I agree that there is lots of room for improvement, particularly for the controls. I just couldn’t find the motivation to move this beyond this “proof of concept” stage. But I have lots of ideas for this game, and maybe I’ll keep working on it.
Hi again! Thank you (again) for playing my game (again)!
Agreed, the link to side effects is a bit weak… I think the linked blocks moving in sync definitely counts as a side effect, but I only have one level with them.
And yea, I wish I had some more time to add the music. I had some ideas, but no time.
Haha, I’m glad you didn’t abandon your game tho… Side Vein Effect ended up being quite nice!
Thanks! Yeah the limited level number is mostly due to time limitations and my lack of level design skills lol. I did want to have a few more with the synced blocks, and especially some where the various mechanics are combined.
I’m getting a slight uncanny valley feel from this.
Ah! That might be cos the 3D is fake. It’s entirely image assets & tiles rendered in Blender. (Well there is the Z axis for layering but still, pretty fake). That simplified a lot of things (like combining the wall shapes, and having nice SSS) but it does come with limitations.
I suppose in theory it could be possible to render a 360-degree rotation animation and play it back to rotate the duck, but I just didn’t get to sprite animations.
maybe I’m secretly a duck
You’re already a secret pocket cat, how can you be both?
Yes, a level selector and progress persistence were definitely some things I would have added if I found more time. As for the animations, I’m quite happy with how the blocks move, but I agree that the cake animation would need a rework.
I was going to add a “jumping” animation from catapults (yes they’re supposed to be catapults lol), and add an animation to show the belt rotation. Also, yeah, I guess the movements do look a bit unnatural, as they’re more symbolic than physics-based. Perhaps something could be done about that with some experimentation and smarter movement paths.
Cool concept, fun to click around. Lil bit confusing until I read the comments - inter-game persistence sounds dope, can’t wait to see how it’s gonna work. Good luck!
Yeah that’s true… The original side effect idea was to do a few more levels with linked blocks like the last one… But when I ran out of time, most of the side effect theme got loaded into the story, which I didn’t manage to integrate too well with the rest of the gameplay.
The glitching cake is a known bug side effect of the hallucinations.
For anyone playing, be sure to pay attention to how your movements are limited (look at the WASD icon at the bottom right). Took me a bit to figure it out.
Awesome genre combo, great execution, lovely graphics! (tiny nitpick feedback: pickup hitboxes could be bigger so you don't need to position the bot quite as precisely)
Looks interesting! I'm not sure if I'm missing something though - I collected some other items, but clicking anything in my inventory to "use" it doesn't seem to do anything besides removing it. Is there more to the gameplay?
What an awesome tower defense game that's about more than just building a ton of towers. Great visuals, well thought-out mechanics, really fun to play!
