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Lady Lyla

By whalebot

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness290
Mood324.00
Graphics414.24
Theme2153.72
Overall2183.57
Humor3342.72
Innovation3373.44
Fun6332.96
Audio6972.44

Comments

endurion 2014-08-27 07:11

Awwwww, poor boy, when he slumps back home.

Well done, needs music/sound dearly.

christopf 2014-08-28 11:33

word

like how you got the story told in such a minimalistic style and still capturing the mood.

ViliX 2014-08-28 11:34

Amazing pixel art :)

eruiz00 2014-08-30 09:24

Ummm... very (VERY!) good animation for the character, and (if understood) sexual content? too bad I don't know what to do with these trunks and scoop....

leafthief 2014-08-30 09:31

You did such a great job! To me, this was one of the best and most effective uses of the theme. I got such a great feel for the boy and the girl by just their movements and what was going on in their imaginary world.
It was perfect that there wasn't much of a gameplay system behind it. Yes, I could fight and dig etc. (in my imagination) but that's what pretend-play is all about!

Yes, it needed music and sound effects and overall polish but I think what's there is really good.
If you're planning to work on this further feel free to contact me. Maybe I can help you with something (@leafthief)?

dunin 2014-08-31 09:28

Good mood and animations...
Is there a good ending? Can I help this poor little boy? or is it simply that life is like that...

mrjavafrank 2014-08-31 13:04

Unfortunaly there's an error when pressing the 'A'-key (just recoginzed because i didn'tread the description) :
___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Key Press Event for A-key Key
for object obj_global_controller:

Push :: Execution Error - Variable Get -1.spr_story_player_run(100012, -2147483648)
at gml_Object_obj_global_controller_KeyPress_65
############################################################################################

Apart from that, the graphics and the mood are really nice! :)

artamus 2014-08-31 14:00

Nice game, congrats!

sunflower 2014-08-31 14:26

Interesting take on theme, great graphics and animation, but it seriously could use some sound. Also, is there a way to get a better ending? >.<

pierrec 2014-08-31 19:29

I were able to rescue Lila but didn't find any ending. This is a great interpretation of the theme, I loved that double screen idea, and your graphics are cute. Now it needs a bit of sound and maybe an ending.

spotco 2014-09-01 22:18

Got stuck once the little girl started following me around, was that the ending?

whalebot 2014-09-02 06:15

To those of you who have already played, I really appreciate the feedback. To be honest, I was kind of hoping no one would play it in its unfinished state :P . Oh well, it looks like I somehow managed to still convey the mood I was going for.

I have however uploaded a new post-comp. version of the game. It is in its full polished glory, and I feel pretty good about it :) I'd love it if you gave the new one a try.

Obviously, I'll keep the old one around for judging purposes, so please make sure my ratings reflect the original. Thanks!

P.S. There is a part past the night scene where the girl follows you. Hint: Look for a scenic place to stand with her.

dvanderaart 2014-09-02 18:26

Love the pixelart.

reheated 2014-09-02 19:31

It's very nice. (And of course the post compo version is even better.) I like how his story is told up the top. Great art.

kibertoad 2014-09-02 19:55

Very atmospheric experience. Thank you.

dookie 2014-09-02 20:03

Awesome and sweet little game. The imagination part (or what is is) on top looked great. Unfortunately I couldn't find the end, I'll give the post compo version a try later on. With some background music and sound it'd be awesome! Very original interpretation of the theme

digiraze 2014-09-02 21:26

Sad story.

commodorekid 2014-09-02 21:49

Definitely needs sound/music. I think I didn't miss anything, it was just incomplete. Liked the animations, wish you could finish it on time.

tkia_ 2014-09-03 01:34

Atmospheric, pretty, and incredibly poignant for what there was of it. You hit the spot with this one, though it would go down more smoothly with some more polish and time. I don't know how people can pull off such good stories with so little.

vividhelix 2014-09-03 03:35

Amazing...Great pixel art and animations!
The compo version didn't trigger the sandbox sequence when lyla was following, but that worked fine in the post-compo one.

aglavra 2014-09-03 23:13

It is so sad that the compo version doesn't have sound and music. Otherwise it is perfect. Emotional. Touching. The best concept of "Connected worlds" I have seen so far. It is about me somehow... about childhood. :)

shatterhand 2014-09-04 14:26

I loved the graphics on this. Very unusual game.

javadocmd 2014-09-04 23:19

A lovely game and story. I absolutely adore the presentation of the boy's imagination as you interact with the world. Well done! Could definitely be developed further.

zyxer 2014-09-05 13:04

Aww what a sad ending.

Great graphics and a great take on the theme!

heychinaski 2014-09-06 22:06

Great art!

arhpositive 2014-09-09 21:24

The story was lovely. The imagination of the boy was a nice touch. The graphics are great. Nice entry!

dancingmad 2014-09-09 23:13

Great concept and nice old school graphics. We would like to see and hear moreĀ !

officialcodenmore 2014-09-10 00:25

GREAT art!

mystakin 2014-09-10 01:07

Fantastic art and style and strong storytelling mechanics. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finish the game because it crashed when I pressed the A button out of curiosity. ;_;

whalebot 2014-09-10 01:25

@mystakin Yeah that was a testing key that I forgot to take out before submitting... I encourage you to give the post-comp version a try if you still enjoyed it.

rehacked 2014-09-10 07:12

Nice game . Goodjob

grooveman 2014-09-10 09:12

I definitely like the style of the imagined version of events at the top, very cleanly implemented.

paperblurt 2014-09-10 10:42

Why can't I draw this nice?
Amazingly good....!

ghenoroc 2014-09-10 13:26

Very nice animation. Good game.

nicepenguins 2014-09-10 22:15

Nice, really needs music and sound. Love the idea of the imagination of the kid, i think you could have exploited it more !

chadiik 2014-09-11 18:19

Closing the app was the cherry on top of the cake,
Amazing game!

fisholith 2014-09-13 09:44

Very cute. :)
I love the execution. There's something oddly fitting about the pixel art style used for the real world as compared to the fantasy version.

frogcheese 2014-09-14 09:20

Cute and sad. Really loved how it connected to the theme, and the game oozed personality. Like many said before me, this only needed some audio. The post-compo version really nailed it. :)