This Ludum Dare’s theme was “Small World”. I’ve already made one game about building planets, though, so this time I decided to go down a completely different route and just make a game that *sounds like* the theme.

Hold the left/right arrow keys to steer, tap the up key to paddle frantically. Escape from the whirlpool!

Featuring:

• Homebrew physics!
• Unpredicatable rocks! You might bounce off in a useful direction, you might just grind to a halt. Probably better just to avoid those things.
• Dubious homophonic interpretation of the Ludum Dare theme, “Small World”!
• Infinitely many levels! Each time you escape from a whirlpool, you go up a level. Each time you die, you go down a level.

Downloads:
Windows
Source – Love2D archive. To run this on Linux, install Love2D, then run “love SmallWhirled.love”.