Heart Murmurs by Ludipe

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made by Ludipe for LD34 (COMPO)
"Heart Murmurs" is a 2 player(single player friendly) coop arcade game with very simple rules. Stay alive for as long as possible and put the together the two pieces of the heart.

Made in a couple of hours in front of a crowd while taking care of a game booth.

Instructions:

player 1 - A & D
player 2 - Left & Right
Start - A + Right

Goal: Survive for the longest time possible and save your score by joining the two pieces of the heart.

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 3.39 352
Audio 2.85 384
Fun 3.07 545
Graphics 3.36 339
Humor 2.15 576
Innovation 3.68 182
Mood 3.48 170
Theme 3.86 372

Feedback

dodormeur
14. Dec 2015 · 07:15 UTC
Nice game, maybe it would need better sound/music, and a one-player mode.
I like the choice to save your score or try to make more score this game offers :)
BubsyPoochies
15. Dec 2015 · 11:40 UTC
Awesome little game for being made in a couple of hours while presenting at the Digitall game event. The gameplay experience is rather short, but controls are tight and adds up for an interesting 2P challenge. Got ourselves over 700 points. Congrats Ludipe!
Rodaja
15. Dec 2015 · 16:27 UTC
Really nice concept for a two player snake game, as it's co-op instead of competitive.

Graphics and sound are good. Nothing astonishing, but they do their part nicely.

Love that you couldn't resist making a game even when you were really busy.

Good job!
Haokarlos
15. Dec 2015 · 18:14 UTC
I love it! I give you the half of my heart <3
CremaGames
15. Dec 2015 · 20:02 UTC
Nice little game Ludipe, specially considering you made it during a showcase of your game haha
Ithildin
15. Dec 2015 · 23:23 UTC
Very nice idea, it is a clever take on the theme. The end result is impressive considering the context you developed the game in, congrats! :)
Galvesmash
16. Dec 2015 · 10:47 UTC
I liked your use of the themes and the Snake Game mechanics. Really great choice to make a 2 player coop game.
The graphics and the sound are good, the gameplay runs well.

It would be better is the background was made of squares to guide the hearts better.

Great job man! You made an awesome game, even taking care of a crowd!
rogueNoodle
16. Dec 2015 · 12:21 UTC
It's crazy impressive that you put this together in front of a crowd - I would have frozen up for sure ;) Makes a great co-op game (and a pretty tricky single-player game too)
Kepab
17. Dec 2015 · 20:07 UTC
Nice! A compact yet impactful project, presented well and feels whole.
TomenLuca
19. Dec 2015 · 17:45 UTC
The game seems pretty polished. We had a lot of fun playing it.
Xanjos
21. Dec 2015 · 16:20 UTC
Played this solo (which is definitely harder than it looks) but I really like this interesting twist on the mechanics of Snake.
pkenney
22. Dec 2015 · 02:33 UTC
Cool twist on the classic snake, with a nice graphical aesthetic. Not sure if there's a moral message about us all being doomed from the start to die... ;)
Weeping Rupee
23. Dec 2015 · 00:21 UTC
Liked this one alot-- the Matrix color scheme really lends alot to it (not for any particular reason, it just looks neat) I almost liked the title screen cooperation task to start the game as much as the game itself.

I did have to play this one by myself but I still found it quite enjoyable and very challenging.
local minimum
25. Dec 2015 · 16:14 UTC
Very interesting coop game mechanics idea of doing mutual avoidance and then finally matching up the pieces. It felt a little empty and/or short as it was now though and I think it would add a lot to the suspense if each play-through has 3-5 hearts to start and if you have levels with increasing amount of obstacles (and potentially larger in size too) so that it is not only the matter of one single matching but also deciding if it is worth squeezing out some more points on the level while risking a heart or collect the points and move on to the next level. The sounds were really nice and the graphics did their part nicely. And again, very interesting concept for a coop game.
pjimmy
26. Dec 2015 · 18:55 UTC
nice, interesting concept, well done
NirabazGAMES
30. Dec 2015 · 22:45 UTC
it's clear and nice! well done!