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Spark

By cniangel

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness292
Audio4432.88
Humor5802.19
Mood8382.60
Theme9013.17
Graphics11322.25
Innovation12601.98
Fun12631.95
Overall12972.19

Comments

paulopn 2013-04-29 05:02

The file is apparently corrupted =\

jaus_lxxiv 2013-04-29 05:03

This isn't really a game, more of a "hold right to read a few sentences." The music was nice at least, and I suppose it has a decent message, though it's not delivered very powerfully.

onzephyr 2013-04-29 06:44

nice music.

zairon 2013-04-29 20:30

You should make it faster to move, or make it more visually interesting sooner. Just reading the text almost kept me from reading it all. I liked the audio/music.

wy477wh173 2013-04-29 21:16

Didn't work for me, Sorry.

kratorspore 2013-04-29 21:34

Ups for music and mood.

preordercancelled 2013-04-29 22:34

It's a little simple but I like the music.

jackspinoza 2013-04-29 22:57

it certainly was minimal, the arpeggios and general sound really worked for me. However, I feel the format could be explored better somehow; pacing, more diverse changes perhaps.

jimmylord 2013-04-29 23:15

I didn't find the spark.

netguy204 2013-04-29 23:17

This didn't work on mac. Here's the error message: http://pastebin.com/xmrEAfs1

I've seen this before. It's an incompatibility between an older version of lwjgl and Java 7 on mac. To fix it just drop in the latest lwjgl native library and you should be good to go.

goulding57 2013-04-29 23:19

Spark.jar - CRC failed
Unexpected end of archive
Total errors: 2

So it didn't work

sayaer 2013-04-30 00:08

Very interesting, i kept wanting to advance forward. The flashing was a little crazy but i think it added to the overall experience.

janmavzla 2013-04-30 03:10

Awesome, really nice atmosphere and concept.

fuzzo 2013-04-30 05:58

The .rar says it's corrupted. Tried extracting with WinRAR and 7-zip.

tentontoon 2013-04-30 06:02

Interesting take on minimalistic mechanics. A little bit too minimalistic, maybe, and worth taking it a step further.

Also, I had to download it 3 times, as the downloads kept getting cancelled.

Congratulations! :)

cniangel 2013-04-30 06:08

I'm not sure why the .rar is being corrupted. I'm uploading it to my Dropbox and switching the link from my webhost. Hopefully this fixes the issue.

notepid 2013-04-30 08:47

Sorry, got bored after 10 seconds.

cniangel 2013-04-30 20:55

I'm glad to hear that. Thanks for trying.

joror 2013-04-30 20:56

I waited a bit when 'wait' was the word... unfortunately no effect! :P Also did not find my spark. Minimalist for sure, using only one button to end the game. ;)

superdisk 2013-04-30 23:01

Sorry, but this isn't really a game.

You just look at a few motivational posters and then the end..

Oh well.

orange08 2013-04-30 23:06

This game, while being minimal, was rather boring. I don't know why I even bothered completing it :P
Really needs more depth to it other than reading new text.

cniangel 2013-05-01 01:24

Thanks for all the comments folks! :D Really brings a smile to my face.

hackthepanda 2013-05-01 01:26

Perfect as always, my love

gmaker 2013-05-01 10:39

A Java Exception has occured.. it didn't work

tehskull 2013-05-02 06:19

A Java Exception has occurred. Can't play. :/

danblack 2013-05-02 07:32

Didn't work for me, I got an exception. I'm running the latest JRE on Win 8 (for my sins!)

the-jack 2013-05-02 07:47

Was wondering if this was your 1st LD but checked & saw that you've done a few before so I'm thinking good interpretation of the theme.

dremelofdeath 2013-05-07 10:14

Music didn't work for me. Basically no gameplay to this one.. I feel like this game is why they print epilepsy warnings on video game instruction manuals.

gmaker 2013-05-10 05:32

cool! good job.. music didn't work for me

cniangel 2013-05-15 06:26

@dremelofdeath and @gmaker Thanks. Warning is in the readme file. Also, use headphones to hear the music.