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Flicker

By papacheech

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Audio84.20
Mood144.18
Coolness373
Overall324.04
Fun923.75
Innovation1053.88
Graphics1153.96
Theme4683.37
Humor6412.20

Comments

pat-aftermoon 2014-08-25 01:27

Nice job, I like the ambiance, and the gameplay, once I understood it's turn by turn and I stopped to rush :D

kenrickrilee 2014-08-25 02:02

Love it! I love the sounds and the atmosphere

acehk 2014-08-25 02:40

I love the music and audio! It really tied together the overall mood. Great job

powerspark 2014-08-25 02:42

Wow, this is really fun to play and tuned so well. The sounds are great as well.

kirbytails7 2014-08-25 02:44

Cool concept, and a great atmosphere!

abeing 2014-08-25 02:47

yup this is a fantastic experience. the sounds are really nice! my score is 15!

burgerdare 2014-08-25 03:19

The lighting effects in this entry are really impressive, especially for being done in so little time.

clofresh 2014-08-25 03:41

Love the pretty lights and trippy audio.

miziziziz 2014-08-25 03:49

OMG this is so cool!
Audio, visual, and design are top notch!
the story really explained the mechanics in a cool way, too.
When I realized what it meant by "being stalked by your own echoes" I realized how cool this was. (I was a little worried at first, because I've encountered a lot of really nice audio/visual entries on here, but their mechanics are boring).
My only complaint is that I wish you could have had it fit the theme in a more interesting way.

papacheech 2014-08-25 04:03

Yeah the whole concept was that all the paths you walk in one universe have an echo in the next... just wasn't able to get in as much of the cinematic elements to portray that idea better.
Thanks for the feedback!

endesga 2014-08-25 04:52

Love it! :D

maloki 2014-08-25 05:00

Love the concept & the atmosphere is just great! :D Good job! :D

tiff 2014-08-25 05:07

Really great! What a fantastic idea and really well executed. Well done!

aaants 2014-08-25 10:19

Cool game. The graphics and audio combine really well.

shatterhand 2014-08-25 14:21

That was pretty good! Excellent ambiance and a very inspired mechanic! Nice job!

ittlebit 2014-08-25 14:44

Nice sound and atmosphere. I like the concept. I'm very interested to see where you go with it!

saintheiser 2014-08-25 17:07

Good one but not for this theme =)
Gamplay looking fresh despite it's simplicity.

huruey 2014-08-25 20:33

Really great audio and funky art. The game play is original and makes me think of snake in multiple dimensions. Great job.

seraphicmedia 2014-08-25 21:10

Love the integration of sound and visual to fit the theme

igoramendola 2014-08-25 23:50

Awesome sounds which contribute to give emotion and simultaneously create tension. Also, nice background animation. I felt it a little hard, but I'm getting better haha. My best is 15 so far.

briangtria 2014-08-26 03:42

nice job!

c_walden 2014-08-26 04:34

Wow! This was really a lot of fun! Got a score of 30.
I loved the audio. The sound effects were perfect. The sounds of the red thing caused great tension and increased the likelihood of rushing and making a mistake.
I did manage to understand how to play right from the start; I felt it was very intuitive, unlike my own submission perhaps, haha.
Excellent work, especially in 48 hours.

safar-pavel 2014-08-26 10:59

Nice turn based game. I like the idea.

x1212 2014-08-26 11:52

great game, also audio and graphics are really fitting

jupiter_hadley 2014-08-26 22:34

Great graphics! I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http://youtu.be/LbmZDYffwi8

jupiter_hadley 2014-08-27 01:20

Part 9 take two - Now with sound - http://youtu.be/lmQkJ525PNo

ruerob 2014-08-27 03:02

Thank you for your game. It was really fun to play and to think about what I have done some rounds before. That's good for the brain, I think. The atmosphere is great, too.

robot-souls-games 2014-08-27 03:26

Great game! It's interesting that your past selves are against you instead of for you, like in so many other similar games.

kevrevdev 2014-08-27 04:21

Great audio and visuals, created a nice ambiance. I found the gameplay a little boring, though it seemed like it got more interesting as I got farther into the game.

mintarcade 2014-08-27 08:23

Very attractive, good graphics. I like this innovative concept. Music and sound are brilliant. Thank you, good game.

nonentheless 2014-08-27 12:14

Hell it's frustrating. But pretty fun :)

local-minimum 2014-08-27 20:29

Absolutely stunning entry. I'm glad to have tried it out. Don't have anything more constructive to say than: keep it up! Maybe try implementing controls that work on mobile and release it?

raphy 2014-08-27 21:24

Great concept and great mood!

papacheech 2014-08-27 21:31

wow thanks so much for all the feedback everyone! Really appreciate it.

bio-bob 2014-08-27 22:58

Really fun and atmospheric, love the rogue-like turn-based system!

officialdingbat 2014-08-27 23:16

Wow I actually really liked this game. It actually had a meaningful game mechanic and wasn't a generic game. Very well thought out and very original :)

rantt 2014-08-28 01:15

loved it, great job :)

macocco 2014-08-28 19:21

Interesting take on the theme. The movement of the black dots is however less predictable than I'd wish it to be for some reason.

goosetickler 2014-08-28 20:32

Great style & audio. Gameplay was fun and I addictive (and also really hard) but I didnt really get the connection to the theme. Regardless its a cool little game that looks good and most importantly is fun.

papacheech 2014-08-28 22:42

Actually, the black dots follow the paths that you previously walked between the lights. So if theres a part of the board you've never been to, you wont get attacked. Also, if you try your best to move in straight lines, it will be easier to predict their movements.
Thanks for playing everyone!

artamus 2014-08-29 18:51

Nice game, congrats!

wdebowicz 2014-08-30 01:31

What a fantastic way to have free AI in game. I'm so impressed. I'm glad you're gonna expand it.

glbs 2014-08-30 03:53

Okay, that was great, I didn't quite figure out that the black dots were my echoes at first ; this adds a lot to the experience (and relates to the theme).

The graphics and music/sounds create an intriguing atmosphere that evolves with the introduction of competitors and real time stalkers.

The increasing difficulty and the movement of enemies that is predicted but easy to forget make your game challenging and interesting. Congrats !

nanolotl 2014-08-31 06:24

Very interesting idea, pulled off in a way that is very fun. Amazing atmosphere too.

stevesalmond 2014-08-31 08:05

What a neat idea for a game! I didn't get the 'echoes from the past' thing until after I died and read the comments - suitably embarrassed. Nice work PapaCheech :)

skiddings 2014-08-31 16:36

Excellent work!

commodorekid 2014-09-01 23:49

The idea is very innovative. I could reach 18 at my first attempt, I guess it's not that good :)

piscythe 2014-09-02 01:20

I love the audiovisual environment here, and I think this concept works much better as a turn-based game than in real time.

p4nurge 2014-09-02 05:46

Beautiful sounds and a really great concept - simple but elegant. Excellent work.

liquidminduk 2014-09-03 12:21

very polished game!
Loved the audio / visual combination that worked well together
Gameplay was very addictive

chuigum 2014-09-06 05:03

5 star innovation! Awesome sounds, music, graphics, and gameplay! Really original and fun. Fantastic job overall!

t4u 2014-09-06 08:58

Enjoyable action-puzzle(?)

runvs 2014-09-06 09:15

Nice Entry. Awesome graphics, really like that! Some tweening for player movement (not just the fixed grid positions) would have been nice.

tkia_ 2014-09-06 13:59

That was absolutely beautiful. Gorgeous lighting and graphics, gorgeous music, yet the gameplay was still fun, simple, and action-packed. Doubtlessly one of the best games this LD.

papygaragos 2014-09-06 15:29

Nice entry!

It would be cool to have some kind of replay when you loose, to see how close you were to loosing at some point :)

Also, I am not a super fan of that little red thing following you: It should make a move when you make one, not move by itself. The way it is, it adds unnecessary stress to the player. The game gets hard quickly enough :)

lythom 2014-09-06 17:33

Hi there, here's some feedback.

What I liked :
- Atmosphere (lightings and music)
- Neat and intuitive gameplay

What imo could be improved :
- More depth in gameplay. Moving an orb to a target while dodging enemies is pretty basic, and the connected worlds spirit background didn't create the illusion for a long time. Time-based enemies and light plays give some innovations but it was insuffisiant for me to feel a real innovative gameplay.
- For the web version, a different background color on the webpage or an ingame background border would help to distinguish the game area bounds.

Overall a neat entry, good job ! Thanks for the game =)

bentog 2014-09-07 01:27

Amazing concept, awesome experience!

someone 2014-09-07 11:11

Interesting idea and excellent atmosphere.

goerp 2014-09-07 13:25

The music for this game is fantastic. Although visually it's good too (the way tension is build up) the music is even better.
Nice simple gameplay and difficulty gradually building up: Good game.

Jeremias 2014-09-07 15:02

A like the audio and the mood you create with it. That's a pretty cool concept, anyway!

ragepaint 2014-09-12 01:23

Nice game. Fun to see how you moved after each round and block yourself :)

apiotrw 2014-09-13 16:18

Really great idea

zeppelincaptain 2014-09-13 23:36

This is as perfect as a LD game can get. Damn. I'm impressed.
Great ambiance, great looks (the background and lighting effects go extremely well together), interesting but manageable gameplay. The types of enemies were great - the red one really mixed up the style of play, which was great.

I'm also a little impressed at my own 28-streak: http://i.imgur.com/fGTSbXk.png :D

zeppelincaptain 2014-09-14 01:39

Hi there, I put this game on my recommendation list as my favorite game out of 100 games this LD: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/09/13/5-1-games-of-greatness/
May the stars of ratings rain upon you! :D

martim00 2014-09-14 05:21

Great game. Congrats!!

mrexcessive 2014-09-14 06:15

Hi there. Really attractive entry. Love the sounds and visuals. The 'ching' on level success is perfect. Nice atmosphere. The gameplay itself, specifically the AI of the reds, is not challenging enough - at least up to level 8. Perhaps making it a race with another player would probably fix that, as it would make players careless. Good job!

larzan 2014-09-14 08:23

Wow, great idea + execution, was a lot of fun to play, good music + gfx. Although the principle was very simple it was very captivating!

jimmypaulin 2014-09-14 18:27

Extremely accomplished for 48h, the polish and atmosphere makes this a compelling experience, really nice pace and well-readable visuals. This really sucked me in more than many other entries this LD, to the point where I nearly jumped out of my skin on one occasion when I died, great work! :)

x-or 2014-09-14 22:27

Great visuals and audio! I also liked the enemy AI variations =)

mechabit 2014-09-14 22:32

nice audio and atmosphere. I like how your shadows are turn based but the enemy is real time. my best score was 11 and I can see a point where the board would be saturated unless you hung around the edges and always moved clockwise.

ajopart 2014-09-15 09:39

Great job !

everystone 2014-09-15 12:28

Great atmosphere. never made it past #10. Good job

sephyka 2014-09-15 15:27

Very nice and interesting experience.
I died at 9!