deathpidgeon 2014-08-25 08:43
That was a very avant garde game. It took me a few minutes to tell what the point was and and then after I won, it took a few minuted to realize. The lighting effects were nice and I think this fit the theme well.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD30 → Light of the World
By limyc
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 1 | 100 | ||
| Mood | 236 | 3.40 | ||
| Innovation | 479 | 3.26 | ||
| Graphics | 516 | 3.15 | ||
| Theme | 721 | 3.02 | ||
| Humor | 776 | 2.00 | ||
| Overall | 781 | 2.98 | ||
| Fun | 860 | 2.69 | ||
| Audio | 943 | 1.71 |
That was a very avant garde game. It took me a few minutes to tell what the point was and and then after I won, it took a few minuted to realize. The lighting effects were nice and I think this fit the theme well.
A beautiful game, especially the final scene (I suppose it was the end ^^). The problem is that we don't know what we are supposed to do... It's a pity that there's no sound :/
Very pretty... lovely to play, fun finding them. Found the giant (blue giant ?!) and nothing further seemed to happen.
The lighting really sells the atmosphere! Really beautiful ending, and as someone said this would benefit a lot from some ambient type music. The theme also has a nice amount of room for interpretation. I like it a lot, great job!
A very heavenly game, loved it!
Nice short and sweet experience, but it definitely would have benefited from a touch of audio.
Very charming game, I hoped my star became bigger too when I absorbed others. Very lovely!
@MerlijnVH That's actually a great idea. I should have zoomed the camera out a bit and increased the player size as your own light grew.
I like this a lot. At first I was skeptical, but once I got the hang of things it was very interesting
Liked the way you can use the light cast from the stars to find them. Nice little game, needs a bit more maybe a backdrop, sound effects, and a few obstacles or enemies maybe.
I like the atmosphere!
Very neat idea. Not too much of a game unfortunately.
Needs some soothing background music; also the starfield in the background seemed to behave very erratically.
Very interesting and special game. Very simple but ultra moody! Enjoyed playing it.
Great use of light in game play. Cool ending.
A cool game idea - I like :-)
Good job!
@Endurion Totally agree on all accounts. I learned that skyboxes don't work well with orthographic cameras.
The natural controls, along with the artistic visuals and simple goal of discovering, made this game enthralling--and something you experience as you play. The ending was wonderful
Enchanting, and very beautiful! The game concept was cool and intuitive, although after finding my first light I had to check that there's more to find. The ending was also very cool-looking. Ambient sound would work great with this, methinks. :)
It's interesting the way you gave to your game, good job.
very good lighting effects on the planets go round
I think the game has a great mood I hope to see a post-dare version with some added music\sound.
It felt very easy and smooth, even if sometimes the different colors wouldn't properly "reflect" on planets.
Great job!
Such a beautiful game. Too bad you ran out of time for sound, it would've added so much to it.
~funkeh
@LostTrainDude Considering the feedback I've gotten, I'm definitely considering taking the time to build this game properly.
Nice game. I restarted the game because i was not able to find the last light. I think that a relaxing background music is necessary to complete the experience.
Some really cool lighting effects, and the ending is pretty cool even without any philosophy! Nice organic gameplay made this a fascinating entry, with the light being the clue to location and becoming difficult to spot when you're emitting more light. Very cool, but a shame that it isn't used (not that I could see anyway)in the final star, which was a ittle frustrating to find. But it's one of my favourite gameplay ideas so far!
@Literal_Games Yeah, you pretty much just run into the sun by accident. Not ideal.
Thanks to you and everyone else for the comments.
Badly wants sound, in which case it would probably a very aesthetic experience. Perhaps add effects or stuff when the player absorbs stars... lots of potential!
interresting experience.
Movement of planets is a little weird, and maybe a collide detection for it would be fine...
Beautiful game I think. Can you add a "auto" mode?
@gnuwind I'm not sure what you mean by an "auto" mode. Could you elaborate?
Interesting idea. Is there a way to lose?
Cool game, I was not able to find the darkened Sun however.
At first i was like....wtf is happening...someone really fked this game up, but then slowly but slowly like a moth to the flame i found the stars. Game would need an audio of some desolate sound to make it even more atmospheric and some collision for the smaller planets but very nice done.