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Alone by TAX

By tax

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Mood203.79
Innovation493.56
Theme873.50
Audio1183.00
Graphics1493.31
Overall2902.81
Fun3122.44
Humor3351.83
Coolness685

Comments

a-type 2011-12-19 07:46

Neat stuff. Runs kind of slow, though. Original idea.

peripheralgames 2011-12-19 07:54

Cool game, new idea and quite tricky to play. Can I ask, I didn't know you were allowed to use freesound.org in the 48 hour compo

Redwind 2011-12-19 22:49

sadly i am getting some severe frame-rate issues which make it unplayable.

diventurer 2011-12-20 05:11

Well, I aimed to reach the light tower, but when the boat got stuck and it didn't update anymore, I just gave up at 300m away.

I like the idea and simplicity, but... I felt like giving up all the time. It was not so easy to control the boat.

It is a good entry though :)

kato9 2011-12-20 20:27

Really nice graphics and mood. Had no idea how to control the boat though so I gave up :(

tax 2011-12-20 22:01

Am working on the fps issue now, as that is the main problem. Will also replace the water sample.

Thanx for testing

stargoat 2011-12-21 10:30

Hard to control the boat! I love the atmosphere and graphics.

mes 2011-12-22 05:27

seems like it has potential, but the framerate really turned me off. it looks and sounds nice and the unusual boat controls are intriguing.

increpare 2011-12-22 11:26

I got NaN speed :D

I would have liked mouselook, or to be able to walk around the ship separately to controlling it.

tax 2011-12-22 13:23

Just updated a build with better fps.

wiering 2011-12-26 01:23

Took a while to get used to the controls, I got to the lighthouse and just went past it, nothing happened, wasn't able to turn around.

summaky 2011-12-26 12:09

The graphics and the simulation are very well done. The sound effects are also very good, but I am pretty sure that freesound.org is out of limits in the compo.

At first I didn't know what to do because the window is bigger than my screen and I couldn't see the controls below; I was clicking everything I could see without any effect. After a short while I think that I got the hang of it and headed towards the lighthouse. Didn't have the patience to reach it, though.

winterblood 2011-12-29 19:20

I found it rather relaxing tweaking the tiller and the sail to compensate for variations in the wind. Shame there was no real sensation of speed across the water surface though.