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Spider's web by mortus

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made by mortus for LD34 (COMPO)
==== CONTROLS ====
X or Left to grow new webs
C or Right to navigate your web

New webs reduce your size by 1500 (if they go through the center) or by 300.

Press C or Right to make a turn, leave current web fragment or leave center

==== ENDGAME ====
There is a victory condition, you need 40 000 size points to hunt bigger prey!

==== KNOWN BUGS ====
Web shredding is far from perfect
It's really hard to navigate a web without some serious experience
OS/X https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3tgDf8kFRzxenBuUXhDZVpTVGc/view?usp=sharing
Windows x64 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3tgDf8kFRzxeG1taUJzZGhrMmM/view?usp=sharing
Windows x32 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3tgDf8kFRzxeVduaUdSazdEUlE/view?usp=sharing
Linux https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3tgDf8kFRzxMGhFX2w0c3Q5U1E/view?usp=sharing
Source https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3tgDf8kFRzxb3NmNW5xZDhxbXc/view?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=20884

Ratings

Coolness 58% 3
Overall 3.33 401
Audio 3.00 317
Fun 3.17 463
Graphics 3.00 526
Humor 2.79 287
Innovation 3.69 177
Mood 3.33 246
Theme 3.77 455

Feedback

ccglp
14. Dec 2015 · 09:48 UTC
Nice and innovative, is a bit little harsh to get what the controls do at the beginning, but then, the game is funny
Gyfis
14. Dec 2015 · 09:52 UTC
The graphics is great, however, one must get used to the controls little bit in order to perform well. Good job.
jcwelgemoed
14. Dec 2015 · 10:02 UTC
Cool little entry. Great for 48 hours' work. Controls take some getting used to and see a bit harsh in beginning. Fun game though. Good work
RockhopperGames
14. Dec 2015 · 12:17 UTC
Saw you post about this during development, and I thought that was something I wanted to try!

The idea is great, though the two button controls definitely make it much less accessible. I also spent so much time maintaining even a small web that I didn't really have much time to expand.

If you do update this at some point to have a non-two button version, I would be interested in trying it again!
sydan
14. Dec 2015 · 12:40 UTC
I really enjoyed this! The mechanics are awesome! I've always wondered what it would be like to be a spider... :P
liquidmedia
15. Dec 2015 · 22:53 UTC
Very interesting hard at the start but gets to be fun. GG for a 2 day game,
DinnerInTheDark
16. Dec 2015 · 20:10 UTC
The controls were a bit difficult to understand at start (especially the moving around), but otherwise a very nice game.

Cheers!
OrangeeZ
18. Dec 2015 · 07:12 UTC
I do not quite understand when you can add a thread. But the game is like .
bitwise-constructs
18. Dec 2015 · 07:17 UTC
Had a tough time getting a hang of the controls but after that it was fun to play.
pcmaster
18. Dec 2015 · 15:24 UTC
Controls are hard but fulfill the theme. Nicely done!
dx0ne
18. Dec 2015 · 15:30 UTC
That was fun. With better graphics and goal based levels would stick for a while.
loveapplegames
26. Dec 2015 · 21:56 UTC
Original idea, and very enjoyable. The controls are odd but seemed intuitive to me. I found it a bit too hard to navigate concentric spokes, so I made all my strands go through the center. The "spinning" adds an extra dimension to the gameplay. I played it for 20 mins up to size 30,000 or so until the strand I was on suddenly disappeared and I was dead. I don't think that's a good way to die gameplay-wise.
Anti
02. Jan 2016 · 00:01 UTC
Very nice game. It was very fun to play.