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Accelerated-Life

By makio

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness282
Graphics644.14
Mood923.68
Overall3793.38
Innovation4363.31
Fun5783.02
Humor7432.07
Theme9402.62
Audio10021.39

Comments

2014-08-25 01:47

very nice love the art style

burgerdare 2014-08-25 02:56

I like this alot. It feels very reminiscent of the early stages of spore done in a very minimalistic style.

robinerd 2014-08-25 03:25

Really nice feeling about this, got me hooked for the whole one. Simple enough to get immediately stuck, art style to keep you calm, almost meditative, and still requires some brain to follow the variations. Only minus is that the theme connection feels kinda weak, and there is no sound. A very meditative relaxing soundtrack, like humming waves, could make it even better. It reminds me a bit of Flow.

rasmusrn 2014-08-25 09:08

I like how you don't actually explain anything... and it still works intuitively (at least for me). Very smooth graphics.

mrexcessive 2014-08-25 09:19

Amazing toy you've made! In 14 hours, fantastic. I played for about 5 mins, but have bookmarked for later, visited about 20 er 'nodes' ?

ossi 2014-08-25 09:25

Beautiful art style. I love the subtle hints of direction and the creature moved very fluidly. This games really needs some music!

nonentheless 2014-08-25 09:26

Dude, it's great, nice art style but some sounds would make it really awesome. Great job!

mutuware 2014-08-25 10:11

Nicely strange.

makio 2014-08-25 11:43

Thanks for your feedback guys ! Happy you understand it & like it :) . I will add a separate version with music, i really didnt get time this weekend to work on this part and as you say it will add to the mood ;)

43iscoding 2014-08-25 12:03

Suddenly, very dynamic for an exploration game. Loved it :)

josephlittle 2014-08-25 12:04

Really nice and stylish. The ONLY thing it was missing was some nice audio

makatak 2014-08-25 12:06

Really like the art style, visual effects, and transitions when you "evolve". As another commenter mentioned, the first thing that it reminded me of is the first level of Spore :)

cryogenesis 2014-08-25 12:14

reminds me of spore cell stage. Great art style, kept playing just to see what the character would look like.

flyinpig5 2014-08-25 12:17

This game is beautiful! Not much skill involved, though. Is there more than one node at a time? I visited all the ones the arrows pointed too and got back to the title screen.

techblogogy 2014-08-25 12:18

Quite minimalistic, but it's a really good game.

makio 2014-08-25 12:21

@CryoGenesis I never played spore but now i'm so curious, i will check videos of it, thanks for the reference :D
@Flyinpig5, yes only one node at the time and after you are angel you back to the title, "story of life" ;)

larzan 2014-08-25 12:35

Wow, beatiful, you should enter it in the jam and add some nice spherical music to it. Love it!

martindilling 2014-08-25 13:36

Love it :P

hyoga-3d 2014-08-25 14:15

Really nice colors, this game reminded me of the first level of Spore.

malf 2014-08-25 14:36

Curious game , loved the art but I think it lacks a sense of "direction" (no pun intended). I didnt'knew what i was doing or what for...well maybe it was intended!

Good work , all in all I liked it :D

makio 2014-08-25 14:59

@malf yeah I was feeling same but at the end it give a challenge to the player. I can help with a perlin noise to give a sense of direction more strong but my girlfriend witch is not gamer at all finish it after few minuts so I think it's ok haha

fallingbear 2014-08-25 16:01

It is really simple, but it has a great atmospehere. The fullscreen experience adds a lot. Shame there is no audio.

cosmologicon 2014-08-25 16:09

Some kind of challenge or skill progression would have gone a long way to making this game feel complete. But the artwork was so imaginative that I kept playing through to the end, just to see what was next. Cool!

graebor 2014-08-25 16:10

Cool, short but sweet experience. With some audio this would be really neat!

dhargan 2014-08-25 16:13

very artsy, so relaxing. I wish there was a peaceful music in the background. good job mate!

maxom 2014-08-25 17:11

Wow, that was surprisingly beautiful. I really like the fact, that this is so fun to play, even if the gameplay aspect is so little. Really liked the whole concept and the art, obiously, too!

hypp 2014-08-25 17:37

Great work! I like this alot, the simplicity, the mood. Would have been nice with a little audio.

tannernetwork 2014-08-25 18:47

Man, this graphics are awesome!

lokiman 2014-08-25 19:37

I really had fun playing this abstract game! Add ambient music and subtle sounds and it will be perfect :D

psychomonster 2014-08-25 19:37

Very cool evelution game... like the art and style... is running very good at my old computer... you maybe should put some challenging content into it... like competitors or something like that... I Like it... played it trough!

tigro 2014-08-25 20:15

Lovably minimalistic :) Lacks some ambient sound effects to finish off the great atmosphere but we all know how hard it is to polish something during the 48h timeframe. Great work anyway :)

mrtedders 2014-08-25 20:23

Really well done for 14 hours of work!

ittlebit 2014-08-25 21:47

Feel pretty good. It's always interesting to see what the next level is like. Kinda relaxing too. Good Work!

juakob 2014-08-26 00:26

Wow nice game! I really enjoy the "journey" =) Congratulations

makio 2014-08-26 09:06

Thanks guys ! Happy you like this monster and the art unniverse :) !
@psychomonsters I'm not sure adding challenge / competition will be great as the challenge is to get what follow to evolve and the the reward the evolution himself, like this everyone can play & enjoy, no die, no loose, no score was an important game design point for me

lvyn 2014-08-26 10:05

Nice game man !

simonchauvin 2014-08-26 11:35

It's absolutely beautiful, and it's an interesting take on the theme. I just wish I had more things to do so I could play and explore a little bit longer.

feybrant 2014-08-26 14:35

I don't find the relation with the theme but it's a beautiful and minimalistic art.

dunin 2014-08-26 15:58

I like graphics specially the background with noise...
good mood.

badgerpriest 2014-08-26 17:07

Really interesting artistic idea. The gameplay is a little bland but it gets just different enough to keep the player engaged.

I'm not sure how well it fits the theme, though.

romko_pidstryhach 2014-08-27 09:46

Very relaxing.

puppetmaster 2014-08-27 14:57

+art
+monster

thomassand 2014-08-27 17:38

Very addictive game, the mechanic is probably one of the most intuitive and intelligent i've seen in this ludum. Minimalist art fits so well and its really pleasant and relaxing. Very nice job !

paperblurt 2014-08-28 09:14

The graphics are amazing.
So minimal and nice.

Very good game!

wan 2014-08-28 16:18

Rock en Seine ? Je suppose que je peux commenter en français du coup :)

Joli petit jeu, et bien fignolé, surtout vu le peu de temps que tu as eu à y mettre. J'ai bien accroché au style graphique et à la métaphore de la vie qui va avec.

Il manque juste une bande-son pour étoffer l'ambiance, sinon ce serait vraiment une perle.

fil00dl 2014-08-28 19:31

really cool feel and great performance for the short time

jukimv1986 2014-08-28 19:42

A little chaotic but a great play, specially considering how little time you had to create it. It would be good to see how you could merge other ideas into it and also some moody audio would be a great addition.

zatyka 2014-08-29 01:05

That was surprisingly interesting considering how simple it was. Very nice use of colors. There wasn't a whole lot to the game, but what was there was potent and enjoyable.

dickpoelen 2014-08-29 20:28

Nice and calming. To bad there wasn't some relaxed music to go with it

lokarunith 2014-08-30 23:23

Really well done, I like a lot this kind of game. The only flaw was already mentioned many times, so, congrats :)

makio 2014-08-31 10:21

Thanks for all your comments and feedback, very appreciate ! :)
For my next ludum, I will definitively not drop the sound design & use the full 36h, promise !
Also I'm really happy this kind of game find a public here, I was not sure.
Thanks everybody !

dohan 2014-09-02 16:00

During a brief moment in the life of the creature, it seems very lovecraftian.

safar-pavel 2014-09-02 18:00

Interesting idea.

off 2014-09-02 18:41

Pretty simple, but clear one target, one purpose, and it works as simple as a game, as nice as a shape.

I really like it, because you could passed more time on it, it would became worse, it's simple.

Maybe a little bit too easy, with more challenges, and one or two dangereous creature, it could became a wonderful simple game.

stevesalmond 2014-09-03 10:42

Awesome! With a bit of ambient music and a sprinkling of audio effects it would have felt complete and polished. Amazing for just 14hrs - very well done.

gfm 2014-09-04 02:23

I really liked this game. :)

jukimv1986 2014-09-05 03:39

I played it with love, very short nice game! Reminded me of Spore and Sparkle 2 Evo :)

vividhelix 2014-09-07 05:03

Very immersive, I felt conditioned like Pavlov's dog to see what was next :)

meganopteryx 2014-09-10 21:21

Beautiful game, just gotta keep moving. Very interesting phases and levels but not very challenging.

brookman 2014-09-12 16:05

I like the mood. Very relaxing. :)

sephyka 2014-09-12 16:29

Very innovating game. Great mood. Great playability. Great graphics. Great experience. It would be perfect with sounds and music.

zeppelincaptain 2014-09-13 22:33

Some ambiance or other music would have made this complete. Atm it feels a bit lacking.

egor-idiot 2014-09-15 12:31

Oooh VERY interesting game!
Pure art!

yword 2014-09-15 13:34

Very unique and interesting! And the control and transition are very smooth too! Well done!