnarolis
19. Apr 2016 路 18:40 UTC
Amazing game! It was extremely fun to play and I loved the artstyle. Great job!
EpiFouloux
19. Apr 2016 路 18:45 UTC
Really nice ! Graphics and music are awesome
mukult
19. Apr 2016 路 18:59 UTC
Nice feel in the game! Looks really polished! :)
WojtaW
19. Apr 2016 路 19:25 UTC
Graphically well executed, really nice mood, fits the theme, bullseye hits my musical sweetspot. Shame the gameplay wasn't a bit more challenging and that you cannot properly hit "multikills".. Good submit nevertheless!
馃帳 samlo
19. Apr 2016 路 19:31 UTC
^WojtaW genuinely surprised you didn't find it challenging haha
Riftpoint
19. Apr 2016 路 19:47 UTC
Cool game! The aesthetic is amazing, the art is really good. Congratulations
roman9
19. Apr 2016 路 20:06 UTC
Awesome game really liked it nice job
blinry
19. Apr 2016 路 20:37 UTC
Huh, it gets hard really fast! But in a good way! Love the controls, graphics, sounds! Nothing to complain, everything to love! Thanks for making this!
Biliogadafr
19. Apr 2016 路 21:48 UTC
Love this fast attacks :) Looks cool. Good job
uvwar
19. Apr 2016 路 21:57 UTC
Awesome music and graphics, although I wasn't sure if it was an effect or if I was getting weird screen tearing or something! I also couldn't really figure out how to get or keep a combo going...help
TeamLambda
19. Apr 2016 路 22:10 UTC
Wow, very nice. I like the flow !
johnbrynte
19. Apr 2016 路 22:20 UTC
Very fitting sounds and visuals to the gameplay, really polished! One thing that made things difficult for me was that the player didn't stay in the middle of the camera when moving, making the aim shift, even thought the effect looked nice :)
Sean
19. Apr 2016 路 22:24 UTC
I found the gameplay a bit boring, but the music and aesthetic were great!
gamesplusjames
19. Apr 2016 路 23:08 UTC
Well done, that was great! I feel the time to get a combo could last a little longer, especially earlier in the combo, but otherwise a really interesting entry!
Flite
19. Apr 2016 路 23:28 UTC
Thanks for all your comments on the music and art! This is actually my first game doing art for, and though I've made music for a very long time, this is also my first game creating music for.
jofra
20. Apr 2016 路 01:04 UTC
Very cool game!

The feel of the effects and esthetics are very well done! The game feels great. I only wish i could have seen more of the theme in the game.
gj!
Ithildin
20. Apr 2016 路 01:39 UTC
Great game! Visuals feel very polished and clear, and so do the game controls, really responsive on a gamepad. You did an awesome job on the music side as well, it helps a lot with getting in the zone.

Like @snoodleking, I also had trouble figuring out the combos but I hadn't read the instructions, so shame on me in this case.

Awesome job!
cabezotta
20. Apr 2016 路 01:45 UTC
Super fun game! Very simple, great use of the theme..! Controls are very good too! Nice work!
CasualCat
20. Apr 2016 路 11:19 UTC
Immediately the game gets me pumped up with the music and polished appearance. Once I start playing I am amazed by the particle effects. The art is great but the particles just make the game amazing, especially the when playing in the white form; the color and triangles. It's just so pretty. And the game plays really well and feels nice. It's fast paced, challenging, but still gives you breathing space. It's well balanced in difficulty, a good combo of tactics and skillful reaction. I really enjoyed the game!
ruthiepee
20. Apr 2016 路 13:03 UTC
This game turned out to be amazing! I love the snappiness of the character movement and the fast speed of gameplay. The music is awesome too. I'm laughing at all the people that say this is 'minimalistic' because when I make the character blink, I see TONS of juicy particles and flashes and screenshake and chromatic aberration. There is so much below the surface, ha! Awesome game, super polished.
DAT.NOT.MY.GAME!
20. Apr 2016 路 13:31 UTC
Nice game! Very simple basic gameplay, but nice visual style, good sound and good feedback to user (effects and particles).
CasualCat
20. Apr 2016 路 15:37 UTC
May I ask how you made the effect that occurs when taking damage?
Gravedrinker
20. Apr 2016 路 17:02 UTC
Really cool look and gamefeel, well done!
Larzan
20. Apr 2016 路 17:25 UTC
Great idea, looks beautiful!
JOK
20. Apr 2016 路 17:29 UTC
Great graphics and nice music loop.
vctr_seleucos
20. Apr 2016 路 17:34 UTC
My god, great entry!! Good job with screenshake and juice, the game feels pretty polished and it's adictive. The only thing a I miss are sound effects for the blink, points, death, etc... Awesome work!
sheepsalamanderfox
20. Apr 2016 路 18:10 UTC
I love graphics and the general idea of your game ! Great job !
Shatter Point Studios
20. Apr 2016 路 18:56 UTC
Awesome style, simple and very fun. The combo mechanic was really difficult for me though.
pirate_shell
20. Apr 2016 路 19:22 UTC
This was a very solid entry. The mechanic was really simple, but polished rather well. The graphics were minimalistic but I enjoyed them a lot. The soundtrack was suitably hyping me up so good job on that front! The gameplay was also fun, although I sucked really bad lol. I would have liked some sort of sound effects for a bit more punch and also the controller buttons you had on the level ground were not accurate for me(used A instead of X, RB instead of RT) Overall though - a great entry!
馃帳 samlo
20. Apr 2016 路 19:30 UTC
@pirate_shell - sorry about the controls! I made them using a ps3 controller so there's probably some discrepancies
SecondDimension
20. Apr 2016 路 19:55 UTC
Great fun with a controller, and very awesome music!
woodenrabbit
20. Apr 2016 路 20:03 UTC
It looks great and I like the dashing :D
Sir Magic
20. Apr 2016 路 20:19 UTC
Amazing idea and loved the visuals, really neat game.
Gametery
20. Apr 2016 路 21:52 UTC
Beautiful particles. Simple but fun gameplay. Well done!
SantiHisteria
20. Apr 2016 路 22:02 UTC
Very nice game!! Great work!!
ChatPion
20. Apr 2016 路 22:54 UTC
Good job ! Visual effects are really cool !

I think that maybe if you stacked blink orders instead of waiting for the current blink to stop, the game would feel smoother, combos could be easier to make, and with your particle effects, you could create pretty chains of blinks.
馃帳 samlo
21. Apr 2016 路 00:31 UTC
ChatPion - I thought about that, but I like the timing too much. I think the game needs a stronger indicator than the ring - as long as the ring is out, you can chain blinks and maintain your combo.
Rafos Games
21. Apr 2016 路 14:35 UTC
I hope to see this game in smartphones. It's a funny games =)
APantaloni
21. Apr 2016 路 17:32 UTC
Graphically is great, the controls are spot on and the music is nice. I'd have preferred maybe a faster start but it's fun nonetheless. Great entry!
Leon M枚hring
22. Apr 2016 路 16:27 UTC
Great particles and very juicy game! Also great music, but I would have loved sound effects to make the mood perfect... Other wise more gameplay would have been nice, but cool game!
fin_nolimit
23. Apr 2016 路 16:22 UTC
Controller support... WHAT!!!! This game rocks man! I'm watching you on stream right now and just had to play it!! Excellent job!
yokcos700
23. Apr 2016 路 22:03 UTC
Sound effects would be nice and the music is a bit repetitive but my god that ramps up quickly! By jove I love the colourful trail behind you when you're white and the little dying animations of some enemies! Although I have *no idea* of how to survive when the game goes full bullet hell on me D:
omarhuseynov011
24. Apr 2016 路 14:53 UTC
The graphics were really good and gameplay as well! Nice entry
sepharoth213
25. Apr 2016 路 15:07 UTC
wish i had a real mouse to play with...
curtamyth
26. Apr 2016 路 01:51 UTC
Cool game! I really like the music and the pace of the action was great.
Jeasonfire
28. Apr 2016 路 17:31 UTC
Nice graphics, especially the particle effects, which are lovely. Music is very intense and fitting, and the controls felt pretty good. Maybe a bit unresponsive when clicking very fast, but that's a pretty minor problem. The difficulty was a bit weird, since the game felt very slow and easy at the beginning, until almost out of nowhere there started to spawn quite a few enemies. Maybe shortening the "easy beginning" time would be better?

Overall, very enjoyable. Good work!
aeveis
02. May 2016 路 04:57 UTC
Pretty fun and nice meeting you at Indiecade East! Liked dashing around, it feels pretty good! The chromatic aberration feels a tiny bit much since you dash around a lot, but I got used to it. Again, since I want to keep dashing maybe (as my friend suggested) having two dashes of each and taking out the button switch. Another thing could be to switch colors anytime (and then have possibly more than two colors), but maybe that would get complicated quickly. Could be cool to see more progression with enemies.

Good job!
BSODDevTeam
05. May 2016 路 17:58 UTC
Really cool.
Ellian
08. May 2016 路 11:46 UTC
It's barely shape shifting but MAN it's fun and controls awesome. The graphics are splendid, my only complain would be the lack of sounds; the music is good but if you added sounds to the attacks/hits the game would feel even better.
Anyway, amazing work. Fantastic effects/feedbacks and art. Grats!
01010111
09. May 2016 路 19:06 UTC
Really really really REALLY cool game! I've played with key/mouse and gamepad, and both feel really nice (although gamepad is WAY better). I really love the graphics, effects, particles, super awesome job on all of that. The drum and bass is also really on point! modern sleekness and old-school reese (reece? was this ever settled within the dnb community??) bass...I luh it <3
Marius
10. May 2016 路 11:08 UTC
Hi, nice game and congratulations ! We're realizing a video with several winners 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