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Kate

By lafleur

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Mood2363.40
Audio3203.12
Graphics3853.37
Humor9071.69
Overall9272.81
Innovation9412.62
Theme9982.49
Fun10572.38

Comments

tannernetwork 2014-08-25 07:19

Good game, especialy this labyrinth.

mrtedders 2014-08-25 07:22

I love the concept! The maze is a little hard to navigate though, very easy to get lost.

nicotuason 2014-08-25 07:27

Great atmosphere and music! I found the flowing water section and was intrigued but then I got too dizzy before I could find the next story bit.

stephan_h 2014-08-25 07:29

Super cute. Gorgeous pixel graphics and a nice idea.
Puzzling was hard. Did not reach the end.
The camera perspective makes me a bit ill. Perhaps because of the "near walls" or not being able to look up and down.

honcho 2014-08-25 07:33

Loved the hum of the violins and the color scheme is relaxing and lovely. It was a treat to find the pouring water and the eerie audio to contrast the constant string of red and gold walls. Stopped after that.

andybrown 2014-08-25 07:48

Managed to find four of the water areas, but then I ended up too claustrophobic. Getting stuck on the walls and the tight corridors just got to me, I don't think I've ever had that happen to me on a game before. The audio was very well done though, and you really setup a great atmosphere.

tomvert 2014-08-25 09:01

Got stuck pretty quickly... but there's such a terrific atmosphear. Great job!

emak 2014-08-25 09:06

Great game! reminde me the "cube" film, in more soft. great atmosphere!

mcfood 2014-08-25 09:27

Amazing mood. The water reminded me of Lucas Arts games from long ago.
I couldn't find anything after the first water part though.

franklins-ghost 2014-08-25 12:18

Music works really well at setting the mood but wondered around for awhile and couldn't figure out what to do.

hyoga-3d 2014-08-25 13:37

Love mazes but did not find the exit.

dustystylus 2014-08-25 13:38

Aha! Now that's a tricky little concept there. Nice aesthetics (feels a bit DOS circa early 90s, with AdLib). Really nice, well done!

feybrant 2014-08-25 14:10

Maybe the walls are pretty close, it's a bit confusing but anyway i'm not good with maze games, good job :).

deltaf1 2014-08-25 14:50

Really amazing mood and atmosphere, but I couldn't find my way past the first water area.

xgor 2014-08-25 15:05

Really cool concept, I really enjoy the pixel art and story aspect.
I think the game would be much more fun and easier if each square on the map was smaller. Also you walk/run way too fast and get stuck in walls constantly

muriel 2014-08-25 15:45

I love the bg music well done :)

tacospice 2014-08-25 15:49

Very moody. Felt increasingly claustrophobic =/ Both in a good and bad way. Actually it started feeling like a horror game where you expect something to happen constantly and it didn't go away immediately when I stopped playing. Can't explain why. Maybe the title reminded me of Justine (the Amnesia dlc thing).

Graphics are beautiful, music is very nice but also unnerving after a while.

Gameplay wise, pretty confusing. No idea where to go or what shifting the map around did. So I wandered around randomly for a while.. Found the first water thing, no idea how, then nothing more after that.

Also, mouselook speed could be a little lower. And not being able to look up/down probably doesn't help the feeling of being locked in.

Graphics and mood: 5/5.

nonentheless 2014-08-25 19:36

Got lost, hate it :)
nice music you have there

snicklodocus 2014-08-25 21:35

You created a great mood here. I love the art and the subtle glows. I unfortunately could not complete it because I was feeling claustrophobic, but I think people who like mazes will enjoy this.

jas7229 2014-08-25 21:51

Nice graphics, I loved the gold/pink combo and the water! I didn't end up playing too long because I ended up getting a bit dizzy ~ maybe slower camera panning/walking would have helped? Definitely a pretty maze game though!

gregkleindev 2014-08-26 07:50

Beautiful art and sound. However, I didn't understand how to read or use the map. I'm guessing that may have helped me navigate the maze.

safar-pavel 2014-08-26 09:27

Nice graphics. I got lost in the labyrint and did't know what to do:(

colapsydo 2014-08-26 09:44

What a pity I suffered from motion sickness, I wasn't able to find all the keys.
But I appreciated the small tiles which accentuate the closed space feeling. I had some troubles with the moves friction, I wasn't able to easily go around the labyrinth, but it's a detail.
The atmosphere is really great, and I will give another try, I want to know what's happening there.

kinta 2014-08-26 11:14

Nice graphics, but the mouse sensitivity is way too high.

conk 2014-08-26 12:34

Confusion mixed with an ill feeling, maybe larger corridors and a few more land marks to stop that. Other than that though, good job! Really liked the audio and graphics.

slakhorn 2014-08-26 17:49

Boring maze with music (very loud notes that are sustained for ~30 seconds each). A puzzle that's not explained at all. Wonky, overtly sensitive mouse controls. No thanks.

lissar 2014-08-26 23:43

Enjoyed this! Especially the atmosphere. Wish there had been a bit more variety so I wouldn't keep going around in circles, though.

artamus 2014-08-27 19:36

Nice game, congrats!

fauge 2014-08-28 00:51

mechanics were a little strange, good idea, maze got very confusing very fast

makatak 2014-08-28 02:20

Felt claustrophobic in a good, intentional, moody sort of way. The art/visual effects are beautiful, and the music fits perfectly. Only able to find one key though :(

dragoninstall 2014-08-28 06:12

The music fit really well with the game. Really like the 3D pixel art style, it is a nice touch.

43iscoding 2014-08-28 07:16

Really moody game, neat graphics, but it's way too easy to get lost in this maze.

georgebroussard 2014-08-28 10:02

Nice art and audio and effort for 48 hours. Echo most above comments. It's fundamentally not fun to be lost in a maze. I wasn't sure how the map/shifting blocks worked. I think it moved the blue walls in the map and opened up other areas? I found two fountains and called it quits, though. Wanted to see more.

buckslice 2014-08-28 13:52

Good music and graphics. Got lost before I could find whats wrong with Kate lol

merlijnvh 2014-08-28 20:18

I love the look and style, and I like the idea you were going for with the map. The maze was very hard to navigate, though. The controls were a bit sticky too when moving against walls.

mechanicmoon 2014-08-28 20:45

The atmosphere you create with this game walls combined with the music is awesome! Nice job! Nice pixelart!

kate-kligman 2014-08-29 03:39

My name is Kate so I was trying to figure out how it knew my name for a few seconds while it loaded (long day). :-)

Interesting concept, I'm not good at maze games, but I loved the graphics and the relaxing atmosphere. The map was well done too.

luminous 2014-08-29 03:43

Difficult game, nice graphics and atmosphere. My team actually also made a maze game, but top-down. :) (Shameless auto-promo)

deepnight 2014-08-29 12:06

Very nice atmosphere! The controls are a bit too fast (especially the mouse view), though.
To be honest I gave up after a few minutes, wandering around in the maze. I managed to find the first 2 elements, but I couldn't find what to do after that.

otrorainteractivo 2014-08-29 16:26

Great job on setting the mood. Pretty cool

lokarunith 2014-08-29 23:33

I didn't manage to finish the game, found 7 keys and then got comletely stuck, o I didn't see the ending, nevertheless It has a very intriging concept and the atmosphere is very well done.

I have mainly 2 problems with the game which are, the camera being too zoomed in, and it moving so fast, I get dizzy realy quikly and after a while I was just desperate to find the last key because I wasn't feeling so well.

jupiter_hadley 2014-08-30 00:09

Interesting maze. Well done. I included it in part 11 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http://youtu.be/1LqxxVg5Vuk

ghostinthesoft 2014-08-30 06:25

The mouse sensitivity is too high, I can't really play without going sick ;) but I like the graphics and the mood

liquidminduk 2014-08-31 03:27

nice and clean. I really enjoyed the music. A great retro feel all around!

jukimv1986 2014-08-31 06:47

The atmosphere was quite good but I couldn't find what I was supposed to do apart from wander around collecting puzzle pieces. I found two of them but the others were elusive. Some kind of stronger hints would be appreciated. Good game nonetheless.

atesh 2014-09-01 18:59

I love the art and music, but there wasn't enough direction to know what to do. The mouse sensitivity was high so I was constantly bumping into walls.

mlinus 2014-09-04 20:24

Nice game for a 48 hour game. The mouse sensitivity was really high which made it quite hard to play, otherwise I would probably played some more to find all the keys.

vividhelix 2014-09-07 06:42

Interesting...I didn't think I would ever say this, but the run speed was way too fast - making it easy to miss "exits"...

apiotrw 2014-09-13 15:59

Awesome mood

stannellc 2014-09-16 00:55

Liked the music. Maze was way to confusing. Not sure how close I came to intended gameplay, as no idea what the game play was.