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Abyssinum

By kaa

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness357
Innovation1743.66
Mood3303.32
Audio3513.13
Graphics4273.48
Theme4523.44
Overall6973.00
Fun8362.58
Humor9201.72

Comments

horsed 2015-04-21 12:35

Very nice idea. I like the abstract look of it. The music and explosion sounds are actually creepy. It's too easy, though (just had to spam q-s-e). Maybe one cogwheel would be enough?

hyoga-3d 2015-04-21 12:46

Ohh nice game, but the learning curve is way to fast, because the controls are a bit complicated, but good idea.

jerrre 2015-04-21 20:12

Yes, finished it! This game good do with a bit more tutorial. I could not get the hang of it, but pressing all buttons stressfully seems to help. I think the idea has more potential tho. Maybe if everything was more slow, it would be less random

coyyonce 2015-04-21 21:12

Interesting idea and interpretation of the theme. The controls were a bit hard to pick up with the enemies flying in so quickly during the initial level.

fixitteam 2015-04-21 21:14

Interesting ideea. Like the simpicity of the game, but is a little bit too easy.

headmade 2015-04-21 21:16

A downloadable version would be nice.

ranmara 2015-04-21 21:19

Agree with other commentators - lovely looking game and innovative idea, but it seems easier to just spash qwe than to work out which cog to turn.

philipp 2015-04-21 21:21

Very cool idea, I liked the abstract style and the mood.

Getting in my head which color turned which cog while watching one gate after the other rushing towards me was a bit overwhelming.

Spamming is indeed very successful and was my response after failing multiple times. I think, I would have preferred a slower pace for the gates and faster enemies, but it was still pretty fun.

xandy 2015-04-22 21:39

interesting concept. an indicator for new enemy spawns would be nice. i also noticed that a lot of enemies die without player interaction.

designernap 2015-04-22 21:40

I saved all the souls! A nice idea but I found that the best tactic was to just hit all the buttons quickly. Good visuals too!

mokujin 2015-04-22 21:42

Very complicated gameplay, but i love atmosphere!

nuprahtor 2015-04-22 21:43

I really love the audio.
It was pretty difficult to understand what to do at the beginning, but then I just ended up just mashing buttons. And it was quite fun. And I won!

geckoo1337 2015-04-22 22:29

Very nice idea. I liked this gameplay. In fact, the best way to play is to press the keys without other explanation. All mechanics are great and this mood is really oppresive. The music is too short - it breaks the ambiance. Thank you ++

jhell 2015-04-23 10:30

Interesting entry, lovely art, but too easy! All you have to do to win is indeed to spam the buttons. With some tweaking this could achieve a very nice feeling though I think :)

kaa 2015-04-23 20:06

Thank you all for feedback! We forbad ability to spam buttons and make enemies a little smarter in fixed build.

Also we added downloadable version special for Headmade.

midnightcreators 2015-04-24 19:15

The plus here is the art! I liked this concept (loved the logotype). Interesting gameplay, innovative idea! Good job!

nassi 2015-04-24 19:17

The windows download is missing the data-folder required for running the game. I'll check back sometime in the future to see if it's fixed.

orangespikygames 2015-04-24 21:31

Love the mechanic and what you were able to do with it. With more time, balance, and polish, this could be awesome. The multiple cogs was a little difficult to deal with.

sundr0 2015-04-24 22:04

Nice idea ! A bit hard but well made game !

nassi 2015-04-25 15:26

Interesting setting and the weapon sure was unconventional. I didn't really feel in control though, since there were so many different things to pay attention to. Passed by pretty much randomly pressing QWE.

langouste 2015-04-28 15:53

Super game! I love it, thanks ;)

gatinmnsok 2015-05-02 11:33

Great game but controls are not intuitive at all

pixzleone 2015-05-07 14:00

Cool idea. Keep it up!

tanser 2015-05-10 08:27

Interesting game :)

frozen-stick 2015-05-11 19:11

Wow extremely neat game play.Great grapics and sounds!