April 26th-29th 2013 :: Theme: Minimalism
Ludum Dare 26 — April 26-29th, 2013
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this game is so minimal that you dont even have to get to the game level to play
use arrow keys to move
your name is V and you have to catch the yellow I(s) while escaping from evil red L and E
potatoes included
made with Construct 2 in about 8 hours
little update:
someone told me that the game is impossible to finish without the possibility to continue from the last screen.
no its not! I finished it today (for the first time) and i added a video to show you that is possible!
come on! you can do it!! :)
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 94% |
| #107 | Theme | 4.09 |
| #170 | Humor | 3.04 |
| #217 | Fun | 3.40 |
| #251 | Innovation | 3.52 |
| #283 | Overall | 3.45 |
| #314 | Audio | 3.11 |
| #420 | Mood | 3.07 |
| #669 | Graphics | 2.89 |
Comments
Nice game, though you can get completely stuck on the blocks really easily.
Bit scary for a first level, fun once you get the hang of it though :)
I like it! Remind me the Atari 2600 or other Amstrad CPC of my childhood! Thanks for the fun.
Really cool! Though the music burns my ear holes a little bit, the game is very well done.
The voting system needs a grade for potato, you included potato thus i would have graded you positively
The sfx are awesome, particularly when you pass a level. What did you make the sfx in?
This is the most addictive LD I've played yet, very well done
@erdos
yeah we'd totally need a potato grade for voting! hehe
for the sfxs they're all made with the suggested BFXR (http://www.bfxr.net/)
for that sound in particular i obtained it by clicking a hundred times on the "randomize" button until i found exactly what i was looking for :)
lol, yeah totally insta-died the first time- good stuff! See you used Construct 2 as well; used it for the first time this weekend. Think it'll be at least a prototyping tool for future design work.
I like this game... Great use of texts for the objects, it was a good idea for a minimal game. The audio really fits this game, feels like playing the classic 8bit games :D ...
Clever but a bit too frustrating. I'll try again later and see if things get better after the beginning
Once I realised what was going on it became quite addictive. Good audio feedback, it works really well with the art style. Good job!
Such a unique idea using the level information as the bits of the level! I really liked that aspect of it. I could see this becoming a lot more interesting if expanded upon...
I really like this concept! It's too much easy to be slowed by those blue rectangles.. it's a pity for that :(
Btw great game! :)
Nailed the retro look and feel perfectly. Although getting to level 8 and dying stupidly made me want to throw my laptop through a wall ;)
Great, infuriating entry :)
You used to form a word together... and now they're your enemies !! Very cool entry :)
Really like the concept of redefining the elements of the level screen. Good use of the theme. Congratulations!
This game is really minimalistic and I think this could be the winner. But it takes a while to get used to the controls.
I really like how you used the theme. You exemplified getting the maximum effected out of a few objects. Nicely done... I couldn't make it past level 7 :(
I hate randomized levels because of relying ONLY on luck and not on my SKILLS.
But this is really awesome minimalistic game. I like how you play around the theme =)
Excellent work, dude!
Hah! Awesome. The presentation was flawless - I kinda wish I could start on the last level I played, 'cause I'm really bad at this and can't get past the first couple levels, but it's very fun.
Awesome game! It's very difficult sometimes but it makes you start over and go further.
Really original idea. :)
A little bit repetitive, each level looks quite the same (despite number of | and randomness of explosion), but it's a nice idea!
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amazing :D i love it :)