Something Special by SKDF

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made by SKDF for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

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You are in the void. Darkness surrounds you. You can see a way out, but you cannot reach it. Start with nothing, finish with something...

Drag blocks and mechanisms to form a path, and walk along that path.

Arrows or AD = Move

Space or W = Jump

R = Restart level

Mouse = Drag and Drop

Download instructions: open Google Drive link, download archive, launch GAME.exe (you don't have to extract the files). Or you can use HTML5 version if you don't want to download anything!

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Ratings

Overall 459th 3.552⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Fun 362th 3.521⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 275th 3.583⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Theme 460th 3.429⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 873th 2.918⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Audio 519th 3.043⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Mood 711th 3.156⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Given 95🗳️ 43🗨️

Feedback

Shaolin Dave
08. Oct 2019 · 00:15 UTC
I like the game. Interesting concept.
I did find an easily exploitable bug though, you can drag any platform underneath the player and simply carry them to the end, win many levels without ever touching the keyboard.
--0
08. Oct 2019 · 00:16 UTC
Hitting space on the web version scrolls the page to the bottom, which makes nailing jumps incredibly difficult. Even so the first few levels were fun! A side note: it seems like the text at the start might be jumbled? I can't tell if it is accidental or a purposeful aesthetic choice.
Spice Cabinet
08. Oct 2019 · 00:18 UTC
This was a lot of fun to play. I found the color change to be very rewarding when getting to the end of each level.
ItsNotAGoodTime
08. Oct 2019 · 00:19 UTC
Solving the puzzles actually took thought and mostly were able to be solved in more than 1 arrangement. I enjoyed this (:
bainerd
08. Oct 2019 · 00:21 UTC
It would be nice to be able to re-position the platforms, also some indication of what the platforms are before placing them. Very playable though!
Spieß
08. Oct 2019 · 00:25 UTC
Very nice and innovative Platforms
However it is possible to "carry" yourself by lifting the player sphere with a platform to its goal
James Beninger
08. Oct 2019 · 00:26 UTC
The up-dash doesn't end sometimes (seems to happen near a platform). I end up floating off into space.

Great particle effects, and I like the level-end effect.
Idontknow
08. Oct 2019 · 00:45 UTC
Had to resist the temptation to carry myself with the cursor. That one level though before the end though. Yikes. Nice game.
jerripo
08. Oct 2019 · 00:47 UTC
The ending "ding" sound feels good man. Really like the satisfying border color change. It's like slow enough to really sink in, but fast enough that it doesn't interrupt the game.

That bug everyone's mentioning sounds like a dev tool that you forgot to disable. It makes it great though for when I want to skip a level ;)
🎤 SKDF
08. Oct 2019 · 01:09 UTC
Holy crap, I playtested in 50 different ways to be sure you couldn't cheat, but I TOTALLY missed this. Oh well, that happens. Thanks for the heads up everyone! And for the compliments :)
Rayne
08. Oct 2019 · 19:13 UTC
Great submission! Definitely worth the play :)
Herex
08. Oct 2019 · 19:17 UTC
I've played this for a good while and I've enjoyed every second of it, the game difficulty was well paced and the way you use different building blocks to get to the end is unique. A solid game from start to finish :).
shaurya_juneja
08. Oct 2019 · 19:17 UTC
Nice cool innovative ideas for a game! The music sucks, but the game is great though! Love it!
sharbelfs
08. Oct 2019 · 21:16 UTC
Cool game, very addicting. It took me a little time to understand the mechanics, but the idea is really good.
the only thing is that some times it's a little difficult to guess the effect of the item. It was a lot of trial an error to figure out the distances
crunchykingcobra
09. Oct 2019 · 02:54 UTC
This is a fun premise and I like the escalation of challenge. There's some good minimalist design going on too with the colours and the particles.
Kooshy
09. Oct 2019 · 03:11 UTC
Making your own level as you play is a neat concept!
Demuss
10. Oct 2019 · 10:00 UTC
Really good concept, i like the combination of platformer and puzzle in your game, the movement was simple but effective, simple graphics and effects added some charm. I had only one problem: that the level resets when you die, many times i build good level and failed on the platformer part and i was annoying to rebuild it each time... good solution would be something like: R is resetting everything, death is just respawning our character
🎤 SKDF
10. Oct 2019 · 11:00 UTC
@demuss That's a very nice suggestion, I'll make an update to add it! Thank you very much for playing :)
DeathStorm
10. Oct 2019 · 20:53 UTC
The idea is awesome and the sounsd and music are totally helps to deliver the game.
I really like the concept and loved to play the game.
Especialy the stress in the end was pretty nice.

Well Done, great work
Franciszek Pyrć
13. Oct 2019 · 14:47 UTC
Very nice!
T-Bo
14. Oct 2019 · 10:27 UTC
Nice puzzle game ! Easy to understand ! Adding platforms is fun ! The game fit perfectly with the theme ! Congrats ! :clap:
BrokenMirrorMedia
19. Oct 2019 · 05:34 UTC
This is a pretty cool little puzzle-platformer. Feels nice to play, and I love the colour fill effect at the end of each level. I did find the movement a bit floaty, and I actually encountered a bug with the up booster launching me way too high when I hit it at a certain angle from the right booster, but I couldn't recreate it again. Just a heads up that something might be going on in the physics there.
James Vagabond
20. Oct 2019 · 14:56 UTC
I've never been a big fan of platformers, but every once in a while exceptions to this rule do pop up, and what we have here is one of them. I'm not entirely sure what (if anything?) the player sprite is supposed to be depicting, but other than this, great game.
Virimine
27. Oct 2019 · 14:14 UTC
This is very amusing and fits the theme well! Controls feel great and the puzzles are very interesting. I loved the particles! It made the game feel very alive. I liked the color fill, though I'd prefer a more consistent palette instead of the main colors of the saturated RGB spectrum. One thing I didn't understand is the selection of graphics. What is the character? To me it looks like a gear but not exactly. And why a gear(?) seeks for a heart? Overall, it's a very nice game and really fun to play (which, I think, is very important) :) so good job!! :D
conk
28. Oct 2019 · 22:25 UTC
I found something :heart:

That was great! Graphics are simple but are used incredibly effectively, the colour bleed effect when a heart is grabbed is a wonderful touch :grinning: Audio was fitting and the core mechanic is very cool! I'd say the blinking platforms took me by surprise a little bit :stuck_out_tongue: Perhaps if they slowly scaled from bottom to top as a way of indicating the timer they were on, it may make that part a little less tedious.

Overall a really innovative entry with a solid theme to boot! Great job :grinning: :thumbsup:
kristinamay
29. Oct 2019 · 16:32 UTC
Very cool puzzles! It feels properly balanced too, and I loved the colors at the ends of hte levels.