jeffgmelton 2013-12-16 03:52
This is a great 'play' on the theme. The pixel art is top notch and the animations are great. Thanks for providing the web version!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD28 → Hamlet
By derdragon
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation | 3 | 4.44 | ||
| Graphics | 3 | 4.62 | ||
| Humor | 11 | 4.09 | ||
| Coolness | 3 | 51 | ||
| Mood | 34 | 3.86 | ||
| Overall | 52 | 3.79 | ||
| Fun | 97 | 3.56 | ||
| Theme | 329 | 3.18 |
This is a great 'play' on the theme. The pixel art is top notch and the animations are great. Thanks for providing the web version!
I couldn't wait to see the game since I've seen your progress screens. And the wait was worth it, it's as good as I hoped it will be!
Haha, well, I'm glad you liked it. I'm assuming you played the windows exe? I saw some people play the web version today, and the spotlight ends up opaque, and blocks everything out.
i cant win but i love it
This is mental! (in the good way!) :D
(I'm assuming there was no sound - as opposed to an issue on my side?)
I'm still trying to figure out the game, yet I STILL love everything about it. A little more transparency into what the player is supposed to do, and you'll have a winner!
I needed the walkthrough to understand it, which bring less fun obviously. The concept, however is grandiose !
This would be a fantastic game with a bit of development! Lot of promise here.
Incredibly cool & well done. Also, such a nice idea! Can't win but i loved it !
Bravo! This made certainly made me laugh. Very good looking, and very fun. I could imagine myself playing through a much longer game of this type.
Spotlight is opaque in both web and exe versions. So I can't go further... In the exe versions I also end up with an empty scene right after the spotlight.
The animation is nice! I'd like to play more of this!
I'm impressed, great great art and animations and the game idea itself is creative as well (albeit very confusing at the beginning, your tips helped). Oh how I lamented...
OMG, the artwork! This is awesome. Also, without knowing Hamlet, I think you "modernized" the text a bit, in a way that made me actually LOL.
I think I'd kill myself before I could even hope to finish it, but that's most likely just because I don't know Hamlet (yet). I believe, I'll have to check when my local Shakespeare Company performs it.
I struggled a bit with the controls at first, but after working it out, it's fine.
it's great pixel art :D
This is a really cool and unique idea. The lines were really funny, and I loved how well the other actors responded to the players actions!
I loved every time the director came to CUT.
Brilliant entry. Very original and the art is amazing. My only point against it would be that, without the tips or previous knowledge, it's very easy to get lost. Nonetheless, congratulations for one of the best entries I've played so far :)
"My sorrow can beat up your sorrow."
Oh my God this game is amazing.
"My sorrow can beat up your sorrow."
All of the lines are perfect, and shouting random things from offstage is always funny.
Great pixel art and animations, too.
@DustyStylus Yeah... I actually started on sound for them walking around, but had some awful bug with it repeating, sounded like grinding, and rather than spend a bunch of time fixing it, I just pulled sound out.
@lilinx Sorry to hear the transparency didn't work in the exe either... I was trying to do modulative blending with the spotlight, but ended up with some other hacky solution... which I guess doesn't work too well
@everyoneelse Thank you so much! I got off to a rough start with this, and it seems to have turned out rather well. Happy to have provided some entertainment, however brief :)
A POX ON THEE..... STAGE NINJAS!!!
This game is so much fun.
Nice job ! .. really liked it !
Any pot shot at Hamlet is cool especially when they are this silly
Awesome art! Really responsive web version!
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. Art, animation, mechanics... really loved it.
I wouldn't have stood a chance without your walkthrough but it combined well with the on stage cues that other characters were giving me. I see how this could have stood alone.
At a more meta level: I really like this interaction concept. Really owns the idea that the player is playing the authors story in a way that most games try to hide.
Amazing execution of an amazing idea. Really funny, me and my brother couldn't stop laughting.
Cheers!
Shame that is too short, I want more! :D
Wow! Couldn't play the whole thing on the web, like you said, but Wow! You have to make more! This easily lends itself to expansions/sequels.
Very fun game and a really good concept. I would've loved to play more scenes :D
Solid entry. Graphics are impressive. The gameplay is very annoying if you don't follow the walkthrough, though.
That was amazing.
A great idea although a little tedious to keep repeating. The pixel art is fantastic. I loved the "walking" animations! Good job.
The idea is so funny. It works well as a toy, but sometimes it is a bit frustrating that it just ends (why not give only bad scores?) and - more bad - starts from all over. Anyway, I really like your entry! I love the walking animation :D
Amazing graphics. Really really amazing! :D I love this style.
The game is a little confusing but that's ok! Add some sounds and cool voiceovers and clarify what the player has to do and this game will become just awesome.
I don't actually know how Hamlet goes, and I didn't notice the walkthrough, but I actually managed to get through it. Of course, a decent portion of my 25,000 notoriety came from shouting random things when I had a line. The graphics and dialogue are great.
Wow, very interesting concept! :)
The art is really great too!
I screw up so much. It's very funny! Good work
I would love it if the game started in the dressing room, giving the player time to figure out how to move, move offscreen, and practice lines, and talk to people.
This is something I have never play before. Great job!