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Ab Intra

By yarek

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Mood124.25
Coolness294
Graphics394.48
Audio833.77
Overall1823.64
Fun3563.25
Innovation5462.98
Humor5572.49
Theme6873.34

Comments

ozcr 2014-12-09 01:22

Really cool game, I enjoyed it.

Give mine a try, http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=44154

exoddinary 2014-12-09 02:17

Hi can you post a web version as well? I want to try, but couldnt open it, dunno with my security system flaws or something.

It looks intriguing.

manusaiz 2014-12-09 02:31

Very thrilling atmosphere! I wanted to know what happened to that guy, he seemed mentally disturbed.

I hope you give my game a try aswell: http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=46211

timtipgames 2014-12-09 03:23

I think I never played a horror point and click adventure before, so there's that for innovation :) Loved every aspect of your game. Great drawings, nice sounds and a very dense mood. Good Job!

yarek 2014-12-09 09:58

@exoddinary I can't post a web version because the tool used ( Visionaire Studio ) is used for PC games ( like Deponia ) but not for the web, I'm sorry. You have my word there's no virus, it's just the game and its files. Give it a try if you can :)

HelkeGames 2014-12-09 11:10

Awesome story and gameplay! Well done!

manou 2014-12-09 11:15

Nice graphics man.

stephan_h 2014-12-09 11:22

Great idea and wonderfully executed.
The art style is gorgeous, of course, but sound is also well done and gameplay works without a hitch.
The only thing I don't really like is the necessity to switch between possible actions instead of context actions or presenting them all at once, but that is of course subjective. (Perhaps it is just the standard scheme of Visionaire Studio?)

yarek 2014-12-09 11:33

@talecrafter Thank you very much for your feedback.

To be honest this is the first time I use Visionaire Studio and I used this Ludum Dare as a learning opportunity. I know it's possible to change what you say about how you switch between possible actions but it required more time than this method and I didn't have time to do it :)

There were a lot of ideas that we wanted to implement but didn't have the time so we did what we could :)

allurious 2014-12-09 11:42

Neat game, bit too many jump scares without much buildup or time to appreciate the horror.

indie4fun 2014-12-09 12:23

Right when you want to know more of the story it ends!! Haha! But cool, I missed this kind of adventure games :)

asobitech 2014-12-09 15:02

beautiful artwork. great atmosphere.

businessclient 2014-12-09 17:36

Great art. Creative intro and ending

spartanicecream 2014-12-09 19:44

Pretty Spooky!

maurogik 2014-12-09 19:49

Awesome game ! Some of the jumpscare really got me ! ARt is great, music and mood are also amazing.

mechanicmoon 2014-12-09 20:10

I like the manga style and the art,it's very original for a videogame, it reminds me Hotel Dusk of Nintendo Ds. Good game and nice gameplay. Congratulations ;-)

fullmontis 2014-12-09 20:15

Cool point and click game with a very interesting mood. Most of the puzzles were unintuitive though.

murdersantateam 2014-12-09 22:21

Awesome game dude.Can you give mine a try ,
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=47346

ky533541 2014-12-10 03:04

Wow really cool mood to this game

teamkwakwa 2014-12-10 09:09

Really nice game. I really had fun playing. May be the music could have add more to the mood, but still, it's a high-quality game for a jam.
Here is my playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rurJhW7rfk&index=7&list=PLmCAIfF6iKQWX1RhyAaKCdmk_61etZJ_9

liamlime 2014-12-10 13:24

The greyscale art really works in this game.

leaghorn 2014-12-10 14:03

Nice one. Really nice graphics. Text is hard to read sometimes. There should be some outline or solid background to read it easier.

gungnir 2014-12-10 14:34

Quite scary!

Good job.

caryoscelus 2014-12-10 14:43

This is so cool! Wish it would be longer.

// caryoscelus

hypnoticbytes 2014-12-10 19:15

Nice story and graphics. And quite scary too!!!

paperscraps 2014-12-10 23:38

This was great! Some really creepy elements.

igoramendola 2014-12-10 23:49

Wow!! Super cool :D
Nice illustrations and sounds. I liked the scary atmosphere.
Also, the game fits very well with the theme.
Good work!

ciaodavinci 2014-12-11 03:05

It was short and intense! I found the text really hard to read, though, especially since the game didn't display full-screen at my tv's resolution.

ynots 2014-12-11 05:54

NICE GRAPHICS....BRO

ViliX 2014-12-11 19:19

Probably the most atmospheric game in this Jam :)

alexrose 2014-12-11 22:54

This was fucking inteeeeeeense! Holy shit! Love the artstyle, love the game. I've seen a lot of manga like this, but never seen it gamified. This is a really great idea. Made me feel things. rofl.

Nice one.

andrewkennedy 2014-12-12 00:28

Well, that was creepy!

I really loved your art. I jumped the first time that guy grabbed my hand by the bed.

radmars 2014-12-12 02:49

Probably one too many jump scares IMO but great job with the atmosphere regardless. Nice work!

gladers 2014-12-12 13:23

Great game, art and mood is really well done!

svarther 2014-12-13 08:10

As a fan of adventure games I liked this game, great idea, fantastic art and perfect execution. Congratulations!

harsayhd 2014-12-13 12:08

I have only one thing to point out. That FONT!
Overall it's great, but for me the ending felt chopped out.

xanjos 2014-12-13 18:28

Absolutely loved the art style and the audio fits in very well with the mood.

syawqy 2014-12-14 01:12

it's good that I play this game in the morning

solifuge 2014-12-15 01:43

"From the Inside," huh? You got me a good few times with the jump scares, especially the one where your wrist gets grabbed! I think the best tension-build was probably when the character looks inside the wardrobe but we don't actually get to see what's there--just that he's horrified--and then we're forced to go and interact with it in order to block the window.......

Art looks great, sound is great, and the experience is just short enough not to wear on you. For next time I agree with the other posters that some sort of SCUMM interface or something like that, rather than cycling options with right click, would have worked better--and maybe also a more unified story? I didn't understand why the game ended when I clicked the chest, or why the scary things were happening. Another thing to look at would be changing the font face a bit so that it sticks out better against the background. What you have but with a thick black outline would have worked, but I had a hard time reading the dialogues once or twice.

I really, really liked this entry, though. It was entertainingly frightening. Thank you for the game!

yarek 2014-12-15 12:56

I think it's worth saying that this entry was more a test than a game. It's the first time we try to create something in Visionaire Studio and the first time we try something atmospheric. There are a lot of things that could be improved ( jump scares, font, user interface, etc. ) but we run out of time and we did what we could :)

The good part is that we created something that we are proud of in a very short time and now we will improve on all of these things and create an actual game with this idea.

instant-noodles 2014-12-15 14:02

Nice game, everything is happening to quicly to be really scary but the mood is here !

Congrats !

sirdorius 2014-12-15 20:14

Wow! Great work guys! Great atmosphere and graphics

tifu 2014-12-16 21:49

Cool atmosphere and art, controls could have been a bit better - for example, the mouse icon kept changing back to the default use, when if I have it set to 'look' its probably because I want to look at several things, would be a little more convenient if it just stayed as what it was last at. Text was a little difficult to read too, with the colour choice, and no outline or border on the font. But overall, good short interactive horror experience. Huzzah.

aeveis 2014-12-24 07:44

nice art! nice surprises, but I feel like there could have been a bit more suspense/narrative? Not sure what happened at the end with the eye in the wall, but good job!

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