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The sleep of reason produces monsters

By ithildin

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD33Ever
Graphics2343.5564.157.9
Audio2553.1753.848.7
Mood3913.1051.041.5
Fun7222.6523.818.9
Overall7292.8223.517.2
Humor7382.005.410.1
Theme8032.7014.014.1
Innovation8652.155.45.1
Coolness110090.490.4

Comments

Algerator 2015-08-24 07:02

Quite fun! Loved the suspense music :D

iossif 2015-08-24 12:19

a dog with a gun! what can go wrong?

slashee-the-cow 2015-08-24 13:19

I love the gameplay! And the art style! Just wish it was a bit longer. Spawns seem a bit buggy, though. First time through I killed the wolves in about twenty seconds, then about twenty seconds later the birds started spawning (they killed me with about a minute left). Second time I killed the wolves in about ten seconds, but the birds didn't spawn for over a minute after that (I didn't kill them all before the timer ran out). Third time I killed the wolves in about ten seconds again, but the birds never spawned.

aberdeenphoenix 2015-08-24 19:39

I love the don't starve aesthetic of your game. Very nice. By the third play, the birds don't spawn, though. Or they didn't for me.

split82 2015-08-24 20:48

Awesome mood and somehow hypnotising music :) Nice!

vaida 2015-08-24 22:20

The art style and music are very nice, you should be proud of what you've achieved in 48h! :) The gameplay was quite simple, though, but the sound effects and the lazer made it enjoyable.

matthew-rayfield 2015-08-24 22:25

Cool music! Nice graphics! Pretty fun!

I can easily see this being expanded and being quite a bit of fun. Reminds me of a game...

I had a weird glitch where a bunch of birds got stuck in the corner.

mantis 2015-08-24 22:56

Great music!

ladycerberus 2015-08-25 09:42

Very impresive, love music and the message ;)

sergi-montaner 2015-08-25 16:30

Nice one!
The art is nice and the music is bad ass!

Sometimes happened to me that after holding the shoot button and releasing it, the gun starts shooting non-stop

zener 2015-08-25 18:00

Fun game with pretty art style and moody music! Very impressive for one woman army!

steve 2015-08-25 20:49

I liked the hand drawn art style, but I felt there needed to be some kind of impact effect when you hit the birds as I wasn't sure when my shots were actually connecting with them, a puff of feathers and knocking the birds back a few feet would have really help sell the hits.

Good work though, I had fun even though all my dogs died ;)

sinclairstrange 2015-08-26 09:22

Loved that Genesis style audio, man that was cool. The art style is awesome and it plays well! Loved it :)

guoboism 2015-08-26 14:01

Funny game! Well, I thought cats were monsters...

theolinone 2015-08-26 22:56

This games really puts you in that "Don't think about the rest of the world for a little while" mood. The art and especially the music helps sell the theme. Although simplistic i kind of liked the game play. I can see that further interaction was planned but as a small LD entry I think it works okay. Only bad thing I can say off the top of my head is that the gun sound gets repetitive really quickly.

afenda 2015-08-27 10:32

Nice music and nice graphics.

defacid 2015-08-27 21:11

This game was very pretty, and the different endings was something that was great to have. The only thing I could say it needed was a more involved take on the gameplay - it was SUPER polished for what it was, but it got repetitive quickly. I played through twice, though!

Definitely on my list for a great example of what's possible in a Ludum Dare game.

ali312 2015-08-28 09:41

I love this art style and sound

yuigoto 2015-08-29 04:38

The idea is really nice, really. Loved the art style and, together with the OST, it helps set up a really nice mood for the game!

The bug where the mobs spawn after some time is a bit strange, but didn't get in the way as I was playing and enjoying it. :)

I felt the need for some extra explanation/instructions, together with the narrative, but it's nice already. :P

I played the game and read the post-mortem before writing this and, even more after reading what you wrote, I certainly think it fits perfectly into the theme and can be expanded to include a lot of things, I'm sure. :P

It was quite a nice experience to play your game. :D

Cheers!

darklightteam 2015-08-29 10:54

Wow! Nice plot twist at the end. It's impressive you did all of this in so little time. Really good job :)

dpisarcik 2015-08-30 00:27

The artwork was great and the game was a decent amount of fun. Thanks!

empyrealhell 2015-08-30 22:51

I liked the feel of this one quite a bit. The web version seems really buggy though, based on the other comments. The creatures won't spawn unless I kill the NPCs, and the creatures don't do any damage. I'm also not sure I get the story, or if there's more to it than just killing the unknown making you a monster. Still, I liked the graphics and the audio.

anaglyphcoding 2015-08-31 11:37

A neat little PC game, however when the birds came in I was super confused. They just kept spawning and when I hit them, they would turn into a four-winged red vulture of death? And then back into a bird? Then, all of a sudden, I died.

Very nice physics/lighting/control/graphics and it is evident that the game is very well designed and coded, the music was awesome too.

The lack of HUD was a problem, nothing to show us a score or lives and that made it more confusing. Hopefully you can take these into consideration for a great post-LD build.

Well done! :)

manimal 2015-09-03 10:01

Nice music and atmospheric graphic design

bombjack 2015-09-06 11:53

classic but fun. the art is cool.

ithildin 2015-09-06 21:37

Thank you all! I'm surprised and glad at the reactions about art and music. As for gameplay, I know that it does need some work to make it fun and to make the connection to the theme clearer. I was aiming for some kind of "The Chase" vibe, but between the bugs and the non-player characters feeling lifeless it was hard to see.