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Miyu

By seconddimension

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Audio144.27
Mood54.44
Coolness1100
Overall314.05
Graphics374.52
Innovation1743.66
Fun3203.31
Theme4623.43

Comments

seconddimension 2015-04-21 01:49

Hi all! Just a note on the theme; we went away from it a bit, which was not really intentional. The original idea was to collect plants and use them as a sort of lasso to catch dangerous enemies. Then we decided we wanted it to be a bit more relaxed, and also the lasso thing was super difficult. So the unconventional weapons are still the plants and animals in the environment, but they evolved over the weekend to not really be weapons. Hope you can forgive us, thanks for playing

tetrapteryx 2015-04-21 02:06

This is really cute! I occasionally found it a little frustrating trying to herd enemies, but the soothing music and pretty visuals more than made up for that.

mattmirrorfish 2015-04-21 02:36

Very polished, great art and music!

kabutakogames 2015-04-21 12:11

I know its weirdly specific but I love the way you pull off clouds with style

remmy 2015-04-21 13:25

I can't believe you did all this in just 3 days, it's really amazing and cute!

gene-z 2015-04-21 13:58

Too much pretty good game

ewchap 2015-04-21 14:05

Best total package I have played so far. The art is beautiful and the feeling and sense of space is spot on. I love the unusual herding/portals mechanic, Really top notch job for 3 days folks.

teamcalcium 2015-04-21 14:06

Very good, relaxing Game! The music was comforting and the controls were very smooth. The art was beautiful and the Graphics were cool. It was a great experience!

cowshark 2015-04-21 14:07

Really liked the ambiance of this little game. Coulda used some sort of indicator for how many sun sprites were left.

Music and the sound design were lovely and relaxing.

adamw 2015-04-21 16:10

So far the best game I've seen!

kyatric 2015-04-21 17:18

Very nicely made entry.
As usual, your team has its own world, its own pace and its own flair !

The game in itself isn't really what I would call fun.
But it was a soothing experience enjoying the music (special note on that, pun intended or not ;) ) and finding the little background surprises as I was "gathering the flock" in this different world.

Everything written in the instructions made sense, relax and explore and that's what the game is about.
From a mechanical standpoint, it would be likely better to be able to make several spritis fly through a single portal instead of having to look for them one by one, but it would be a different experience.

I believe you managed in making what you set out to do.

Good job to you and your team making this experience in 72hours !

themeorch 2015-04-21 17:51

Absolutely lovely audio/visual presentation. Having the sound effects in key with the music just makes it all come together! Herding enemies can be a bit frustrating when they end up clustered along the edges of the screen. Maybe having the edges of the screen loop together would help with that?

pixel_reaper 2015-04-21 17:51

Wow great polish! very soothing and relaxed. I like your art and sprites. had a very distinctive mood throughout. Well done!

nightlord 2015-04-21 17:51

Best game i played so far. amazingly moody. love the story, love the graphics. love the music. one slightly problematic piece for me was the controls (I played with a mouse). didn't feel very tactile, which plays well with the story but still. GREAT GAME

hotboxgames 2015-04-21 17:52

Aw man, this was beautiful!

Love the art, the animation, the colours, it all fits and looks great! The music has a great feel, then the additions from interactions makes it sound amazing. Great work.

havacore 2015-04-21 17:53

That was really good. I would have liked a smaller level, as it got annoying at the end to find the last spirit. Besides that, I liked everything about it.

trappytrap92 2015-04-21 17:53

Love the start, the graphics and the sound, but the game is a little slow (i think that this is what you were searching for), but you should consider to make the player move a little faster. Btw really nice idea, keep working on it, you can get a really nice product.

elpaulo 2015-04-21 17:54

Smooth, very relaxing. Nice game man.

kyyrma 2015-04-21 17:55

Like you said in the description, very relaxing. I like the fact that there was no real sense of urgency or danger. Nice visuals and music as well. An all around solid entry!

manicminer 2015-04-21 17:59

Very releaxing and quite lovely really - bit slow paced for me but I recognise quality work when I see it :)

nassi 2015-04-21 18:03

Reminds me of Windosill. Less variety but also a lot shorter so I think I prefer this one. Solid entry all around, good job. Too bad I didn't have tea while playing this.

masterofnan 2015-04-21 18:30

Amazing visuals and great sound. I really enjoyed the chilled vibe, thanks!

joshua_burr 2015-04-21 19:45

I love the art and the sound. The whole thing feels great! I couldn't get it to work with an xbox controller.

goutye 2015-04-21 23:35

Beuatiful music and art. But it's really hard to capture the yellow monster :O Thanks for this game!

muromets 2015-04-22 01:19

A very relaxing a cute game, it was kind of difficult to herd the spirits but it was a nice experience

micahcowan 2015-04-22 02:04

Very relaxing, pretty art. I hope you guys continue working on it!

colludium 2015-04-22 11:20

I thought that was a beautifully presented and very well laid out game. Quite challenging, and with a great atmosphere!

pythong 2015-04-22 17:37

interesting game, and i like the art style as well as all the small subtle movements. but as you said yourself, it wasn't much of a 'game'-game

voider 2015-04-22 19:46

Great experience! Loved the atmosphere.

dyfer 2015-04-22 20:01

very nice, I really loved it !

pinpickle 2015-04-22 20:43

The graphics are beautiful and the relaxed gameplay is really nice, I just wanted to explore as opposed to reaching the goal and herding (which was quite difficult). I think you still fit the theme very nicely.

zatyka 2015-04-23 01:48

The gameplay was a bit bland, but the experience was lovely. The audio, graphics, and even object motions path all came together to give texture to the little world. Very nice entry.

mechamew 2015-04-23 03:26

Wow I loved this! So relaxing, the music and sounds are beautiful. All the little interactions in the world really bought it to life! (My favorite was the animating background) I didn't really like the herding mechanic, I think I'd prefer it if the spirits were just attracted if a moon was near by

blodey 2015-04-23 08:40

very cute and smooth playing game - it was hard to understand how to hurd at first, but i really loved the game :)

ryguydavis 2015-04-23 15:10

I loved how the world insisted on surprising me. The mood and interactions were really great. I found the controls really difficult, which was a shame. I played with the mouse, but I don't know if the gamepad would have been any different.

knarf2011 2015-04-24 20:22

Thanks for developing the game, it was really cute! ^_^ <3

killako 2015-04-24 20:25

Great graphics and mood. I experienced some text bugs during my play through. Herding the spirits felt more frustrating than relaxing. I didn't feel compelled to get them through the portals.

pinkindian 2015-04-24 20:26

Amazing. Perfect game just to relax and enjoy the beautiful visuals and music. You did a great job creating this.

badlydrawnrod 2015-04-24 20:35

A beautiful atmospheric entry.

phil-blunt 2015-04-25 15:11

I really enjoyed playing your chilled out game. All pretty much well made, nothing I could fault. Would have played more.

goerp 2015-04-26 10:15

Lovely!
You really succeeded in creating a mood. Sound, music, graphics, the speed of play all enhanced the mood.

It shows that designers worked on the graphics.

hexagore 2015-04-26 21:49

What a pleasant world you've made. Truly lovely. Thank you!

gruhn 2015-04-26 22:04

Whoa! What a beautiful game.
I really enjoyed the mechanic and the experience.

pixelcyborg 2015-04-26 22:20

Fantastic art and atmosphere!

sathorn 2015-04-26 23:33

Everything in this game comes together as an awesome experience. Great job! Only problem is that the actual gameplay is rather boring.

plustech 2015-04-27 04:02

Greatly appreciate the xbox controller option!
Man oh man! this entry is so cute, pretty and in some way, very relaxing. I enjoyed greatly even though the controls were a little funky and sometimes had trouble killing those yellow enemies. I think the change of direction was a problem for me in particular, I know that you are trying to achieve this space kind of movement but I wish there was a build just with 0 inertia just to try it out!
Besides that super personal opinion on the controls, I loved the art and music. The sfx when you were discovering those easter eggs on the BG were great. Really nice experience overall. If you find a way to polish this even further, I think it could be a great game!
Nice job, congratz to the team!

junber 2015-04-27 06:04

Nice and relaxing game. Looked and sounded very good.

garethiw 2015-04-27 10:14

This was an outstanding entry. Audio, art, mood all top notch. Very relaxing to just explore, and I loved all the little touches with the background elements. Thank you!

stending 2015-05-02 21:46

Most relaxing game I played this LD! Amazing mood, sound and graphics!

unconventionalfusion 2015-05-02 23:30

Amazing! Well done guys!

xanjos 2015-05-02 23:50

This was a rather nice relaxing entry plus I really liked the mechanics.

lizard455 2015-05-03 03:27

Neat game! I like the mood.

mrshoestore 2015-05-03 22:54

simply beautiful.

frozencow 2015-05-04 21:44

You are forgiven. Relax experience and overall weird (in a GOOD way!). I liked finding all the strange stuff like mountain opening in background and the 'enemies' twitching eyes. Nicely done!

taro 2015-05-08 00:18

Loved this a lot! Reminds me a lot of Vectorpark's games, particularly Windowsill. I love all the minor animations you've added in. I actively searched for all of them, just because it was fun to find each one of them. Would like to see more from you guys.