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ONLY DUST

By kato9

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Audio183.94
Mood64.00
Coolness287
Graphics394.09
Overall443.59
Fun743.10
Theme1063.09
Humor1642.03
Innovation1732.61

Comments

firstrowgames 2012-04-24 03:12

Loved the art and the music!

josefnpat 2012-04-24 19:21

Aside from the awkward jetpacking, this game was amazing.

A litte more polish, and this would be a brilliant game!

pixelulsar 2012-04-24 23:43

I liked the graphics an music, but I had trouble figuring out what you could go through and what you couldn't.

terra 2012-04-24 23:46

Woah, that was pretty great!

I think it was the third level? The one with the hand, That really freaked me out, haha.

Controls were solid, graphics really great, and the level design was good too. I'm not sure if I completed the level with the rising acid the legit way, though. I fell through the bottom of the acid and all a sudden I was beneath it, and I completed the level with the acid above me the whole time.

lacutis 2012-04-24 23:47

Really good entry. I'm got stuck at one point and couldn't figure out how to progress and there were some animation issues with jetpacking but everything else seems to work well.
You should continue to work on this.

chtulhu 2012-04-24 23:49

This game is amazing. I've tried a lot of games but yours i very good. Seems that this game should be part of the top 10. Seriously.
That's a real professional job.

shelby 2012-04-25 01:09

Pretty neat game. I was confused as to what was accessible and what wasn't. nice graphics otherwise. jetpack only created smoke in the first room. i would have liked more sounds.

eburn184 2012-04-25 01:11

Great graphics and sound! This game has a great ambience and could really benefit with a bit more time put into it

derrickdool 2012-04-25 01:31

Really liked the art style, and overlay filter used here. Great job on the audio track as well.

fprawn 2012-04-25 04:19

This is my favorite of the games I've played so far. The level design really stands out.

daredevildave 2012-04-25 11:35

Nice, I really liked it.

Not sure why I was collecting flower oil as I never ran out of juice and there was no indicator.

Some mild confusion when before I realised there were 'hidden' passages through the background, and more mild confusion when until I noticed that plants move when the acid hits them.

Overall, great though.

31eee384 2012-04-26 02:48

Wow. Incredible graphics, music, story. Level design easily makes up for the simple gameplay. Awesome.

juniorus 2012-04-26 12:48

Nice atmosphere: the sad music and the desolated areas adds to the (solid) story ;)

pabloam 2012-04-26 19:22

Good graphics, good mechanics and music!
I like it! :)

Just the smoke it´s not showed after the first "scene" and if you play a second time the music overlaps.

Good job!

pabloam 2012-04-26 19:22

Good graphics, good mechanics and music!
I like it! :)

Just the smoke it´s not showed after the first "scene" and if you play a second time the music overlaps.

Good job!

bitbof 2012-04-26 19:54

I wish the music loop was a bit longer, cause I like it quite a bit :)

cakencode 2012-04-26 20:16

I loved the art direction for this game. As the more art-oriented half of my team, I thought this had an amazing atmosphere and the pop or orange against the dull setting was perfect. My only beef was that it's hard to tell where you can and can't go. A visual indicator would be great for that. Jet pack didn't work past the first room too. Great sounds though!

derosa 2012-04-26 21:34

Nice one. I didn't even notice that the smoke trail was not showing after the first scene, so I guess I was really immersed into the story :)

kroltan 2012-04-26 21:57

Nice game! But it was hard to know what was passable and what wasn't.

bompo 2012-04-26 22:30

Jetpacking should have a different animation. But very nice art style!

mrho 2012-04-27 01:42

Great story!

oye-beto 2012-04-27 02:02

- Graphics are cool, it has a dream-like vibe.
- Music is weird but in an enigmatic way.
- I didn't like blindly walking through the walls, maybe you could add a small range of vision around the character.

fireblend 2012-04-27 03:43

Very nice! Loved the art direction and I thought every bit of the game was really a good fit with every other part; really cohesive concept. Nicely done!

alexlarioza 2012-04-27 04:24

I actually enjoyed the awkward jet packing. =D It gave me a good laugh in the first area.

brackeen 2012-04-27 22:44

Loved it.

ess 2012-04-28 01:24

Very creative and fun. The hidden maze made it a bit hard and scary when the acid was coming!

chambers 2012-04-28 05:45

The story was quite good and surprising, and graphics are awesome. Even though I loved the music, in some parts of the game I felt it didn't fit the mood very well (example: when the acid is rising)

Nice game! I didn't mind having to find out which parts of the stage were passable and which weren't. In my opinion that was part of the fun =P

oddgoo 2012-04-29 04:21

Nice and engaging =). Cool premise and scenery.

When the acid starts rising, I don't suppose this was the intended outcome? http://i.imgur.com/HKJGp.png

ranoka 2012-04-29 13:50

Love the graphic style of the art, but the animation was a little rigid. The jetpack looked more like walking through the air. Interesting narrative, was quite easy but interesting enough to play all the way through. Was hard to tell what were walls and what were passages at time. I loved the music! Good job!

mesene 2012-05-01 20:12

loved the Mood, good job sir :)

azurenimbus 2012-05-05 01:17

Beautiful, atmospheric, haunting. I feel it's definitely in an unfinished state, with a couple of weird things, especially transitioning between "screens", sometimes you get stuck for no reason as it fades out, little things like that that can detract from the experience. In general, though, great job, played all the way to the end.

I liked the story, and I liked the slow progression of it, as you meet character by character without taking too much time from the gameplay. I felt it was a nice touch that they were all basically looking the same, because of the suits. If you could put a little bit of work to make the text a little more serious and somber, it would help enormously with the mood (just to make it even better), especially the doctor at the end.

Another suggestion was to put in a little bit of diversity, maybe just one different challenge before you power up the ship. Something that feels like a boss, but not necessarily so. That would be cool, and add a nice climax.

All of these are simple suggestions because I'd love to see this game a little more polished, I really enjoyed it. Great job!