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Line Crossing

By lissar

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics144.60
Mood64.32
Coolness289
Overall593.87
Theme623.86
Humor1333.21
Audio2183.41
Innovation2553.25
Fun3223.13

Comments

thegamingproject 2014-08-26 05:26

I really liked the art style here. The way everything gradually unraveled, it was really nice to look at while you investigated all the rooms.

docjekyll 2014-08-26 05:28

Super, super awesome. So beautifully done, such atmosphere. Such game jame. wow.
5 stars.

vulpineblazeyt 2014-08-26 05:29

Really like the art, and the storyline was pretty interesting. Interesting take on the theme.

kirbytails7 2014-08-26 05:29

Very interesting style!

danman9914 2014-08-26 05:30

Very cool graphics. It's exciting to enter those train carriages when you know each one has something wildly different and weird. The font was a little difficult to read.

aortastudios 2014-08-26 05:35

Very beautiful game with a great atmosphere, I did find it hard to read the text with the current font though.

bmacintosh 2014-08-26 05:37

I don't quite know what to make of all that, but it looked beautiful.

graveyardpolice 2014-08-26 05:42

Fantastic world you have created. I very much liked the winged ones.

stephenhaney 2014-08-26 05:53

Wow - beautiful art and very intriguing story. I'm not entirely sure I'm at the end - I passed the rats and there's a black screen, half filled with text? I see no way to continue. Perhaps I'm missing a piece of the story. (One small critique is that the font is difficult to read... almost glyph-like).

Anyway, very impressed with the artistry that went into what I've seen. I can see the effort and creativity that went into this. Thank you for sharing it!

biscuitwizard 2014-08-26 06:43

I really liked the art. After playing, I immediately whipped out paint.net and started doing little animated sprites. Really awesome and atmospheric.

lekochen 2014-08-26 06:47

Fantastic art style and dreamlike experience, I love it.

oxeren 2014-08-26 06:49

Great dreamy atmosphere and graphics. Great job! :)

vinhuman 2014-08-26 08:47

Really cool art style. You definitely have talent as a pixel artist, I liked the setting and dialogue. Just to point out one small glitch, when you press both arrow keys you can break the animation and glide across he floor for a bit. It was very minor just thought I'd point it out, I don't know anything about using Construct 2 so maybe that's difficult to remedy.

lissar 2014-08-26 08:57

Vinhuman - Yes, that was something I noticed and had planned to look into but it got lost in the shuffle of a million other things I had to attend to. Perhaps I'll look into it in a few days when I try to make my updated non-LD build!

creative630 2014-08-26 09:21

Damn - I'm dumbstruck! This a phenomenal entry.

So much to praise. To start, it's a brilliant interpretation of the theme that develops and escalates fantastically. Art couldn't be better - really really adore the character design for most everyone (especially the protagonist). Great mood and a rock solid build. Good use of sound.

If I can offer any constructive criticism, it's that the typeface could have been more legible. Cool from a style point of view, but not the most easy to read, which in a game like this, should be the first priority. But this is just a small thing, overall this is big 5 stars from my side!

cosmonautas 2014-08-26 09:41

Nice Job xD

capsizedmoose 2014-08-26 10:29

this game looked really nice, but there isn't that much gameplay. That does not at all mean that it's bad tho! I loved it!

boaheck_artgent 2014-08-26 12:36

The graphics are great the mood is great. I think I missed one of the items but it still let me through. I loved the idea of the train connecting worlds inside itself when trains usually connect places outside of themselves. That little paragraph at the end was really nice and the constant train noise constantly reminds you that you are still on a train even if you are looking at magnificent birds in cages or a tall library.

hyoga-3d 2014-08-26 14:12

Art style is super nice, congrats!

rnlf 2014-08-26 14:50

Such a weird place. Really dream like. So nice to look at!

dustystylus 2014-08-26 14:54

Surreal and very very classy. Wonderful imagination.

2014-08-26 18:09

Very awesome art and feel. Loved the surreal atmosphere.

adventureislands 2014-08-26 20:19

Very pretty game, I like the surreal world inside the train.

I first completed the game by getting the mask, then talked to the fire guy and someone in library. On second playthrough I talked to library person first, then the fire guy and then the feather guy, but I didn't seem to get any items when I talked to folks after that and game didn't proceed anywhere, bug?

hellblazer 2014-08-26 20:34

Amazing art, atmosphere and imagination! I would certainly plain a full-length adventure game set on that crazy train. Gameplay-wise, I wish there was more player agency though... puzzles maybe? But of course I understand the time constraints very well. :)

lissar 2014-08-26 21:37

HellBlazer - Yeah, I had planned on having dialogue choices and that would determine what items you get for the endings, unfortunately I ended up having to cut that as I lacked time!

AdventureIslands - I've heard about this bug, but haven't been able to reproduce it myself! That and people ending up with a blank ending. Not sure what's up with it, I'll have to continue looking into it.

cad 2014-08-27 00:09

I like this game quite a lot, its art style definitely brought things together. However, not that it's a necessity, the game wasn't TOO involved with the theme in my honest opinion.

maxium 2014-08-27 01:49

What a pleasantly whimsical game :)

endingchaos 2014-08-27 01:52

fantastic atmosphere.

ruerob 2014-08-27 02:00

The graphics where very nice and well done. Thank you for your game.

jackyjjc 2014-08-27 02:12

WOW it looks great and the atmosphere was wonderful. I'm not sure if I fully understand the story though maybe because the font is really hard to read for me.

ehtd 2014-08-27 02:27

Great art concept

phocker 2014-08-27 04:09

That was quite well done. Really cool characters. Great job.

petegrammarman 2014-08-27 05:22

Really pretty and had a great mood.

lafleur 2014-08-27 05:39

Haven't seen surrealism pulled off this well in a videogame since Kentucky Route Zero. Congrats on making a fantastic game!

teejay5 2014-08-27 06:12

This was pretty mind blowing. A really interesting creative work! The sound design was superb as well.

lissar 2014-08-27 06:13

LaFleur - Thank you! I absolutely ADORE Kentucky Route Zero. That's the best praise I've gotten this whole jam.

rojo 2014-08-27 06:35

The art was really fantastic, and did a lot to set the mood. I kind of felt like my choices were more or less randomly made because I could either talk to someone or not, and the choice didn't seem to have an effect until the game was already over. Also the font was a little tough to read at times. Overall, pretty cool, though!

dans17 2014-08-27 07:59

I really loved this game; it reminded me a little of a Miyazaki film.

jetl33t 2014-08-27 12:15

Beautiful world to explore!

franklins-ghost 2014-08-27 13:25

Love the style and really well done mood. The character design works nicely

jakub 2014-08-27 16:15

Really interesting world that introduces surreal pieces in a good pace. It's a bit unfortunate that you can't swap items when your inventory is full and because of that there isn't much choice in the first playthrough. But it's understandable and next playthroughs fix that problem. :)

covebit 2014-08-27 20:11

Fantastic work. I thoroughly enjoyed everything

merlijnvh 2014-08-27 23:08

Fantastic work, I really loved the style.

alvarop 2014-08-27 23:53

Very nice art style, sound and mood!

dickpoelen 2014-08-28 10:31

I think I got the musician ending. That was really cool :) (and kinda freaky)

mase 2014-08-28 15:57

The art and writing are excellent. The creatures are very appealing.

nonentheless 2014-08-28 16:54

Amazing art! Great job :)

makatak 2014-08-28 23:27

Probably my favorite entry this Ludum Dare. While it brings nothing new gameplay-wise, the art is beyond beautiful, on an emotional, more-than-aesthetic level. It feels like it should be a book. I want to explore this world. I want to meet its inhabitants. I want more! Bravo.

infectionteam 2014-08-29 01:14

A really nice game, I love the aesthetics, graphic and the art style, but as an audio guy I missed more soundtrack, but this game is really 5 stars!

villhest 2014-08-29 12:07

Just... Awesome....

igoramendola 2014-08-30 08:15

The concept is pretty cool! Awesome art/animations and the sounds are good. Also, the idea of having many different endings is really nice ;)

alvivar 2014-08-31 00:08

enjoyable, good mood.

puppymythril 2014-08-31 19:13

I'll be honest, I have no idea what I was doing. I just kept going left, interacting with anything I could, until the game said it was over. It looks pretty, but the writing felt like it was trying to be smart and... exoteric? but in the end it was just confusing and nonsensical.

Oreganik 2014-09-01 19:21

I'm pretty much stunned. I've never wanted a game jam adventure to keep going SO BADLY. This was fantastic! Thank you!

gladers 2014-09-02 10:56

Game looks great, looking forward to seeing more of this game :)

munkeebacon 2014-09-04 01:38

I dig all the monster/alien things, they are well done!

simplexcity 2014-09-04 01:43

what a beautiful art style.
very interesting and indeed surreal

bluemaroo3 2014-09-05 20:05

Really like the art style and the multiple endings. Great dialogue :)

pansapiens 2014-09-09 01:57

So very very freaky. Love it (and just now I re-read and see there are ten endings .. better play again :) ).

frankus 2014-09-11 20:10

Nice artwork, it's a little bit difficult to read though. I think I've missed some important bits because of that. Overall nice style and artwork. Great job!

lokarunith 2014-09-11 20:51

Very beautifull little game. It reminded me a lot of K. Miyazawa's tale, Milky Way Railroad. Great entry.

pinktreeleaf 2014-09-13 01:46

Phenomenal pixel art and mood. The game felt short, but I see where your time went/ I also only got 1 of the endings. the one where I got all the items.

cakencode 2014-09-14 20:37

Amazing art! Really enjoyed how it looked, and it really contributes to the mood of the overall game. The fact you guys got multiple endings to be achieved in a variety of ways is really fun, and adds to the replayability. Great work!

mcapraro 2014-09-15 05:04

the visuals were really really nice, well done!