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On Minimalism

By richy486

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme304.30
Fun853.67
Overall2933.44
Mood5012.95
Audio5582.70
Graphics6072.96
Innovation8782.70
Coolness128448

Comments

robc 2013-04-28 20:07

Excellent game. Tone really fits in… and the controls are spot on.

manabreak 2013-04-29 07:20

I can't get it to work. Says something about parallel setting (or something similar, it's in finnish).

hello23 2013-04-29 07:48

I can't get it to work also :( Here is a screenshot of the error I get : http://puu.sh/2Jkmf.png

tankete 2013-04-29 08:08

"The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail."

This appears to be related to missing the correct C++ runtime components.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-pictures/error-the-application-has-failed-to-start-because/df019c0d-746e-42d0-ad68-465e18e3f3ef

salamander3 2013-04-29 08:36

I can't seem to get this to run.

hello23 2013-04-29 08:37

Anyone knows which C++ runtime should I install in order to play the game ?

richy486 2013-04-29 10:45

Thanks guys, I'll see if I can fix it up

richy486 2013-04-29 12:54

Just updated the build, should be fine now (fingers crossed)

andygt40 2013-04-29 13:12

Yeah, windows version working just the same as mac version now.
Awesome game by the way! The last level was difficult but totally worth it hah!

Nacho 2013-04-29 13:16

Would have been fun, but the player dot was hard to tell apart from a few flecks on my monitor, and the pillar smashing sound made me want to tear my ears off.

mechagk 2013-04-29 13:19

It's very hard to see the player as he is only the size of a pixel :/

tiffi 2013-04-29 13:22

great game, but perhaps the player could be bigger than 1 pixel

geepit 2013-04-29 13:25

Very cool, liked all the variations of the same enemy/mechanic

kewry 2013-04-29 13:41

The dot is really small, makes my eyes hurt, it's fun though and a bit challenging

mchaza 2013-04-29 13:54

Great job, but the dot was way too small as mentioned.

richy486 2013-04-29 22:17

It is pretty small. I guess it sit too close to my screen so it seemed fine, I could't follow it when other people played it though

fueelin 2013-04-29 22:19

Fun game, good use of theme. I like the implicit music caused by the rhytmic crusher things. As others have said, this game kinda hurts my eyes... Seems like a few games in this LD have that quality :D

korda 2013-04-30 02:32

This was actually pretty cool but I think you missed an opportunity with the sound. If the size of the crusher effected the pitch of the sound you could have had the level generate the music for you

richy486 2013-04-30 04:31

Korda - That would have been awesome!

_alts 2013-04-30 08:33

I really like how the crushers provide "music" for the game, and how some screens seemed to, perhaps inadvertently, use polyrhythms. The one pixel character was confusing at first, and I had to clean my screen to figure out what was actually happening.

hadyn 2013-04-30 08:40

There I was, having made it through hell, enjoying a nice stroll through a couple of screens of progressively narrower but danger-free lanes, when it crashed =[

(Windows version, I'm running Win7 x64. I was at the end of a very narrow screen-long lane if that helps at all)

Still rating you up - this was far better than the screenshots might have led me to think!

laceysnr 2013-05-01 03:45

Love it. The maze can get quite confusing and some of the stompers are brutal!

robc 2013-05-01 06:48

Great fun. Certainly is a tad brutal - but the challenge was well worth it.

Quite recommend it :)

richy486 2013-05-02 01:35

It turns out that the game is a community service announcement to get people to clean their computer screens

richy486 2013-05-02 03:38

Hadyn - are there files in the resources folder?

bipolemoment 2013-05-04 17:01

Great game! Really challenging!

ray_mickelino 2013-05-05 23:07

Awesome. Really fits the theme of minimalism. Good job!

dremelofdeath 2013-05-07 11:16

I could imagine that not everyone would be able to see the little dot, but I could, and I thoroughly enjoyed this game.

alfonzm 2013-05-11 02:46

This is the the most minimalist game I have played. Haha :P Love the level design, but it's really hard to see the player. But I guess that's part of minimalism, so. Nonetheless, great work!