5 BUTTONS Roundup
February 1st, 2012
Wow, we had an incredible turnout for December – January! There’s a massive amount of creativity here. From dancing to swimming to shooting to pushing to baby bouncing to trippy shape merging, you guys showed just how much can be done with 5 big buttons. We had games of every kind imaginable and had a lot of fun trying them all out. And remember, this is just the round up, you’ll hear more about the progress of the competition soon!
Without further adieu and in no particular order, let’s step on into these 48 games:
Use gravity to guide the comet to the goal in this soothing coop-title.
Save your jumping powers to collect more coins than your competitors! Just wish it had music.
Nicely animated Whack a Mole played from the other perspective.
Dodge Dargon the dragon’s attacks and take him down. A little hard to control.
Fractured Memories, by Travis W Stewart
A 5-player controlled platformer. Guide the boy out to recover his memories.
Neenjah Inna WearHauz, by Sam(GMX0)
Cooperate to dodge in coming boxes and escape the Wearhauz!
Stay on the path to collect the coins.
Square Loves Triangle, by Mr. Black
Daw. A love story, and it’s not even February! Cute, interactive runner-style game.
Cooperate to catch the falling snow.
Sweet vector-based techno-Vikings action – slay the wyrm from your flying ship, while dodging his firy attacks.
4-player split screen competitive runner with atari-style graphics. Pretty slick.
Stattbad Shooter, by Christian Lech
5-player competitive shooter. Really interesting how some elements cross between players.
Jump rope to good ‘ol Edvard Grieg!
Stattbad Invaders, by More Pie
A 5-player cooperative Space Invaders style game.
An odd, cooperative game about jumping on a diving board to collect pellets.
Hamusuta Man, by Alfonso Monton
A very bizarre game, about a man throwing vegetables at a giant squid.
Porker Pillar, by Nathan Fouts
Fun game with a trippy art style. Try to feed junk food to your expanding hoard of babies while avoiding vegetable mines.
The retro aesthetic really works for this one. On physical pads this would be pretty fun.
Collborative puzzle matching game. Cooperate to clear out the rows before you run out of time.
Very trippy and atmospheric. The controls are a little hard to figure out in my head though.
Asteroids in a Wormhole, by Meedoc
Guide your ship through the wormhole while dodging asteroids…. in 3-D!
Each player controls one thruster on the ship with the goal of landing it safely. Let the insanity commence!
1-Player dodging action game. Avoid in-coming enemies while collecting powerups. Lots ‘o mustaches in this game!
Nice cooperative game where everyone works to keep the balloon afloat while collecting points.
V-Sync, by Warren Longmire & Seth Archambault
A Collaborative running game with a fuzzy retro feel – make sure no one dies or we all start over!
Nature Strikes Back, by Christian
Players must work together to crush puny humans with a giant snowball on the mountain top.
Cold War Hangover, by Troshinsky
Do the wave to move the mine into the same bottle as the submarine.
Crazy Fossil Fuel Racers, by Made in PDA
Fun 1 – 5 player racing game, collect gas and avoid fires as you racing across the world.
Beep Brrp Bing Bang Bosh, by Paul McG
A Collaborative rhythm jumping game. Switch sides to keep the song going.
Individual Medley Relay, by Phillip Wei
A cooperative game where each player controls one part of a swimmer. Wow.
Make sure you’re not with the farter when the elevator door closes – hilarious presentation
Try to navigate a tumultous stock market by investing in various sectors.
Figure out the best path through the stylish graph to collect the most dots during your turn.
Platformer where you cooperate to guide a bunny through each level. Nice music.
Bounce your ragdoll into the most points and collect more than your opponent.
Cooperatively solve a wide variety of phyicsy puzzles to collect stars.
Dancing, Dancing, Dancing, by Soyyo
Jump up at the right time to complete the song, gets easier depending on the amount of players.
Very trippy transcendental cooperative/competitive racing game.
Action music rhythm game that rewards you with lasers for getting into the groove
Sleek and abstract music rhythm game (a bit reminiscent of DDR) in which players complete for the highest score.
Press the right button patterns before time runs out against a backdrop of very epic music.
Tone Tennis, by Balthazar Auger
Very interesting, stylish 2 player quick reaction tennis game.
A very challenging game in which players activate vents to blow a dandelion to fertile ground.
Space Protocol, by Dominik Reisel
Very tough game in which 5 players run different parts of a starship and complete missions.
Stylish presentation of a 2 player spy battle with some physicality. Read the instructions!
The Blame Game, by Luke O’Connor
Cooperate to navigate an incredibly difficult maze.
Trippy 2D top down space shooter where your action makes music!
5 player abstract racing game, with some cool music effects as you gather speed and outpace your opponents.
We're a group of indie game developers, running a friendly competition every month. The rules: Make a game based on the month's theme, and don't spend more than 7 days. New games posted at the end of every month.
16 Comments, Comment or Ping
Awesome! Look forward to diving into all these. :)
Also, sorry to be a pain, the version of my game (bbbbb) here is the first dodgy one with a setup and a few bugs. It’s easy mistake to make, I think I posted 3!
Here’s the final one if you’re able to edit: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ze50tb
Cheers!
February 1st, 2012
This is weird. I downloaded my game for the heck of it and I ran it and there is no background music. Although the .exe I have in PC pre-upload plays it ok.
Let me try to reupload it. If its issue, you can ignore it and use the music-less version.
February 2nd, 2012
Nvm, I found out where is the problem. It uses Media Player to play .mp3 files and when volume of media player is down, it’s volume is also down.
February 2nd, 2012
@Paul McG,
I’ve just updated the link for you game!
February 2nd, 2012
Thanks Pete!
February 3rd, 2012
When exactly is the Strattbad showing?
February 3rd, 2012
These look amazing! Can’t wait to try them out.
February 4th, 2012
Hey I just saw the round up. I was sad not to see my game Uprok in the list though. Is there a reason it got left out?
February 5th, 2012
This is amazing. I am new to this site and would like to be updated on the next theme so that i can also contribute by creating a game or atleast die trying :)
February 5th, 2012
@SAM(GMX)
It’s at 20:00 (8pm) on February the 17th at the Stattbad Gallery in Berlin.
@JOE
Oops! Our bad, I’ve added it to the round up post. Rest assured it’s being considered along with all the other games!
February 6th, 2012
Any idea how many games are going to be taken to the event?
February 6th, 2012
@Pete Thanks.
February 6th, 2012
Spectrum:
I’m really digging the aesthetic, and the way the controls work – I actually needed a friend to tell me how it operated… it’s so clever though, does it need to go unexplained?
Individual Medley Relay:
Hilarious. I know the immediate go-to is QWOP or GIRP, but I love the way you incorporate the actual medley so the stroke/gameplay is changed up.
LLMLMMMRRR:
The way the tracks layer is so elegant – we kind of wanted the same feeling regarding layering with our game, but you did it in a waaay more satisfying way. Excellent touch with the guns also affecting your inertia, btw.
February 6th, 2012
@FELIX P
Thanks for the comments man.
If anyone is interested this is an updated version here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8367315/LLMLMMMRRR%20by%20Rob%20Lach%20%282-6-12%29.zip
Opens in a window now and fixed some compatibility issues.
February 7th, 2012
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