Topple Tower by rinish

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made by rinish for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Topple Tower is a puzzle adventure for LD47, "Stuck in a Loop"! Climb a teetering tower to help a buddy out! Looks like an easy puzzle game, but you'll find yourself stuck in a loop if you don't think outside the box.

Check out the gameplay sneak peek on youtube here: https://youtu.be/g_Q885UFHoY

Want to listen to the full soundtrack? Click here: https://nhsynthonicorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/topple-tower-original-game-jam-soundtrack

Ratings

Overall 293th 3.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 354th 3.725⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 334th 3.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1378th 2.925⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 236th 4.2⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 109th 4.075⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 210th 3.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 147th 4.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

har0x
06. Oct 2020 · 01:58 UTC
Such a fun game. I think the first time I played it some rocks fell off while I was figuring it out but after I got the hang of it I was able to make it up to the top. Very clever loop. I need to go back to find out how to break the loop. The pause menu didn't show my mouse cursor and while clicking to move the camera around the mouse was escaping the window were a couple of minor issues I ran into. Overall had lots of fun.
🎤 rinish
06. Oct 2020 · 02:36 UTC
Thank you for your feedback!
Tad
06. Oct 2020 · 06:49 UTC
This is very impressive. The game plays well and feels satisfying. Really well done, here!
Alexey Malinin
06. Oct 2020 · 08:29 UTC
The game looks very cool! Very simple and interesting! Cool job!
TORT60091
06. Oct 2020 · 08:32 UTC
It's so cut :heart: I just wanna play it on web or mac.

Why all good concept only on pc ))
🎤 rinish
06. Oct 2020 · 08:39 UTC
@tort60091 I'm working on making a Mac build! Having issues with the engine not letting me package for Mac... but I won't give up just yet :)
Acropolise
06. Oct 2020 · 08:50 UTC
The game is really fun, the idea is brilliant, smooth mechanics, gameplay.
The only thing I would change is the amount of text on the screen, when I started playing I wanted to close the game just because I had to read so much, anyway amazing game.
superpatch
06. Oct 2020 · 10:59 UTC
Love the character and how it moves, great job!
AndideBob
06. Oct 2020 · 13:33 UTC
A fun game which got quite tricky at times. I like the idea of combining the gems, but I got a bit confused that I had a very dark blue gem and a black gem just before the white. Either way this was quite fun and looked really nice. Well done!
Narom42
06. Oct 2020 · 19:17 UTC
Great game, graphics are cutes ! I was just a bit annoyed by the impossibility to grasp gems while rock is moving. I'll try to find a way to break the loop. I have an idea but it might not even be possible.
Thanks ! Edit : My idea was right :D
🎤 rinish
07. Oct 2020 · 00:10 UTC
thank you for all the feedback! very much appreciated and put on my to-do list :)
also glad to see that some people have broken the loop!
Aless
08. Oct 2020 · 01:19 UTC
There are a lot of games with lack of tutorial/advices and its annoying to spend lot of time trying to understand how a game works. This game does it so well that its pleasant to play
RainyDay2800
08. Oct 2020 · 01:47 UTC
It was fun to play. It was like a 3D 2048 game and I like those games. Sometimes picking up rocks you touch is kinda hit or miss but other than that Great Game!
MatthewDavisGames
08. Oct 2020 · 01:49 UTC
I keep getting a CTD that is making it unplayable after about 5-10 seconds. :-( Too bad it looks and sounds really great.
Kultisti
09. Oct 2020 · 12:50 UTC
ooh that was so fun! loved the way the character jumped around (too cute) and the audio design + music was amazing, great job!
the gameplay loop (hehe) was solid too, sometimes i accidentally tilted the tower so that the rock that i had kept on one place ended up falling to the void (oh noo).

some criticism would be that the fading to black and restart was a bit confusing at first for i didn't know why it happend or what it meant, but after a while i fifured out that the little guy just fell from the tower and i lost :D
also at points the camera was maybe a bit too close, but that's just opinion. other than that, great stuff!
patetfisk
09. Oct 2020 · 13:41 UTC
Really fun concept! I have never really seen anything like this before! My one issue was that the text scrolled a bit too fast and I had some trouble understanding what to do at first. I think the information being conveyed could be a little more clear. But really fun once I got it and cool visuals and sound!
Eugenik
09. Oct 2020 · 18:07 UTC
Pretty cool, I really liked the music!
Jvdwijk
11. Oct 2020 · 20:34 UTC
That was a cute game! Liked the concept a lot, I did get a bug where I put one of my stones into the tower so I couldnt finish it. I did on my second go, I liked the ending.

Other than the ending the theme didn't really fit I think. Still, well done!
Arad HamidSamiee
17. Oct 2020 · 11:04 UTC
This is a full package on its own, bravo. great visuals, perfect music and animations. Innovative in everyway. :clap: