LoopBerries by sekol

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made by sekol for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

You happen to be stuck on a hostile radioactive planet full of unpleasant loops. Your only hope is your little home hut and the fruit know to humankind as Loop Berries.

TL;DR: Collect berries. Take them home. Mix them, eat them. Dangers: Radiation, Zombies, dangerous mixing.

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The way to survive on this planet is to go on expeditions to the outside world and collect the Loop Berries. But be careful, you must return to the hut to eat them and heal yourself before the radiation kills you.

To navigate the world use your mouse: Hold left button to move in the cursor direction. You can also use mouse wheel to zoom.

There are three deadly risks you will need to deal with: Radiation, Zombies, and Loop Berries themselfs.

(1) Ubiquitous radiation decreasing your health every second you are outside your hut. Inside the hut the radiation effect is substantially reduced.

(2) Zombies that are emerging from the ground every time you finish your journey loop from home to the hostile world and back again. These rascals are following the steps you made that particular round and any contact with them is lethal.

(3) Careless handling of Loop Berries: The most potent way how to gain score and heal radiation poisoning comes from their unique but dangerous multiplying feature. Mixing for short. When in the relative safety of your hut, you can combine them and multiply. But be careful with this stuff.

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When you enter your little hut, all Berries that you brought this round are visible to you in a circle. You can place one berry inside another by first selecting the one to be placed inside and then the one it's placed into. But this process has a little quirk to it: The berry is placed inside not only the other berry you selected but inside all the berries that share its color.

But beware: When the berry that you are about to insert into a berry of some specific color also contains that particular color, then you will be stuck inside a never ending loop of recursive berry insertion which collapses the whole universe and causes your sudden death.

Have fun!

Ratings

Overall 1049th 3.341⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 781th 3.364⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 205th 3.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1054th 3.364⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1187th 3.114⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 471th 3.136⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1158th 3.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 36🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

etom
05. Oct 2020 · 22:02 UTC
Awesome game! Clever mechanics!
Conneli
05. Oct 2020 · 23:50 UTC
I'll admit, "You got killed by your zombie looper clone" was not an expression I expected to hear today. Loved the mechanics, maybe I'm just bad but easy mode was a lot more enjoyable to explore with. Well done!
Flazone
09. Oct 2020 · 00:17 UTC
Nice idea! A bit frustrated at the beginning by being stuck on the wall when walking near the house, died several times
ubershmekel
12. Oct 2020 · 05:01 UTC
I couldn't figure out the over-powered berry combo and kept losing. Is there a way to sustain life on such a harsh planet? Am I just supposed to eventually die, always? I was kind of hoping to find a berry combo that would give me a lot of life, and make me feel good, and explore the world. The controls were ok, and the art was simple but effective. I just wish I could have figured out what it was that the game really wanted me to do as far as mixing.

The shadow of myself being the zombies was a cool effect which made me think about where I want to go, to make for an easier path for my future self. Nice trick!

Thank you for the game.
pedrocoden
12. Oct 2020 · 05:05 UTC
Nice game!
nicardo
12. Oct 2020 · 06:45 UTC
Nice concept, didnt understand the shadow.
Sli
14. Oct 2020 · 22:53 UTC
Wow nice concept. Took 2,3 tries to figure out what is going on. And then played far too much :smile:. My only issue is when there are to many barriers (like 40+) it is pretty difficult to mix them. I would love an option to cancel a choice, because when you misclick when they are so small you are basically screwed. Also this is not big but when you are mixing you are still moving and this leads to being hit by the shadow some times.
Overall I had great fun. I didn't try easy mode. I had great fun. I will actually play one more now :smile:

Edit: I managed to run it out of memory :smile: So i went for smaller combos
![2020-10-15.png](///raw/a12/12/z/3a29f.png)
![2020-10-15 (1).png](///raw/a12/12/z/3a2a0.png)

Great fun, great fun, I am going to bed now :smile:
Flying Dog Fish
14. Oct 2020 · 23:05 UTC
An interesting concept of a game, but a bit too confusing for my taste.
freeworld
26. Oct 2020 · 15:12 UTC
So many concepts made it into this game :D I'm glad I don't live in this world, this was very hostile :P
I'm impressed by the sheer number of things you managed to add - from the clones to berries within berries within berries!
ElllaDee
26. Oct 2020 · 17:09 UTC
Your game is cute, so I hope you'll get a score! Well done
TheGreenWorm
26. Oct 2020 · 17:13 UTC
The berries fractal was confusing at first, but once you get it it's quite funny ! The main thing that frustrated me is that I was still moving while combining my berries, leaving home and dying of radiation by accident. Some simple sound effects would have been nice too.
Ava Skoog
26. Oct 2020 · 17:14 UTC
Cool game! Also difficult. 😅 Was fun to try and get increasingly better scores. The zombie mechanic is a cool use of the theme. Graphics are sweet too, nice colours and lack of shading really works. Could have used some music, but jams are jams and there isn't always time. Controllers work great for this, arrow keys I don't think would've felt as good. Nice job!
Masaru
26. Oct 2020 · 18:17 UTC
Very cool concept ! Very well done, the only thing that I'll change is the fact that the player keeps moving when you're trying to melt berries, this gets me killed every single time and is very frustrating. Outside of that, very cool game !
jk5000
26. Oct 2020 · 18:27 UTC
The idea is good but also a bit confusing, and for me the game needs a bit more of a tutorial. But overall is this a fine and interesting little jam game.
someone
26. Oct 2020 · 18:39 UTC
Nice game. Interesting idea. I never figured out the rules of mixing though.
Often got the radiation killed you message when I was busy mixing berries. That was annoying.
Also collision at glancing angles would be better to slide rather than stop you outright. Died many times being stuck against the door edges.
Fractal
26. Oct 2020 · 21:15 UTC
Very interesting idea, I had trouble understanding it at first but then I read the instructions again and I managed to make it so painfully slow that I had to stop :) You’re having some performance issues when mixing a lot of berries ;)
rhoff95
26. Oct 2020 · 22:55 UTC
Cool game! Would have preferred to see more time on a single mechanic rather than 2/3 that do not get developed passed their initial function. I think this could have been a more focused and interesting game if it was either a berry-based puzzle game, or a running around in radiation with zombies game. Well done!