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Doubt

By rxi

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics14.65
Audio24.41
Mood34.52
Coolness350
Overall603.77
Humor4092.45
Innovation4882.94
Fun5442.80
Theme5512.78

Comments

redpanda_ua 2013-12-16 03:06

This is simply beautiful game!

arkeus 2013-12-16 03:12

Beautiful graphics and music.

sheepolution 2013-12-16 03:14

This looks absolutely beautiful. I feel like it could have a bit more gameplay, but the graphics are gorgeous.

mcgraw 2013-12-16 03:29

Outstanding. Great stuff here!

vanish 2013-12-16 03:34

Really good graphics

thewhitellama 2013-12-16 03:37

Wonderful atmosphere and the music is sounds greate!

deathray 2013-12-16 03:49

Wonderful mood! Impressive for 48 hours. I got stuck by the 4 doors though. None led onward...

hologuardian 2013-12-16 03:57

Amazing, you did so well on this rxi!

mcapraro 2013-12-16 04:41

amazing job on the graphics and animation! you really set an amazing mood and i am a sucker for adventure/story games. i really see how it can really get pushed further and really tell an amazing tale with your beautiful graphics.

takemikazuchi545 2013-12-16 04:56

Wow! Great graphics, great sound. The atmosphere is really the best part though. If you built on this further in the future, I'd be interested in playing it.

colorvade 2013-12-16 05:02

Very cool. Great use of effects and I liked what few puzzles there were. My least favorite thing was the jumping animation.

dalbinblue 2013-12-16 05:52

I really like the style and surreal nature of the world. I will admit I got stuck at the four doors (I downloaded the source to see if it gave any clues but didn't see anything obvious. Oh well.

managore 2013-12-16 06:13

The graphics, audio and atmosphere come together to make the game absolutely gorgeous.

tacospice 2013-12-16 07:15

Very moody (in a good way). The graphics are awesome! Could definitely use some sound effects, though not too many. Maybe just footsteps. Music also fits perfectly.

Not a lot of gameplay I suppose. Also, I only got past the 4 door room once, and the new place I came to didn't (seem to) have an exit. I reloaded and couldn't get past the 4 doors again.

Overall, I give it 4/5 meows.

primaerfunktion 2013-12-16 08:32

I like the graphics, music and overall mood, but there isn't a lot to do sadly.

themaster99 2013-12-16 10:36

Awesome work, rxi! The graphics are beautiful, the atmosphere is great. It's a bit lacking in the gameplay department though, and I got stuck on the deja vu part (not exactly relevant). Good work!

nicotuason 2013-12-16 11:07

Mesmerizing... Gorgeous artwork and amazing music too!

louis-denizet 2013-12-16 12:44

Amazing graphics, really peacefully and nice experience

alvarop 2013-12-16 14:04

Nicely done!

gingerbill 2013-12-16 14:51

Beautiful looking game but lackng in gameplay.

soundguy 2013-12-16 14:53

excellent!
hard to believe this was done in 48 hours.

ghandhi 2013-12-16 16:42

The door part was a bit hard to understand at first, but then I got the point. Beautiful game. I'd like to create mood like that too. And I'd like to play post compo version of it again.

mnemusyne 2013-12-16 17:00

Very beautiful game but it is a bit of a walking simulator.

flyinpig5 2013-12-16 18:05

Very beautiful, wonderful audio and brilliant mood. Gameplay and length could have been better, but it's the best game I've played yet.

cawrtz 2013-12-16 19:34

Beautiful pixel art and colors ! I like it !

rahazan 2013-12-16 19:37

Best graphics and audio I have ever seen come from a jam! The audio is so unique and just gives me a chill down my spine.

bitslap 2013-12-16 19:45

Perfect LD submission. Most of what i want to say has been said in the comments, art, sound and game is great. I liked the "deja vu" part. Good job and good luck =)

charlie_hadden 2013-12-16 19:53

Even though I got stuck in a couple of places, I love this. The musics and graphics are both great and work really well together.

teamkwakwa 2013-12-16 20:25

WAOUH! Stuck to the doors, but YEAH!

korwegian 2013-12-16 21:56

THE GRAPHICS! So many!

capnramses 2013-12-16 22:11

awesome work. really liked it. similar vibe that that sworcery game, meaning that it was awesome. would love to play a bigger version!

msquirrel 2013-12-16 22:32

Fantastic, I would say best game I've played so far... challenging but made me want to finish it!

squibbons 2013-12-16 23:16

This game is extremely pretty and the music was well done, but it didn't feel much like a game. I wasn't sure what my goal was, and eventually I got stuck in a room with 4 doors.

conormn 2013-12-17 00:38

Really amazing execution.

nickw 2013-12-17 00:50

Music was awesome and the visuals were great!

atmospherium 2013-12-17 00:51

Really like this game. Great art style, great lighting, great mood all around. I liked the use of puzzles without announcing their existence. Really enjoyable game.

glovecat 2013-12-17 02:24

Really great mood and atmosphere, simply beautiful! But I got stuck in a couple of places :(

john_conder9 2013-12-17 03:48

Well, by far the most atmospheric 'game' I've ever played via Ludum dare, and probably one of the most I've ever played in general. This is dripping fantasticness. The ending huuuuummmmmmmmmmmmm just feels..so..right, I listened to it for like 30 minutes after I finished the game.

Or at least, I *think* I finished. The gameplay is lacking or confusing one. Thoroughly enjoyable though.

broxxar 2013-12-17 04:03

Beautiful! Great game, job well done!

lightsoda 2013-12-17 06:24

Not quite sure what's going on, I got past the four doors, I think. Nice graphics, music and atmosphere,

sunshiranui 2013-12-17 10:37

Very good atmosphere and sound design! I just disappeared into nothingness though... I don't know if that's the ending or I'm just bad. :P

ysengrimm 2013-12-17 10:46

Great game, a felt a bit lost at the beginning though.

phi6 2013-12-17 11:38

Don't really get the 4 doors bit. But wow - phenomenal work on the art direction, sound and music!

seconddimension 2013-12-17 12:16

I love how this looks, beautiful. I got through the 4 doors, seemed like after that you just watch the sun go down.
The pixel cat was adorable. Great audio and overall mood.

feizenbara 2013-12-17 14:12

Great look and sounds!

somepx 2013-12-17 14:24

Fantastic mood and minimalist graphic, a nice experience!

shaunlebron 2013-12-17 15:58

I like the sense of loss and confusion, very dream-like. This is the raw mood of a dream.

tombofry 2013-12-17 16:53

Graphically amazing, as always!
As others, I got stuck at the deja vu part, and I wasn't sure how it was linked to the theme, but a great atmospheric game none the less.

pusheax 2013-12-17 16:54

Great graphics, audio.
Imho dream logic is not concrete enough to get someting out of it.

linuus 2013-12-17 17:11

Amazing graphics and Audio, really sets a mood! :)

runvs 2013-12-17 17:15

Totlly Awesome!

timkaldor 2013-12-17 17:45

Ohh man that was beautiful in every way, graphics, music, love it. Great effort, I am super jealous or your pixel skills:)

cappelnord 2013-12-17 17:47

Awesome visuals and music, a great interactive experience.

valerien 2013-12-17 18:09

Very nice graphics and a unique atmosphere are the strong points of this game. I got past the 4 doors but then I got stuck. Overall I enjoyed playing but I am sure I would enjoy way more if I could reach the ending.

venks 2013-12-17 18:11

Set a great atmosphere. The overall story and feel was great. But the game was missing any sense of progression, and even though the puzzles were doable there didn't have any sense of direction to it

gravityscore 2013-12-17 18:21

Really moving! Sublime game!

diptoman 2013-12-17 18:33

Just one word - beautiful.

xhunterko 2013-12-17 18:38

Very pretty game.

Jeremias 2013-12-17 18:50

Very nice atmosphere. I have nothing else to say.

photon 2013-12-17 19:42

Okay, not really sure what's going on. I just did a lot of walking and then got stuck at an area with four doors that seemed to loop me to the same place with the same scenery. I mean, the presentation is pretty fantastic, but I barely found anything in terms of gameplay content.

joekinglake 2013-12-17 20:08

This is perfect.

derevensky 2013-12-17 20:15

I really enjoyed visual part. There's always a risk that smooth gradients will ruin pixel art impression, but you managed to mix it just perfectly.

dalsgames 2013-12-17 20:22

Visual stunning :) and the music was great too. Really great for just 48 hours.

boaheck_artgent 2013-12-17 20:40

Sorry but for all the good graphics in the world this had very little game-play. overall you get a three. But on the bright side you get fives on graphics and mood.

pighead10 2013-12-17 20:45

Meh. Superb graphics and music, but the lack of gameplay made it unenjoyable for me. I would have probably enjoyed this a lot more if I had not already played three very similar games which were also sound/graphics/storyline/abstract heavy, but limited in gameplay.

bradleysmith 2013-12-17 20:54

By far the best entry I have played yet, absolutely brilliant! I love the dreamy feel to this, very well done and nice to see an emotion focused game. Rated highly across the board.

hirsch 2013-12-17 20:59

The MUTE button is totally obsolete :D This soundtrack is just gorgeou, it would be nice to be able to download the soundtrack.
Really beautiful and calm game, reminded me of proteus :)
A W E S O M E

feiss 2013-12-17 21:13

When I grow up I wanna be like you

soy_yuma 2013-12-17 21:27

Nice mood, gorgeous graphics (the kind of pixel art that I like!) I didn't get the story. I don't know what to make of the end... Good job anyway!

kalth-streil 2013-12-17 22:14

Simply magnificent :)

udrian 2013-12-17 23:10

This was a really great experience ^^ Thank you for the ride =A

sadiquo 2013-12-17 23:15

Not finish but what I seen was Beautiful ;)

norgg 2013-12-17 23:27

Awesome. Extremely polished and pretty. The 4 doors puzzle made me want to punch myself when I finally figured it out, but I got deja vu pretty much straight away.

thegamemaker 2013-12-17 23:40

You've consistently made incredible games for this competition. Another fantastic job!

recursor 2013-12-17 23:41

Hmmmm...I didn't finish the door puzzle, but what atmosphere this game has! Lovely visuals, nice soothing music, and an interesting storyline.

nicealexanderas 2013-12-18 00:08

Very cool art style! beautiful game, amazing ambient, amazing music, nice story, OMG great work :D

javifugitivo 2013-12-18 00:09

Fivefivefivefivefive! Awsome! It's beatiful!

udo 2013-12-18 00:18

This was simply beautiful. Atmospheric and intense, mesmerizing. I didn't quite get the ending (you just float and then nothing), but in hindsight the whole thing felt like the character was dying. The cat companion was great because it made you feel less lonely, but in the end you couldn't really interact with her. This all feels very metaphoric. Again, nice work!

_zulli 2013-12-18 00:22

The most beautiful graphics I've seen in this compo! Great game! Music creates a wonderful experience. I got stuck on the 4 doors too but the game is really beautiful! Awesome job!

If you have time, rate my game too! I would really appreciate it :)

erhartmikale 2013-12-18 00:42

so pleasant to play

xezko 2013-12-18 00:51

The visuals and music are fantastic. A wonderful mood!
Too bad there's little gameplay and, as many others, I got stuck at the deja vu part.
Wish I could see the ending!

raisedmedia 2013-12-18 00:58

Great mood and atmosphere. Not sure what to do where to go but it was interesting.

mystakin 2013-12-18 00:58

I don't feel I ever got a strong grasp of what was going on in this... but I feel like that was kind of the point? Either way, this entry is gorgeous and the audio track is perfect.

alanzucconi 2013-12-18 02:05

As I suspected... this entry is amazing.
I wish I could have make THIS music for my game! *_*

veiadoida 2013-12-18 03:08

i was trying to find this game because I just saw a gif and fell in love. really. nice art and music. i don't know how to proceed after the doors, though. but you know.. i don't mind. it's beautiful.

kakhoofd 2013-12-18 09:22

Best game I have seen so far! Hope you actually develop something similar into a full game. love the details you added (like the fireflies going behind the trees, but still glow)

senevri 2013-12-18 09:27

Gorgeous, but I'm not seeing much gameplay.

lissar 2013-12-18 10:22

Really gorgeous graphics and music!

yaru 2013-12-18 12:18

Very beautiful, but isn't a game. There's absolutely nothing to do.

extrelime 2013-12-18 13:30

Atmosphere is just GREAT! I loved the graphics and soundtrack.
Even I didn't understand it completely it's one of the best LD28 games for me.

methamphetabear 2013-12-18 18:10

Fav

zkenshin 2013-12-18 18:43

Very pretty with a lovely atmosphere.
Good job (:

pixelulsar 2013-12-18 22:31

Looks and sounds very nice, and some of the puzzles were pretty neat.

sience 2013-12-18 22:48

No gameplay but wonderful music and atmosphere.

johnnysix 2013-12-19 00:34

Bonus points for mood and audio. Wasn't really sure what I was doing but had fun anyway wandering around listening to the soundscape and admiring the graphics. :)

kunonooni 2013-12-19 01:54

I'm old school, I like to explore. I found the game very enjoyable and yet like so many others I too was stuck at the 4 doors.

codecranker 2013-12-19 05:56

beautiful visual presentation. very soothing music.

irma-vep 2013-12-19 08:42

What a lovely game!

william_edwards 2013-12-19 21:55

Finally got it! Persistence pays off, and finally you spot the hints hidden in plain sight

deepnight 2013-12-19 23:16

Very beautiful game and a great mastery of particle effects. The rythm is sometime good, but many other times, it feels a little boring. I actually gave up after going back and forth 3 times in a level, the one with the fridge and the table outside.
Good job anyway!

tchem 2013-12-20 00:06

Wonderful !!!!

garethiw 2013-12-20 10:37

Great atmosphere, very little game.

2013-12-20 13:57

Man ca you link us that music , its just sick !

rnlf 2013-12-20 17:27

It's more like a movie than a game, but wow. So beautiful. Thanks for making it!

theholychicken 2013-12-20 19:44

Absolutely awesome. What else is there to say?
I managed to get past the 4 doors and the deja-vu screens but I really have no idea how I did it.. Just clicked s key everywhere. But dreams are like that..

gatechgrad 2013-12-21 09:39

Nice lighting effects. The walking and jumping were cool as well.

rosa89n20 2013-12-21 14:41

My god... the particle, light effect, random animal, and music! is so fit together, become a beautiful game! geez, I wish I could make some particle and light effect like your's in my game.

xbelanch 2013-12-21 17:40

Gorgeus! Best game I've played for now!

sclark39 2013-12-21 18:50

I got stuck in the four-door room. I didn't really understand what the gameplay/objective was besides walking slowly. Great music in this game.

cakencode 2013-12-21 22:16

Beautiful art and mood! I loved exploring the world you've created and seeing what can be done. I eventually hit the room with 4 doors and wasn't sure what to do from there, but up until the point everything was really well done. Great job!

jgpicatoste 2013-12-21 22:37

If you wanted to get players to feel inside of a dream, you made it. Amazing job.

johnfn 2013-12-22 06:52

Probably one of my favorite Ludum Dare submissions, ever. The graphics are amazing. Your use of music is fantastic. And the mood. WOW.

faust 2013-12-22 08:07

Excellent graphic and audio with immersive mood.

endesga 2013-12-23 01:58

absolutely beautiful! I love it!

jacklehamster 2013-12-23 02:56

Very nice visual. I can understand there's a lack of gameplay if it's an art piece, but I ended up stuck and never figuring out the story or message. It looks very nice, but it needs substance somehow.

mephi 2013-12-23 10:44

Wonderful art and music! The gameplay wasn't that much fun, but the mood kept me going until the end!

zephyr-raine 2013-12-23 14:15

Reminds me a lot of deepnight's work. Great game!

bitowl 2013-12-23 16:45

is there a way out of the room with four doors? :O

kgs0142 2013-12-26 04:23

The game is so beautiful!!

gupta_shvm 2013-12-26 05:33

Very atmospheric!

striwx 2013-12-26 23:01

Love the mood !

angelk 2013-12-29 06:46

graphics and audio and glowey text all make a really captivating atmosphere. Definitely a narrative game though, and I got stuck at the set of 4 doors.

stvr 2013-12-30 02:41

Really pretty and great sound, of course. The story is a bit incoherent, but the dialogue is well-written, and while I would have liked a more "conclusive" ending, what we got was good for a 48h game. Nice work!

yoni 2014-01-01 22:38

Graphics and atmosphere are simply AWESOME, but I couldn't figure out how to play the game (like everyone else I got stuck at the 4 door room).

adventureislands 2014-01-04 05:02

Great atmosphere, but the game itself didn't really seem to go anywhere. It wasn't very clear when doors appeared or where they take you, like in the room with 4 of them. And the ending wasn't really clear about anything at all. What's the deal with the cat? narrative keeps pointing to it but nothing comes of it.

nyrrrr 2014-01-04 17:08

just couldn't gt passed this room with the 4 doors.
But the graphics are amazing. I really dig them.
And that atmosphere and soundtrack <3

Daid 2014-01-05 12:04

For the 4 doors:

Hint 1: There are 2 rooms with 4 rooms.



Hint 2: Most doors take you back to the first.

Daid 2014-01-05 12:04

*4 doors...

local-minimum 2014-01-05 12:34

A lovely game, got to the deja-vu bit but got stuck there. In general I think the levels up to that one worked very well even though I wasn't entirely sure what triggered the doors when. A graphical comment, I don't know if it was intended, but the cat walked behind the fridge on one of the outdoor levels.

muciojadpl 2014-01-05 13:36

Amazing music, the best graphic which I could see in this LD, and AAAAMAZING GAME. 5 at all.

cwkx 2014-01-05 14:21

Great use of haxe! :D

zerkruemler 2014-01-05 15:24

What a strange dream! Nicely done!

yapshuter63 2014-01-05 15:34

Woah...

yosh 2014-01-05 16:05

I just finished the game. It has an awesome atmosphere created by both astonishing visual effects and an intriguing musical background. Everything here reminds us of a dream (dark screen, recurrent flashes, déjà-vus and finally the big fall). However, I might have missed what was the link with the theme here.

*Spoilers*
Endless scrolling: Try to get rid of your companion.
4 Doors: Listen carefully to the 4 sounds.
Déjà-vu: If you were in the kitchen as visited previously, you could see a door.

burlapjack 2014-01-06 07:16

Such feels! I mean, wow.

potomak 2014-01-06 07:55

Nice graphics and concept, great music, really great mood, but I got stuck after the four ports.

lythom 2014-01-06 10:27

I'm not sure I really understood what the game is about. Is it just a painting of a "dream atmosphere" or are there real thoughts I missed ?
Still, it's a pretty neat realisation, congrats !

acerunox 2014-01-06 18:03

Great game. I love the art and music.

ltpats 2014-01-06 18:42

Great atmosphere, really enjoyed the art and music / sound! The deja vu part was a bit confusing, ended up getting lucky and spamming "c" until I went through the invisible door. The audio cues on the 4 doors part was pretty brilliant, but I think I only got it because I'm a composer :P. Reading the other comments I think it may have been confusing for others. Overall it's pretty awesome, especially for 48 hours!

threef 2014-01-06 18:45

Finished it, and I love it!

jomomomo 2014-01-06 21:59

Wow... just great. Thanks for sharing this game.

steamgirl 2014-01-06 22:12

Beautiful art, a game full of atmosphere. The puzzles felt mind-bendy, thoughtful. I loved the take on the theme with the cat. Wow, just wow. If you don't get into the top 3 games, I'd be surprised.

michail 2014-01-06 22:16

Beautiful, but I feel it is more of an art than a game.

rincewind_cz 2014-01-06 22:57

Surreal. Dark. Creepy. Lovely. Gorgeous. Everything. Everyone. Everywhere. Ends.

jezzamon 2014-01-06 23:03

wow! I like the mood of this! And the graphics are really impressive!

I couldn't really figure out what you were meant to do in the section with 4 doors, but I managed to get out somehow anyway.

I'm a little unsure how it fits with the theme though.

sim 2014-01-06 23:32

Very nice graphics and atmosphere. I didn't really understand the text or what I did right to make the game progress, but I guess that's the point. Length was about right - if it were any longer I'd get tired of the abstractness and demand some gameplay. Music was nice too.

christina-nordlander 2014-01-06 23:43

Beautiful graphics, audio and mood. Gameplay felt a bit lacking, but reading the hints other people posted, I realise that there were indeed puzzles, so that's down to my own obtuseness.

All in all, it didn't really gel with me, but it is beautiful and artistically produced. Kudos.

alchiggins 2014-01-07 00:37

Best damn audio of any entry.

wupto 2014-01-09 16:05

Great game, I like the audio and overall mood but there's one thing I really don't understand, in my opinion, it doesn't deserve #1 on graphics, I don't like them. They are way too simple, no shading, no contrast, look flat and that Superbrothers style is overused. The snow doesn't look good too, it's placed unfitting and the animations are simple (which isn't actually a bad thing) and stange looking too. It doesn't make a game beautiful if it has tons of glowing particles and falling snow in it. I hate to judge about a free game that was done in 48 hours but I hope you understand and please try a different art-style next time :)