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Vanitas I

By programmerpony

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness374
Graphics5073.26
Innovation5183.02
Mood5472.98
Overall6743.02
Fun6982.79
Theme9322.79

Comments

HelkeGames 2014-12-08 21:47

I like the concept! well done! ^^

andrea 2014-12-08 22:26

Cute game! I wish we could see the map more clearly, at least the part we already visited, because it gets a little frustrating to find those gems when you don't see much of what's going on around you :(
Good work though!

programmerpony 2014-12-08 22:41

@Andrea but then its may too easy :) you have to remember the ways , else it wouldnt be a game with the magic touch that let you keep it playing

borgi 2014-12-08 23:34

I liked the idea, it was a bit hard to contorl for me, maybe if I could see further a bit more. Cool music also! Good job! Very moody!

spartanicecream 2014-12-09 23:59

Nice

asobitech 2014-12-10 09:21

not too bad at all.

job_ 2014-12-10 14:51

Cool game. I find it very frustrating that your view is so small and you need to find something, but that's just my opinion. I found myself longer searching than actual action, so maybe a little more action is good.
Very polished, nice music, good mood. Nice work!

creative-sectors 2014-12-10 16:22

Well, I like the stuff, except the maps are painfully large. The sight range wouldn't be a problem if the maps weren't so painfully large without much variation.

On the other hand, the game stops working quite often. I'm not going to consider that as a bad point, it's obvious that a 72 hour project won't be stable, but it is a bit frustrating. I just couldn't finish the game in dozens of tries before it stopped working.

Keep up the good work and have fun!

programmerpony 2014-12-10 18:07

For us the game always ran without bugs, can you tell us when they appear?

oskardevelopment 2014-12-10 19:35

Nice cartoonish art and a good start! Thanks for the game and Merry Christmas!

d3garcia 2014-12-10 19:56

It is a very good idea for the game. Personally I didnt like how it moves at the beginning I didint understand I was moving, but overall I like it a lot

cxsquared 2014-12-11 13:36

The limited vision was kinda cool but made things confusing sometimes. A map might have been cool. Overall nice work.

ViliX 2014-12-11 18:58

It's complicated, yet still fun :)

demy 2014-12-12 19:19

I like the atmosphere of an old-school rpg games. Cute graphics, it has nice details. But it becomes a little bit boring after couple floors, it needs some more mechanics.

peeweek 2014-12-13 13:30

This game is quite similar to my compo entry, and also very different, since the goal is to collect gems but the progression and rythm are opposed. A very interesing project since the strategy in order to progress through the maze seems rather clear at first by the shortsight really tightens the strategy to force yourself to explore every corner of each floor.

Very cool entry.

vladik-plays 2014-12-13 17:17

Hi again.
I can't play the game on windows too. ;(

octoteam 2014-12-13 21:16

Good game idea and nice graphics :)
I want to see how this Vanitas Saga progresses, any twitter to follow?

programmerpony 2014-12-13 22:06

sure @programmingpony

programmerpony 2014-12-15 17:45

@Vladik: any errors or anything else when starting it ?

tudd 2014-12-16 00:47

I didn't really like it, sorry. The view was too limited for me to see what I was doing very well, and the gameplay itself amounted to walking around and hoping you stumble into a gem. Opening up the view (a lot, by like 5 squares) might help with that.

Nevertheless, the graphics, music, and story are really nice! I'm interested as well to see how this plays out.

istlemin 2014-12-17 20:16

Really nice game! Feels polished and the graphics are great. Don't know how well you followed the theme though, but I guess the whole game is on my computer screen :)

maxmetallica 2014-12-28 03:06

nice works