PistonBreak by Gipzo

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made by Gipzo for LD 42 (COMPO)

About

You play a role of a person who has a tendency to appear in rooms with piston walls that want to crush you. :smile:

The goal of the character is to get to the exit, which is at the top of the room. This exit is marked with "EXIT".

Controls

  • Arrows or WASD for movement.
  • R to restart the room.
  • Escape is used to pause.

How To Play

  • Get to the top
  • Avoid pistons that crush you

Screenshots

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Acknowledgment

Thanks to Bosca Ceoil the game has some sort of music.

Thanks to Bfxr the game has sound effects as well.

Ratings

Overall 60th 3.932⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 20th 4.091⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 147th 3.614⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 110th 4.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 340th 3.295⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 131th 3.452⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 128th 3.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 102th 3.548⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

Sergey Mazyuk
13. Aug 2018 · 00:50 UTC
Great game! Simple and enjoyable. I had a lot of fun. :thumbsup:
KaiHill
14. Aug 2018 · 13:54 UTC
Really good, although too short game (maybe the difficulty of levels is somewhat random, but anyway very good game).
Mark Chepicov
14. Aug 2018 · 18:08 UTC
I know you have more levels)) add them please
anstabo
16. Aug 2018 · 20:01 UTC
Very cute and enjoyable game (even relaxing with the music even though you're trying to squish me to death), there's a couple MINOR bug like if i reset a level then go back to the menu the SFX sound will reset for some reason. And i passed through a wall at level 2.

I really like the way you killed me in level 3, slowly etc... really funny. :)

At first i thought it was procedural, i had to retry to see it. I think it would add a lot if you has SOME (not all) procedural elements that are not primordial, i now it's hard to balance etc...

Great entry !
illugion
16. Aug 2018 · 20:03 UTC
Wow, this is really fun! I also would like more levels!
Squid
16. Aug 2018 · 20:04 UTC
Simple but exciting. This is a great looking game too. Great entry.
Purrfexionator
16. Aug 2018 · 20:06 UTC
Awesome and fun game! You took a simple concept and used it to create a series of fun and interesting levels, where no two felt exactly alike! I just wish there were more of them. The graphics fit well, the game has a lot of polish, and the Ludum Dare logo at the end was a nice touch! Well done, keep up the good work!
Cobear25
16. Aug 2018 · 20:10 UTC
Awesome little game! I really love the audio and visual feel. Obviously an animated character would be good, but it wasn't a big deal at all. I also really like how the second to last level got pretty intense. If you end up adding more levels I would love to see more like that one.
t-mw
16. Aug 2018 · 20:13 UTC
Short and sweet, but I felt it could be a bit more challenging. There's a big lead-up to the pistons coming out, so they're quite easy to anticipate. Overall a nice entry, good job.
RyanJavanshir
16. Aug 2018 · 20:15 UTC
Wow, this was a really fun game! I like just holding down the jump button and trying to get lucky!
SwiftPotato
16. Aug 2018 · 20:21 UTC
Great job! Its simple but still fun and very enjoyable. I noticed when using the downloaded version of it on Windows, if I selected any resolution it seemed to scale the title screen text improperly. This is a pretty easy fix, just make sure your elements on the main screen are anchored to something. This video describes how to do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svyDgYz5idg. Other than that, the game seemed to run really well!
Swordfish
16. Aug 2018 · 20:23 UTC
Nice and simple, very polished, the graphical style reminds me of N. Simple but effective.
My Sweet Whomp
16. Aug 2018 · 20:36 UTC
Why oh why would you make all the menus navigable with only the mouse when the rest of the game is played on the keyboard? This is infuriating!
With that fact out of the way, this is a pretty good game!
A bit short, obviously I would have liked more levels.
Also everything is really tiny on screen, you could probably just scale it to 200% and imho it'll be more enjoyable.
You have a neat basic game, I can only encourage you to continue with it and make a lot more levels!
Kokonaught
16. Aug 2018 · 20:46 UTC
Nice entry, the levels are simple but well executed.

I can feel that you put everthing you add to make the game pleasing visually without a lot of art skills, and it works very well! The visual and audio feedbacks are on point, everything was always understandable immediately. The music was enjoyable too. Great job!
starhacker
17. Aug 2018 · 18:58 UTC
The audio and graphical queues that trigger on piston activation were a good detail that improved the game experience. It was also very entertaining see the level unfold as pistons activated throughout. I think this game has big potential, and a fast pace for the game could work really well!
Willops
17. Aug 2018 · 19:19 UTC
Very enjoyable! definitely one of my favorites, wish there were more levels!
suve
17. Aug 2018 · 19:31 UTC
Great little game! Very interesting gameplay idea. Just a shame there's so few levels. Also the menus are partly obscured by the title if you run the game in low resolution (I used 1280x800).