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Nothing by Spiced Pigeon

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made by Spiced Pigeon for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

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Nothing is a game in which you combine elements to create new ones. Discover elements created by other users and add your own inventions! Try to hunt down the rarest elements and rank up in the leaderboard of top contributors. Go and create everything using Nothing!

Disclaimer

Make sure to disable any Adblocker or Scriptblocker that might block the connection to our database. To reuse your own elements, they first need to be confirmed by other users.

And make sure you get forwarded to the right webpage (starting with http:// and not https:// )!

Deleting cookies will unlink your account with your browser, if you accidentally did this, write us in the comments and we will be able to recover it for you!

By playing the Post-Jam version it also unlinks your account from the previous version, if you want us to link your new account manually, please contact us!

Post-Jam Patchnotes

Creating a connection is now cancelable!

Creating a picture has now starts with a transparent background and has a rasterized texture as background.

More leaderboard entries!

See how many elements you've already discovered!

See which elements you've tried to combine, before creating a new connection!

Created by

Marcel Zurawka

Mehmet Dereli

Felix Kosian

Lars Grevsmühl

Youtube https://gamejolt.com/games/Nothing/443162
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/nothing-19

Ratings

Overall 652th 3.367⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Fun 737th 3.054⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 272th 3.587⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Theme 134th 3.978⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 899th 2.859⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Humor 472th 2.898⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Mood 890th 2.881⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Given 51🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

ben657
08. Oct 2019 · 08:54 UTC
Incredibly unique idea, and awesome that you managed to get the networking done over the jam! Not sure about some of the connections other people (and myself) were making, but I guess validation and checkig wasn't the first thing on your minds whilst making this :wink:
congusbongus
08. Oct 2019 · 08:56 UTC
Unfortunately this game doesn't work for me! Can't get past the username screen, Create User button does nothing
🎤 Spiced Pigeon
08. Oct 2019 · 09:01 UTC
@ben657 thanks for creating! the validation is a problem, but we trust in the game community to behave theirselves :D
@congusbongus can you please check if your browser says "http://gamejolt...." and not "https://" if this problem still exists could you check the console in your browser (F12) and see if there are errors?
tohubohu
08. Oct 2019 · 09:02 UTC
Neat idea. I like the crowdsourced content and ownership of discoveries. I wish that the icon painter started out with a transparent background. Overall, cool concept. Congrats on the submission!
bcvery1
08. Oct 2019 · 09:03 UTC
Love the idea, very innovative. Not sure about the voting on every element part. Overall fun. Good job
🎤 Spiced Pigeon
08. Oct 2019 · 09:04 UTC
@tohubohu thanks for the feedback! we should definitely do this, but you can make a background transparent (with the rubber), but needs a lot of time, i know :D
and thanks for playing!
Baski
08. Oct 2019 · 09:44 UTC
I played lot of similir games(alchemy etc) :D I love these type of games. But please don't ask as to confim eery element. I give up after few elements because of that pop up.

But good entry. Good luck
🎤 Spiced Pigeon
08. Oct 2019 · 09:59 UTC
@baski thanks for the feedback! we wanted to give the player a reason to play (not only discovering elements) but also drawing good and making good connections, that's why we ask for a rating for every undiscovered connection.
The confirming exists, because we want to allow players to override bad connections/elements but once it's confirmed the next players will get asked to rate that connection
Dafral
08. Oct 2019 · 10:35 UTC
Awesome idea! I'm really impressed with the database integration, considering this has been done in a couple of days. However, it is a bit annoying to confirm every connection or being forced to create an element when you try a connection that hasn't been done before. Other than that, really cool game!
Led_Zend
08. Oct 2019 · 11:14 UTC
very nice
Chocolat-Endive
08. Oct 2019 · 11:22 UTC
This one is really fun! Love discovering and "creating" new elements. The DB seems to be working well. Everything is really polished.
mikymod
08. Oct 2019 · 11:24 UTC
I like this types of game. Neat mechanic!
AMastryukov
08. Oct 2019 · 11:24 UTC
Great entry, I really liked creating new elements. The custom creator was really fun to play with!
stmatn
08. Oct 2019 · 11:58 UTC
Awesome idea! Never thought that multiplayer doodle god would be so fun :D
tomfu
08. Oct 2019 · 12:47 UTC
It is too bad that I was already familiar with that concept and have seen it mulitplayer based already because the whole excitement went away like that but I still like it very much especially that you are able to draw your own pictures for the elements. It adds a unique flavour to it.
🎤 Spiced Pigeon
08. Oct 2019 · 13:03 UTC
@tomfu could you name us the game? we are interested in seeing their approach as well, we didn't know that, we thought it's something new :( but anyway thanks for your feedback, our goal was to give the user as much personalization options as possible!
SageWare
08. Oct 2019 · 13:52 UTC
Personally, I've never seen a game like this and I find it quite unique and enjoyable. The multiplayer aspect is really cool as well. The interface is very intuitive, no issues. Not sure if I missed them, but I would like to see some additional drawing tools added if you plan to keep working on this game. I also enjoyed the jokes at the bottom of the screen.
TheMiSta92
08. Oct 2019 · 16:23 UTC
I really loved that one mobile game in which you start with the 4 elements and you just drag'n'drop them on eachother and you make over 100 different materials, items and other stuff with it. This is just like it, but better. I really love the idea that you can just combine whatever you want and add it to the game, but at the same time I would like a cancel button because if I just force myself to find more combinations, I have to create new things which I don't even know what it should be. But except for that, it is a super cool game and love to spend time to find new stuff and create new stuff in it.
NachtWitch
08. Oct 2019 · 16:27 UTC
Not only is the concept cool, the execution was also cool, the only problem was a general lack of polish
shaner421
08. Oct 2019 · 16:28 UTC
I made an element called poopoo peepee

10/10
jordanvang
08. Oct 2019 · 17:09 UTC
Well, I think that gameplay-wise, it's pretty similar to "Little Alchemy," but the part where it is unique is with the ability to not only create new elements, but to have them shared through multiplayer. It adds an extra layer of excitement (and perhaps mischief), and it serves as a great way to populate your game with fresh-content, as it is constantly changing. As mentioned above, I think the one thing lacking was polish, which you could further use to push for a little cool artstyle.
🎤 Spiced Pigeon
08. Oct 2019 · 19:18 UTC
thanks for all the great feedback <3 we really appreciate it!
Katharsy
08. Oct 2019 · 20:09 UTC
this was just awesome!! loved the concept and how you did it
SheepDog123
08. Oct 2019 · 21:25 UTC
Neat game. Not original, though. Blatanly copies off of another game called "Elemental" check it out: http://htwins.net/carelics/Elemental.html
🎤 Spiced Pigeon
08. Oct 2019 · 21:35 UTC
@sheepdog123 we know that the core mechanic isn't original, but we've never seen a multiplayer version of it, ELemental isn't multiplayer right?
daria-toni
08. Oct 2019 · 22:38 UTC
I think I've played this game the longest. And is it a game? Crazy electronic catalog of substances. For some reason, the process itself is so fun. And yes, idea is absolutely unique.
SheepDog123
09. Oct 2019 · 00:25 UTC
@spiced-pigeon Elemental is multiplayer, with players making new elements for others to explore..
Mezaka
09. Oct 2019 · 08:48 UTC
@sheepdog123 the website you linked shows a fixed number of elements.
"There are 65 elements to get. I was planning on having thousands, but like I said, this is unfinished. Perhaps I could add more in the future. "
I saw that you can recommend new elements in a form for version 2, but its not really built in the game, is it?
TORT60091
12. Oct 2019 · 16:50 UTC
Stunning Idea, very creative concept, thank you for this game!
Ausstein
12. Oct 2019 · 16:51 UTC
Very cool Idea and great interpretation of the theme. I suggested quite a few new elements. I hope some people can find them :)
Find the Burned Steak!
🎤 Spiced Pigeon
12. Oct 2019 · 17:28 UTC
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@ausstein
Found it!!
Ausstein
12. Oct 2019 · 17:35 UTC
@spiced-pigeon I hope you did not cheat as the developer ;)
🎤 Spiced Pigeon
12. Oct 2019 · 17:42 UTC
@ausstein i did not! i was looking for that element and the connections were plausible!
Ausstein
12. Oct 2019 · 18:12 UTC
@spiced-pigeon I'll believe you this time, but I'll keep an eye out for suspicious element finding :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
F1Krazy
12. Oct 2019 · 18:15 UTC
I'm using the latest version of Google Chrome and all I get is an error message saying "Your browser does not support any of the required graphics API for this content." Is there a downloadable version? Do I have to download a whole other browser just to play this?
Ausstein
12. Oct 2019 · 18:34 UTC
@f1krazy I had similar problems a few day ago (on other games), they vanished after I restarted the computer. This runs fine on chrome for me :)
🎤 Spiced Pigeon
12. Oct 2019 · 18:35 UTC
@f1krazy Google Chrome and FIrefox should both work (tested by us at least)
do you have any extensions in chrome? or some custom settings?
🎤 Spiced Pigeon
12. Oct 2019 · 18:36 UTC
@f1krazy maybe you can try this here to enable webgl in chrome https://superuser.com/questions/836832/how-can-i-enable-webgl-in-my-browser
F1Krazy
12. Oct 2019 · 19:52 UTC
@spiced-pigeon Tried restarting, tried following all those steps, and still nothing :( I think there must just be a problem with my graphics drivers. Never mind!
kleinzach
12. Oct 2019 · 20:38 UTC
What a great idea. Make use of user created content is an excellent idea for this kind of game, and creates an interesting dynamic by releasing it in a jam like this. Very cool and interesting.
WanSou
12. Oct 2019 · 21:26 UTC
I **literally** spend 3 hours playing this game and i got the implosion (3rd rarest item)
and this is the best game i have played here so far, i have no idea how this time passed so fast but i had a blast creating all of new objects, although i myself only created like 3 original objects - it was fun anyways i love this game! i am excited to see if any of my objects will get "accepted" and its a really REALLY original idea, i hope you keep on working on this game maybe in the future and keep on doing awesome games!
egos
12. Oct 2019 · 21:49 UTC
I'm really impressed
You have successfully made a game online in such a short time
It's too rare during the ludum dare

and more the concept of gameplay fit perfectly with the theme

With an improvement of the interface I will return plays with pleasure
Mezaka
12. Oct 2019 · 23:33 UTC
@kleinzach @wansou @egos Thanks for the great feedback! Cant wait to try to find the elements you created :)
GoupixM
13. Oct 2019 · 20:45 UTC
I must say that I was pretty lost at first, I did not know what to do at all! But in the end, I started mixing and testing everything. We discover new things, it's interesting to do the design by myself and to give a name too ! The idea is unique because I had not seen before, before your game. Congratulations! :D
Xotsu
14. Oct 2019 · 10:58 UTC
Fun game
Jupiter_Hadley
16. Oct 2019 · 15:35 UTC
Very fun game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 45 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/RIViZJOE9ps