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Tiny Worlds

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio623.56
Overall913.63
Theme993.72
Innovation1093.67
Humor1213.06
Mood1333.27
Fun1703.30
Graphics2223.36

Comments

invaderjim 2012-04-22 15:45

Great game! The music is awesome :D

mmarcati 2012-04-23 00:20

Beautiful art and very cool mechanics!

madpew 2012-04-23 07:13

Sadly I can't rate your game. It's a good mechanic and I really liked the audio. Well done.

sidetrackgames 2012-04-23 07:35

Neat!

jigxor 2012-04-23 08:59

Loved the visuals on this game. Everything was polished and well put together. The music was a nice light-hearted touch as well :) The mechanic is pretty cool and unique, I did find it a little bit hard to control at times - though you are a planet I guess! Maybe some sort of indication of your current direction/velocity might have helped this?

Great job!

follett 2012-04-23 09:48

Love the music and although I do like the art I couldn't rate it highly. Loved how you interpreted the theme.

ratking 2012-04-23 09:50

Very cool, and very playable! The music is great, too.
But those black holes are really nasty. :-(

intoishn 2012-04-23 10:05

Very nice! Simple yet creative. Could spend hours on this =)

sheepolution 2012-04-23 10:35

A bit short, but nice graphics. I love how at the start the dot from the 'i' is actually the player. Music is a bit weird, and doesn't really fit with the game :P

oddgoo 2012-04-23 10:48

First of all, great presentation! I loved the title screen being a seamless part of the level. Nice font, nice colours, and fun music (Perhaps a "Click Remover" would have fixed those bits where you hit the mic while singing =P

Definitely enjoyed moving from planet to planet more than trying to get the green life since the controls were a little weak by my taste.

Overall, a nicely executed/polished idea with decent playability =)

parthon 2012-04-23 11:00

That was fun and cute. Very polished too.

stromchin 2012-04-23 11:18

I loved the theme and the music

maranas 2012-04-23 11:18

This is the most fun I've played so far. Great work!

davidllanos22 2012-04-23 11:25

The music..xDD Love that harmonies aand the meaw :3 nice game!

jeroenimooo 2012-04-23 11:26

Simple but so awesome, took me a sec to understand, but now i fly through space like a bird :D

lotsa 2012-04-23 11:27

Mechanic and Music are awesome...those red planets!

mikesoylu 2012-04-23 12:28

I really like the minimalist design, but a bit too hard for me..

cakencode 2012-04-23 12:40

Your humming music is so neat! And I thought the game was fairly addictive. It was definitely a bit rough for me to get the hang of how to be effective at it, but the mechanics were easy to understand.

amidos2006 2012-04-23 12:45

Nice music and nice game but I think it difficult for me to control :( a bit

steamgirl 2012-04-23 13:14

Lovely game with a nice polished look. It was pretty difficult to play but a good experience nonetheless. I like that you made it very easy to reset to the point you started from. I didn't play beyond the first set of planets though because I couldn't get enough life particles to make it through and it would probably take me hours to get through it.

Pretty unique creation, and I liked your interpretation of the theme!

tuba 2012-04-23 13:35

Best music of all the games I've played until now :D

Takes a little while to grasp the controls.

whitetigle 2012-04-23 14:05

It was fun but a little difficult to handle at first try :) Well done !

orangepascal 2012-04-23 14:16

the music, really makes this game :) love it!

binary_girl 2012-04-23 14:50

good stuff.. i love the music.. but i tried and tried to make it to the TA-DAAA end but im not good enough ;(

covebit 2012-04-23 15:54

Cool.

the8donut 2012-04-23 15:59

DAT MUSIC. lol. Great game as well, cool mechanics!

samoojamies 2012-04-23 16:08

GREAT

hulahulahest 2012-04-23 16:20

Pretty game. Controls felt sluggish. Cute as the music may be, I kept wanting to turn it off, but found no controls for it.

suese 2012-04-23 17:16

Gameplay, awesome, fun, new, exciting...

But you win the award for worlds most annoying music.
It was actually WORSE That you put that music in there than it would have been if you had just not. Which is a really bad insult because I've been telling everyone their games need music... That being said, I wished there was an ending, but the idea was innovative and fun.

Thank you for this.

p.s. thanks for being the 1st commenter on my project Tiny Civilization.

johanp 2012-04-23 17:53

A bit too slow to control for my taste but a very pretty and effective presentation. Nice!

angrygeometry 2012-04-23 18:02

this is cool! very stylised, very slick and nice looking. the music is nice too, if a little repetitive. overall, nice job!

unicornpooping 2012-04-23 18:05

Do I hear a cat in your music?

dokidoki 2012-04-23 18:06

Cool gravity mechanic. Frustrating when you accidentally go backwards to the previous planet. :)
I was getting "don't worry jump in the void" kind of message but didn't see anything beyond.

royvanrijn 2012-04-23 18:57

Very nice! Also, lovely audio, great theme and nice colors.

fanatiko 2012-04-23 19:17

I love the aesthetic and the music.

chinchang 2012-04-23 19:45

An innovative gameplay and cool sfx. The subtle game movements were good and light graphics suited the overall game mood. Just found the control lil tight. nice job!

mr_tag 2012-04-23 20:31

nice style! very polished, fun game mechanics and funny audio :)

gremlin 2012-04-23 20:42

I like the audio. The controls were a bit fiddly, but the mechanic is interesting.

ymm 2012-04-23 21:11

Cool concept and really polished, but I think the controls could use a bit more tweaking to make it easier to fling yourself the direction you intend to.

vigrid 2012-04-23 22:05

Reminds me a bit of Angry Birds Space, but it's a great take on the theme. Very nice "music". Your game is extremely playable :) Congrats!

pixelulsar 2012-04-23 22:33

It was an interesting concept, but it took me a while to figure out the controls, and still they felt a bit finicky to me. I know it's the way that the game is meant to be played... The music was different... (that's good)

spooks 2012-04-23 23:39

great work!

skullsoft 2012-04-24 03:15

Am i really supposed to collect all those TINY particles??

azurenimbus 2012-04-24 03:30

Great job, especially with the mechanics. It plays just right, and when you succeed, you feel you deserved it. Well done!

aaronflippo 2012-04-24 04:41

I like the style! Was a little disappointed to get all the way to the end and then find out I needed more of the little ball things.
Overall, neat little game!

fireblend 2012-04-24 04:54

Really minimalistic and consistent look, and clever mechanics. A winner in my book :D

danik 2012-04-24 08:17

Such a simple idea very well executed!
The presentation is really great.

caribou 2012-04-24 10:29

The controls were a bit hard to understand at first but once you get them they actually feel quite natural. The title and description within the level is a nice touch. I liked the clean art and really loved the music :)

Nice mood !

nilstastic 2012-04-24 10:59

As i said on irc, a lot of "noooo..waiii..yeees!" - moments. Excellent controls aswell which makes it a nice experience =) Good work!

catman 2012-04-24 11:29

Great work!!! The audio was really funny and the game concept is cool! :)

brus46 2012-04-24 11:58

Sadly i can't ear the sound :( everybody sais its so good. I'll try on another pc soon.
I'm loving the polish graphics and the concept btw :)

jedi 2012-04-24 12:38

Addictive and original! Simple gameplay at it's finest! Of course, that music is awesome :).

christinaneofotistou 2012-04-24 12:47

The music is amazing! Also very interesting gameplay and effective art style

jeffz 2012-04-24 12:59

one of the best entries I've seen so far, love the vocals, keep up the great work!

mrho 2012-04-24 13:16

Sling shooting through gravitational fields was pretty cool :)

vandash 2012-04-24 13:28

Nice :-)

ziomorti 2012-04-24 14:30

Pretty damn fun game with TOP NOTCH bgm :D Loved it!

free_napalm 2012-04-24 15:55

Clear graphic style and a solo barbershop quartet as background music.
And the game is fun, too. Nothing to complain about this one for me :)

evgis 2012-04-24 16:23

Music is freaking awesome! Also, good gameplay, well done on this one. One of my favourites so far!

karnak 2012-04-24 18:23

So simple, yet so amazing!

tcstyle 2012-04-24 20:31

Great idea. The controls really take some practice and probably could be best realized with an anlogue controller stick. The music ist awesome.

chaos_viper 2012-04-24 20:43

Very nice game!!! Very simple but funny!... And the music is awesome!!!!! :D.. Nice ending! :)

netguy204 2012-04-24 21:26

Very solid entry.

I loved the music. It was so different and totally appropriate and key to the game mood. It's stuck in my head and, for me, the most memorable part of the game.

The graphics were very clean and appropriate. Nothing was distracting. Everything was on point. The camera work was a very good bit of polish and queue to the player.

It made me laugh. I like that.

Over all, a very good entry.

sup-dood 2012-04-24 22:54

Fun game! The music is charming, hilarious, and really gives the game a lot of personality. The core mechanic works great and is fun, but collecting particle life is a little too challenging imo. Overall and awesome game =]

sup-dood 2012-04-24 22:55

Overall an awesome game =]*

marudziik 2012-04-24 23:25

Whoa, so many comments. I feel I've got nothing to add, besides maybe my own words of praise. Sometimes simple mechanics make a very interesting game and that's the case. I actually like the music, and definitely appreciate the effort. :)

darkfrost 2012-04-24 23:42

First off, awesome! I love the font you've used! The whole graphical style is really nice! Gameplay idea is good too, and pulled off quite well, except it has a few bugs :p

1. You can still control your dot after you've left the orbit. So, if you slow down enough, you can just float wherever you want to go by holding that direction for long enough!
2. The music... it was funny I guess :p Wasn't too bad, but it something a bit more mysterious / sciency sounding could've made the mood a lot better!
3. At the end.. if you keep pressing enter... you keep adding the gravity field! http://i.imgur.com/r8jL6.png I was the most beautiful of all the worlds!

Seriously though, it was pretty awesome! Good job!

naufr4g0 2012-04-24 23:46

Your game is awesome! I really like the game mechanics and the wonderful human voices music! :)

benw 2012-04-25 01:45

Really polished but I found it very difficult to collect the particles.

fabricio-brito 2012-04-25 02:59

Simply WOW! excellent idea and superb implementation of it. Music is just another plus. ;)

cherrynukacola 2012-04-25 03:51

Lovely idea, great visually. Difficulty was a bit harsh, but it was still a lot of fun. Nice use of Unity, too!

omaha 2012-04-25 04:09

wonderful game.

strega 2012-04-25 06:47

Neat gravity game! It felt a little too tedious for me. I couldn't get the hang of aiming the ball properly and would always miss my target >_<

zillix 2012-04-25 06:49

Simple, elegant, cute.

onehandclap 2012-04-25 11:00

Quite a lot of fun, congratulations! =)

adventureislands 2012-04-25 18:29

Simplistic visuals were really nice and the "music" was hilarious, the gameplay is a bit tough, it's hard to control the ball and the particles you are supposed to collect are so tiny that it's a real chore to try to collect them all. Besides that, this was pretty funny game.

mesene 2012-04-25 22:07

I like the concept and the graphics, design. Nice job

ilo 2012-04-26 00:07

Brilliant art style and music, and a great take on the theme.

jfroco 2012-04-26 03:49

Very original, it would be great with touch controls. Nice music.

mesene 2012-04-26 13:25

can you upload a package with all the prefabs and the scene? thanks :)

airrider3 2012-04-26 14:13

Lidfrid, this game is emmense!

The design, the concept, the gameplay, the music, the fx, ... everything!

raptor85 2012-04-26 14:30

sadly, can't give a rating as there's no linux version of the webplayer and doesn't work properly under WINE

raptor85 2012-04-26 14:31

oops..double post, hit the wrong save button..

jfransham 2012-04-26 19:39

this stands above every other game I've played today, except maybe Panopticon. Brilliant game-long tutorial that kept things fresh and a soundtrack that I now want to follow me everywhere. Only problem is that it's too easy to complete the game once you find out that you can control yourself in free space, albeit slowly

chambers 2012-04-26 20:21

One of my favorite games, but needs more balancing, I found it too hard! I like the mechanic, from the screenshots and description I was expecting something like Orbital but it's surprisingly different! Kudos!

castor 2012-04-26 21:16

Tremendous game. Mad cool idea.

pabloam 2012-04-26 22:03

Nice music, and mechacincs.
The controll could be a bit more precise.

robbiehunt 2012-04-27 03:06

I like the game - I'm just bad at it, haha. Really great job and it's especially cool having seen your progress in the chatroom.

Good job, dude!

scgrn 2012-04-27 03:30

I like the mechanic but thought the control was difficult. Overall very nice. The victory song was incredible!

greg20man 2012-04-27 03:44

I really enjoyed this game my only complaint would be I wish the green circles were a bit larger

lukerissacher 2012-04-27 04:25

Awesome - one of my favorites. Simple but polished. Nice beatbox acapella soundtrack. And interesting gameplay mechanic - took me a lot of tries to get the particles (hard to exit orbit at the right time) but eventually got all but one (I think).

law 2012-04-27 11:10

It's quite fun, though I think one of the things that really buzzed at my mind was just how difficult it was to control yourself when trying to orbit.

Still though, it's quite good.

pinkmonkeyhead 2012-04-27 14:55

Awesome game!! one of the best ideas in this LD :D music made me turn off the headphone though

summaky 2012-04-29 09:24

As awesome as the music is, I don't really think that is appropriate for this game. I also loved the art style and the mechanics.

bitslap 2012-04-29 12:29

Cool and different. Good music.

hegemege 2012-04-29 13:06

Liked the graphics, but for some reason found the music a bit irritating at times :/ Good work though in putting it together!

It was a wee bit too short, and slightly too slow-paced to my taste, but I liked the clear graphical style a lot! This could turn into something nice if you decide to put more work to it :)

ointment 2012-04-29 14:23

Lovely progression here.

vilborg 2012-04-29 22:41

The controls were a bit weird - using horizontal/vertical directions for a planet that is more angle/velocity makes it hard to get motion right. Other than that, a fantastic game.

r3ason 2012-04-30 03:34

Great idea! Was a bit hard at first to get controls down, but it cleared up as time went on. Music was fantastic! Thanks!

bubuiic 2012-04-30 18:47

This is hard! I didn't get very far, but the concept and presentation are nice! Interesting music ;-)

netmute 2012-05-01 19:42

This was awesome! Great simple art style, clever physics and hilarious music.

ryusui 2012-05-02 06:23

Looks good, love the "a capella" soundtrack, but the gameplay is a bit frustrating for my taste.

ratboy2713 2012-05-02 15:17

love the music and the orbitting mechanic.

hume 2012-05-08 02:36

Should I complain because your gravity is actually not intuitive because real gravity doesn't work like that? Naah. Not reasonable. But I think it made the game harder for some people than it really is. Just FYI.

jonathang 2012-05-14 00:07

This is a lot of fun! The graphics are simple but well polished, and the audio is funny :) I like how the title screen is integrated with the rest of the game. The physics take a while to get used to, it's very easy to fly into space by mistake. Also at the end of the game, you can keep pressing Enter and more and more atmospheres surround the tiny world :P