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The Other Sky

By jishenaz

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness356
Overall1413.59
Fun1623.44
Mood1763.50
Theme1903.56
Audio2133.42
Innovation3543.10
Humor4132.35
Graphics4473.22

Comments

dustyroom 2014-08-26 13:23

Nice one! I'd hide the cursor when in focus - it is hard to pan.

hyoga-3d 2014-08-26 14:19

Nice concept, with a good art could be very nice, also you should work more on the controls, one tip is add weight to the caracther because it seams that he is flying, this kind of things.

bluemaroo3 2014-08-26 17:47

Liked the concept. Great art style and soundtrack, really suited the game. Really struggled panning the view :/

parahunter 2014-08-26 22:02

Liked the look of the game. The jump sound was not very pleasant to listen to though. The shifting perspective mechanic is solid but it feels more like a visual gimmick than an actual mechanic when it happens at predetermined locations. If the player had control over when it would also lead to a more mental challenging experience.

datacr4sh 2014-08-26 22:02

nice puzzles, nice music :)

bio-bob 2014-08-26 22:07

Love the atmosphere of this. I'd say that first of all you need the mouse to be hidden and locked when playing because that can be a bit annoying in a first person game, also the controls could use some momentum, it feels a little off letting go of a key mid-jump and suddenly stopping. But overall nice idea and for some reason it reminded me of the game 'English Country Tune' in terms of the sound and visuals.

spang 2014-08-26 22:12

I wish it was longer :( Would've love to keep playing it.

extrelime 2014-08-27 08:02

Great atmosphere of melancholia and loneliness. This retro ambient feels neat.
Also puzzles are pretty attractive, liked it!

jishenaz 2014-08-27 17:49

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

While I previously liked the jumping, I admit that the lack of momentum might have made the game too easy.

I would have loved to make more levels and better puzzles, but I ran out of time.

tbamberg 2014-08-27 19:49

Really cool experience. The world switching was done well and I actually liked the art style

reyn 2014-08-27 19:49

Nice. Made me think of an abstract myst. What I did for my unity web version was to make the mouse lock and invisible on click, that way people can press escape, switch away and then get back to playing when they click.

local-minimum 2014-08-27 20:03

I had a great time playing it. Simple enough what to do and such. The character control could need some more workings. Especially fixing cursor lock (http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Screen-lockCursor.html), but also the jumping was a bit floaty and it was hard to predict where one would land. These are details though. I really liked jumping around and the flipping of gravity.

kristof 2014-08-29 21:33

Nice game. I would have liked to see some more puzzles instead of the platformer sequences. Controlling the character feels a bit clunky. Part of it seems to be, that the player does not slide along walls. Also the gravity feels strange, but this could be intentional.
But its a finished game and I had fun playing it to the end. And thats what matters :) good work!

glbs 2014-08-29 22:28

The minimal graphics and your (great) sound create a interesting and soothing atmosphere, I think like the others that the experience is a bit too short for the player but I guess it's still a lot for 48h! Well done

roguenoodle 2014-08-30 11:32

Had a lot of fun with this - really disappointed when it was over. First-person platformers aren't easy but I didn't feel like I was really fighting the controls at any point, so great job :)

borgi 2014-08-30 22:25

Very atmospheric music there! I really enjoyed it! Reminded me of Jumping flash on PSX! Keep on working on this, I'd love to see a lot more levels :D

01101101 2014-09-03 08:04

Good concept! A bit too difficult perhaps.

davisan 2014-09-14 22:07

Nice game! I found it not hard. The camera rotation in the gravity switch is very cool. Also, nice sounds and music!