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ASMOSNOS

By mase

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Mood213.79
Coolness1100
Graphics264.29
Humor863.12
Overall873.39
Innovation1213.08
Audio1273.08
Fun1782.74
Theme2342.91

Comments

nate427 2012-12-17 21:40

I really loved the art-style, the music, and the overall mood. Great job!

cthu 2012-12-17 21:48

Yep, the mood is interesting and the structures are very original.

casino-jack 2012-12-17 22:26

Pretty darn entertaining. Dude's a better dancer than me!

chrismwaite 2012-12-17 22:36

Very unique art style - really lovely. Nicely implemented concept and well worth it for the dancing alone ;) This deserves more votes.

sheep 2012-12-17 22:38

The fact that even the smallest rock stops him, and that he always jumps the same distance makes it difficult to hit anything. A little thin on plot, but nice... things, whatever it is.

mava 2012-12-17 22:40

Really nice style! As an amiga fan I found this game to be very fun, really well done :)
I want to know more about this crazy world of yours!

aeveis 2012-12-17 22:40

very interesting. felt like a surreal version of commander keen where I played Lemongrab (from Adventure Time).

tau7153 2012-12-17 22:41

The graphics are amazing! The collision's a little strange but the rest of the gameplay's good.

aeveis 2012-12-17 22:41

very interesting. felt like a surreal version of commander keen where I played Lemongrab (from Adventure Time)

bitbof 2012-12-17 23:59

Wow that artstyle is super unique. I love it. Also +1 surreal commander keen

crashbanito 2012-12-17 23:59

This art style is insane. Good job!

bneutral 2012-12-18 00:01

I have no idea what I just played.

enfyrneaux 2012-12-18 00:18

I felt like I was suddenly back to 1992. Awesome use of color!

indiewithaside 2012-12-18 02:22

This was very interesting. Congratz on finishing!

dew 2012-12-18 02:30

Awesome art!

But we need some action! (Dance was fun tho)

01010111 2012-12-18 02:49

My personal favorite graphics so far! Great work!

wan 2012-12-18 13:14

The mood of the game is the main interest of this thing... And it's not a negative comment: discovering the atmosphere and the strange scenery of this is actually really entertaining in itself, nice job. Top notch entry!

bubar 2012-12-18 13:20

great graphics and mood, but think about using keyboard arrows for users who dont have a qwerty keyboard !

mase 2012-12-18 14:22

Thanks for playing/commenting. I had a lot of fun drawing this.

@aeveis I was hoping for an Arzach vibe, but I guess Lemongrab is close enough.

@bubar I hadn't thought of that… I used WASD because I thought someone might not have arrows... :S

shaneshanekavanagh 2012-12-18 15:31

Nice style. Let's dance!

saisaith 2012-12-19 02:02

Wow.. this game is amazing! Honestly great job!

benjamin-soule 2012-12-19 02:06

Wow awesome artstyle, please if you participate to another LD make a timelapse of your work, I'm so curious to see you designing it. The game is cool, but I only visited the dancer place and finished it just after.I feel like I missed something but unskipable intro dissuade me to try another time.
I also had a bug controling 2x heroes a the same time on the start of the outdoor levels.

raubana 2012-12-19 02:16

Damn, I love this style. Very original. Not much gameplay, but I still love the style.

mase 2012-12-19 02:50

@Benjamin There's one other area, the goat statue in the screenshot. He says "Behold my power" and some firework-like animations appear with some randomness. Also, thanks for the bug report; I thought I got rid of that problem.

rylgh 2012-12-19 04:41

THIS IS WONDERFUL! absolutely gorgeous art. bravo. nice ambient music. just fantastic.

bigbadwofl 2012-12-19 05:45

Amazing art and amazing mood. Well done.

georgebroussard 2012-12-19 09:25

I liked the art style a lot. Roger Dean vibe from his old Psygnosis game covers. I didn't really know what was happening. I walked around, danced with a guy, then blew the planet up? Needs polish in terms of collision and player movement.

blockbrains 2012-12-19 11:39

Thats a really interesting art style you have there!

monomanio 2012-12-19 13:16

Very unique visuals, and the music complements that. Great job!

faust 2012-12-19 13:46

Very unique entry, especially the art.

dustystylus 2012-12-19 14:17

How delightfully bizarre!

jomomomo 2012-12-19 15:58

I liked the "world traveling" map you did. Would you mind posting the stencyl source you used, I was wondering how I might do something like that in an adventure style-game I've been thinking about making...

mase 2012-12-19 17:51

@Rex Peppers: I posted the source you asked for; my sincere apologies if there are any random curse words in it. Haha.

The scene transition event I used for the world map is exactly what is pictured in Part 3 of this tutorial:
http://www.stencyl.com/help/viewArticle/166/

There is a problem though: if the actor enters the region, then exits, then enters again before the screen fades out, two actors will spawn in the next screen. So either reduce the fade out time, or, if you want it to be foolproof you could use this technique:
http://www.thestencylblog.com/2012/06/16/stencyl-events-do-please/

killmonday 2012-12-19 21:08

This was seriously cool, like being transfered into a weird world of weirdness! Loved it.

meep 2012-12-19 21:17

The character's art seemed very inconsistent with the rest of it. It also seemed to have some collision/hitbox issues with general movement/jumping. That said, the main art style was beautiful, and it set the mood well. :)

delahee 2012-12-19 21:32

unplayable for non azerty guys :)

delahee 2012-12-19 21:37

don't get the theme. graphics awesome. action a bit dull for me. hard to play for non QWerty guys :)

iandioch 2012-12-19 21:42

Haha, that was great. Particularly loved the dancing. Also, that art is incredible. You must have cheated, nobody could make that much awesomeness in one weekend?! :D

darkfrost 2012-12-20 01:05

pretty coools weird but coools

mase 2012-12-20 01:57

I uploaded an arrow key version.

@iandioch To rapidly create the art, I photographed modeling clay against a makeshift greenscreen, then used Photoshop to resize the photos and conform them to a 7 color palette. The only time consuming part was drawing 1-pixel black outlines around things, and occasional hand-drawn details like the blue statue's chair.

illugion 2012-12-20 02:12

The graphic style of this game was cool, i just thought it was kinda weird on the world map the white dots x.x but i loved unleashing some funky moves there lol XD

christinaneofotistou 2012-12-20 04:33

this was fantastic. so retro and yet so contemporary!!!

porpentine 2012-12-20 04:54

love this, i explored every part of the world

delicious mood

angrygeometry 2012-12-20 05:41

um, this is astounding. good work.

cwilloughby 2012-12-20 08:25

Art, music, theme, retro feel, story. Great work.

fishbrain 2012-12-20 11:35

I think the word is "trippy". Loved the graphics and overall style - including the strange beepy music. Well done!

coffeeonimal 2012-12-20 12:27

Well, that was just bizarre.
And I don't mean that in a bad way, I'm kind of glad I found this one when I did, gave me a nice jolt.
Very nice entry.

sonnybone 2012-12-20 15:29

... wow. This is brilliant. There isn't much of a 'game' here but the style is mesmerizing. The clay/green screen art idea is amazing. High marks for innovation, graphics, humor, and mood. Great job!

hypp 2012-12-20 18:14

Very nice mood.

3dwoody 2012-12-20 18:21

Nice. Crazy. Quirky feel to it and just... bizarre! Good work with the theme.

strkl 2012-12-20 20:21

I expected a better end..Because the rest was insanely good
You got totally crazy with art style, I don't know what crazy process you found for making those weird shape but the overall look is amazing (I felt like playing in a moebius (but crazier) drawing)

the-jack 2012-12-20 20:51

Wow, this is absolutely gorgeous. Props to the artist.

RE: the bug you found in "The Condemned" - I couldn't reproduce it, but while testing I got another bug that gave me the flashlight early. It seems like this is random and a low-percent chance of happening. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

brotherst 2012-12-20 22:03

The art in this game is crazy good. very illustrative, very quirky. Exactly what should be seen from indie games rather than just "watercoulours here, silhouettes there..."

amoaeba-junior 2012-12-20 23:36

What a psychadelic experience O-o loved it

entity2d 2012-12-20 23:56

That was a pretty fun thing to play. If there was an 'ambition' category, I'd give you five stars.

tomc 2012-12-21 22:46

WTF were you smoking when you made this? It's crazy awesome.

raincole 2012-12-23 05:29

You have strong aesthetic sense. It looks messy but beautiful.

philip-wagner 2012-12-23 16:44

Oh man, that style is awesome! And weirdly funny. I was really entertained.
The controls are the only thing that need a little more work.

mesene 2012-12-23 20:53

that was unnespected, loved it

endesga 2012-12-23 23:35

nice!

brighterorange 2012-12-24 02:39

Really lovely graphical style!! I wish the container had forced an even pixel ratio; on my screen I noticed some jitteriness as things scrolled.

yakka 2012-12-24 10:05

A great trip in a crazy universe. Awesome exploration game.

gungnir 2012-12-24 19:10

If you can get better at developing the "game" parts I can see magical things happen with future entries. Lovely stuff.

simianlogic 2012-12-25 15:16

Definitely the weirdest entry I've seen. Liked the art & music a lot!

mrevilguy 2012-12-29 04:17

Probably my favourite game of the competition!

cakencode 2012-12-30 18:41

It was a very strange game experience for me. I don't know if I got to run into a lot of other things like some other folks did since I ran by one area, and then got to the "X" and suddenly the game was over. It was strange and kooky, and I like it that way. The art was cool, and the music was somewhat fitting although a little on the erratic side. Great work on developing this world though! :)

ddionisio 2013-01-01 01:58

Brilliant art and the music fits well. I love everything about this game!

Jeremias 2013-01-01 15:39

A very strange experience ^^ nice visual style anyway.

soupy 2013-01-01 22:01

The art style was superb. I loved the dance scene. The text should go by faster or you should be able to advance through with a button. I liked how laid-back the gameplay was.

lotusgame 2013-01-03 11:02

Wow really moody ! These graphics combined with music is so special.. i like it. Furthermore, i didn't expect to find an adveture game in Ludum Dare. Incredible work !

neonlare 2013-01-04 08:27

Those rocks, but holy hell, the style in this is astounding.

mcc 2013-01-05 07:39

i LOVED the art style and the sound. i hope you do more games!

jaj 2013-01-06 11:41

Really weird. In a good way of course.

leafo 2013-01-07 06:38

Really pretty graphics. Really interesting world, I wish there was more!

mistakoo 2013-01-07 16:39

Love the weirdness in aesthetics and animation. Great dithering and layering too.

evan-greenwood 2013-01-08 00:13

What a magnificent jam game! The controls were a bit sticky, but that's a minor gripe when there's so much on offer in ASMOSNOS.

conflictivelabs 2013-01-08 00:19

Ok, that was the weirdest game I've tried so far. Interesting but... weird. Kudos on the unique art style.