December 13th-16th 2013 :: Theme: You Only Get One
[ Real World Gatherings | Ludum Deals | Warmup Weekend ]
MonoCraft is just like Minecraft, but you can only place one block per player. No more!
*IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOUR BLOCK, TRY REFRESHING THE PAGE* (It is a known server bug)
Check back every day to see the blocks placed by the other players, and see how the world has evolved, one block at a time!
*If the game is stuck on "Loading from server", please try again a few minutes later*
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I will track the world's evolution in the description:
LAST SCREENSHOT (around 900 blocks):
http://i.imgur.com/OlUFGkp.png
- 00:35 Day 4 = So many cubes! The tower has never been this high, and we are counting around 500 cubes on the server. Amazing!
http://goo.gl/5zflWR
- 17:30 Day 3 = The server was hacked again, resulting in three buildings! (We're cool with that :D) The tower is getting higher and higher! (396 cubes)
http://goo.gl/b66wIW
- 14:00 Day 2 (Screenshot 1) = Users found a way to hack the system and placed a floating block. This has generated a second, small structure that is starting to compete with the main tower.
- 21:00 (Screenshot 2) = As expected, people are building a tower. 40 users online at the same time!
- 18:00 = a Notch block appeared on top of the tower:
http://goo.gl/i0xnyE
-15:00 (Screenshot 3) = People started to explore vertically. Some blocks with the faces of the creators of the game started appearing.
-14:00 (Screenshot 4 = Finally some rarer blocks have appeared. Among which, the great kitten block.
-12:00 (Screenshot 5) = Monocraft has just landed. A few users have tried it, placing some basic blocks.
Monocraft was made in only 10 hours because we had to discard our first (sadly not fun) prototype.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 87% |
| #5 | Theme(Jam) | 4.33 |
| #22 | Innovation(Jam) | 3.80 |
| #87 | Audio(Jam) | 3.50 |
| #136 | Humor(Jam) | 2.98 |
| #281 | Overall(Jam) | 3.07 |
| #300 | Mood(Jam) | 2.82 |
| #309 | Graphics(Jam) | 3.06 |
| #462 | Fun(Jam) | 2.30 |
Comments
Thank you very much!
Here is the download link:
https://soundcloud.com/yugenstudio/monoblock-polyjoy-monocraft-1
enjoy
Short but interesting, I hope there will have many players on this game to see how the construction will be.
This is a really cool idea! Can't wait until this is massive
The contrast between the exciting music (fitting lyrics) and the gameplay is very funny :^y
All nice but the camera was a bit frustrating. Good job anyways. :)
Fun idea. It's not really a game though, it's more like a toy. Not that that makes it bad or anything.
Really curious to see what comes out of this!
Cool concept, I would like to see the ability to interact more, beyond placing the single brick.
this felt weird, but I like these "do your small part" things, will be cool to see how many blocks there are in a week or so!
Nice idea, its funny. A lot of people tried it from what I can see ingame. Good job :)
I was hoping someone would make this game, can't wait to see it in 3 weeks.
Nice idea, it's a bit like Curiosity in reverse :P
Congratulazioni!
Not really a game, but a very cool experiment indeed! Keep posting screenshot on "how it evolves", I'm quite interested!
I'm curious about how it'll evolve during votations! Only note, it's a bit short, but hey...nice experiment!
Oh, awesome music!
Maybe add a "choose wisely" message. The normal user, like me, just tries what you can do and clicks randomly. :-D
Hard to rate, because it's more a tool than a game.
Interesting use of the concept! The tech was solid too, tried refreshing the game heh. Couldn't actually see the block i had getting placed.
That was pretty sweet.
A very cool way for everyone to leave their mark.
Really great idea! I searched "minecraft" to see how unimaginative people were being this time, but this is the opposite of what I expected!
Nice entry :D I'm looking forward to see what the tower will be :D
Feels like the religion game from Jason Rohrer game, but more minimalist...
Very original, it's a kind of social experiment. Good music!
Ok first thing I did was reloading the game, for being sure the music doesn't com from one of my other open tabs :D
I like these kind of things. Exciting to see how the world will evolve.
But here is a question for people saying the game is too short: Is it really that short, or even extra-ever-lasting long? ;)
Fantastic! I wish more games like this came out :D I'm the first pink kitten in the third tower ^^
Thanks for the soundcloud link. I'm sure to listen to all the Yugenstudio stuff, pretty sweet so far.
Very interesting idea, a bit like that "10 second" turn rpg in the last LD. I was assigned a dark water block but I could not place it anywhere. Tried placing on existing blocks, separated by itself but no luck. Has the game been locked or something?
Hey guys, i'm the bad programmer who made the network communications, sorry to hear that you're having problems!
If you place the block and hear the sound but can't actually see it, try refreshing the page.
We still have some bugs on the server side, unfortunately!
Wow, this is really creative :) The music also fits very well. I'll come back from time to time to see how it goes.
Great effort. A really cool play on the idea, and I like the collaborative feel.
Very fun! I like the purity of the idea, but I'd definitely play it a few times if it was one block per day!
Little Secret: It actually IS one block a day. But I was not sure what was more powerful, one block a day or only one block ever? So we never revealed it :)
This is a great take on the theme, but it would be REALLY nice if you could see your block after you place it!
@stvr You can. If you can't, that is a server bug I fear. Try refreshing!
Interesting experiment. Only thing I'd say is to allow the vertical mouselook to go a full 180 degrees.
Nice experimental gameplay. Not really a game but it fits perfect to the theme... It must be seens as art not as a game. Cool like it!
Awesome! Great game, awesome music. I was a bit annoyed that you couldn't look straight up to go to the top, but as I far as I understand, that is a limitation of Unity. I got the Notch block and put it on the top! Nice game!
Interesting concept, kind of wish there was more gameplay involved some how. I think its interesting seeing what everyone built.
Strega:
This really reminds me of the game We the Giants, but with less of a message and more about just creating emergent art.
(This is a team account)
amazing! i love this. every jam there's a couple of these kind of games, but this one stands out, as it makes me so happy, much thanks to the graphics, the sky and that fantastic song!
I like the idea but seems that todat I can't put my one block with the rest :?
Really nice idea! It's too bad that there's not enough input for people to coordinate on much more than the simplest structures, but it's an interesting concept.
Good job, but please use a better first person controller next time... :)
Very interesting social experiment! Interested to see how big this is going to get :D
Very innovative idea that fit the theme well. Great music as well. :)
5/5 MUSIC! Very cool concept but sadly people select quite randomly block placements.
I like the concept, hopes it'll got crazy and more and more people add their cube. Nice crazy music !
Is it possible to export a Linux version? There's no Web player for Linux...
awesome SONG, NAILED the theme. not much else. Colors look bright brilliant and beautful!! nice!
Interesting collaborative idea! It would be nice with navigation was easier. Maybe you could use Q/E for direct vertical movement.
Cool idea, I lost where I placed my block though. D: Music is awesome too! Rated highly. :)
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Cool idea, excited to see what comes out of this. Any chance we could get a download link for the song? It was so damn happy.