Nothing Engine by freakoftheyear

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made by freakoftheyear for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

There is no game, you have to create it using the Nothing Engine!

Making games is easy!*

Simply drag the assets and mechanics you want in the game from the panels and hit Play when you're ready!

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If you like memes and cattos/doggos, we got you covered.

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This is a game made in Spelkollektivet. Made in Game Maker Studio 2, Piskelapp.

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Ratings

Overall 287th 3.711⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Fun 176th 3.766⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 100th 3.946⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Theme 99th 4.065⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 317th 3.889⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Humor 50th 4.021⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Mood 504th 3.395⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Given 61🗳️ 40🗨️

Feedback

Trevor Shoe
08. Oct 2019 · 16:13 UTC
There's some great stuff in here! Love the art, and it's all really bright and silly and funny. Nice SFX and music too. I wasn't able to make anything resembling a "game", but it was fun to play around with all the different assets provided. Clever. I got the spaceship flying around, but I wasn't able to figure out how to control anything else, eg. my little pokemon buddy.
SnarfTheCreator
08. Oct 2019 · 16:20 UTC
Lovely cute little engine- filled with cool surprises and some cute sprite-work. One gripe I have is that you have to go back to the platform to place it down again- it doesn't matter too much, but it is a wee bit annoying. The integration of the timer and any other adjustable values was very good- and the memes were a nice addition. Some of the sounds though were way too loud and just blasted in your ears, specifically the clicking/picking up sound. Loved it, great ludum game.
BrokenMirrorMedia
08. Oct 2019 · 20:11 UTC
The music (and the memes) are great! I had a fun time just messing around with the system, figured out a couple of the icons and what they do. Overall a pretty cool proof of concept, and I could see this being expanded into something like a Mario Maker style game. Really impressive, I just wish there was some documentation haha!
Toge
08. Oct 2019 · 22:55 UTC
The engine Mario Maker 3 only dreams it could become. Never can't have too much doggos and cattos on the screen. Starting from nothing, with all those memes jumping on the monitor I might have become something of greater value to the internet. Probably.
BOOtak
09. Oct 2019 · 17:58 UTC
The most unique take on a theme I've seen so far :) Breaking the 4th wall here :) "Wanna play a game themed "start from nothing"? Then create it first!" Nice work!
nsadie
09. Oct 2019 · 18:26 UTC
Pretty good! I enjoyed playing around with the various objects and seeing the effects! Quite funny ;)
Steffy
09. Oct 2019 · 19:01 UTC
I like the concept. I can see hours of play in a game like this, especially for kids. I know my kids would. Nicely done.
Rosik
09. Oct 2019 · 19:20 UTC
Wow, very fun game. Love feed blini to cats, while jumping with the wall, then push the tornado and FUN. After last manipulation I got ingame objects flying out of the game screen boundaries under the editor elements.

The only drawback is the annoying sound of picking things from the editor.
NickZangus
10. Oct 2019 · 09:55 UTC
Very nice idea! I really had fun playing it, good work!
Oneki
10. Oct 2019 · 09:59 UTC
Awesome toy. Hits what it's going for.
Iluvatar
10. Oct 2019 · 10:16 UTC
Haha, this is the cutest, craziest entry I've seen so far. I'm so glad people come up with these ideas so it's something different from all the other games. Good job guys.
PS: Extra star for Bork!
Oakwarrior
10. Oct 2019 · 10:20 UTC
@oneki Thank you :D Making it was frustrating, but fun, too. Evoked the old "Desktop Toys" games from back in the day :p
artzibal
10. Oct 2019 · 10:25 UTC
I love the music and memes. Also the art! Funny game :)
Good job!
Pedro Rosa
10. Oct 2019 · 10:33 UTC
The game is really funny XD. I liked a lot to test the different mechanics and assets it was really cool to try to understand how different objects interact with each other. For 5* on humor. The graphics are also cool, I like how everything fits well with the theme. Great work.
Oakwarrior
10. Oct 2019 · 10:51 UTC
tHank you everyone for the kind words ^_^
JoeShanahan
10. Oct 2019 · 12:04 UTC
Thank you for the meme option, much fun was had.

![meeme.png](///raw/bed/62/z/294b9.png)
GoupixM
10. Oct 2019 · 17:27 UTC
Very fun game ! Sounds and musics are cool ! Good Job ! :D
snesgaard
10. Oct 2019 · 17:41 UTC
Every game should have a meme option from now on ^^
Wojciech Bruski
10. Oct 2019 · 17:45 UTC
Why we create game in unity or gamemaker if we can make it in "game" :D
Realy cool idea. Love it!
Taddl
10. Oct 2019 · 19:34 UTC
Fun idea for a game jam. And you can actually create some little games.
Simanis
11. Oct 2019 · 13:03 UTC
it's fun but..
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GoldRanger
11. Oct 2019 · 16:54 UTC
pretty cool game(?)
can find a lot of detail there,
really work like a little game engine!
Linheha
12. Oct 2019 · 14:42 UTC
Funny game, I didn't know what I was doing but it felt great anyway x) Graphics are really great, and I love the animations that match the rythm of the "memes" saxophone music, it made me laugh and dance on my chair
Also I think this music is now stuck in my head forever haha
Solah
12. Oct 2019 · 20:41 UTC
It is hard to understand how to get things working but it is so much fun, and there's the epic sax guy! Good job!
asfdfdfd
13. Oct 2019 · 19:01 UTC
Going to migrate to this engine from Unity right after you will add Doge.
Welliton
13. Oct 2019 · 19:02 UTC
HAhahaha that game is something! Hahahaha I liked all options to create your own game, and sometimes creating something that is not a game! Maybe a kind of experimental/art gameplay inside GameMaker? I dont know, but you have gold here! Awesome entry!
NinjaCatz
13. Oct 2019 · 19:18 UTC
Pikachu has an inverse sprite and is it possible to create a bongo cat? :joy_cat:
Hellper
14. Oct 2019 · 17:39 UTC
This needs a lot more tornadoes!
daria-toni
14. Oct 2019 · 18:34 UTC
It's all fun and stuff, but... how did you manage to do it all in such a short time? In your game there're a lot of different pieces and it all look very nice! For some reason the Horde didn't work for me, but I was definitely doing something wrong. Otherwise it's a lot of fun! I wouldn't call it a game... rather, it is an interactive toy. Good job!
Oakwarrior
15. Oct 2019 · 09:42 UTC
@daria-toni well we were 6 people :D and interactive toy was exactly what we were going for ^_^

@ninjacatz you can also create Blin Kot, if you have memes enabled and collide a pancake with a cat :up:

@asfdfdfd feel free :D

Thank you all for the yositivity! ^_^
MateusBoga
16. Oct 2019 · 12:12 UTC
This was a fun little experience xD I appreciate the memes put into this. Very dank job!
I'll just say the sfx are a little too loud, unless your intention was earape
sylvie
16. Oct 2019 · 22:32 UTC
I couldn't figure out how some of the stuff worked but this was cute and fun to mess around with!
jk5000
17. Oct 2019 · 09:44 UTC
A fun little game/sandbox experience. Well done.