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Predicament

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall194.04
Graphics134.37
Coolness1100
Fun293.80
Theme314.04
Mood443.68
Humor513.45
Innovation1773.48
Audio3272.73

Comments

orangepascal 2012-04-22 14:20

removed the background music, not sure if WolframTones allows it under their ToS.

netmute 2012-04-22 17:24

Wow, total work of art. And surprising in the end ;)

blayzeing 2012-04-22 19:07

ahaha, brilliant!

laufman 2012-04-22 19:20

Amazing work dude!

ZackZak 2012-04-22 19:49

That was very fun. :)

dr_bonzo 2012-04-22 19:53

Nice simple game 5/5 (graphics, interface). I had to check source for some "tips" ;P

orangepascal 2012-04-22 20:00

that's called cheating!! but I figured some would do so I named things pretty clearly in the source ;)

midges 2012-04-23 01:42

Love it :)

thotep 2012-04-23 06:51

Haha, that was a good one! Short, but polished.

rik 2012-04-23 07:21

Loved it, amazing :) Little bit fiddly switching items once there was a lot of things on the ground, but not too bad.

khaotom 2012-04-23 07:34

Short and sweet. Nice presentation, and great timing with the dialogue. Good work!

mrho 2012-04-23 07:42

Nice. Running around looking for items and trying to combine them in multiple ways gives me an nostalgic feeling.

ineap09 2012-04-23 07:51

Wow, this perfect in almost every way. The game was challenging, but also very fun and rewarding. The ending was hilarious!

keely 2012-04-23 07:55

AAAAAAWESOME! 5/5 all over the place. Funny, excellent graphics, uses the theme perfectly and great all around polish. My fav.

chartinboy 2012-04-23 08:09

Good :) Shame audio doesn't work in ff, but i know thats an html5 thing, not you!

Fun game, though tricky to work out!

daniel 2012-04-23 08:11

This grizzled cube-man makes MacGyver look bad! Your game is marvelous; thank you!

Denifia 2012-04-23 08:14

This was really fun. I enjoyed it :)

robcozzens 2012-04-23 08:36

Perfect old school adventure. Most of the puzzles are funny and don't make any sense at all... but because the level is so small, it doesn't take long to stumble on the solution.
In full-size adventures I always worried that I missed some small thing hours earlier.

matthias_zarzecki 2012-04-23 09:25

Nice little adventure! Gamelay feels quite good.

As far as I know WolframTunes are usable, but I don't use them as they all sound kinda same-y.

wibblymat 2012-04-23 10:18

I dropped off the eldge accidentally and left both the skull and the wings up there, so I was stuck first time around.

Other than that, brilliant!

true-valhalla 2012-04-23 11:31

Really good! I think these small, contained environments are a great interpretation of the theme. Interesting and pretty :)

evgis 2012-04-23 11:31

Great, very original and cool!

aaronsnoswell 2012-04-23 11:35

Absolutely brilliant. Hands down the best entry I have seen yet. AMAZING work! Would love to see a blog writeup of the process and things you learned. Love the art, sfx, fact that it is a html5 game. 5/5.

ncannasse 2012-04-23 11:54

A bit short but loved it :)

steamgirl 2012-04-23 11:55

Simple, yet brilliant! Really enjoyed it! The great thing is that although I couldn't figure it out each piece of the puzzle straight away, the variables were limited so I could experiment with what I had to make it work!

And so funny as well!

proch 2012-04-23 12:35

amazing.... just... the best

uberneen 2012-04-23 12:43

This was great, excellent work!

amidos2006 2012-04-23 12:52

Amazing game :)

skelethulu 2012-04-23 13:05

Nice atmosphere, liked the ending bits!

datahaven 2012-04-23 13:50

Fun game - had to cheat and look at the code to work it out, though.
Found picking the objects up a bit fiddly sometimes when there were a few on the floor.
Shame about lack of sound on Firefox version.

greg20man 2012-04-23 14:21

I really enjoyed this game, great art, great use of theme, and I could see this being expanded upon to make an actual casual game. Really great work.

lidfrid 2012-04-23 14:34

can't exit...Y u can't EXIT! i have those wings...damn it! T_T Good work

jigxor 2012-04-23 14:43

Graphics are amazing, fits the theme well, and the puzzles are fun. Nice work!

fireblend 2012-04-23 14:57

Short and sweet really is a perfect description for this one :D

spooks 2012-04-23 15:03

awesome game! The art really allows the mood to set in

graytest 2012-04-23 15:05

Great! I love the graphics.

the8donut 2012-04-23 15:05

Wow. My favorite so far!

mpc174 2012-04-23 15:05

Nice game!

the8donut 2012-04-23 15:06

Great job! loved it

ilikescifi 2012-04-23 15:07

Great! Wow! Wow ! Wow!

deepnight 2012-04-23 15:19

Very very good overall execution! The art is particularly good :)

It's funny we did choose the same interpretation of the theme (a player imprisoned in a "tiny world").

Great job!

matheus23 2012-04-23 15:59

One of the best entrys played until now :)

orangepascal 2012-04-23 17:14

thanks for all the awesome response guys!
and for those who think you can't leave the cave.. you can.. you aren't done until you are out ;)

unicornpooping 2012-04-23 17:42

Great graphics and gameplay. Short, but you knew that ;-) I hope you do more with this, could be the start of a cool game.

lifenoodles 2012-04-23 18:11

Really cool little game, not sure if I liked the end but it was a great use of the theme.

chinchang 2012-04-23 18:16

really liked the cute character and cool graphics/animations. wondering here n there and figuring out stuff was interesting. brilliant end :)

xedfire 2012-04-23 18:21

Awesome! Really enjoyed it! However I did have to restart the first time as -SPOILER- the fire didn't start when I moved the glasses :( Second time worked perfectly though :D Great ending!

bompo 2012-04-23 19:00

Brilliant, reminded me a bit of the old monkey island puzzles.

fanatiko 2012-04-23 19:30

Awesome art and very interesting use of the theme.

adventureislands 2012-04-23 19:47

Really nice, short and sweet. The graphics were very well done, didn't hear any audio though but I guess that requires Chrome. Nice job!

kroltan 2012-04-23 20:04

Great game!
I liked trying all the combinations to escape, but the ending was... unexpected.
Audio didn't work on Nightly...

piterlouis 2012-04-23 20:07

claustrophobic, but cool XD

icefox 2012-04-23 20:38

Woah.

So... is getting taken away by [SPOILERS] the GOOD ending? Pretty sweet little game.

mikolalysenko 2012-04-23 21:40

Great job! Especially with getting the audio working in the browser.

pixelulsar 2012-04-23 22:18

Great game, thought maybe a bit too easy, because I can never solve escape games like this :) Graphics were cool and it's and interesting use of the theme.

albatr 2012-04-23 22:22

Nice graphics, short but fun :)

davidllanos22 2012-04-23 23:09

I played it yesterday and now again! Good game :)

vigrid 2012-04-24 00:07

One of the best games in the 48h compo! I like it and WILL complete it :)

alwaysgeeky 2012-04-24 00:16

Wow! Love it... great little game :P

lereveur 2012-04-24 00:35

Really good job.
Simple, good graphics, unexpected.
Thank you for this game. :)

azurenimbus 2012-04-24 00:45

Great stuff!

tm13 2012-04-24 05:52

Its pretty good.

kevinzuhn 2012-04-24 07:03

You really lead me in logical circles there, but that's to be expected in a one-room adventure! Top-notch and funny to boot.

danik 2012-04-24 08:10

Short but great!

tumaini 2012-04-24 15:13

Fun little game!

toast 2012-04-24 16:05

It was short but a very charming game all the same. I appreciate what you were trying to do here.

sheepolution 2012-04-24 21:15

Sweet, short game :)

omaha 2012-04-24 21:22

Very nice, love the polish. I couldn't figure out how to get out of the cave, will have to give it another shot when I'm not at work :)

vaelzan 2012-04-24 22:12

[Comments and ratings from this account come from various team members]
Audio did not work for me in firefox so I switched over to chrome and everything worked fine. Fantastic graphics and feel! Pitty about the music, I think that would have added a lot. The gameplay seemed a little bit lacking. Most of the game for me was just clicking everything onto everything else to see if anything happened rather than thinking things through. Still a fantastic game overall though.

whitetigle 2012-04-24 22:14

just great ! I didn't make it yet, but it's just great ! bravo !

firstrowgames 2012-04-24 22:17

Very polished and nice game.
Its really short,but its fun and has great art.
Really awesome work,would love to play more if you add to it.

strega 2012-04-25 07:00

Really good game! Nice puzzle mechanics and use of the theme. The art is great too!

envy3d 2012-04-25 07:53

Wow. This game blew away my expectations for an HTML5 game. Grade A work.

daandruff 2012-04-25 08:13

Reminds me of the Grow-games. Awesome game! If this would have been a multiscreen adventure, I would have paid for it! Super!

daredevildave 2012-04-25 11:41

Great little game. Polished and fun.

thotor 2012-04-25 15:30

This is great ! Feels like point and click adventure but with more sensation of interaction.
Great fir for the theme

thegreystudios 2012-04-25 16:37

Fantastic entry. Little short but oh so sweet. Always love your art style.

jhelle 2012-04-25 20:15

Lovely art, great game. One of the better in this ludumdare. Didn't understand the ending but I had fun nonetheless!

dukope 2012-04-26 09:13

Amazing pixel art and charming story. Nice work.

sanguine 2012-04-26 12:20

Loved it :)

endurion 2012-04-26 12:53

Short and sweet, great work!

GreyShock 2012-04-26 13:43

Great art, great theme using, great gameplay... sure one of my favourites so far. Congrats!

d_durham 2012-04-26 13:53

Really enjoyed this one. Looks great and plays great too. Brilliant work.

parthon 2012-04-26 14:35

Such a fantastic and fun game. I would love to see this expanded to an full-length room-by-room puzzler.

nilstastic 2012-04-26 14:37

Holy hell, nice! =)

caribou 2012-04-26 14:38

I love the art ! One of the best tiny entry <3

summaky 2012-04-26 16:04

The end was… surprising. But I guess I escaped >_< It liked a lot the graphics and I wish I could hear the music (no Chrome here, but I see that you removed it anyway.) The “combine objects” has definitively a nostalgic feeling for me and it fits the theme very well indeed.

triplevisiongames 2012-04-26 16:29

Great great work really enjoyed it and it looks awesome!

derrickdool 2012-04-26 20:19

Nice combinations in this puzzler. Great Entry.
Minor touches like dirt kicking up when you jump goes a long way as well.

chambers 2012-04-26 20:52

I really like the game, the mood and the artstyle. Very well polished. But I've been playing it for a long time and I'm stuck. People have been praising the ending and I'd like to see it though, before I can rate it =/ any tips? I don't know what to do with the [SPOILERS] Parachute and bat glider [/SPOILERS]

orangepascal 2012-04-26 21:23

chambers, msg me on twitter (@orangepascal) and I can give you some hints without spoiling it here

tinco 2012-04-26 23:09

Hahaha that was fun, surprising ending :)

mesene 2012-04-26 23:26

I enjoyed it, liked the floating text, nice job.

derosa 2012-04-27 00:56

Hahaha, loved the ending! Took me awhile to figure out the last step, but was really worth! Thanks!

benw 2012-04-27 01:03

Excellent. A few times I accidentally combined items without realizing it and had to go back and replay to see what actually happened.

shigor 2012-04-27 01:44

Short, but good.

mneubrand 2012-04-27 02:51

Awesome little puzzler. Really like the artwork.

johannhat 2012-04-27 02:53

I love this! You took the theme and made a fun little challenge out of it. Gives me something to think about for my next game jam, for sure.

Like others, I could only get the sound working in Chrome. I really like how you handled the dialogue and especially handled surprise with the player. Nice!

heugamer 2012-04-27 03:00

Excellent work! Simple and fun just the way i love it.

suese 2012-04-27 04:09

Solid solid entry. Wish there was music. Should have left it in there and said to hell with the IP issues. Music would have made this a 5 star entry.

marudziik 2012-04-27 05:59

Audio didn't work for me (Firefox), so until I install chrome I'm not rating it, but the rest is really great. Definitely one of the best entries.

pabloam 2012-04-27 09:56

Very good game! Good idea and good polish.

I had fun playing with!

HTML5 the future! :P

toadd-y 2012-04-27 11:12

That was awesome!! Really nice job!

vdz 2012-04-27 14:13

I don't have or want Chrome on my PC, and I feel I wouldn't be able to fully enjoy it without audio, let alone rate it...is there no other way to play it with audio?

pinkmonkeyhead 2012-04-27 14:46

Awesome game man! one of my favorites :D

orangepascal 2012-04-27 15:38

@VDZ no other way right now.. guess it's like me not being able to check out your game, cause I don't have or want windows on my mac ;)

01101101 2012-04-27 17:26

very nice !

invaderjim 2012-04-27 19:05

Omg, it's the cutest game I've ever seeeeen

ratboy2713 2012-04-27 19:26

Well, that certainly was a predicament. Nice graphics, and I love the simple controls doing so much. Had a little trouble with dropping items and trying to pick up others.

edbadiux 2012-04-28 00:35

Very nice game. I'm bad a this kind of games but I was able to finish it without mucho problems. Good job =).

tacograveyard 2012-04-28 01:13

Wonderful!

dacap 2012-04-28 01:29

Really good graphics. It's a tiny graphic adventure game. I liked.

make-a-game 2012-04-28 02:08

Nice little adventure. I really love the look of it and how smooth the controls are. Shame it's so short.

drabiter 2012-04-28 06:49

I really love this entry. Awesome! :D

r3ason 2012-04-28 08:32

Fun! Great mix of humor and gameplay! Thanks!

moth 2012-04-28 11:29

Gorgeous pixel art on the environment! A fun single room puzzle game- I like where it goes with the theme.

I thought the item combinations the solution takes and I guess not much can be said without spoilers! I found the ending pretty funny and to be an interesting solution to the whole conflict :P It's fun!

tentontoon 2012-04-28 15:39

Very nice pixel art and use of the theme.
A little bit too short and straightforward, though. But it shows quite some promise for a future full-length game.

Congratulations!

angrygeometry 2012-04-28 20:22

this was good!

Shadow 2012-04-28 20:42

Didn't hear any audio despite using chrome :/
Anyway, It's an awesome game. Simple and awesomely polished.

gremlin 2012-04-28 23:01

Why has it taken me this long to get around to playing this game?

ben 2012-04-28 23:12

Really good game, I loved it! No complaints

matt 2012-04-28 23:14

Wonderful.

evilseanbot 2012-04-28 23:19

Nice graphics, a little too trial and error for my tastes.

rhy3756547 2012-04-29 20:39

Nice work! Loved the ending.

gnx 2012-04-29 21:41

Very nice! One of the best entries I've played.
Your tiny world stayed surprising and dynamic throughout.

Shame for the lack of music, but all in all a wonderful little game exactly fitting the jam theme.

Your story actually made me want to know what happens next.

wyzfen 2012-04-30 22:08

fun game. love the art.

jeffz 2012-05-01 03:47

fun, good work.

orgarus 2012-05-01 09:09

I like the graphics and the idea, the tiny concept is cleverly designed and implemented.
Congratulations!

chambers 2012-05-01 20:59

Finally got to finish it, the ending was unexpected and funny!

datamosh 2012-05-01 23:20

I was about to complain about not working on Opera, but I saw that you already knew that :) Nevemind, I switched to Firefox just to play your game and it was really worth it! Congratz! Love the graphics!

amodo 2012-05-02 20:03

Brilliant! Can't think of anything else to say.

evilsandwichstudios 2012-05-02 21:31

By far, this is the game that I most enjoyed. Congratulations!

pierrec 2012-05-04 16:10

Good puzzles, good graphics, good game!

nornagon 2012-05-05 08:27

Beautiful, loved it :)

realgenius 2012-05-05 14:51

Add my voice to the chorus. Everything was well done and very clever! Thanks for this game!

hume 2012-05-06 18:49

Oh heck yeah.

Great compo game. Solid graphics, good puzzles, lame funny jokes, good interaction, yeah...loved this.

Used Chrome; no audio. Not sure what's up there. I'll skip that category.

dr-pingu 2012-05-07 14:04

really nice idea. The design are great. With music it will be even better.

Great work :)

kevinworkman 2012-05-12 02:45

I'm struggling to say something that hasn't already been said. Great job. It would be cool to see more bite-sized levels of this one.

tcstyle 2012-05-12 07:17

I liked it. Very good graphics and a well made ending.

scgrn 2012-05-13 04:51

EXCELLENT!

23 2012-05-13 13:32

For some reason I got almost to the top of the cave and couldn't get out - not sure if I missed something or not.

Anyway, this was fun - thanks!

sonnybone 2012-05-13 22:17

SO RAD! Needs audio to be perfect... unless there IS audio... but it doesn't play in Firefox or Opera.

dagothig 2012-05-13 23:24

Very solid entry, awesome job!

alexandervrs 2012-05-13 23:34

Nice game, plays well and fits with the theme nicely too!

oye-beto 2012-05-14 00:26

Cool!
Nice pixel art.
Great short game. I think it's good as it is with no more levels.

ghribacki 2012-05-14 00:46

Took me a while to get the vine but the ending was totally worth it! Good work, man, awesome mini game! =)

someguy22 2012-05-14 00:54

Amazing! Could've used some sounds, but otherwise funny story and cool gameplay!

laubori 2012-05-14 19:35

My favorite game this LD!