Grow The Hole by Elit3dGaming

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made by Elit3dGaming for LD34 (JAM)
The concept of the game is pretty simple, you play as a black hole and your objective is to grow. Once you reach a certain size you will create a new universe! I would've loved to add more to the game but I had some time constraints, however the game is pretty fun to play so I hope you enjoy it! This is my 2nd Ludum Dare entry.

Controls:
- Mouse pointer controls the black hole

Credits:
Programming - Kyle Thomas (@Elit3dGaming)

Ratings

Coolness 84% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.05 757
Fun(Jam) 2.84 773
Humor(Jam) 2.30 697
Innovation(Jam) 2.19 999
Mood(Jam) 3.30 443
Theme(Jam) 3.93 284

Feedback

im-oab
14. Dec 2015 路 23:09 UTC
Movement feel too slow when black hole grow up. :)
CMG
14. Dec 2015 路 23:15 UTC
This was almost soothing to play. Nice atmosphere!
馃帳 Elit3dGaming
14. Dec 2015 路 23:27 UTC
@im-oab thanks fixed for web build, fixing for windows build now :)
Xgor
15. Dec 2015 路 00:19 UTC
I love the idea of a Single Player Agar.Io but I feel that the game needs some challenge as the spike balls didn't give me any.
flakoflak
15. Dec 2015 路 00:21 UTC
nice music
bushmango
15. Dec 2015 路 00:23 UTC
it is too slow when you grow up, but the game is fun
jomomomo
15. Dec 2015 路 16:55 UTC
Nice quote from Sagan
Pietdagamer
15. Dec 2015 路 16:57 UTC
Fits very well with the theme
eerongal
15. Dec 2015 路 16:58 UTC
Nice game! Similar in design to mine (but very different in mood). Great music, nice work!
Leuthil
15. Dec 2015 路 17:01 UTC
Not a bad game. Not a new concept but done pretty well. Nice feel and aesthetic.
TeamDromedare
15. Dec 2015 路 17:31 UTC
I like the mood of the game. Good choice of music. The sound effect for picking up stuff kind of ruined it though, as it got really tedious to listen to.. Too bad, as it could've been a very soothing game otherwise.
bodsey
15. Dec 2015 路 18:25 UTC
Of course it reminds me of other games like agar or Solar, but I think with some more work it could have been great. This version lacks challenge imo
joekinglake
15. Dec 2015 路 18:35 UTC
I like the spin on this type of game. I almost felt like moving up or down was way slower than moving sideways. Although I'm not sure why you lose some of your size (I guess it happens when you take too long to between consuming new orbs/universes), I did like the idea of having to regain it. Good job.
mikedurn
15. Dec 2015 路 20:59 UTC
Looks nice. Movement does feel a bit slow (and moving up or down is slower than diagonally). But it had a good vibe to it.
Move127
15. Dec 2015 路 23:10 UTC
The mood is great. Very relaxing.
qkerguelen
15. Dec 2015 路 23:11 UTC
Nice one, need a little more variations to be more fun but it's cool :)
rodobodolfo
15. Dec 2015 路 23:12 UTC
I like it, it was fun!
Muel
16. Dec 2015 路 04:56 UTC
The mood was so great!
I like the presentation, the music, the quotes and even those little dragon balls ^^

Maybe I can ressurect my black hole with those, right? ^^
YinYin
16. Dec 2015 路 09:22 UTC
So at first I thought I have to only collect purple stars as they matched my colour. Then when spiky things started to chase me I noticed that I do grow upon collecting anything.

This is the first game I play here that actually zooms out upon growing, so that's good. Unfortunately that also made the controls more sluggish - which made it less fun to play as I progressed.

Finally I conjoined with a fellow black hole because that looked like a good level exit ... oh well.

I wish it had more different interactive sound effects.
Darkflint
16. Dec 2015 路 22:24 UTC
I do think the shrinking is too fast, but beside that a very nice game!
DrFallos
17. Dec 2015 路 12:41 UTC
After size of 150 I've had a feeling of a real massivnes, it was a very nice experience. It was a surprising that you also created ending of the game with some message, good job!
Aaranos
17. Dec 2015 路 18:20 UTC
Interesting game. Vertical movement is the only problem in terms of speed. I reached near screen size but then suddenly went down to a tiny mass of 8.
IAmSpencer
19. Dec 2015 路 21:23 UTC
this is a very pretty game!

reminds me a little of solar 2 / agar.io, and the gameplay was rather relaxing.

I kinda wish there was a way to deal with the mines, other than just let them hit you, but other than that, it was very fun! Nice job :)
utgarda
20. Dec 2015 路 22:29 UTC
Nice mood, but probably needs more challenge!
justinooncx
22. Dec 2015 路 00:59 UTC
Pretty calming game, if rather simple.
themadknights
03. Jan 2016 路 20:46 UTC
The game is more fun at the beginning that at the end. By the way, it is a nice work