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Escape the Dream

By bazld

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness281
Mood304.02
Graphics1723.80
Innovation5243.19
Overall5653.20
Audio6742.48
Theme6783.09
Humor8891.75
Fun10622.36

Comments

nanofi 2014-08-25 08:00

Awesome atmosphere! :D Really liked the graphics.

clownaround 2014-08-25 08:16

Cool. I really like the art and style. It was a neat, but short, experience. I especially liked the way you drew the 'silhouette people'.

bazld 2014-08-25 08:53

@ClownAround yeah, I wanted to introduce new game mechanics but it didn't quite work out (see post mortem). Graphics are a bit different, but so hard to make :P Next time - pixel art!

donut345 2014-08-25 08:56

5/5 mood, really captures a dream type feel

bakwards 2014-08-25 09:30

Nice style, but I had a problem with the fonts, I couldn't read what was going on. But I kept going! Nice stuff

nananas 2014-08-25 09:42

Whoa I woke up O_O what just happend :)
I really like this. Beautiful mood.

(ps: The post-mortem clarified a lot about the ending.)

vallar 2014-08-25 10:04

First time I looked at the graphics I thought they were amazing for the theme. They fit right in and were perfect to that kind of atmosphere.

The whole game gave a good vibe for its theme and idea and I liked how it played. The narrative was interesting and the hints were really well done (albeit the [SPOILERS----------] glowing took a bit to figure out).

I liked the sounds but I wished for music. I understand from your postmortem what you chose that. Still music could have added quite a bit with the right tone as you mentioned.

Great work and I really liked the concept very well. :)

manou 2014-08-25 10:13

Very good idea and execution! Needs some music :D

resni 2014-08-25 11:36

I enjoyed the visuals and atmosphere! Had to read the solution, couldn't figure it out.

kedume 2014-08-25 11:48

I like the graphics. It's more experience than game.

ViliX 2014-08-25 12:15

Interesting game. The graphics is unique.

xaychru04 2014-08-25 12:16

Nice mood, the game was a bit repetitive but I enjoyed the experience. ^^

midgard 2014-08-25 12:26

Nice atmosphere, my eyes bleed a little thought with the colors and the movement without really any depth on screen. But overall it's a nice idea!

jupitron 2014-08-25 12:33

Awesome graphics and experience! Great setting.

drmelon 2014-08-25 16:48

Interesting concept! Clever use of graphics to build atmosphere.

laralyn 2014-08-25 17:55

Interesting game with a great feel and mood!

hogtrick 2014-08-26 18:29

Interesting game. Nice mood.

onlyslightly 2014-08-26 18:30

Very surreal. I liked how strangely the protagonist walked from side to side.

nuclearnapalm 2014-08-26 18:30

Love the art direction and mood, but... it's no a game, actually.

lvyn 2014-08-26 18:30

Interesting game, can make a great horror game :)

jupiter_hadley 2014-08-27 20:50

Really neat story! I included it in part 10 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http://youtu.be/KmqpyEAAVGM

bazld 2014-08-27 21:27

Thanks for playing, everyone. I don't know why I made such a strange game(!?), LD makes you try something different. That 'PT' teaser def messed with my head :P

bazld 2014-08-27 21:37

(oh, and I'm working through as many of your games as I can, reviewed 65 so far...)

eero-tuovinen 2014-08-28 23:03

Nice mood. More of a digital, interactive poem or novel than a game per se. Very complete for a time-pressure situation.

mlinus 2014-09-01 20:01

It took a while to figure it out but I managed to wake up. :D Dreaming can be strange so it was fitting that it was a bit hard to figure out the solution. I liked the feeling of the fog and people coming towards you. Well done! :)

wdebowicz 2014-09-08 21:58

I like the idea and mood, I think that adding some psychodelic audio would improve it a lot.