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The "Great" British Weather

By bradleypollard

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation94.26
Coolness364
Humor453.69
Overall693.63
Audio953.33
Theme1143.78
Mood1633.20
Graphics1663.50
Fun1743.25

Comments

aswissrole 2012-12-17 13:48

This turned out really nicely and the graphics and sound really fit the style. Great creative idea. Not really sure how to improve my score or when or how to use wind and lightning.

tuxedofish 2012-12-17 13:53

I liked this game it was quite intresting, the sound and graphics were cool. Its just there wasnt really much interactivity you just pressed 3 buttons and it was almost too simple in my opinion.

bradleypollard 2012-12-17 14:00

Do check the tips and control descriptions above to get an idea of how the happiness works (to improve your score)! And thanks for playing.

smaxx 2012-12-17 14:03

Very interesting approach. I like the art style, the band could need at least some animations I'd guess, but overall very nice.

dvdking 2012-12-17 14:39

I like it very much! Graphics style is amazing. I like when people fall when wind blows. Overall idea is very
interesting.

zazibar 2012-12-17 14:41

Interesting concept and a fun little game. I originally thought the objective was to scare everyone away though.

bradleypollard 2012-12-17 15:43

@Zazibar But that would be too easy (and no fun)! :P

cthu 2012-12-17 16:18

Nice graphics and audio.

frolacosta 2012-12-17 16:28

Haha, very nice concept! Not quite sure how I'm supposed to score, it wasn't really explained.

edocentrique 2012-12-17 16:31

It's nice to play as the weather !

quill18 2012-12-17 16:48

I thought Canadian weather was bad. Then I visited Britain.

Great concept!

killmonday 2012-12-18 14:17

The song was superb!

beerman 2012-12-18 21:00

Brilliant simulation of the classic British festival experience there. All that was missing was someone peeing on my tent!
Love the minimalist visuals, trying to make people as miserable as possible without driving them away makes for a cool mechanic.

zanzlanz 2012-12-18 21:02

I really like this one! I love the little details you added in, like the how they can fall down as they walk. Great job! ;D

moomoo112 2012-12-18 21:35

I really like how this game looks

somethingbeautiful 2012-12-19 09:27

Fun game to play! It is the truth as well, I live in the Uk :)
Great entry!

jomomomo 2012-12-20 20:52

Can't play windows games :-(

dagamesta 2012-12-20 20:53

Bwahaha, you are the weather, genius. I'm loving some of the interpretations of this topic. Graphics and music weren't overly fantastic, but they fit together well, and I enjoyed the end product.

bradleypollard 2012-12-20 21:00

@Rex Sorry, I don't really have any experience with Monogame so wouldn't know how to get XNA games out of Windows!
@DaGamesta Thanks! You're right, there are a lot of very interesting interpretations :P

zenmumbler 2012-12-20 21:52

Music reminds me of the NES title The Battle of Olympus, which is a good thing. Very original idea and fun implementation. Good balance of keeping people in but miserable. Quality work!

doos 2012-12-20 22:05

Really glad I got to play this one.. I was worried it wouldnt run until I installed XNA!

Jeremias 2012-12-20 22:44

Yeah, that is an interesting take on the theme. The graphics are abstract, but they fit very well. If you make a post-compo version, improve the visual feedback respective annoying them with the weather :D I like what you did with the fell over by wind.

bradleypollard 2012-12-21 00:02

@zenmumbler I haven't heard of that game before, but I will certainly check it out if I subconsciously imitated the music haha!
@doos Thanks for going to the trouble of installing XNA to try it out :)
@Jeremias I will definitely consider taking another look at this once I've had a break over Christmas. Never had so much feedback on anything I've made before, it's great to hear people's thoughts!

seconddimension 2012-12-21 00:09

This was cool, I really liked the use of particle effects; the wind especially looked awesome. It was great to hit people with lighting and imagine they were that guy that spilt his beer on me during Elbow's set. Boom!

cakencode 2012-12-29 09:19

A solid game, though it seemed a bit more on the difficult side (which is not necessarily a bad thing!)

The graphics were fitting, the sounds were fun, and the controls worked perfectly. Awesome job! :D

cmaster 2013-01-02 18:01

Great idea, neatly executed. Don't feel much urge to replay, but really enjoyed it once.

neonlare 2013-01-03 09:33

Well wow, this came as a surprise. loved the creativity behind this and the presentation.

triplevisiongames 2013-01-06 13:27

I liked the music, I'd have stuck around to watch the band. I got a score of 42 my 2nd go. 1st go I didn't read the instructions and just made everyone leave :S