Closing Arena by Neu_Eric
YOU CAN ONLY PLAY THIS GAME WITH AN CONTROLLER
Before you read the explanations for the game stopp and download the game on itch.io. https://eric-neu.itch.io/closing-arena-ld-42
This is my first time participating in Ludum Dare and i rarely finished. There was much more planned.
But now to the game.
You´re playing the black rectangle. You can walk with the left joystick, you can jump with a and you can hit enemys with x, if you near enough to them.
The green rectangles are the enemys.
You loose if they hit you. You win if no enemy is left.
If you hit an enemy the will get yellow. You don´t loose if you get hit from the yellow enemy.
Now we´re coming to the LD theme. Because there is this orange outside on the edge which will get closer to the main center every 10 second. If you touch the orange you loose. If an enemy touches the orange it dies.
You also loose the game, if there still are enemys left after the orange would get closer the fourth time!
With y you can restart the easy level.

| Windows | https://eric-neu.itch.io/closing-arena-ld-42 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/closing-arena |
Ratings
| Overall | 697th | 2.522⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 660th | 2.5⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 686th | 2.283⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 575th | 3.065⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 30🗳️ | 9🗨️ |
The arena feeling works well. While triggering a fail condition after the 4th reduction felt weird while reading, it pushes you to action, so that's kind of a clever move.
Good job!
Great entry and keep up the work!