The Formless by ianh

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made by ianh for LD35 (JAM)
Control an invading alien race with the power to change shape. "The Formless" is a real-time strategy game where your units act as resources, shape-shifting into buildings and other units.

The basic controls are: click and drag to select units, right-click to issue a move command, and move your mouse past the edge of the game to scroll the screen.

You can play some music by hitting the speaker-looking thing in the top right.

(here's the word "html5" for keyword searchers)

Ratings

Coolness 35% 1712
Overall(Jam) 3.72 148
Audio(Jam) 2.95 490
Fun(Jam) 3.61 158
Graphics(Jam) 3.30 554
Innovation(Jam) 3.52 219
Mood(Jam) 3.64 176
Theme(Jam) 3.74 226

Feedback

🎤 ianh
19. Apr 2016 · 01:35 UTC
BTW, there seem to be some issues in Firefox. I'll look into it more when I'm less tired.
Polyknight_+_dragonGlitch
19. Apr 2016 · 16:22 UTC
Neat game, you don't see many RTS titles floating around for Ludums. Refreshing ^_^
Lewwwer
19. Apr 2016 · 16:41 UTC
Super awesome game!!! Nice simple graphics and animations.
Llucile
19. Apr 2016 · 20:28 UTC
The game looks nice, the music is good and the gameplay innovative. I had trouble understanding the controls, had my first unit die :( , but it definitely looked promising ! I will try this game again later :)
Dmitrix
20. Apr 2016 · 00:06 UTC
I really like this interpretation of shapeshifting
BrianSChung
20. Apr 2016 · 01:03 UTC
Pretty cool!
wtfrara
20. Apr 2016 · 01:39 UTC
Cool to see an RTS, but in Firefox on Ubuntu, the game had some kind of graphical issue when I tried to place my first structure. I was definitely intrigued otherwise.
TeamScripta
20. Apr 2016 · 01:45 UTC
This is such well executed RTS HTML5 game! I really like how you made the units move, very natural looking.
RafaSKB
20. Apr 2016 · 02:38 UTC
Fantastic use of the theme, super fun to play, great audio! It can be a bit hard to understand how to play though
🎤 ianh
20. Apr 2016 · 03:33 UTC
OK, things should be working better in Firefox now, thanks for the bug reports!

If you're confused about what to do (the game really doesn't do a great job explaining it…), here are two tips to get you started:

1. Your first goal is to place a gateway under a white transportation beam. It will make more units for you.

2. Next, build a few pillars to increase the unit limit (shown at the top of the screen). Once you've built some, the gateway should start producing stuff.

After that it's up to you!
SchrodingersCult
20. Apr 2016 · 08:17 UTC
Very unique from most of the entries. Great bgm and I like the simple gameplay even though it's a strategy game. Great work! :)
BubsyPoochies
20. Apr 2016 · 13:57 UTC
A very unique and interesting entry, it's not usual at all to find an RTS game in a Ludum Dare, much less such a webb executed one. I'm absolutely in love with the simple yet gorgeous, effective and consistent art style. The soundtrack works perfectly with the aesthetics too. Congratulations on this!
RoboRob
20. Apr 2016 · 14:10 UTC
Pretty solid RTS game. The unit usage was really well done, being able to pick multiple units and assign a job for them worked excellently.
Gromek999
20. Apr 2016 · 16:33 UTC
I love it, the style and the concept is great :D
QualityCatGames
21. Apr 2016 · 21:31 UTC
Seems like an interesting concept, but I can't seem to even place the gateway. In fact, i don't even see the transportation beam!
lightsoda
22. Apr 2016 · 11:04 UTC
Had to read your comment to figure out what was going on. Pretty solid little RTS.
tomlum
23. Apr 2016 · 03:38 UTC
Beautiful game, a little hard, or maybe I'm just bad.
josefnpat
23. Apr 2016 · 04:31 UTC
Fun little game, there doesn't seem to a game over screen when you die though. I really lke the different options of shapeshifting from units to structures. Graphics and music go well together. - @bytedesigning / Ashley
endel
23. Apr 2016 · 10:04 UTC
Solid mechanics. Really liked how the theme is implemented here. Some audio would be great to feel the mood. Congratulations. Could take less time to create and merge the units. :P
endel
23. Apr 2016 · 10:08 UTC
Just noticed it actually has sound, it was only disabled. Sorry. I also enjoyed the graphics. Keep it up!
Reiv
23. Apr 2016 · 14:48 UTC
I love RTS and this one is really well made. Smooth animations and solid mechanics! Great work!
SecondDimension
23. Apr 2016 · 19:19 UTC
Very enjoyable game and the simple graphics were perfect for the gameplay.
CoderJoe
23. Apr 2016 · 23:24 UTC
Very cool! Played it to the end.
sepharoth213
24. Apr 2016 · 00:45 UTC
Great game dude! Really impressive for 72 hours, especially if done by yourself. I like the concept of macro being combining units into other units: there being different combinations and skill trees coming from that is a satisfying progression system.
sepharoth213
24. Apr 2016 · 00:49 UTC
Great game! Really impressive for 72 hours, especially if you did it alone. Lots of potential with combination gates/structures for skill trees etc.
OysterKLAN
24. Apr 2016 · 07:12 UTC
Super awesome game, looks very polished, perfect use of theme as an RTS game.
gurkenlabs
25. Apr 2016 · 10:21 UTC
first RTS I've rated this LD :) Really loved your entry, good work!
ExSpecter
26. Apr 2016 · 09:49 UTC
Nice complex game! I like it
marmpa
26. Apr 2016 · 11:09 UTC
REally nice game. I was addicted to it for quite some time .Really nice use of theme
APantaloni
02. May 2016 · 22:21 UTC
Really nice! I'd love to see this developed further.
isgulkov
26. Nov 2016 · 17:36 UTC
The game is awesome! If only there was more content