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Nano Ascension

By mikelovesrobots3

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall214.03
Mood223.85
Coolness373
Humor503.46
Graphics544.07
Fun553.66
Audio903.45
Theme1803.51
Innovation2993.22

Comments

sidetrackgames 2012-04-23 05:05

Love it, the visuals are smooth and the concept is good.

magicrat 2012-04-23 05:36

wow, that was a good looking game! humor was great, and the platforming was fun, best game I've played so far. my only problem was that sometimes the camera would get annoying and block my view, moving it a bit higher would solve that problem. other than that, great game! 5/5 :D

blengineer 2012-04-23 05:42

this game looks neat but the 32-bit executable is looking for a data folder. I tried using the 64 bit's data folder but to no avail. Drop me a message if host a web version or something, I'd like to try it out.

pacifistgames 2012-04-23 05:44

Definitely the best LD23 game I've played so far!
I like the concept a lot, but there were some minor things that bothered me. The text isn't up long enough to read, and it's white so it's invisible against some objects. The graphics were awesome!

mikelovesrobots3 2012-04-23 05:58

Fixed the 32-bit link. My apologies!

aaronsnoswell 2012-04-23 06:54

WOW - AMAZING work mate! This game was fun to play, and had me hooked on the story line! At first I was like, Oh, no, not another tron-themed ripoff, but it was really really well done :)

Feedback:
* The mouse didn't lock on my mac - meaning I had to keep moving it back to the center of the screen (a bit annoying).
* The voice acting really made the game - great work.

What font did you use for the programmer text?

AMAZING!

frankthetank 2012-04-23 06:55

The graphics are really good! I also liked the voice overs, but sometimes the text disappears too quickly.

khaotom 2012-04-23 06:58

Fun entry. Enjoyed the programmer dialogue and sound effects in general fit really well. Gripe: the camera was the toughest foe. Good work and congratulations on finishing!

mikelovesrobots3 2012-04-23 07:02

@aaronnoswell It's funny, I had a friend ask me that same question. The font was ARCADE from 1001 free fonts. http://www.1001freefonts.com/Arcade.php

Thanks for the kind comments.

kungphoo 2012-04-23 12:52

Very polished entry. Hats off.

fireblend 2012-04-23 13:11

Great mood, great graphics, and even though a little repetitive the narration kept me playing. A little graphical weirdness here and there, but amazing nonetheless. Good job!

gregdevice 2012-04-24 06:09

Brilliant! Love the look of the textures and really like the sounds. Slight camera clipping issue, but you did some amazing work in 48 hours!

dx0ne 2012-04-24 12:17

Great game. Definitely one of the best in LD23. Liked the audio.

coffeeonimal 2012-04-25 01:35

Very nice. Graphic style is great, only suggestion I'd have for an updated version is something in the background.
The mouse issue is a bit of an annoyance, but it's the only problem I had with the controls. Good job!

netmute 2012-04-25 19:44

That was awesome! Very polished, cool graphics, cool sound. Really liked your humor :)

ccscanf 2012-04-25 19:51

Awesome game.

mach60kas 2012-04-25 21:21

I thought the graphics looked very nice, and I enjoyed the concept. I noticed that the camera often clipped through geometry, and tried to rotate back towards its default position though.

firstrowgames 2012-04-26 13:49

great game has a portal-ish feel.
Had a great ime playing it.
Great job :)

suese 2012-04-27 05:59

I find a lot of these unit games feel more like 'levels' than games. I'm not sure what goes into them, but you put a decent amount of content into this game and it's clear you know what you're doing when it comes to visual style. This entry could have become a 5 star entry if it just had some music.

johnfn 2012-04-27 06:10

Cute game with a cute concept. Fantastic work for 48 hours. My only suggestion would be to make the camera view from higher up so that it clips less.

gabriel 2012-04-27 19:40

Wow man, that's a superproduction! Amazing to get all the graphics and shaders done in such short time! The camera is really the only big downside, but I think it's difficult to code camera in such a short time. Anyway, great entry! :)

izzimach 2012-04-28 04:09

Camera was a bit wonky, but everything else was well thought out and polished. The audio snippets really added to the coolness factor of the game.

sdwil2k5 2012-04-28 04:26

That art style!
Love the back-chatter from the programmer, adds a lot of depth to the world.
The camera got buried inside geometry a few times and made it hard to see what was going on, but it's only a minor gripe.

With a little polish and a longer story, I'd pay real money for this game.

tourgen 2012-04-28 05:34

pretty good start. camera and mouse-look need some help. I had fun.

scgrn 2012-04-28 06:13

It took me a minute or two to figure out what was going on, but after that I enjoyed the hell out of this game. The camera and controls need a little work, but this is a really nice, stylish game with a great concept.

robcozzens 2012-04-28 06:34

OMG! That was amazing. It's hard to believe you made that in 48hours.
I agree that the camera caused some problems.
I also didn't see that you could hold shift to run, and it felt like the difficulty was just right... you might want to drop that feature.

samoojamies 2012-04-28 11:11

Finished it and enjoyed. Camera angle could be better.

ElectricGuillotine 2012-04-29 00:26

This one's so good! Awesome job.

bonezoner 2012-05-02 19:31

Visually awesome and great theme! One suggestion - the controls are slidey and floaty and that makes precision platforming pretty tough. Maybe dampen the player's momentum?

jfransham 2012-05-03 14:21

pretty fantastic, loved all the dialogue. The kind of thing that wouldn't really work outside of Ludum Dare

jediman 2012-05-03 17:03

The sounds and voices made me laugh xD And the visuals were very good! It was actually quite inspiring :D

character 2012-05-03 17:32

Oh man, I want more levels. I love the aesthetic. Great mood going on with the entire piece. Well done =)

timelessbeing 2012-05-26 00:52

You say it features music, but I can't hear any on my mac.