white rectangle (4th Place Wowie Jam 2.0)
sound unfortunatly doesn't work on safari and internet explorer.
context
This game was created for the Wowie Jam 2.0. The jams theme was intentional bugs. (and got 4th place :0)
controls
| keyboard | controller | |
| space/W/up | A/d-pad up | jump |
| A/left | d-pad left/left stick left | move left |
| D/right | d-pad right/left stick right | move right |
| shift/S | d-pad down/left stick down | look down |
| enter | right shoulder button 1 | reset level |
| enter, up/down | A, up/down | menu |
about the game
You start playing a simple 2D sidescroller. But after a while, you realize that you are trapped in a timeloop.
You keep playing to break free from the loop, but the game starts to create more and more bugs. The level becomes unstable, glitchy, making it harder for you to finally see an end.
credits
sounds from: freesound.org
main theme by : https://soundcloud.com/Thisisatom (Heroes of the Moon- Jordivburgel)
menu theme by: http://www.lieberkindvisuals.dk
sound fx by: http://www.fxprosound.com/, https://justinvoke.com/ and http://treasure-sounds.com/
the rest is done by me: Fedboi
I would appreciate it greatly if you could fill out the feedback form after playing.
Development log
- controller support and menu updateFeb 01, 2020
- post-jam patch (thanks for the 4th place)Jan 27, 2020
Comments
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i know what the problem is that's a rhombus
I just finished playing. Very fun little platformer! It has some nice tight controls, and I liked the repeating level thing.
Cool minimalistic artstyle, with an interesting gameplay twist. I like how the bugs are incorporated into the puzzle. I feel like the game could use with a little more story, perhaps a little more varied dialogue from the character as the story progresses. The later pieces of the game can be a little bit rage-inducing, but not impossible. Glad for the amount of checkpoints lol
Have you thought of expanding this? I can see endless possibilities. Especially if the glitches end up creating puzzles for the player to solve. For example, you have a button. You press the button, the door opens. Then you can walk through the door. When the game glitches, there's suddenly a death box around the button so you need to find some other way to press it (a box, maybe).
Show post...
i could see it work.
Pretty cool!
Am I supposed to not be able to enter the game? The game does not respond to any input.
Have you tried clicking the game window?
iframes don't respond to inputs otherwise.
Yes I did. I managed to get it working on controller but not on keyboard still :\
OMG i finished it! this was such a bop especially with the BG music! love it <3 10/10 from me and I'm glad to see more of your works
really interesting
Hi, i like the game, but i could not get past level 6, on level 5 I managed to jump around to the left and over the red obstacle, but the following enemy on level 6 made this impossible. Forgive me if I'm just being bad:
anyway, I liked the concept!Hey, Thanks for the feedback! :)
It's definitly possible, but I overtuned the difficulty for this one, its just really really hard to get the timing.
what i did is go to the first elevated part, jump, wait for a second, then jump again, i got through the gap
Im not sure if this comes across in the video but this was strictly impossible the way i was playing because jumping from the elevated area jumps too high and will always hit the red block above, the only way i beat the previous level was going over that block by jumping from the left, but the enemy prevents that tech on this level. I assume its an environmental issue with my machine where it jumps too high as ive seen people do this level where they clearly dont have this issue
Great game but i loveeeeee "what i behind"
This game was so good! nice job! :"D
I really like this game, I'm really not a good platformer player but I still enjoyed it and almost finish it.
One tiny thing I noticed is sometimes the checkpoint is not triggered if I arrived certain place behind the place that would trigger the checkpoint(I guess the checkpoint is on a certain block, and I jumped on the block behind it and missed it?)
I really like the error strings said by the character, and the sound, and how everything is glitching, including the level!
I finally found a game based on glitchs, and I love it! I want more of these! <3
Thank you, I'm so happy you like it! :)
Great Game! Is there a secret ending?
thank you! :)
there is only one ending: (spoilers ahead)
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the white room one, that leads to the white bios screen.
I love it!
thanks alot! :))
woah that's so original, good job
Thank you Cloudl! :))
somethings not right with this game, would like some answers
What's the problem?
idk how to explain but the atmosphere feels like its ancient forgotten tech cool game btw
haha, I can see that. thanks takuroya!
NICE
thank you! :)
i cant exactly say what my reaction was, because its impossible to explain.
my brain was just like "holy crap thats really cool" over and over again
I'm so happy you like the game, thank you Vaszoly!
Damn good game! Awesome level design and the main character is great! Controls are nice and tight.
main song name
It's Heroes of the Moon by Jordivburgel (the artist is credited in the describtion but I think they changed their name)
17.91
full game in 18 seconds??? :0 is there a bug?
i finished full cycle
Sweet game. Out of curiosity what was that font on the error screen?adsf
thanks!
It's the Google Font "Turret Road" in extra bold. I use the same font for all the other text aswell.
Thanks so much!
nice feel!
thanks Anna! :)
It's really fun though
I enjoyed it, even though I didn't know it's part of a game jam. Cool theme, nice execution. One little detail I'd change is the "OK RIP". sounds condescending, but it's just a string.
thanks for playing and the feedback, Suitcases! :)
I get your point but others said this line made them laugh so I'm unsure if I should keep it in or not.
leave it! :D
Why does it keep glitching?
Hey FireFliesOfTheNight,
The game was made for the wowie jam 2.0, the theme was intentional bugs.
So I decided the core concept is that everytime you finish the level it resets but becomes more glitchy and difficult to finish, until you finally resolve the bug by finishing the level multiple times.
OK thanks for the info and I have a lot of games I did not make most of them but the ones i did make are projects
Fedboi how exactly did you make White rectangle?