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Light

By lamiche

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness372
Graphics2253.66
Mood2383.31
Audio3053.12
Theme4163.70
Overall6143.14
Innovation7582.86
Fun7682.86

Comments

vicious_br 2014-12-08 15:48

Ergonomic controls nothing, but the game is very nice, cong 4 it!

ajopart 2014-12-08 16:01

I light every lamp in this dungeon and the last big one and next everything goes dark. Did I do something wrong ? Really really nice music/sound and graphics !! Congrats

domicuc 2014-12-08 16:06

Good project mate x) also check my weird tower defense x)

random-abductions 2014-12-08 16:09

Nice short game. Like the lighting but I don't quite understand why shome lights stay on and why some don't. The mechanic with the angled walls is very cool to see. But could be used with more puzzles. Music sounds nice, but the phasing is to fast for the slow type of game. Am I done after the screen fills with darkness? Great artstyle.

oh_cripes 2014-12-08 16:09

Very cool look with the lighting effects. Took me a little while to work out the controls, I should have read the description :) Not sure if there was an ending, I lit all the torches, but nothing happened.

oskardevelopment 2014-12-08 16:10

Great mood and audio. There was no information if you had or lacked the fireball ability, so it was confusing of how you got it and how it worked. Interact with A didn't make any sound, so made it confusing. Good luck!

madball 2014-12-08 16:17

This game is very pleasant to play. Graphics are nice, atmosphere is great, music fits perfectly. However, it could take a bit more polishing. For example, a "The end" screen, or at least a way to tell if you have the power or not, except from trying to use it or guessing.
And enemies are actually nicely done. I think you could make more difficult levels just with using them in clever ways!

lamiche 2014-12-08 16:49

Hi everyone !
Thanks for your feedback!

Considering it, I'll add some change and put a new version.

Actually, ennemies are able to switch off torchs when they are next to them (they jumpwhen it happens).

About the fadeout end, it's normal, I didn't have enough time to put an ending. I will add a simple one.

razieliyo 2014-12-08 17:13

Little weird but cool after all!

floatingghost 2014-12-08 17:15

Lighting effects are lovely :)

rozaxe 2014-12-08 17:16

Nice graphics ! Music fits the game.

harsayhd 2014-12-08 17:32

I like the idea, but you shouldn't add the time limit.
I wasn't sure at the beggining that round shadows are my enemies.

lamiche 2014-12-08 17:37

Well, I wanted to put different ending depending on how many torchs you lighted up. There is no time limit : it ends when you light up the big orb.

I wanted it to be a metaphorical game about the mind : if you decide to fight your monsters, fears, problems, at the end, everything feels better, and you're proud of yourself.

hwinwuzhere 2014-12-08 18:39

The lighting is really nice :)

andreasl 2014-12-08 18:47

Really cool game! I enjoyed trying to figure everything out. I like how the game didn't really explain anything (maybe it should have explained the controls)

Could have been longer but you fit a lot puzzles into one screen so I can't complain too much. The graphics weren't anything special but the lightning effects made up for it.

Good job!

esaucm98 2014-12-08 18:48

I definitely enjoyed the visual part of the game, specially the lighting effect, And the music is good. I was a little confusing at first, but I think I got it. Well done

techblogogy 2014-12-08 18:54

Amazing game. Although controls are a bit wonky. Keep it up.

lamiche 2014-12-08 18:59

Thanks everyone :D
I would like you to get notice about the top left part of the screen game. As I said above, I wanted my game to be a metaphorical game, so I decided to write my title in Braille. It's up to you to know why :)

tommyno222 2014-12-08 19:03

The game looks beautiful and the idea of lights is awesome. I wish it was possible to move diagonaly and also some challenge as traps or enemies could made the game better. The theme fits very well.

bernhard 2014-12-09 13:52

hmm, crashes for me on startup, using WinXP. It looks so cool :-(

windmill-games 2014-12-09 17:57

Interesting and well executed game, i'm impressed!

borgi 2014-12-09 18:04

Nice graphics! Gool game! Controls was a bit odd for me, even if I held right down, and push and other arrow, tha game forgot that I was hilding right down. Nice job anyways!

floorman 2014-12-09 21:35

Nice game, really liked the idea of how you light the map.

arcturusdeluxe 2014-12-10 23:12

I'm not sure if I completed the game after lighting the big torch or if I went totally wrong, but cool game anyway. Quite an atmospheric experience, the lighting effects are good. Controls felt a bit sticky, I feel like I should have been able to go diagonally but couldn't. Overall cool stuff though.

ynots 2014-12-12 20:36

GOOD USE OF LIGHTS..

hempuli 2014-12-13 14:58

Really nice art! The puzzles were pretty simple but nice-looking. I wish the game had controls explained in the beginning; I had to check your description twice to get them.

louie 2014-12-13 15:03

Seems like a pretty solid game mechanic but there wasn't enough difficulty to it. It is definitely a good start though, because it was pretty fun even to just walk around shooting fireballs, lighting things up. It was just that the enemies were a non threat, and reaching the ending or lighting up the things was pretty straightforward and not very challenging. I guess you couldn't see enemies unless you shot ahead of yourself, but they were so few and far between that it didn't really matter anyway. Some more challenges, more enemies, more levels and it can be a pretty fun game though. Graphics were ok, but pretty flat. I liked what the lighting was doing for the game more than the character or tile art. The tiles were not bad, they had a strong theme, I just prefer a more shaded look.

designernap 2014-12-14 19:46

Reminds me of some of the darker dungeons in "link to the past" but a very good first entry. Well done.

nicealexanderas 2014-12-23 17:53

Nice lights, nice graphics :3 the only problem for me its the movement since i can only choose one direction... but its okey if the was design like that. Great work :D

lamiche 2014-12-24 19:08

Thanks ! Indeed, it was intentional. But after reading some feedback, I've made some changes and have released the 1.1 version. I recommend you to try it. Changes are little but nice (for example, you are able to move diagonally).

banana4life 2014-12-29 16:45

Looks very good

puppetmaster 2014-12-29 17:32

Nice game with cool music.
This game need more levels. :-)

Well made!