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Fooling Yourself in Moderation

By pinothefrog

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness352
Mood2792.96
Innovation3093.20
Audio3562.66
Graphics5852.60
Theme6782.50
Overall7352.47
Fun7782.10

Comments

funkydelpueblo 2012-04-23 17:43

I liked the mood & ambience. A little confused about my goals, but maybe I'm not thinking about it abstractly enough.

pinothefrog 2012-04-23 21:16

That's okay, thanks for the feedback. There isn't any end goal. You basically avoid the little black balls. Crushing them with the blocks works the best. But each time you drop a block, the world gets smaller, and each time you hit one of the black balls, the world gets much bigger. I suppose the goal is survival.

toast 2012-04-23 21:56

This is very odd. The gameplay is there, I suppose, but in the oddest scenario ever.

angrygeometry 2012-04-23 21:58

this had a nice atmosphere. reminded me a little of intelligent qube/kurushi, but it hink that was just the sound effects. it's an interesting concept.

incredible-ape 2012-04-25 02:48

Very strange game. I'm not sure I totally understand it.

zythiku 2012-04-25 02:49

I like the concept and the mood the art and sound give off. I didn't really see any problem with dropping a bunch of boxes though cause the black balls run into them and it makes it pretty easy.

kingkay 2012-04-25 02:55

I... have no idea what's going on. xD But besides that, it's entertaining and, interesting, to say the least.

castor 2012-04-26 21:30

Although my poor laptop had some problems running it, I think this is cool. I like the idea of protecting yourself with blocks. I think a good game could come from developing this idea.

dr-pingu 2012-04-27 14:19

The same as "Incredible Ape" : strange and confuse.

But I found the ambience very nice. there is a concept to develop.

Good work :)

vitou3d 2012-04-27 15:26

The game play is cool!!! If there is high score system, it will be awesome!

ben 2012-04-28 23:36

It was good, my only suggestions is some kind of scoring system. Fun stuff though, nice job!

jeffalisk 2012-04-30 22:38

Interesting idea and a nice atmosphere to it.

cltatman 2012-04-30 22:55

I think I see where you were going with this, but it didn't quite get there for me. The mechanics and mood look like they have potential, congrats on getting something done!

30dogs 2012-05-04 00:11

A little bit confusing at first, and then a bit too easy. I think with some more constraints on the player it could be really fun. I liked the color palette and the ambiance. The blocks looked really cool too. The fuzzy black edges sort of give an illusion of refractive glass blocks. Keep working on it!

brighterorange 2012-05-06 14:32

Weeeeeeeird. I can avoid the black balls for quite a while, but eventually the world spazzes out pretty hardcore. Eerie. I had a good experience. :)

valeour 2012-05-06 15:34

Somewhat enjoyable, needed a bit more to it though. Well done anyway.

datw 2012-05-06 16:02

The game is quite strange, and the camera seemed a bit unreliable. Don't know if I got it right or what.

madflame991 2012-05-06 17:01

+ it made me dizzy
+ truly odd

hume 2012-05-07 03:10

I thought it, so I'll say it: "avant-garde." Okay, I feel better now.

This was cool. What do the lines on the world and the ball mean?

azurenimbus 2012-05-10 20:12

A confusing and disorienting game, yet strangely compelling :) Liked music+mood.