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Empty Level by shevek

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made by shevek for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

* EN *

Empty Level is an action/reflection game in which you must successfully complete 10 levels on which you yourself place components.

The placement of components is controlled with the mouse and the movement of the character with the keyboard arrows.

To place a component in the level, select it in the lower interface and place it on the screen (the green cursor indicates that you can place it there, otherwise the cursor is red).

Move: Keyboard arrow or WASD

Components position: Mouse (left click)

* FR *

Empty Level est un jeu d'action/réflexion dans lequel vous devez réussir 10 niveaux sur lesquels vous disposez vous même les éléments.

Le placement des éléments se fait à la souris et le déplacement du perso avec les flèches du clavier

Pour placer un élément dans le niveau, il faut le sélectionner dans l'interface du bas et le placer sur l'écran (le curseur vert indique que vous pouvez le placer à cet endroit sinon le curseur est rouge).

Déplacement : Flèche du clavier ou WASD

Position des éléments : Souris (clic gauche)

Youtube https://shevekk.itch.io/empty-level
Youtube https://www.dropbox.com/s/14cjzaj1ttp84hp/LD45.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/empty-level

Ratings

Overall 150th 3.614⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 118th 3.591⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 103th 3.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 142th 3.705⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 1🗨️

Feedback

FredFilo
08. Oct 2019 · 01:11 UTC
Well done ! :) That was quite challenging sometimes, but after learning some tactics I went to the "Victory".

I like the fact that you can place anything anywhere and experiment with different possible solutions.

Now, some feedback:

* The sound effects volume was a bit low. At first I thought there was no sound.
* It's sometimes difficult to click on the items in the menu.
* I wonder if making the items aligned on a grid would make the game better (easy to align items) or worse (the game becomes too easy?).
Michael Robison
08. Oct 2019 · 16:21 UTC
I did not expect your mechanic to be playable, but I was completely wrong. Your level design was great. It was just challenging enough to be engaging. I'd love to see some music and art applied though.
Barrier
08. Oct 2019 · 16:25 UTC
This is a really great concept! You do have some interface issues but it works well enough. I got a bit stuck in some places until I figured out I could use the door to block the moving enemies and easily kill them. Played until level 10.
If you added more components and polished the UI this could be a great game! :)
nj_vs_valhalla
08. Oct 2019 · 17:01 UTC
Very cool little game! Puzzles are kind of one-dimensional and are all solved with only one tactic (or it was me to quickly find lucky one), but it general it's very pretty and entertaining!
SaltFactory Studio
09. Oct 2019 · 18:31 UTC
Interesting game where player get to set up their own level. Perhaps an addition of a background track and sound effect can enhance the game experiences. Otherwise, it's a solid game on its own.
tomfu
09. Oct 2019 · 21:44 UTC
That was some unique game play!
It really embraced the spirit of "start with nothing" in the best way that I saw it so far.
Although the tactic was pretty simple and repeating after the first few levels, it was a unique idea for a mini game. It was a bit too easy because you were able to create the whole level on your own and some AI counter level building would have been nice but probably also way too much for the jam.
Anyways, neat game!
Foursay
10. Oct 2019 · 04:18 UTC
This is a cute game with interesting mechanism and I think it should be fun with more levels there! Good job man
dk5000p
10. Oct 2019 · 18:13 UTC
Some additional enemy types would have expanded on an already pretty cool game. I liked that you could place items one at a time, which allowed for you to setup the enemies to run into spinning blades.
Hajden
10. Oct 2019 · 21:22 UTC
This was really good, unexpected. I had fun, and a challenge
DS Nahogara
10. Oct 2019 · 23:35 UTC
It was very fun! A good puzzle game, it have some aspects that reminds me from my game "Which is awesome". I agree with dk, more enemies will make it more expanded. Great job with this one :v:
Flying Dog Fish
12. Oct 2019 · 16:44 UTC
This was much more fun than expected by the description. Good job.
🎤 shevek
19. Oct 2019 · 19:34 UTC
Thank everyones for your comments, i happy the concept enjoy you, I would consider your ideas of improvement if i chose to improve the game.
tiptoe
20. Oct 2019 · 10:03 UTC
Fun game with cool concept. I enjoyed playing this. Would be cool to come up with something that would prevent using the same strategy over and over and force you to find different.
kipkat
20. Oct 2019 · 12:13 UTC
This is an **awesome** game! The idea is just genius!
Josh.Galecki
20. Oct 2019 · 12:45 UTC
Once I figured out how the mechanics work, I was able to get almost all the enemies killed without a problem (except for the one last gun enemy, of course). After that, though, I think it was a lot of fun trying to collect the power tokens while dodging the last enemies bullets. If you continue developing the game, you might see if that part of the game is worth fleshing out. Nice job, overall.
LeviDSmith
20. Oct 2019 · 17:20 UTC
I liked the concept of using the enemies and obstacles to make your own levels. I made it up to level 7.
Coda Highland
20. Oct 2019 · 19:05 UTC
Solid! It's a simple enough concept but fast-paced and strategic, great for a quick fun game.
quadtree
22. Oct 2019 · 04:32 UTC
Considering how simple the concept seemed, the last level was surprisingly difficult. Great work!
gilborn
24. Oct 2019 · 21:52 UTC
Great! Really, really great concept and execution - 5/5 innovation, addictive to beat the level in a perfect way.
MisterGC
27. Oct 2019 · 18:01 UTC
Being a level designer (starting from scratch with limited number of assets) and a player at the same time is a really cool idea. One thing you could improve is adding a transition sequence between levels, so that players can enjoy beating a level for a moment :)