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Shadow of a Thought

By docjekyll

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness365
Audio313.94
Humor1133.30
Mood1513.53
Fun1643.57
Graphics2083.70
Overall3083.46
Innovation7042.97
Theme7552.95

Comments

eatsleepindie 2014-08-25 07:39

Wow. I absolutely adore this game, and it is my pick to win so far. Everything is so polished and put together perfectly. The music is incredible, the animations, the art, I love it all! Games like this are what the Ludum Dare is all about for me.

tonbery 2014-08-25 10:59

It is indeed well polished. The game pace is quite amusing. I loved the soundtracks.
Very nice work, congratulations.

renatopp 2014-08-25 19:21

Great Idea! The gampeplay is pretty simple but is solid. Congratulations.

danidre14 2014-08-26 04:12

It went absolutly fine until, it began coming fro all sides at once! And fast! Cheat! Still rate ya 5 starts though! :3

docjekyll 2014-08-26 04:38

Thanks for the feedback so far, everyone :-D

The game is indeed difficult (I don't like easy games!), but definitely winnable. There are 7 levels and the last one has a bit of extra evilness in the enemy attack patterns.

jshaffer94247 2014-08-26 04:45

Really liked the theme -- something other than shooting evil aliens with spaceships. Same mechanics but a different experience. Nice!

thegamingproject 2014-08-26 05:33

The art was a little bland, but it was enjoyable to play. The movement of the pony around the crib was a little odd, but it made the game a little more challenging.

danman9914 2014-08-26 05:35

Shooting lucky charms never felt better!

kirbytails7 2014-08-26 05:35

Simple and clean. The difficulty ramps nicely.

strisla 2014-08-26 05:37

The game bugged out a couple of times, and I could only have 1 bullet on the screen at once

avh4 2014-08-26 05:40

Having the unicorn move around randomly made this an interesting little shooter. Really nice-looking shadow sprites, too.

lissar 2014-08-26 05:59

I always enjoying seeing overtly feminine things in action games. Music was catchy too!

docjekyll 2014-08-26 06:40

@Danman9914 if I had realized they looked like lucky charms, I'd have made a full set of them :-D
@kirbytails7 thanks! that comment means a lot, since that was one of the main things I focused on
@jorumungandr I'm sorry to hear that! I'd really like to know what caused that :-/
@Lissar thanks! there was a bit of truth the in the game flavor text about liking the rainbow mane a little too much :-P

robert_steiner 2014-08-26 11:21

Nice style, maybe it could work with shooting sound being in chord with music?

It did lag terribly on my mac (chrome).

fcpfoof 2014-08-26 19:34

Lovely and cute ;3.
(Found it using GJ newly added).

2014-08-26 19:48

Good work !! I rate it as 5 for 48 hours work

loren 2014-08-26 20:00

very nice, really well put together

jupiter_hadley 2014-08-26 22:34

Cute game! I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http://youtu.be/LbmZDYffwi8

trickfishpie 2014-08-26 23:12

Great presentation really felt slick to play as well.

Good job

jupiter_hadley 2014-08-27 01:20

Part 9 take two - Now with sound - http://youtu.be/lmQkJ525PNo

mintarcade 2014-08-27 08:21

Very well polished, solid and fun.

endingchaos 2014-08-29 01:59

OMG fantastic! Great job man it was very fun to play! It got more and more challenging. Great music, atmosphere, and art. 5 stars.

super-hamster 2014-08-29 02:06

Interesting game concept and I really liked the audio. I wish the game got harder faster and that there was more to the game then just dragging your mouse to where the monsters were. This game definitely has potential of getting better though. Good job! :D

ltpats 2014-08-29 02:11

Nice music and atmosphere. The gameplay felt a little repetitive to me at times, though. Overall it's well polished, great job!

cosmonautas 2014-08-30 10:54

nice xD

iamacoconut 2014-08-30 18:46

Good game. The music and graphics were pretty good. I didn't like how the unicorn slowly moved around he crib, though it did make the game more challenging.

sestren 2014-09-09 03:25

The music was awesome, and the graphics were cute and fun. Great entry!

konwlege 2014-09-09 15:01

Cool game.

uberscientist 2014-09-10 05:20

I liked the unicorn :)

moosefly 2014-09-10 17:39

Well, I made it to the sixth night, surely that at least annoyed the shadow lord, even if it wasn't enough to stop him! Nice aesthetic, but the gameplay could've used a bit more "something". Maybe the unicorn could have overheated (unicorns overheat right?) or have had a charge shot. Fine compo entry in any case!

Anssi@MooseflyGames

pjchardt 2014-09-15 14:54

Nice game :) The game has loads of charm and the music fits great. The difficulty curve felt really nice. The biggest drawback for me was that after about 5 levels I started to get a bit board as nothing new was being introduced.