bmacintosh 2013-08-26 02:12
Cute. Minor bug report - playing the game again after beating it, the game displays the "you win" message after only one level.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD27 → 10s Paparazzi
By ithildin
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 1 | 100 | ||
| Graphics | 419 | 3.11 | ||
| Humor | 441 | 2.44 | ||
| Mood | 580 | 2.70 | ||
| Audio | 648 | 2.38 | ||
| Theme | 725 | 2.99 | ||
| Innovation | 769 | 2.69 | ||
| Overall | 878 | 2.71 | ||
| Fun | 887 | 2.51 |
Cute. Minor bug report - playing the game again after beating it, the game displays the "you win" message after only one level.
Short and sweet, just the way I like 'em. Cute graphics and the camera fights back just enough that the gameplay isn't too trivial. I like it.
A fun 20 or so seconds haha. Needs to be elaborated a bit.
Nonetheless, good work!
Nice little game, randomly reminded me of something I accidentally found when typing "bird watching game" on Google. http://games.lumosity.com/birdwatching.html
P.S. I want to believe.
Thank you all :)
@BMacIntosh. I've actually realised that it's the whole game that fails to reset once you finish the fourth stage. Thanks for spotting it, it's one of those stupid bugs you introduce at the last minute trying to fix others (d'oh!).
very 'cute' graphics. A little short though
Fun little game, was finished really quick though :(
I wish there was some replay value but, overall this is an interesting game.
Short, but anyway it's interesting. I would suggest to add a little more challenge. For example, make creatures move faster?
Very clever and fun! I wish there was an inverse-Y option.
I like the backgrounds. The game is obviously very simple, but still nice. Kind of satisfying. :)
Interesting, no creature to kill.
The ventolins are too easy to find : it will be better to have a foreground (to hide behind).
And I want to see the photos taken at the end :)
Thank you all for your feedback!
I tried to add a bit more complexity to the creatures (other than the first one, which is intentionally easy to spot, one of them moves, one teleports away after some time, and one spawns at random places), but the final result is still insufficient.
I also had planned to add some powerups (for example, granting the ability to freeze ventolins in place, or move them around) to enable some more complex objectives, multi-layered scenes, secondary goals and more entities that could make the game more challenging (and a photo gallery of sorts, of course). But all these things couldn't make it to the compo, unfortunately :_S
Love the idea! Short and simple, I love photography games.
Cute, but too easy to find the creatures. Maybe have some objects in the foreground?
I knew they exist!
you finished the game! well done!
well that was fast ;). got that thingy on the first try each
Great looking game, and pretty fun! There totally should be more photography games :D
Ventolins! ^__^
Nice game, a lot of potential to do a really cool game with just a bit of work! Well done! :-)
very cute. Reminds me of a minimalist Pokemon Snap. Good Job!
Very interesting concept. Sweet one, congrats!
Nice game. it's a bit short and controlling the camera is a bit clumsy, but at the same time i liked the camera movement and the graphics :)
I finished the game in 10s x 5 :]
well done
Hehe, nice, like the idea, very sweet grafix :)
I really like what you have done here. I especially like your sprite and the backgrounds.
If you continue to develop the game it would be awesome to see your pictures and share them after a level (facebook/twitter). I could see myself playing this for a long time when it has more depth and more areas/creatures to explore.
Thanks for making!
Very short, but reminds me a lot of pokemon snap!
Fun little game. I agree with some of the comments here, felt a bit short and needed a better objective. Also showing all the pictures you took at the end would have been cool!
I thought the controls and the scrolling worked pretty well for the game.
Cool idea, but to short and easy. Nonetheless good entry!
Cute game, but it is too short and too simple, finished it in about 10 seconds.
good job
Thank you all! =)
I agree that a lot can still be done to fix and improve, your feedback is really useful. Besides the obvious (short and easy), it seems that the photo gallery is quite a popular suggestion ;D
I always enjoy photography games. enjoyed this one, and would love to see more of it!
The idea is fun, but controls aren't as fluid as they could be. The game is a bit hard (can't take 2 photos in a row after 3-4 tries). Graphics are cute! :)
Cool game, reminds me of Pokemon snap.
Might be neat if you could work some more mechanics into viewing the creatures. Like ones that only appear if you look somewhere or something.
Cool stuff though. I like the concept!
Nice, I really like the simplicity and execution. I like how there's a level where you are in outerspace. That's a dedicated paparazzi!
I guess some other challenge can be added like needing to focus the camera so the picture doesn't look blurry.
I don't know if possible, but if the game can lock the cursor so that it doesn't scroll out of the game view, that would make controls better.
Maybe in the near future, some neat features:
* As a mobile app, make use of the camera and randomly have Ventolins show up when taking photos! :P
* Google glass support!
* Oculus Rift support!
Very cool idea! I think one of the improvements could be adding a bit of augmented reality for the brackground using the phone camera for example. And the graphics are so cute!
I like the concept!
There's a minor bug in that, after beating the game, clicking to play again immediatly takes you to the last level.
Also, I think this could go on, further than the LD game. Keep working on it!
Reminds me minigame from old "Duck Tales" game for DOS :-)
I wish it was longer with more stuff to take pictures of . What there is of the game is pretty fun though.
Haha.. short and neat!
Aren't ventolin ventilators?
Hehe, it depends...
I took the name from a creature from Asturian mythology (http://www.asturias.es/portal/site/infoAsturias/menuitem.b4e3501f1a34607cb5dd591088414ea0/?vgnextoid=c67bacdbc0f90210VgnVCM100000dc14e40aRCRD), but for me the name was mostly a brand of inhalers before.
Oh, and now that I read that site, I've thought of how making the beings closer to that description would totally change the mood of the game. Interesting...
Cute game, like the mechanics behind it.
I little short perhaps but that's not a major thing. :)
Lovely graphics! I wish the game was a little bit harder or longer, though. I managed to beat it in the first try and it seemed kind of abrupt.
Cool game, nonetheless! =D
Nice, smart little game with great visuals and smooth controls. Snappy!
Game played really nicely. I do think it could have benefited from a rating system of some kind beyond the binary "you got it" vs "you didn't". Something akin to Pokemon Snap's breakdown based on Size, Pose, and Technique. Nice work.
Haha, cute little game :) I finished it pretty quick, but it made me smile. I like it :D
Nice! Short, simple! I like it! Nice polished graphics, simple sounds. I like it! 8/10.