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Zephyr

By cadin

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics214.31
Audio253.87
Mood94.02
Coolness371
Overall433.84
Fun973.51
Theme1773.52
Innovation1993.43
Humor2962.50

Comments

cakencode 2012-04-23 00:04

Love it! It looks great, is well designed, and the game is challenging but simple to pick up. Great work!

danik 2012-04-23 11:39

Very relaxing and soothing, great visuals and audio.

bombom 2012-04-23 11:39

Awesome Zen stuff!!! Art is so pleasant to look at (programmers, learn! =))) Very relaxing and nice!

jaj 2012-04-23 18:46

I liked it a lot! Best use of audio I've seen so far. I loved the atmosphere.

jeffreybiles 2012-04-23 18:47

Very nice! The background art is beautiful, but blurred enough to not be distracting. It was occasionally frustrating when a flower would pop up, open, and promptly close again right from under my sprite. I like that it happened, it just seemed to happen a bit much.

But as I said, overall very good.

matheus23 2012-04-23 18:47

Fun game, amazing graphics and never ever seen gameplay idea :P finally something, which I have never seen in any other game.

hume 2012-04-23 18:48

Simple. Beautiful. Beautifully executed. Controls are great. Mood is perfect. Multiple "sprite" sprites is a good touch.

Like a lot of games with edges, I had issues with my sprites being hit by flies before I could react. This is not unique to your game. I just need to learn to keep my sprites away from the edge.

More of this. More from you. Please. :)

lasseastrup 2012-04-23 18:48

I really liked it. The music and gameplay was good and it quickly became challenging. Loved the graphics!

cadin 2012-04-24 00:26

Thanks everybody! I'm glad people are liking it so far.

papayajuice 2012-04-24 01:49

Really awesome idea with cool mechanics. This would fit perfectly on mobile devices.

toast 2012-04-24 16:18

Definitely one of the above average games, I enjoyed this one.

aaronsnoswell 2012-04-24 18:03

A lovely, highly polished and relaxing game that I feel I am somehow unworthy of - first I tried to kill the flowers with my fan, then I tried to attack the bees, then I started pondering the sexual implications of what I was doing, helping pollenate plants :P

Jokes aside, this game stands out from the others - in particular I love that you can rescue sprites by catching them just before they go off the screen, kind of like a second chance.

Some 'Limbo'-esque subtle animations to the background would be nice, but otherwise, an amazing job!

Very well done! 4/5!

uprightpath 2012-04-25 00:59

I rather liked it. Difficult, and it felt like it'd be nice for you fan to have a hint more range, but overall good!

robcozzens 2012-04-25 02:20

Very nice! It's so beautiful and soothing and then the beetle flies through WTF!

throbbery 2012-04-25 03:03

I could totally see playing this on the iPad or iPhone.

mortar 2012-04-25 04:50

Awesome. I loved the musical cues, what a great way to let me know when another dude is falling. Well done all around.

r3ason 2012-04-25 05:18

Wow, this is great! Simple, challenging, visually appealing! Thanks!

mildmojo 2012-04-25 07:19

Zero-button game! Nice! Just need to change the starting and finishing clicks into gestures. =)

Very nice artwork, animation, sound, and music. All the assets are splendid. The gameplay was definitely challenging on a trackpad. Some of those little sprites just came rocketing down from the sky, and juggling a half dozen was fine until a flower closed or a bug came flying through. Nice mix of plausible elements.

It'd be nice if flowers didn't close when a sprite was in proximity, kind of like how a Piranha Plant will stop coming out of a pipe if Mario's standing next to it.

schattenkind-net 2012-04-25 09:28

Relaxing game. Nice visuals and innovative game idea.

spilth 2012-04-26 00:59

Very nice! I'd love to play this on an iPad or touch device. Wonderful graphics and animation. Fantastic audio. Really well done!

make-a-game 2012-04-26 02:19

An enchanted experience =D. A nice take on the theme, very moody, great mechanics. Congratulations and thank you, I really enjoyed playing your game.

wyzfen 2012-04-27 15:04

Clever mechanics, and great use of music.

onehandclap 2012-05-01 17:28

Well made and relaxing, thumbs up!

character 2012-05-03 19:41

wow, great flow! I like how you used the first flower and little sprite dude to confirm what you just learned from the instructions. And thanks for including the source. Such a small game but so much fun. Definitely a keeper. Well done

SethR 2012-05-06 02:52

So nice and relaxing... well, until that fly/bee thing comes and tiny broken bodies litter the floor!

jezzamon 2012-05-08 04:34

Great visuals!

bompo 2012-05-10 18:36

Nice, simple, polished game!

krisjet 2012-05-10 20:29

Very polished entry, and VERY good sound and music. Best sound and music I've seen in the whole competition so far! Great mood and graphics too.

dr-pingu 2012-05-11 14:10

Love it :)

really nice work dude

keirua 2012-05-12 16:19

Very good realization ! The game feels very quiet, but is not as easy at it look at first :)

kevinworkman 2012-05-12 17:06

This is really well done. It starts out nice and slow, and ramps up quickly enough to stay interesting without being too impossible. Nice job.

johanp 2012-05-13 07:37

Really cute little game. Felt very much like an orisinal game, in a good way! Good job!

puzzlem00n 2012-05-13 14:22

5/5. Nice, simple, and well made. Keep it up!

tacograveyard 2012-05-13 21:15

Very nice use of sound!

Shadow 2012-05-13 22:07

Great graphics, amazing music, relaxing mood. Beautiful game really! Damn polished as well. Congratulations!

sonnybone 2012-05-14 00:44

Very challenging! More than I actually thought it would be. Juggling 6 of those little suckers while the flowers aren't in bloom is tough! Good work!

30dogs 2012-05-14 00:49

Very fun and, I think, appropriately challenging. Awesome audio and atmosphere.