A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

Participation to the Weekly Game Jam #196: Strange Recipe.

You are a shapeshifter blob, you transform based on what you eat. Discover your abilities and solve the puzzles.

Controls

  • move: WASD or arrow keys
  • reset: BACKSPACE
  • help: TAB

Editor

Press F1 to switch to the bundled level editor.

Credits

Made with LÖVE (11.3).

Download

Download
Glooby-WGJ196-win32.zip 3 MB
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Glooby-WGJ196.love 103 kB

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Pretty fun!  Though also really confusing at first.  Throwing up gets rid of your LAST item while picking up a third item gets rid of your FIRST item, which threw me off for a bit.  It does make sense, and I think you dont have to switch that up if its explained better.  You could have a visual representation in the UI, with a stomach showing the players 2 items, you throw up the item on top of the stack, or shove more food down into the stomach, replacing the first item you ate at the bottom of the stack. 

Would also be nice to have a quick reference showing what you will turn into next, if you eat a worm/fish/fly, or throw up.  Another confusing thing was the mix of top-down perspective and those ice blocks/walls that are in 3/4 perspective.

It's rough jumping into the mechanics all at once but I think most of the issues would be solved with some more tutorial levels.  Level 5 was specifically very confusing because you introduced transforming into the snail, pulling with the snail, and throwing up not just one but two items.  4 things that should have their own tutorial.