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10 seconds of Hell

By spotline

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio413.69
Graphics883.92
Mood1933.29
Overall5293.08
Innovation7262.75
Humor8791.68
Fun9212.46
Theme10032.57

Comments

tiffi 2013-08-26 09:12

i liked the game, but its a bit confusing.

kaldrick 2013-08-26 09:13

One of the best graphics and audio I've seen so far in this LD ;)

red-mike 2013-08-26 09:20

Interesting design. Not sure what happens when you're low on health, however. It seems like the avatar collapses, but you start moving laterally instead of forwards, then. I also seemed to get a small area of play the first time around. Three or four rooms connected by a couple of 'corridors', and not much else.

ratalaika 2013-08-26 09:28

Not bad, I like the idea, but It's quite confusing some times... I also suck at FPS xD

nicotuason 2013-08-26 11:03

Not really sure what was happening, but it looked really pretty!

jokerden 2013-08-26 11:44

Does not get it at all but sound is just awesome.

cubertoy 2013-08-26 11:44

Unique graphics, smooth and nice (not recommanded for epileptic I guess). 10 seconds of Hell have a real nice atmosphere.

joecool17 2013-08-26 11:46

I didn't like the crouching, felt weird and probably would've played well without it. Also the camera felt less like it was a FPV camera and more like it was orbiting around a point- not sure if this is intentional but it threw me off a lot.

dekart 2013-08-26 11:47

Awesome graphics and sounds. I like the idea of auto-generated crystal maze - it makes the environment unique (even comparing to similar 3d games)

mekuri 2013-08-26 11:52

This game was... different. The graphics were really great. I managed to survive until Wave 5 - I have no idea if that is good or not. The game was confusing at first, but after some time, I got used to the weirdness.

Spotline 2013-08-26 11:55

Thx everyone :)

@Mekuri : Wave 5 is a great score :D (but difficulty is a bit random so maybe you had luck)

2013-08-26 12:28

Awesome graphics!
Source link doesn't work :(

Spotline 2013-08-26 12:33

Oh ! Indeed it seems i deleted it when uploading the windows port.... it'll be back in 30mn max !

Spotline 2013-08-26 12:37

... actually I can't upload it right now (I'm at work and my internet is limited) Tonight i'll put it back online, sorry for that

neekobus 2013-08-26 12:46

Nice ambiance (cristals and sounds), but I regret the almost empty caves.

acrimiens 2013-08-26 14:27

Awesome Visual!

leparlon 2013-08-26 14:35

Great audio! Congrats on the game.

ghostik 2013-08-26 16:05

Really interesting graphic style!

krides 2013-08-26 17:48

Je comprends pas grande chose, mais c'est chouette quand même ^^ La musique est génial !

spiralcodestudio 2013-08-26 19:27

Lags a lot on my mac.

latency 2013-08-26 19:39

Love the graphical style, great game

michail 2013-08-26 19:48

The sound is great, but as for the gameplay... I don't know what's happening most of the time, or how am I influencing anything. Even when shooting there's no feedback if I hit something or not.

dudsen 2013-08-26 20:33

Whoa. Drugs are bad man :D. Got killed by marbles... Crazy shit.

pol 2013-08-27 02:56

I dang this aesthetic ! I didn't even properly read the explanations at my first play, so it was even more impressive as I tried to guess what I was supposed to do... And flipped out when the enemies showed up. The light they emit is just perfect.
However, you should lock the cursor to avoid it to go outside of the game viewport on the web version of the game.

vanderzwan 2013-08-27 08:42

I keep getting a black screen... Stupid Intel HD card :(

roguenoodle 2013-08-27 16:47

Really great audio - sold the mood perfectly. Pretty trippy visuals to - nice job!

josefnpat 2013-08-27 21:43

The web player doesn't work on linux, please release a linux binary!

almax27 2013-08-27 21:48

I really like the mood shifting during the wave, even if I always ended up crawling on the floor right after xD

1fir3 2013-08-28 00:46

Wow ! How you achieved such fantastic graphics ?! Game is more loolk like art installation :)

Spotline 2013-08-28 07:40

Thanks for your comments :)
@josefnpat : Linux build is now online !
@1fir3 : it's a custom shader, it's based on the Grayscale effect, but applied to a material. Basically instead of giving a color to your material you give it a color scale. So in the game the scale goes from indigo-bluish when there's little light to red-orange when the marbles illuminate the cave.

pereubu 2013-08-28 13:22

wowowowowow culurz everywhere D8
Luv it

zeppelincaptain 2013-08-28 13:29

I love the responsive audio and the way it plays together with the graphics and game.

Not a big fan of the claustrophobic, confusing feel though.

glockenspiel 2013-08-28 17:03

i found the mouse sensitivity way too high and with the lights flashing should have a epilepsy warning

designernap 2013-08-28 18:12

Wave 5 and died but had fun! Audio made it and the visuals were nice.

mironix 2013-08-29 14:02

An amazing spin on a FPS game, you feel terrified all the time thank to the style, random levels is a huge +

hoqjed 2013-08-29 14:09

The presentation of this is pretty phenomenal considering the time limit. The audio and visuals were just fantastic. Starting a wave and having the colors in the crystals shift along with the music is really well pulled off.

Now, that said, the gameplay suffers quite a lot. I didn't find the "shooting" mechanic enjoyable at all and found it very difficult to hit the white orbs. The character also takes quite a bit of damage all considering and this leads to having more noticeable redundancy in the game.

This is easily one of the most visually striking games I've played thus far on Ludum Dare, but actually playing the game? It's very forgettable gameplay and feels like it was forced into the game because it's supposed to be a game. Personally I would have almost preferred just removing that aspect and keeping the game more abstract so you could focus purely on what you did well... the visual/audio experience.

Oh, and I didn't really see the theme in this one either. Ten second intervals for the waves I assume?

Overall, it provides a super rich atmosphere and pure visual spectacle considering it's a 48 hour entry. But it falls flat because of the uninteresting gameplay. Good job though, deserves attention for the visuals alone.

seconddimension 2013-09-03 10:17

Looked great but wasn't really sure what was happening or what to shoot.

Spotline 2013-09-03 11:38

Hi everyone thanks for your feedback !

@hoqjed : I know the gameplay is flawed, but I assure you it's not forced into the game. What I wanted to achieve is to make the player both impressed and scared by the Hell waves, so I tried to make gameplay, graphics and sound converge to this feeling.

As for the theme, every Wave is really 10 seconds of hell (it lasts 10 sec)

rhy3756547 2013-09-03 13:33

The crouch key seemed to stick, and I wasn't exactly sure how to avoid the waves, but the graphics and audio were sweet and it was a cool idea, nice work!

lesterpig 2013-09-03 13:56

Huummm ... Beautiful game, but I'v lost my eyes ^^
Mouse sensitivity is really too high ;)
But color effects are really impressive.

laaph 2013-09-04 06:30

I am entirely unclear on what I was supposed to do in this game.

codexus 2013-09-06 14:32

Interesting look but way too confusing.

1fir3 2013-09-11 13:22

@1fir3 : it's a custom shader, it's based on the Grayscale effect, but applied to a material. Basically instead of giving a color to your material you give it a color scale. So in the game the scale goes from indigo-bluish when there's little light to red-orange when the marbles illuminate the cave

Thanks, will try that trick :)