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Description The autobiography of a whale who wants to learn how to sing.		Inspired by (http://famicase.com/08/softs/2.jpg) (http://famicase.com/08/softs/2.jpg)

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Play
play online (http://ded.increpare.com/~locus/whaleofnoise) (flash/html)

How to play
Arrow keys

source code (http://ded.increpare.com/~locus/whaleofnoise_src.zip) (as3/flixel)

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Sexy Speedster
Earned for being the first completed game.

What a hilarious way to see that case. This game will be pretty awesome, coming from you.  ;)

:epileptic: .... You`re the best

Love the concept.

trying to make a whale of particles -

(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj200/increpatio/Screenshot2010-07-03at185449.png)

getting collision working properly is proving very awkward.

(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj200/increpatio/Screenshot2010-07-03at231714.png)


Collision is still a little flaky, but have a start at it anyway : S

Particle whale is intriguing.

(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj200/increpatio/Screenshot2010-07-04at123511.png)

Making the environment more interesting.  Hoping I'll have the main game sketched out and playable in full by tonight.  Any feedback on the art/colour scheme welcome.

That already looks awesome, but a question: will everything 'wiggle' like the static on a TV? Because that would be even more beautiful.

The whale is rather hard to read against that background, but I like the idea behind it.

The whale is quite flickery when seen in-game, so there's no real danger of that. (The issue being more that it makes everything else look a little boring and unanimated by comparison if anything).

I tried something like that out, and found it really distracting (for the whole screen to be alternating between two variations).

That looks so cool. I really like those colors.

I like it, but I'm not sure I can read it.  The orange/brown/green bits are presumably rocks/landmass, but it's not clear if the upper section is sky or ocean (it's a very sky blue, but the boundary seems a little too indistinct to fit.

So let's call it done:

play online (http://ded.increpare.com/~locus/whaleofnoise) (flash/html)

Pretty cool stuff, love the visuals!

Really enjoyed it, especially the sounds of the whale. Very interesting gameplay too.

thanks guys -

Very cool, although for some reason the sound didn't work (I assumed there was sound I was missing out on  :-\)

really?  : S

What browser/os are you running?

Whoa. That was really nice.

Maybe add "the end" or something like that? Because I waited on that white screen for a bit.

Awesome game, but the sound cut out once I got to #8.

What browser/os are you running?

Yeah looks awesome, but my sound cut out after grabbing the first upgrade. I'm running the latest build of Chrome on Win Xp.

it happens when you press a number you don't have. I'm on chrome on XP, and when i first played i got the first number and tried out others but the sound cut out, so I restarted and only pressed the ones i had until i pressed zero right near the end, and the sound cut out again. I think i pressed zero once again to get it back or something.

oh, pressing 'zero' toggles sound : P

brb

'Tis a pretty good game, but it doesnt really have a lot to do with the cover.

My Idea about whales has been changed forever  :crazy: :handmetalR:
It's really cool that I have nothing to say about it :D

I had a whale of a time.
That’s really great. Though, I also sat on the white end screen for a while.

sound-fixed version should be up now : )

There's a whale (a whale made of noisy particles), and it makes noises (reasonably granular noises).  Let me quote from the guidelines:

Well that was an interesting experience.

This is neat, I especially like the sound, and how the visuals get more abstract/colorful near the end.

It might be cool to have some bits where you're swept along by the water and have to figure out multi-note songs to navigate the passageway.

Cool game, increpare.  :handthumbsupL: :handthumbsupL:

...I think I won?

I like it!

:o  That was fast work, increpare!  And well worth a playthrough.

Plan on doing another cart?

Very nice! Reminded me a fair bit of Dotstream's Formation mode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acAWkf8NECc#t=3m06s).


Sound's really low for me; maybe that was the problem?

Wow, that was really cool, actually. Nothing like the box art, though.
Edit: Oh, I don't really care if it was nothing like the box art, I think it's really neat the way it is!  :)

I agree that it was cool and while the mechanic seemed very interesting at first, I must admit I expected a lot more. Instead of just stretching vertically, I thought you were going for custom shapes or something.

Oh well, it was nice.
Gotta say that atmosphere and sound were pretty cool too.

It kind of felt like the mechanic could have been stretched to some more interesting interaction.  Having said that I've no idea how to do so, so maybe it's just good as the attractive mood piece that it is.

I particularly like the way that failed guesses contributed to the 'soundtrack'.

I like how you end up feeling around for the right note.

Very cool, grats on the indiegames.com feature.  Also, that was fast.   :handclap: 8)

I could somehow totally see you doing this one.=)

Really cool concept with awesome touches (particle whale and singing mechanism FTW) and, as others said, lightning fast. Congrats!=)

Thanks for the comments, guys.

There's a whale (a whale made of noisy particles), and it makes noises (reasonably granular noises).  Let me quote from the guidelines:

Pretty interesting, I also thought the shapes could be worked out a little more. Or maybe a couple places making you switch between different notes directly in a single passage. But has a good atmospheric feel, and sound.

Enough about the 'not looking like the cart', people.

Sound works now. Very cool stuff! Although I didn't realize you could get 'killed' until I tried to hurry through it and kept getting kicked back to checkpoints.

I had to introduce dying to get around some of the dodgier collision issues (to stop people flying through stuff).

Nice and quick job! Creative interpretation of the box art!

It lacked surprise factor though, after the third upgrade I knew that all upgrades would just be increased distances, more variety of singing forms would have pushed it another dimension. Also, the collision bugs quite a bit with frequent false positives.

great short game - and not at all what I was expecting after seeing the screenshots (not boxart, as boxes in the 80s rarely looked like the actual games anyway) in a totally good way :)

It's not challenging, the art isn't very good, it's short..just really nothing much to say about this other than that it is a dull and completely forgettable game

God what a trip.

Wonder if I can get my body to pass through walls while I'm singing too.

Time to start practicing.

wow man, beautiful, absolutely amazing :-* :-*

was kinda hoping each noise would make me a different shape and I'd combine noises and become even more different shapes and oh well.

Hey man - thanks for your comments.  Do you have any particular suggestions as to what directions are worth exploring (in terms of art style, say)?

I'm thinking about it and no I don't really have any suggestions. This game is kind of like that child's toy where there is a circle shaped hole and the kid has to put the circle in the circle hole and the square in the square hole. Except instead of different shapes it is like if there was just different sized versions of the same shape. I'd recommend putting in different forms to morph into but that still wouldn't be challenging really. I dunno. I don't see this idea really bearing any interesting fruits

Increpare has earned the title of The Speedster for being the first to complete and post his game in the completed games thread.

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I think this game would start to be difficult if after getting out of the cave it sent you to an infinitely scrolling world where you had to morph to fit through different holes quickly.

Ah, I hadn't thought of that.  That would probably be the smoothest option, I think, yes. (Well I guess any sort of chase sequence could work).

Very simple, very relaxing.

Not really that compelling, though, and I didn't quite feel attached to the game whatsoever. If I hadn't known it was short from the other comments, I probably would have stopped playing after getting to song 5. Perhaps a bit more challenge would have made it stand out more, but as it is, it's just a quick zen game.

Nice atmosphere and sound.  :gentleman: kinda creepy (in a good way). Congrats on finishing so fast (in a good way).  :whome:

Nice entry.  I agree with the others about it feeling like this could go further in terms of either more challening combinations or sequences of sounds, or in developing the music that the player creates (possibly mixed with additional sounds from other entities in the environment).

Kudos for quickly rendering this novel idea into a playable game.  I found it captivating.

Finally had a chance to try this out and I enjoyed your interpretation of the case-art for this game. I like the idea that the level design could create the music soundtrack that the player might have to play and that they literally can't pass unless they are playing the right chords it would seem. I liked the palette.

I enjoyed it too. I agree with many of the suggestions, different types of shapes, or ways for the environment to have you create music as you go through it would be great ways to expand the concept.

Another possibility for increased challenge would be to only let the player stay in particled(?) mode for a limited amount of time, another variant of having to find the right notes quickly.

First post updated with extra sexy custom badge. Wear it proudly Increpare.

Increpare, seriously, how do you come up with so many good game ideas so fast? I probably haven't come up with something as good as your worst idea, in years of thinking. I would love for you to share a little bit of your creative process with everyone.

Great game.

I still want to marry the guy for Rara Racer.

Just played through this and really enjoyed the vibe. Great work on the sound. The warm colors near the surface are lovely, too.

I love the idea of underwater tunnels as some kind of bizarre sheet music for the whale to sing. I want to hack it to make him sing the Super Mario Bros. theme. :giggle:

Congrats on getting featured on this weeks Sawbuck Games roundup over at the AV club!
http://www.avclub.com/articles/july-19-2010,43033/

I liked this a lot.  One of my favorite parts was "searching" for the right note to fit through the space; this adds an interesting element to the game's "score."

Very nice! I like how you took the title literally, and the "emergent" soundtrack. Collision seems a bit "jerky" at the moment though and I managed to briefly get stuck in a wall at some point.

The ending is beautiful. I've left it going for about 20 minutes now.

Interesting idea. I don't think the mechanics support the concept, though. I would expect a game about learning to sing to have more creative elements. Instead, the game felt very mechanical. There game required no thought and required no decision-making. As a result, I felt more like I was going through a required set of motions than finding the ability to express myself through song.

I did quite like the whale graphics, and the controls were nice and smooth.

The ending was a bit abrupt. It would have been nice to have some way of knowing that the game was over.

Love the concept, the game felt like a tutorial for something bigger to come so I was a bit disappointed when it ended.

I'd love to see this expanded upon.