Gridlock - Ludometrics

Gridlock is an arena-based shooter that sees you take control of four gun turrets. In the middle of the grid, a variety of abstract yet lethal geometric shapes emerge which will destroy your turrets. Unless, of course, you can shoot the shapes first. Game over comes when/if all your turrets are destroyed.

Gridlock harkens back to a time when games were about beating your own high-score and also about shooting abstract shapes. Nothing more, nothing less. Supports Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 controllers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ILr4_Oo_C4

http://ludometrics.com/game/gridlock/g-shot-02.png

The game's payment model is that you can play continuously for 60 seconds (although you can start as many games as you like). If you're on a particularly good scoring run, the game will let you buy and continue.

More info can be found at the website: http://ludo.me/gridlock/

The game will be released this Thursday (August 29) - hopefully at least a few of you will enjoy it!

-David
Ludometrics

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Originally Posted by ludometrics

Gridlock harkens back to a time when games were about beating your own high-score and also about shooting abstract shapes. Nothing more, nothing less.

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The K.I.S.S. principle eh? I can dig it! I also enjoy that the enemies whine at you when you kill them, "Ow!" "What did I do to you?!". Hilarious!

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Originally Posted by DrunkPunk

The K.I.S.S. principle eh? I can dig it! I also enjoy that the enemies whine at you when you kill them, "Ow!" "What did I do to you?!". Hilarious!

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Glad you like! And yeah, definitely a case of K.I.S.S. - just make the game I want to play. Not to say we won't add to it in the future, of course ;)

Since it's already Thursday the 29th in New Zealand, Gridlock is now available on the store! Have fun!

just bought this, having a lot of fun with it :)

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Originally Posted by Jakenut86

just bought this, having a lot of fun with it :)

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Glad to hear it, and thank you!

-David

Played the demo and essentially like the game, but it does seem to run a little slow? Would be nice to have some settings to perhaps remove some of the detail to speed the game up.

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Originally Posted by rgcd

Played the demo and essentially like the game, but it does seem to run a little slow? Would be nice to have some settings to perhaps remove some of the detail to speed the game up.

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Hmm, we haven't seen that at all here. Can you send more info on where the problem is happening and the effect you're seeing? We'll investigate a bit and see if we turn up anything in the meantime that might be causing it. (Email support@ludometrics.com if you prefer.)

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by ludometrics

Hmm, we haven't seen that at all here. Can you send more info on where the problem is happening and the effect you're seeing? We'll investigate a bit and see if we turn up anything in the meantime that might be causing it. (Email support@ludometrics.com if you prefer.)

Thanks!

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I was actually referring to the fact that the gameplay itself seemed slow. Bullets are very sluggish, and it just seems to me that the game would be more enjoyable if it was a little more frantic.

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Originally Posted by rgcd

I was actually referring to the fact that the gameplay itself seemed slow. Bullets are very sluggish, and it just seems to me that the game would be more enjoyable if it was a little more frantic.

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Ah, gotcha. We did play around with the speeds quite a bit, although thinking about it now that was all before we introduced the multiplier aspect (which drains as you fire bullets) so it's probably affected by that. We'll play with it again - thanks!