stray 2014-12-08 10:06
hmmm, I just used screen shot to read :P
Nice idea.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD31 → Follow the screen
By sumgato
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 1 | 100 | ||
| Theme | 311 | 3.80 | ||
| Innovation | 333 | 3.44 | ||
| Humor | 335 | 2.84 | ||
| Mood | 846 | 2.59 | ||
| Audio | 901 | 1.82 | ||
| Overall | 958 | 2.78 | ||
| Fun | 994 | 2.52 | ||
| Graphics | 1111 | 2.11 |
hmmm, I just used screen shot to read :P
Nice idea.
I do worry there is a ghost out of the tv. Special game,good job
Intresting idea, but too short. I guest final word on third guess.
Interesting mechanic, gradually revealing what you have to do. I can't say more without spoilers. Clever.
damn you :P
At first I was curious, then came the anger, and finally I read the comment and GG :P
nice :D
Really cool idea! I got 890 in timed mode by buying just the connection! The words keep repeating ;)
Nice idea, well done but a bit to short ;).
hahaha, really nice concept! i slightly cheated at the end though (screenshot) to get the answer. :d good job!
I just saw that one thing and I typed what is it and wow hahah. Won the game by getting the 2nd monitor!
It got me puzzled too~
Interesting little idea but a bit short.
I thought I would not beat it! Nice idea, someone might try the word randomly, by the way :D
It needs more work.
Awesome idea, I like it :)
Nice idea! Not what i typically call a game but there`s something to it.
Interesting concept.
Technically that was on several different screens, I'm going to have to dock point for that. Yes, only three stars for theme. I bet you feel ashamed of your cheating ways. Totally ignoring the theme and making a game on many different screens. How evil of you!
It's a fun game. I like that, with enough skill, you can win from the get-go on your first attempt even though I doubt many will. The idea that you are simply told how to win interests me as well. "Simply type [CENSORED]", it might as well say on a crystal clear plasma TV with perfect reception that I unlocked. Most games hide their victory behind giant walls of skill (Super Hexagon) or gigantic investments of time (Cookie Clicker), but Follow the Screen simply asks you to type [CENSORED]. If you can't make out the instructions, buy a better screen.
Hi there. Interesting idea but got bored after getting first two words, could have cheated but didn't see point... Nice presentation and sounds.
interesting, cool and puzzling experience
This was a neat concept, well done!
that was cool
Nice concept! :)
Dude, its a diferent concept... I could not enjoy enough. Congrats, yet!
Short, sweet, fun to figure out. Excellent way to package your idea!
fun idea...
Nice Idea
Pretty cool, well within the theme, just needed more audio type music, is a pretty cool game, through a television type simulator, congratulations :D
This was original and amusing.
It's an interesting concept, though I'm not a fan of unlocking things by waiting on points to accumulate. Though figuring out words and typing them makes it less of a waiting game, it still uses a lot of intentional obfuscation to hinder the player's ability to figure things out in sort of cheap ways.
I guess what I mean is, turning the display on and off and blurring the text seems like a really cheap way to add difficulty to a game. It's also not as rewarding to figure things out because typing the words themselves isn't engaging as they seem to be randomly selected. Meaning they aren't tied to each other in any way, and lose their intrigue because the users realize that it's all a bit... meaningless.
It mostly just falls a bit flat in terms of interesting interaction. I never felt like I really figured anything out for myself, I was rewarded and given a pat on the back for... not really doing much... waiting... reading text and typing it. It all felt like a hollow victory.
I think in order to improve that, abandoning the pay-gates and constantly increasing point rewards would be good so you reward players for what they do (rather than what they don't do). Interaction with the tv could be a bit more dynamic... perhaps move antenna to clear static?, change channels, things that require the player to be more involved with figuring out what the tv is displaying. Then finally, figuring out what to do to make typing the words themselves more interesting. Perhaps rather than a single word, they are constructing an entire sentence... and each word they find on the tv gets them closer to being able to guess what the whole sentence is? There are a number of ways to tackle each of these mechanics and the only way to find out if they're interesting or not is to test them.
interesting mechanic of getting a better monitor. I think the best part is when you figure out what to type - expanding on that could be cool.