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BTS-1337

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio4422.94
Theme5063.32
Mood5143.03
Humor6592.29
Graphics7182.91
Overall9892.72
Innovation10102.43
Fun10102.46

Comments

j_peeba 2014-04-28 11:33

Although the graphics seemed very dark, at least on this display, what I could see looked very neat. The music helped to set the mood nicely. The gameplay itself was functional but not very engaging.

tiffi 2014-04-28 11:34

A magikarp and a millenium falcon?!? I love this game! Nice graphics

glint-games 2014-04-28 11:35

The controls didn't work for me, I couldn't move but I could see some good work was done here, so well done :)

mrexcessive 2014-04-28 11:37

Only problem I had was losing track of mines once they became almost vertically above or below me. Perhaps a pencil thin up-down light would resolve that without breaking the reveal nature of the broad forward light.
Great atmosphere. Good job!

fserb 2014-04-28 11:40

The music was nice and I liked the idea of a side scroller that you can only see so much ahead.

ilo 2014-04-28 11:47

The limited vision provided a twist on a familiar style of game.

I felt it was a bit slow, so ended up on the right side of screen a lot, and then hitting mines while going backwards.

filecreator 2014-04-28 13:50

Nice mood and simple gameplay!
I did die a few times too many because I was evading a mine, or trying to catch a treasure and then running into another mine with my tail.
So yea, maybe getting a better indication where they are on the vertical level might fix that problem

tomcooper3d 2014-04-28 15:23

i found the CARP!! GG. great sprites a little dark.

pietro-ferrantelli 2014-04-28 15:31

Well done ! Mood, Graphics and Audio are good and I like the easter eggs !

okkolobr 2014-04-28 16:00

Really.. immersive. Nice gameplay, well done !

xgeovanni 2014-04-28 16:03

I found the Magikarp, but couldn't get the BTS-1300.

darkmeatgames 2014-04-28 16:04

Really cool! I wished things had changed a bit over time (maybe it did and I couldn't tell)

Something as simple as a color change, or different/more fish/treasure/bombs.

paperblurt 2014-04-28 16:14

Star Wars inspired cartoonish style game!
Fun to see something besides pixels!

balint197 2014-04-28 17:02

I liked the graphics, but the gameplay wasn't very engaging. The music was good, too! Well done!

tehryanx 2014-04-28 17:19

Loved this. built on a mechanic I haven't seen before in a side scroller. Good job!

logun 2014-04-28 18:12

Nice mood with the music + little light.
You get extra stars for Magikarp :D

dragonxvi 2014-04-28 19:19

38! Very atmospheric little game! No Magikarp for me though...

glowingsnail 2014-04-28 19:49

A game where most of the time all your screen show is blackness is not a good game in my book. Gameplay is about navigating between dangerous object and good objects without seeing well. Uninteresting. The graphics don't blend. Like, you left white outline around the mines. Bust mostly, they looked detached from the background and surrounding. Maybe because of their high resolution, level of details, lack of animation, staticness, or whatever.

Thanks for your participation.

orangepascal 2014-04-28 20:15

interesting idea, think the darkness is a bit too dark causing the game to feel a little random :) but it's a great idea!

daanvanyperen 2014-04-28 20:31

Cool soundtrack, liked the lighting effects!

vilya 2014-04-28 20:49

Nice idea & it has a kind of soothing rhythm to it. The music, in particular, was great!

terraco 2014-04-28 22:09

A bit... dark :p

towelking 2014-04-28 23:12

I like the limited field of vision, makes you progress thoughtfully through the level.

shuandang 2014-04-28 23:21

Pretty good audio! The huge fish are pretty funny to see haha

mollymus 2014-04-28 23:26

Has a nice touch to it! I would've liked a way to rotate the direction of the ship (or just the light source).

jerick 2014-04-29 01:08

I think it's a bit too dark, but I understand what you were going for. Other then that it's pretty great!

iamspencer 2014-04-29 02:02

I found nemo! Or... nemos rather... the lighting really makes this game cool. Great job :)

lightsoda 2014-04-29 05:08

It seemed dark at first, but then I realized you saw the items at a good distance with the light, just that the little glowy things were the first I saw and they were barely visible compared to the rest.

I guess that's what makes the challenge in the core gameplay loop, which is quite minimalistic otherwise.

Controls were fine, looks and sounds decent.

bugninja 2014-04-29 05:15

I wasn't able to start playing. I was clicking the any key but it wasn't starting for some reason.

phocker 2014-04-29 05:25

wow - way to dark. too bad because under that darkness is something cool. that game over effect was sweet as well. nice effort.

tiffi_gaming 2014-04-29 07:19

Hit a lot of mines going backwards. FOV is a little small. All in all a good game. Nice Job

rorycooke 2014-04-29 08:21

that game over voice is creepy :)

blazingfanfish 2014-04-29 09:24

I like how we need to coordinate between using mouse and the arrow button. Need a bit of skill when I have only the touch pad and arrow button :p

skywilly 2014-04-29 11:27

A very nice game with references, good gameplay & a great random level design. I love it, really. Congrats !

aaronjbaptiste 2014-04-29 11:48

Very nice, the lighting works really well.

doubstract 2014-04-29 13:13

Amazing atmosphere! And i love that "Game Over" sound!

binary_girl 2014-04-29 13:57

quite liked the music and the darkness of the game ..good job :)

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-04-29 19:50

Good game, maybe the speed could slowly increased and the cone of vision be a bit wider.

halbernacht 2014-04-30 03:26

I wish the light was a bit brighter or that you could aim it behind you, but other than that I had a lot of fun. The background track was also amazing catchy.

badlydrawnrod 2014-04-30 21:26

Maybe a little too much darkness, but nicely presented and implemented.

wdebowicz 2014-05-03 16:19

Audio makes good mood. A bit too dark for me.

rojo 2014-05-03 17:17

The lighting effect looked pretty nice, and the art overall was pretty good. I would have been cool to have a little more action - like if the fish swam around or something. A little sonar wave that pulsed out infrequently to give you a brief hint as to where things are outside of the light might have been cool as well.

magicrat 2014-05-04 02:47

cool game, funny stuff! I like the graphics, and everything seemed appropriately dark. Fun game!

snicklodocus 2014-05-04 02:58

I really liked the sound in this game. Art was not bad but inconsistent. The darkness mechanic worked well, but was a little monotonous. It would have been nice for some things to break up the rhythm, like faster moving objects or bonuses that light up for a second and disappear. Overall, good job!

mactinite 2014-05-05 19:33

The music was nice, really mood setting. The gameplay itself was interesting, though I wish it could have been faster/more varied. Very solid 48 hour entry though. :)

zeh 2014-05-09 19:26

Nice concept!