The Ballet by Sevansevan

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made by Sevansevan for Ludum Dare 55 (COMPO)

It seems that only you showed up for the ballet tonight... Will you be able to save the show?

Press Z to Undo and R to restart.

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SourceCode available in-game via the "Hack" button.

Ratings

Overall 126th 3.643⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 95th 3.69⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 85th 3.738⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 207th 3.476⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 226th 3.19⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 176th 3.167⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 125th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 194th 3.237⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

alanbrook
15. Apr 2024 · 03:56 UTC
Nice looking and playing game. I will need to come back to it, as I found it hard to develop a strategy for how to shape my actors, even after a handful of levels
Rakowu
15. Apr 2024 · 08:57 UTC
Nice idea. I was briefly confused at the end as to whether the game was over or not. In the end I tried to throw the player into the hole and it seemed to be the right decision? :D
It was really fun and a tough nut to crack before the last level.
OnlinE_Play
16. Apr 2024 · 20:44 UTC
This game is so cool but also really hard at the same time. Anyway good job.
James Greenleaf
16. Apr 2024 · 20:46 UTC
Interesting concept. Wasn't sure what to do at first, but then I got the hang of it. Pretty tricky puzzle game!
LDJam user 378081
16. Apr 2024 · 20:46 UTC
@online-play yeah sorry I kinda come from the hardcore puzzle niche :-( ^^'
stmate03
16. Apr 2024 · 20:51 UTC
A fun little game with a fun little mechanic, I had fun playing through the levels even if I didn't get very far sadly, my brain was not doing the thinking when I played it
Koolruz
16. Apr 2024 · 20:52 UTC
This was a really cool sokoban variant! At first, I was breezing through the levels, until I got utterly stuck here - I spent a good ten minutes or so, and could not crack that nut. Very engaging, though! :)

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asatrain
16. Apr 2024 · 20:55 UTC
Very nice puzzle concept. I would suggest to also somehow complicate the layout of location from level to level.
zeminyok
16. Apr 2024 · 20:56 UTC
Simple but elegant puzzle! Oh and it gets difficult.

Concept and mechanics are so well knitted together here, ballets literally are dancing around while you are trying to solve the puzzle. I laughed a lot when I was trying to understand the game by randomly moving around and saw the message saying that's not the script. Well thought and smooth on-boarding.
niterich
16. Apr 2024 · 20:57 UTC
Very clever idea! I'm not good a puzzle games so I couldn't make it very far, but from what I saw this was a very clever take on the theme!
henk
16. Apr 2024 · 21:53 UTC
What a clever game idea! I like how far you were able to get while
using the same shape for all of the levels. The "encore" caught
me off-guard, but I managed to make it to the end.
MaggardJosh
16. Apr 2024 · 21:58 UTC
Good puzzle mechanic, sadly I was not able to get very far. Will have to come back to it later and try again. Great work!
Kirass
16. Apr 2024 · 23:14 UTC
You are really great! The game turned out great!
CO5MONAUT
18. Apr 2024 · 18:33 UTC
That's great! I really like the graphics and sounds, it's in my heart ahahh
I played mesmerized for a while, but unfortunately I couldn't make it to the end, unfortunately I'm bad at puzzles aha. I was always bothered by the question, where do the dancers go when they fall into the black pit?
LDJam user 378081
18. Apr 2024 · 20:24 UTC
@co5monaut backstage / in hell. Choose one.
Sorry for the difficulty 3:-) you might have missed the final animation(s) then :-O
LDJam user 372231
18. Apr 2024 · 21:34 UTC
wow it actually took me some time to get the idea. So maybe add something else beside funny inscription? son't get me wrong the inscription is funny, but just doesn't give all the information a player needs. but overall it is a great puzzle. Congrats!
LDJam user 378081
19. Apr 2024 · 09:47 UTC
@nadia-pixel thanks for the feedback! I'm eternally torn apart between clear instructions and leaving some discovery for the player. Curious what others would think too :-)
woona
19. Apr 2024 · 17:16 UTC
Great puzzles! The game reminded me of crypt of the necrodancer boss fight, but a lot trickier.

I really like minimalistic graphics and audio design. It fits pure puzzle genre well and allows you to design a lot of challenging puzzles. I went through all of them, including encore. I think the difficulty is just right: puzzles are tricky, but solvable and I'm sure there are different approaches to all of them.

I think everything fell right into place in this game. Great job!
Harmadillo
20. Apr 2024 · 18:11 UTC
Nice puzzle game. The minimalist style looks good and the levels could be quite challenging.