philomory
A pretty interesting, if small, game. Engaging enough to play through several levels, and it works fine.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD16 → In The Field
By entar
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme | 10 | 4.00 | ||
| Coolness | 3 | 25 | ||
| Innovation | 43 | 3.11 | ||
| Graphics | 53 | 2.94 | ||
| Fun | 53 | 2.79 | ||
| Overall | 56 | 3.00 | ||
| Community | 72 | 2.67 | ||
| Humor | 88 | 1.86 |
A pretty interesting, if small, game. Engaging enough to play through several levels, and it works fine.
Love the visuals - simple yet catchy.
First one I tried. Simple and catchy visuals. A simple game but wonderful as such!
This game fits the theme nicely.
S'okay. I don't feel like it's hard enough though.
Pretty simple, but fun. I like it!
Interesting idea, though it lackssome 'meat'.
Neat idea. Went through about eight levels. It's missing some baddies that randomly go around until they see you. It would give some kind of urgency while looking for the exit, causing the player to get as close to the lava as possible while dodging.
Nice...fits good to the theme
The game is impossible to lose if playing carefully, or even if not playing very carefully - as such it lacks a strong sense of agency. It would be helpful to add some impetus for the player to enter the danger areas. I suggest randomly seeding "treasure" on each board (possibly in areas which cannot be entered), and scoring the player on treasure picked up vs. time taken. This forces the player to make tough decisions on grabbing treasure vs. clearing the level. You could also make the danger areas do gradual damage (possibly partly random) rather than killing the player outright, so as to make the decision-making process more involved.
In the end I'm not sure whether this is a good idea, but my rating will take into account the fact that you only spent 7 hours on it. For 7 hours it is definitely really impressive. If you had spent double the time to enhance the gameplay, this might have been a contender for best game.
Fits well to the theme, nicely designed levels, and an engaging play