FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD21 → the dream forest

the dream forest

By mes

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall173.83
Graphics254.11
Audio34.33
Coolness1444
Community1732.85
Fun1812.88
Innovation1823.06
Theme2303.00
Humor3231.56

Comments

uuav 2011-08-22 08:55

I love the mood of the game !

kinta 2011-08-23 09:20

Wow, just wow! The atmosphere is so intense! It makes me angry that there is no way to rate the atmosphere of the game (why should every game be humorous?).
The best entry I've played so far. :)

mes 2011-08-23 13:09

thanks guys! an atmosphere voting category would be cool. not enough LD games focus on that imo- i think it's a great way to make a more memorable experience.

superflat 2011-08-23 13:21

Hmmm I couldn't get it to work on XP. Looks interesting though!

mes 2011-08-23 13:26

sorry about that. i tried testing it earlier today on my office computer and discovered that it fails to play mine and pretty much all other love2d games. maybe you have the same issue? i didn't have a lot of time to debug but it unfortunately seemed like a somewhat fundamental library issue. :/

legacycrono 2011-08-23 14:06

Very eerie atmosphere, I particularly loved the smooth animations. Sadly it`s very short. Nice job!

turbodindon 2011-08-23 14:30

yeah nice ! <3 the subtle pixel graphics and the overall mood of this game. As kinta said it'd be better if the humor category was replaced by something a bit broader like "mood" or something.

It would have been cool to have more events or some branching for other walkthroughs though (unless I missed something in the cave ?).

Very cool for a solo 48h LD, hope you'll be able to add more content/story later !

d_m 2011-08-25 17:48

Like everyone says, the music, graphics and ambiance for this game were great! Love2D seems impressive. I really wished there were more places to explore. Part of me wants backstory but part of me likes how cryptic it is... it might be nice to reveal things (either via text or terrain or something) in the terrain. As someone who also made a game which is just about exploring a world I appreciate the time you put in. Really promising, please keep developing it!

summaky 2011-08-27 13:35

The atmosphere is definitively there. Beautiful! It is a shame the lack of gameplay. Please, make a post-compo extended version!

bach 2011-08-28 11:47

Absolutely beautiful. I really wish more games would use this kind of story telling.

Stunning.

mes 2011-08-29 03:13

thanks for the feedback everyone. it is definitely encouraging me to continue working on the extended version.

@superflat and anyone else having trouble running it: try upgrading your graphics drivers. doing that fixed the issue i was seeing on my other computer.

@TurboDindon: nope, you didn't miss anything. the cave is just scenery.

@d_m: i think you will like what i'm doing with the extended version. i'm keeping it pretty cryptic while trying to introduce some story through non-textual means.

angrygeometry 2011-09-06 05:27

breathtaking. the music was perfect. everything just felt right. one of my favourites of the whole competition.

make-a-game 2011-09-11 22:02

Great look and atmosphere. I just wish you moved a bit faster...

grimloom 2011-09-22 16:09

Loved this! Extended version? When and where?

Btw, I've been making retro styled posters for some of the games that were made for LD. I did one for this game:
http://bit.ly/pI3SDm

mes 2011-09-27 06:02

@grimloom: that is awesome! really nice posters. i think i like the one for mine most. :)

an update on the extended version: at this point i'm not extending this so much as turning it into a proper game. so it will probably take me a while. i'll post some stuff about it on the blog when i have more figured out.