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Lost Path
By louis-denizet
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Coolness | 1 | 100 | | |
| Audio | 43 | 3.98 | | |
| Mood | 96 | 3.75 | | |
| Graphics | 132 | 4.10 | | |
| Overall | 289 | 3.46 | | |
| Innovation | 409 | 3.18 | | |
| Fun | 615 | 2.90 | | |
| Humor | 707 | 2.19 | | |
| Theme | 918 | 2.85 | | |
Comments
solifuge
2014-12-09 05:40
A cute game! It seems appropriate for kids. I love to see these sorts of games showing up in the jam as well. All of the art and music are very nicely done and professional, with a narrator to boot! If I was going to tweak anything, I would say chiefly that the level design and playing could use some refinement: most of the time, I felt like the controls and passages were sticky enough that I was struggling with them more than the puzzles itself.
However, it's just a minor amount of alteration that's necessary, I think, and then it would really be very nice. Thank you for the entry!
alendro
2014-12-09 19:58
Good Job
bofink
2014-12-09 20:03
Wonderful game, love the atmosphere created by the sounds, graphics and the narration! :)
yarek
2014-12-09 20:05
Nice game! The music and sounds are beautiful!
demy
2014-12-09 20:13
It looks so good, thank you. It has perfect mood and image. Well, as for me it's a little bit too cruel for kids, but... It' beautiful.
tomdeal
2014-12-09 20:15
Relly good game, don't have any complaints or suggestions :)
Undoubtly the best game I've played thus far! Everything about this is perfect. I also love what you did with the theme.
Brilliant cover art. Cool idea, but gameplay could use some variety and polish. Narration starts to feel patronizing rather quickly. One-screen thing doesn't add anything, except for pain in the ass when you start covering the edges. I get why it's done, it just doesn't seem very elegant.
lonely2012
rono
2014-12-09 20:30
Nice voice acting, nice graphics, it felt weird sometimes with half the screen active...
Quick note for OS/X Linux users: It is runable with Wine/similar applications but it's a bit laggy.
The atmosphere is incredible, very good sound, graphics and narration. I think that the game is one of the best in this edition, congratulations! Lost path is a very personal story.. play it ;-)
pretty game. the narration is a very good addition and makes me interested in playing it. kids would love this!
my suggestion is for the movement of the fox, which is a bit mechanical, if some day you return to this, try to make it more natural (rotating in the direction its going instead of facing immediately) :D
Narrative games are not really my type of games, but I had to try it. I totally loved the art and the smooth voice telling the story! Nicely done! :D
I see you guys found a good solutions to the theme this time, because I haven't seen many games which use the theme to create something unique. :)
You should check out our solution to the theme this time, you might like it.
soulgame
2014-12-10 09:50
I got stuck after the first shelter, in the wolf traps part, no way to find out what I was supposed to do, I had to abandon my little red raccoon in the cold :( Nice entry! Animations and mechanics are not perfect but the work on the narration is a very pleasant and engaging touch. Voice volume is a bit low though.
soulgame
2014-12-10 09:52
Oh and what about the theme guys ? :D (sorry for double post)
Nice art dude!!!
Thanks for the positive feedbacks guys!! We were really uncertain of the appreciation of this type of game during Ludum Dare and we are soooo happy it's positively welcomed ^^
@SoulGame on each screen you have to go on the path on the side to get back to the beginning ^^ and this is how we dealed with the theme : each time you go out of the screen somewhere, you come back at it the opposite side.
Half black screen increase this feeling we felt =)
Hope it answers! :D
@caryocelus and
@Grindstorm : about the half screen, it's really, to our eyes, the reason we are into the theme! ^^
We wondered about making a graphism for it like a page from a book but finally we decided to not to be more into the theme for us!
@Demy : We never said it was for kids even if it fits well ;) but remind that red hood and are much MUCH more violent and most of kids story of this time were like this ! ^^
The dynamic narration was a great touch. Music, sounds, and visuals tied together really nicely. I was a little confused on where to go at times, but I enjoyed playing this. Really well done!
Seriously adorable in all channels. Pas mal!
Great work !
The sound design and the graphics are so well put together, it's really cool. Nice scripting and level design.
The atmosphere is really well put together and the game design really revolves around the environnement with full coherence between everything :)
Story driven games are really hard to pull off in such a short period of time. You need to create a mood that fits the genre to translate that to the players' mind, and I think you did it pretty decently. GJ.
leaden
2014-12-10 11:23
So cute ^_^
Story-driven game for 10-15min is exactly what needed for Ludum Dare. Short narrative expirience that brings something new in you.
It's a beautiful game. With a good animation it would be one of the most beautiful i've seen in LD31. I had to read the description of game to know that i had to warm in caves to survive, i didnt know there was caves to hide in game. I even tryed to hide under the bushes XD. Finally i found them and could finish.
Nice job.
Yes, the mood is great, but I'm stuck in that screen at begging after going through ice on water, i don't know what to do.
@piotrevic you have to follow the paths on each screens ;) We tried to put a lot of graphisms on them to make them more easy to find, I'm sorry you didn't find :/
jrap
2014-12-10 12:29
A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E
Awesome game! Really fun to play !
You had me at red panda. Interesting game, don't know how well it fits the theme, but it's a solid game with a lot of atmosphere and a simple to follow story to keep you engaged from start to finish.
Gameplay could be better, but i really liked the mood and the art style :)
Great ambiance, and Bastion like narration is well integrated. Bravo à tous les 4 :D
axel_kay
2014-12-10 15:15
Really good mood! The art, sounds, voice and narration are great and the game is really cute!
cyrus
2014-12-10 16:16
What a beautiful game. And really well-polished. I especially liked the art style and the way the story was told. Some of the controls very bit clunky, but the mood of the game more than made up for that.
ali312
2014-12-10 17:57
хорошая работка
domicuc
2014-12-11 14:31
Nice graphics and sound/music x) i like it.. Also check my project if you have some time x)
renatopp
2014-12-11 14:39
Great game, I would like a post-compo version with better movement to the fox. Good job guys,
The atmosphere and the graphics are really stunning. But the gameplay its a little bit annoying. The narrative parts at the end are repetitive.
night
2014-12-11 16:36
Wonderful meditation. I like this game. Maybe I'm a little bit a kid :) I only suggest you to make burrow more noticeable. I have spent several minutes, trying to find it for the first time and dying from cold each time. But I didn't give up)
mechamew
2014-12-11 18:32
Mac/ Web build please! This looks awesome!
A charming journey with beautiful graphics and a soundscape that really makes you feel the cold. I love the little details, especially how the screen freezes if you don't find shelter; a health bar (or something similar) would have detracted from the game's atmosphere, so that was a great solution.
I also appreciate that you have to figure out the game for yourself. I have to admit that it took me a while to figure out how to get around the first wolf but when I did it felt great. Telling the player what to do would have destroyed the atmosphere I think.
Since gameplay wasn't the focus in this project I won't criticise it, but there is one small thing I noticed: I think when you walk diagonally down-right, you cannot run using the Space bar. That really became a problem in the last screen :D
Anyway, this is a great and unique game. Great job!
Thanks a lot for the great feedbacks!
Sadly I worked with a software I don't have mac/web exporters :/
We agree that gameplay is not perfect and we focused a lot on the mood aspect ;)
First: I died freezing at the respawn over and over again. Unfortunately very unfair. And the wolf right in front of my shelter was unfair, too.. I do love the atmosphere and music and overall alot!
Really nice narrative experience. Very well done guys. Cheers.
paulloz
2014-12-11 22:03
Nice game idea, the art is super cute and the music adds a lot. However, the gameplay itself doesn't do the story a favor, the try & die mechanism makes it pretty tedious while we do want to be involved in the story (how can I care for the character if he dies ten times in a row with no consequences?).
I also had a bug after a few screens (yeah, that also, the theme was "one screen" ^^") when the panda had only a split second to live, so I could not finish the game...
Wow, what a beautiful experience!!! Thank you very much for your game!!!
runvs
2014-12-13 09:04
Beatiful Game! Music is especially good, as well as voice acting (wow, something like that for an LD Game!)
Also very good narration.
I Like it very much!
stending
2014-12-13 14:16
Amazing mood and cool little story!
You made a really good work in every domain. :)
Keep up the good work!
ynots
2014-12-18 16:52
nice..