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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness362
Humor1133.30
Theme2393.68
Innovation5693.14
Graphics6452.97
Fun7302.85
Mood7882.73
Overall7882.97

Comments

breadstix 2014-08-27 00:06

Very good idea. I loved your idea. I got stuck after the first jump and didn't know where to go from there. Fun little game for what I got to play.

torcado194 2014-08-27 00:15

interesting idea, but the game falls short in a few areas.
Its a little glitchy with the mechanic, i managed to fall through the world at a few points, and i glitched into the room at the right because i couldnt figure out anything else to do. I put the saturn planet in the hole anf after that i was lost and i spent way too much time trying to figure it out so i stopped. the graphics arent the best but thats ok. It also looked like you imported an entire image into a tileset which is strange, but i dont know. otherwise its a cool little game! nice job

ghostinthesoft 2014-08-28 05:40

Thank you breadstix !
Torcado194: thanx for all your comments. Feebacks are really welcome, I will probably make another version to correct all the problems to make a funnier game. But I don't really understand what you're saying about image and tileset. Indeed, I use tiles almost everywhere and only characters and the planet are sprites. However, tiles are rendering strangely on the borders, I don't know why Stencyl is doing this !

joshk 2014-08-28 06:11

well done, i like it!

stephenhaney 2014-08-28 06:15

Hmm, very cool idea! I love the set up. I couldn't progress very far - I made it onto the shelf up above the TV but couldn't figure out anywhere to go from there without falling back down below.

It could be helpful a little more information about what you were interacting with in the invisible world. Right now it's like "hit e and hope you get what you want".

That said, I think it's a very interesting setting for a game and there's a lot of fun potential. Thanks for sharing it!

nuclearnapalm 2014-08-28 06:28

Really nice!

4xisblack 2014-08-28 06:45

Cool! I like the idea that the character I'm controlling has to communicate the nature of this mysterious other dimension to me verbally.

esayitch 2014-08-28 06:50

I liked the concept and the overall mood of the game. Graphics are good for 48 hours :) Needs a bit of sound maybe. Good effort and good luck.

dunin 2014-08-29 15:37

nice story.
(The character is a little slow I think...)

jupitron 2014-08-29 18:04

Hi!
Excellent game, cool mechanincs, too bad it doesnt have any sound, I can help you with that if you want, ill make you some music and soundfx if you like. Add me @jupitron

pjimmy 2014-08-29 18:08

very good, sometimes I got stuck after teleporting, but clever concept

blanky 2014-08-29 18:12

Nice game man.

fanatrick 2014-08-29 18:13

A bit glitchy, but interesting idea.

ghostinthesoft 2014-08-30 05:27

@everybody thanks for your nice comments but don't hesitate to say what could be change in this game
@jupitron thanks for your offer but I will try first to add some music by myself. I didn't have the time to make it but I would like to make a better version with full sound and music
@stephenhaney when you are above the tv, you should fall on the planet

aeveis 2014-08-30 05:49

had to look at comments to land on saturn. Commentary from the character provided useful hints. I was able to get to the end with the doctor (hehe) but the game could have some more visual cues for where to go and what to do.

ghostinthesoft 2014-08-30 06:03

@aeveis yes the key is the planet ! I thought the fact it's in the title and just above the hole could help but I will had more clues.

waynaul 2014-08-30 06:08

Great concept and design. I feel like a finished an adventure game.

franklins-ghost 2014-08-30 09:40

Liked the opening and concept of escaping from the tv into reality to turn off the tv. Was an interesting take on the theme but did get a bit lost when I fell back into the tv from the above shelf.

runvs 2014-08-31 08:05

Nice idea, made me laugh.

magmacrab 2014-09-01 10:41

Cool game, really connects with the theme. Only problem i had with the game was that the other world gave no visual feedback, and that it was very hard to navigate in a few occasions.

mrexcessive 2014-09-02 16:58

Hi there. Only got as far as hole/E - walk back and forth on shelf. Power button is not working... so what next ? Sorry but too much like verb guessing in text adventure. Nice idea but I think average player needs a bit more signposting. Shame no sound.

frogcheese 2014-09-02 17:05

Short, charming game with a really great take on the theme. The Doctor Ex Machina at the end was a little cute, but I think it'd been better if the remote had just been there instead for the player to shut off the TV themselves.

tiff 2014-09-06 00:53

This gave me a giggle, this is the first game I'm rating for humor. Really enjoyed it, thanks! :)

snapdragon 2014-09-06 20:26

Good Game