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Neath

By metkis

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics184.60
Mood254.19
Coolness287
Audio324.07
Overall363.93
Humor1223.33
Fun2033.28
Theme2473.41
Innovation4442.83

Comments

hexabeast 2014-04-28 16:01

Beautiful and funny game!

gaeel 2014-04-28 16:08

Schweet character design.
Shame the puzzles are so simple, would have been nice to interact with this world a little more...

davidc02 2014-04-28 16:09

haha this is great, great work. Love the art.

zupoman 2014-04-28 16:15

I really liked the graphics. In the middle room, that bloody "HELP" noticeably keeps repeating. And the game is also a bit too short :(

notnasiul 2014-04-28 16:15

Short and sweet, great game.

davidc02 2014-04-28 16:17

haha this is great, great work. Love the art.

schnut 2014-04-28 16:23

Really gorgeous game. The time you spent tweaking the sounds absolutely paid out, they build up a wonderful mood.
All in all, playing it felt great! Thanks for this game. :)

zyper 2014-04-28 16:36

Very well designed gameplay. A little too short, but it's OK.
;)

rubna 2014-04-28 17:33

Wow awesome! Looks really good and the story elements were interesting. I especially loved the sound effects on this! It's unbelievable you pulled this off in three days! I'd like to see an expanded post-compo version sometime :D

Some feedback: at the ending when you are standing under the giant monster, you can't move, but you can still switch the direction of your flashlight. Not to big a bug, but it looks a bit weird.
Also, the radio pan-effect could be a little wider.

Otherwise, great game!

split82 2014-04-28 17:51

Nice little adventure. Awesome graphics and mood. The best adventure entry I played yet :)

zccc 2014-04-28 18:13

Terrific atmosfere, loved the ending.

darkmeatgames 2014-04-28 18:52

Absolutely beautiful!!! Honestly, if there was a whole world with this art style, I'd play the game just to screw around, objectives or not. Really beautiful work. I just wish there was more!

sprawl 2014-04-28 19:19

You've really nailed it on the atmosphere.
Art and Sound is very good. One of the best entries i've seen, good job !

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-04-28 20:01

Really like the art and the sounds. I wish it had lasted longer but hey, the shorter , twice the better as we say in Spanish!

andrewjamesadams 2014-04-28 20:32

Excellent. Well done!

cupcakemedia 2014-04-28 21:18

I love it! This is a trend that should go on, point and click games with controls for the characters. It's relaxing and I know that puzzles are simple, but fuck it. At least I was allowed to do them myself, I was in control. And out of a level-designer's perspective, the hints and the way everything was set up - well done. For LD, this is great.

clearlyspam23 2014-04-28 21:32

Very pretty game, would have liked it if the puzzles were a little harder though. good job!

ninjacharlie 2014-04-28 22:34

Really awesome graphics and mood. But I don't quite get the ending :P

Really enjoyed playing it though. :)

vikinggames 2014-04-28 23:09

The graphics are smooth and look great, and the 3D audio is wonderful. Fun while it lasted, but it was very short. Good job!

ultimatewalrus 2014-04-29 00:11

The graphics are top-notch, I liked the mood, and "Caution: can fly" made me laugh. That having being said, I didn't find it fun. If you're going to do a standard point and click with no change to the usual formula, I'd recommend focusing on crafting more interesting puzzles, otherwise the "game" isn't that much different from watching a video (it practically plays itself). But really nice job on the graphics.

nicom 2014-04-29 01:21

One of the most beautiful ludum dare games I've ever played. The audio and graphics work together perfectly to create an amazing sense of mood:)

jaredsartin 2014-04-29 02:12

Woo! Nice! Go Metkis. Can't wait to see more like this.

conormn 2014-04-29 02:24

Really well done! Great style all around :)

ditto 2014-04-29 05:09

Those graphics! <3

cakencode 2014-04-29 08:55

Amazing! I love the mood you set up for this game through the graphics and background noise. While it is short, I think the ending was a great and perfect way to lead to more future installments of Neath. ;)

soupwithbits 2014-04-29 10:58

The mood is set perfectly with the art style and sound. Top notch game. Favorite so far. :)

2014-04-29 11:50

Really likes the art and atmosphere, but I understand how the time limit really stunted the length and growth of your game.
Hope you keep working on this one

tijmentio 2014-04-29 13:55

It's short but as you said it is very complete! And that is quite the accomplishment. And the audio was really nice :)

friken 2014-04-29 14:00

Keep working on this. It's a nice style to to explore. Great execution.

local-minimum 2014-04-29 15:21

Really absolutely fantastic graphics, mood, music, humor, story.

The puzzles could have been a little more challenging, right now they felt more post hoc to make it a game and not just a scrolling story.

But really, the level of detail and the quality of the work makes my reservation more like a request. Please make a longer adventure game with branching story, and well worked puzzles. Please.

thorig 2014-04-29 15:54

I like this game and how it ends. The music is great.

bekokstover 2014-04-29 18:03

Great game, love the look of this! The puzzles are simple but good, and I like how you handled the sound. Just enough.

jaydenspencer 2014-04-29 19:08

Really beautiful game and nice premise, just wanted to play more. Would love to see a full game all jazzed up!

empyrealhell 2014-04-30 01:10

It's clear that you spent the majority of your time working on the graphics, sound, and general feel of the game, and it paid off. Those parts are excellent, and even though the gameplay suffers as a result and is overly simple, it's still a fantastic game.

robcozzens 2014-04-30 02:04

That was fantastic! Amazing graphics, sound, and gameplay!

atkinssj 2014-04-30 10:55

As others have said, very short, but what's there is beautiful! I'm glad you put so much effort into the sound, too. It makes a big difference. :)

orangepascal 2014-04-30 19:29

impressive, like the feeling of the game

zkenshin 2014-04-30 20:37

Really liked the art style, and was a good length for a jam game. Well done. :)

adamwfindlay 2014-04-30 21:26

Great style and mood!

eerongal 2014-05-01 00:30

I could see myself playing a full puzzle game made in this style.

epiphanyg 2014-05-01 06:07

Beautiful game! I loved the graphics and the sound was the best sound for any LD game I've played so far. Not only were the graphics beautifully drawn but the lighting was great too.

It has definitely left me wanting more!

Also the large character sprite really reminded me of the good old days when I used to play Dark Sceptre on the ZX Spectrum.

Great work! :)

benmcnelly 2014-05-01 07:09

One of my favorites so far, nice work on the audio!

gameproducer 2014-05-01 09:46

Interesting. I liked the BIG graphics style and story lured me into playing. Audio was well done.

Hard for me to think what to improve... well, of course the length but that's post-compo effort... :)

wertle 2014-05-02 03:14

Stellar aesthetics! Great job on the atmospheric sound and the stylized visuals. Of course I would like to see more :)

georgebroussard 2014-05-02 11:49

Absolutely loved the art style. Top notch. Would love to play an entire game that looked like this. Great effort. Puzzles were simple but there's a fantastic base to build on here. Please consider making a full adventure game. I'd buy it.

renatopp 2014-05-02 13:14

NEED MOAR!

ehtd 2014-05-03 15:17

Great game! Too bad it was really short.

balloonsfor600 2014-05-03 17:32

Beautiful art! I love the note about not writing the code down on the piece of paper. Overall, the puzzles are a bit simple, but fun little experience none the less.

saiato 2014-05-03 19:48

Really good job on the audio and visuals! Nice to see a point and click adventure style game here.

degtyarev 2014-05-03 22:55

Very nice art style and great atmosphere!
How did that giant monster leave blood marks on the walls, he can't fit it the corridors :)

hybridmind 2014-05-04 00:12

Great graphics and mood! You really feel immersed. Not sure why you let me pick up a screwdriver as I never seemed to find a use before the end. Is there more than one ending? I don't think so given how linear it is. The ending I got made me laugh anyway. Nice work!

crocantidepollo 2014-05-04 08:56

Gorgeous art, a little light in content for an exploration game but great work nonetheless!

lafie 2014-05-06 16:47

The gameplay is quite simplistic and seems mostly to serve as a means to demonstrate the incredible visuals and sound design. And this little game is very pretty, with a consistent art style throughout, that in tandem with the sfx create a very strong atmosphere.

With a production of this quality, I can understand a lack of gameplay mechanics and length, given the time constraints of the Jam.

lowcade 2014-05-07 04:16

Beautiful!
Nice mood. This game stands out from all the others, though it may be more simple.
But some challenge, maybe, could made this game better.
Or some action...

jupiter_hadley 2014-05-08 03:34

Love the graphics! I included it in part 14 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/-VvtqXfr-Xs

papygaragos 2014-05-08 11:28

I don't know what you did with the controls, but I have an azerty keyboard and switching the layout didn't help. So I had to play with the arrows, but the 'E' was a bit far. Good thing I only had to press it once

teamkwakwa 2014-05-08 21:50

Really great atmosphere and the choice for the audio is PERFECT!

recursor 2014-05-09 00:04

The music coming out of the radio was particularly cool. I wish there was more content. I guess the only criticism I can offer is I think the area is far too large for the little amount of stuff in it. i.e. I felt like I was doing more walking to the right than anything else. Anyway, I really enjoyed it and hope you add more content to it. Well done!

grooveman 2014-05-09 18:13

Really enjoyable - the stereo sound is great, and I hung around the radio for longer than I probably needed to. The ending was kinda out of nowhere though - a little more foreshadowing would have gone a long way!

stvr 2014-05-09 18:43

Really solid and short (but sweet) adventure. Very atmospheric, though the ending is a bit silly.

gre 2014-05-12 17:14

Incredible graphics. The audio matches perfectly the mood especially the wind at the beginning.
Maybe missing a few feedback on the mouse over, otherwise very good point-and-click puzzle game.

gamepopper 2014-05-13 20:16

Brilliant graphics, simple story. Lacking in gameplay though.

anoarith 2014-05-15 17:21

Awesome graphics and atmosphere :D ! However the game was really short. The sound design and the two puzzles was cool :)

phocker 2014-05-18 20:07

really nice job - even tho it was short it had a great mood - i wish there was more - puzzles were very easy - great job

jsmars 2014-05-19 06:15

Really impressive graphics and design! a bit of anti-climax at the end when there was o no fight tho