Cat Astro Phi

Had me hooked from the start!  Super game.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/555641

Mother robot

Another Ludum dare came and went. Theme this time was: Discovery. I took a look at some of the online games today (from the top 20 entries, not enough time to check out everything!) and I'll look at some offline stuff tomorrow.

Anyway, off we go with a real fresh and brilliant concept! It's a platform game!!!!!!!





But wait, there's more!

You are this lovely pixelly robot that jumps around some dungeon or something. Only, you can't walk where there's no light, you then explode. You have a beam that you can rotate around yourself. If this touches another light source, then a disc of light instantly surrounds you. There are unlit and lit sources, and you can touch either of them for some light. The goal is to move from one light source to the next (which is unlit). When you touch an unlit source, it becomes a checkpoint, and occasionally you get another robot. What happens then is that you can control both robots and in addition with the robot's beam touching a light source, having a robot's beam touch another robot that's currently lit generates light as well. Oh yeah, only the original robot (or mother robot, geddit?) can activate a light source, which makes for some very devious level design.

....eeerrrr right that must read dead confusing (and some dirtier minds should have even worse thoughts right now ). It's a really awesome concept though, fits right with the compo's theme, and you should really try it out because it rules!

http://www.increpare.com/2010/12/mother-robot

Grand Mystic Quest of Discovery

Right, here's another platformer! (hehe sorry, it's the way the tabs are open in my browser, honest )

This one's a more traditional one though, reminding of all those flip-screen platformers of the 80s. Borrows some elements from Solomon's key (at least up to where I played it, from what I gather there are 3 other abilities to get which possibly change the gameplay). Cute game!


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17039075/index.html

Land of Fodnal

This is like a mini Civilisation. Explore the land, build troops, defend yourself from the enemies and generally have fun

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5708192/LD19%20fodnal%201.1/index.html

simonsunnyboy wrote on 12.01.11 at 19:26:23:


Nope, that's hardly what Ludum Dare is all about (create a themed game in 48 hours). And the game's page verifies this: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-19/?uid=528

Give up robot 2

Sequels suck, don't they?

Gfx seem spiced up, more fx, more story, but hey, it's the same grappling hook fun as the first one, even some new features (like dragging missiles with the hook to designated areas so they explode!), so dig in!


http://armorgames.com/play/10258/give-up-robot-2

Just close your eyes

Here's another game done in Unity (yes, I can't stop thinking that it's awesome compared to Flash, then again what isn't? ). Basically it's an FPS with a lot of emphasis given on sound: The town you live in is ridden with ghosts and you only have limited protection from them. The radio you carry emits a very strong noise when ghosts are around, and the only way to counter it is to do what the game's title says. Of course the ghosts won't just go away after a period of time, so you have to stumble in the dark until the radio lowers the noise levels again. And then you open your eyes and might end up in the water drowning, or if you're lucky, at some part of the town.

A very neat idea, reminded me of Radio Silence, and I totally dug the rendering style and sound.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Nuprahtor/just-close-your-eyes

Corporate climber

What's this, another platform game? With tongue-in-cheek humour and trying to containt a critique of modern life anxieties in big corporations? (oh and it kind of reminds me of elevator action or spy's demise )

Eh, whatever, as far as I'm concerned they can keep the philosophical bit for themselves, I enjoyed it for the graphics and mechanics!


http://games.adultswim.com/corporate-climber-adventure-online-game.html

haha, it must suck

No it doesn't. It's just Chris being snobby at online games as usual!

Oh well, whatever gets you to play it

Sugar, sugar

"Instantly playable" and "instantly enjoyable" are 2 phrases I've come to expect with Bart Bonte games. Simple and fun games, easy to pick up and play. This one reminded me of Eko's H2O (which in turn sort of reminded me of Lemmings) i.e. try to pour particles into designated areas by drawing walls, etc. I haven't finished it yet, but there are a few twists in the original gameplay, but I expect well thought out stuff as usual. Dig in!

http://bartbonte.com/sugarsugar/

Skate race

Heh, synchronicity or what? Sort of a tie-in with our recently released Downfall, here's a two player variant of the same idea. You need to fall faster than the other player (AI) and collect stuff and powerups along the way as well. It would certainly be fun with 2 real life players

http://www.pixelgames.com/game/470/Skate-Race.html

Transylvania

Not much to say, another relatively easy point'n'clicker with cute gfx and sound (also the puzzles are fun!)




http://www.fastgames.com/transylvania.html

Appy 1000mg - deepnight

Another Ludum dare 48 hours challenge happened last week. 352 entries this time, and I really start thinking about participating in the next one (besides, it'd be massively cool if there was an entry that ran only on Atari there ). This time the theme was "It’s Dangerous to go Alone! Take this!", so lots of games with easily guessable titles . Also, powerups!

Anyway, here are a few pickings that caught my eye, starting with this:



I only had a brief play so far, but it just looks so damn cool! It's a standard platformer with powerups hidden in various corners of the map, so you have to get a specific powerup in order to be able to explore the rest of the map. Check it out, if only for the way it draws the gfx

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4952054/ludumdare20/postRelease/index.html

Entity

Right, after wandering around at the beginning without knowing what to do, I had a look at the competition entry notes, and realized a couple of things I suspected. Firstly, as per the instructions, you have to collect all 4 photos scattered in the map. But you soon notice that your energy bar is decreasing. Then you might notice that it recharges when you're around people. But, stick close to them too much and something that looks like skulls accumulates above your energy bar. Get 4 of those and you're dead. Also you can drop your aura and you can use that to recharge your energy, without the need for people. But you have to collect some pictures first.

Lovely gfx, interesting gameplay once you get the hang of it.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3976458/Entity.swf