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Screen of Infinite Detail

By snicklodocus

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation364.17
Theme754.21
Audio973.59
Overall1133.72
Mood2053.37
Graphics3053.50
Fun6213.03
Coolness141448

Comments

thopis 2014-12-09 09:16

Beautiful!Great concept too!

blan4 2014-12-10 09:11

Good entry, like the concept and fine-tuned controls. I expected some recursive gameplay with more and more detailed level, but still very good idea.

mrexcessive 2014-12-10 14:44

Hi there. I got very confused... the shimmering maze hurt my eyes... well like a good optical illusion does. Scored 27k odd first attempt... not sure how though, had two stars with me at 'end' but was that me winning or losing ? Got basically impossible to navigate maze after about first minute because all choices were zoomed out of screen range. Like the music.

jjevil 2014-12-10 16:43

Excellent concept. Hard game.

thescragglyman 2014-12-10 17:41

The graphics made my eyes hurt haha, but i loved how continuous the screen was. Really smart concept. :D

snicklodocus 2014-12-10 20:23

Thanks for the comments so far! I went experimental with the art; sorry it hurt your eyes!

@mrexcessive: You get score for keeping the stars in view, so you want to guide the camera in such a way to keep them from going off screen. Having two with you at the end is good! I really wanted to make a better tutorial, but ran out of time!

wojworks 2014-12-11 00:20

Hmm, interesting concept, and it works pretty dang well. I especially like the feel of the artwork.

hbocao 2014-12-11 00:22

It was kinda confusing at firts, but it's a very interesting concept that could work on mobile. Good job!

blackbulletiv 2014-12-11 00:26

Wasn't sure as to what powerups did or what the score meant. Graphics were nice and polished though. I really loved how it zoomed in on the player. It seemed to convey a cinematic feeling of helplessness.

oh_andrej 2014-12-11 14:56

Interesting game with a beautiful style. I like the scanlines, although they can make the game look like an optical illusion when zoomed out - or is that intentional?

I also think that the game seems very hard. Now I put that in such a vague way since I don't know how well players are supposed to do. I for one couldn't get past 28k points, never managed to have more than 3 stars on screen at the end and never had the time to collect even one power up. I can't judge whether the game is unbalanced or I just need practice so I'm not gonna knock off points for that.

Other than that small potential gripe, I'm loving it. Great job!

randomdragoon 2014-12-12 15:56

It was a really cool concept, but the moire pattern at the intermediate zoom levels hurt my eyes :(

badlydrawnrod 2014-12-14 19:05

Strangely compelling. At first it messed with my eyes, but I got over that and found myself enjoying the game. The music is really well matched with the game.

d3garcia 2014-12-14 22:45

Awesome entry! I would just change the wall patterns to see everything better but other than that I loved the game and the mechanincs

mach60kas 2014-12-14 22:48

Really loved the art style and idea of this game, and with polished presentation like this it was great to play! Well done :)

pulsartronic 2014-12-14 22:53

Nice. Was a surprise the way the camera move to limit your movements and to make it more frenetic that could looks at beginning. Nice entry. Love the audio :D

killthealias 2014-12-17 00:40

Very well done, looks very nice, I was a little confused about the goal at first, but it made sense once I was through my first level. Very cool idea for sure!

sweenist 2014-12-20 15:25

Neat idea! Fun to play!

maxmetallica 2014-12-29 22:31

reallly good game