The Last Shadow

Category	Rank	Score
Innovation	6	3.62
Mood	49	2.55
Audio	51	2.92
Graphics	57	3.23
Theme	69	2.54
Overall	73	2.69
Humor	111	1.50
Fun	134	1.85
Coolness	274	45
Community	509	2.08

increpare 2011-12-20 10:39

I can't get past the title screen...

(have apple's Java SE 6 Update 29, OSX 10.7.2, Firefox 8.0.1)

Tried pressing space, clicking on all the things on screen, waiting for all the text to come up.

sliv 2011-12-20 12:06

I found the game to be too unforgiving. I could hardly move my mouse away from the object enough to actually see which direction it was turning in. I felt like I had no control, which for me ruined the game a bit.

justinmullin 2011-12-20 17:35

Hmph...sorry to hear you can't play increpare! Unfortunately I'm not entirely sure why it's not letting you past the title screen...all you should need to do is click the Start button. If anyone else is having troubles getting into the actual game, if you could post your environment here that'd be great!

binary_girl 2011-12-23 20:29

works for me.. quite enjoyed it :)

yipperpants 2011-12-25 15:45

I didn't understand the game after clicking through the tutorial the first time, walked around the level some, confused, refreshed the game to see the tutorial again, and then everything made sense. Perhaps pacing the tutorial differently, or adding a first screen that's like "This is a game about draining energy from appliances into batteries" and being able reactive the tutorial through [?] ingame. I'm saying that because this was a pretty novel gameplay concept for me. :)

I, like SLiV, felt that the difficulty scaled pretty quickly and never managed to successfully steal a 5+ energy. Despite that, it's a creative game with a solid execution and nice mood thanks to the lighting.

triplefox 2011-12-25 16:09

Like the concept. But it was unplayable on trackpad. I can't deal with mouse sensitivity so low.

mjiig 2011-12-30 10:01

Absurdly, I couldn't move at all. Was able to click and absorb stuff on screen, but not move at all.

robmaister 2011-12-30 10:09

This was a pretty solid entry, but I have to agree with SLiV on the point about the game being pretty unforgiving. Sometimes the objects would get destroyed just as I noticed turning, giving me no time to react.

ratking 2012-01-07 11:57

I like it, especially Audio and Mood, but the controls ruin it for me.