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Illumination

By aszecsei

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Mood8242.61
Audio9691.90
Theme10632.95
Innovation11292.23
Graphics13221.59
Fun13381.38
Overall13441.68
Coolness165933

Comments

suese 2013-04-29 03:33

I'm not quite sure what to do. What are the keys?

aszecsei 2013-04-29 03:42

WSAD for movement and space to jump. It's in first-person POV.

multiplex 2013-04-29 04:53

I walk toward the only thing in the game that I can see, then I hear a loud sound, then I can't see anything or do anything... Then, every once in a while I can see a bit of light again before repeating the process.

predominant 2013-04-29 04:54

Hard to figure out whats going on, the sounds don't feel normalised. Good effort though, and a good take on the theme.

cheshyr 2013-04-29 04:56

Alright, I've tried it twice, but nothing happens after the initial event. If there are clues int he audio, they are too faint to make out over the wind. Sorry I couldn't figure it out.

robcozzens 2013-04-29 04:57

I'm not sure if I experienced it correctly. After a lot of trying I finally made it to the light and it said Game Over.
I don't know if that means that I beat the game or lost.

cybearg 2013-04-29 04:57

So I try walking towards the light and I get a loud explosion sound. Then I don't seem to make any progress towards it, jump and push forward as I might. I can move relative to it with left and right (or it seems so), but, again, I never make any progress.

Also, I can't quite the game except through ALT+TAB and terminating it, which sucks.

What exactly are you supposed to do if you can't move towards your only means of telling where you are?

baldwinthree 2013-04-29 04:58

Wasn't sure whether the "Game over" screen meant I lost or won. In any case, I got to the illumination! Maybe a few more cues as to the orientation of the camera would have helped.

aszecsei 2013-04-29 04:59

Jumping is present for a reason :) The mechanic is the puzzle, and there is a way to end the game...I don't really want to give spoilers, but I can keep giving hints if enough people can't figure it out.

justin35f 2013-04-29 05:01

Game was nearly unplayable. Extremely loud, unexpected noises are not ok.

voxel 2013-04-29 05:02

quite liked this :). would be nice if you captured the mouse pointer. also the sensitivity is through the roof and i can see a lot of people being too confused to be able to finish it

voxel 2013-04-29 05:02

<Spoiler>

You have to use the jump key

</spoiler>

aszecsei 2013-04-29 05:03

@Cybearg Dammit, I knew I forgot something. I got used to producing web projects and forgot the need to esc-exit in standalones...

Anyway, you should be able to make progress? It may not be apparent at first because it's a little ways off (and it starts moving away from you after the first event), but it is winnable.

mortus 2013-04-29 06:36

Moody but annoying, couldn't complete it as I got bored after few falls.

gre 2013-05-01 10:24

The idea is quite good and it quite match the theme. Nice exploring/maze little game.

It probably need some polish, Game Over for reaching the light is a bit strange,
also I put 1-star for the audio because of this crazy noise sound, not sure it's a good idea or probably need to be normalized with the rest of the audio experience.

granada 2013-05-03 16:01

Nice take on the theme.

sylvain-p 2013-05-04 17:22

We're perhaps too much lost. But atmosphere is nice.

lorancou 2013-05-14 21:51

I don't really get it, but I had a few surprises.