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Pinky's Nightmare

By zenmumbler

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Innovation4683.07
Mood5893.03
Theme6163.34
Humor7112.43
Graphics7892.80
Overall7912.92
Fun8562.61

Comments

scumbly 2015-08-25 01:29

Liked it! Great take on the theme.

vacso 2015-08-25 01:32

Cool concept, I like the idea and definitely feels creepy going through the foggy maze.

terop2 2015-08-25 15:10

Nice 3d graphics. That looks pretty difficult to do. The controls were odd. But anyway, good job.

x70x 2015-08-25 15:13

Interesting idea, but there are a few things that keep me from enjoying the experience. Control choice would have worked better if there was an indicator on the player model that showed you which direction you were currently facing. When the camera angles switched it was very disorienting because the player model looks the same from all sides. Also, the lighted regions of the maze were not enough of a landmark for me to ever feel like I knew where I was going. Perhaps a smaller maze with better visual landmarks would be more reasonable.

firebrushstudios 2015-08-25 15:14

Great game! It would be nice to have some clarity though. The camera should really be behind the player instead of stationary. There should also be a way to see which direction Pinky will go (without moving)
A minimap would also be nice, but would maybe make it too easy.

louspirit 2015-08-25 15:23

Nice, different by the controls and the camera :)

zenmumbler 2015-08-25 16:15

FirebrushStudios: indeed. I changed from first person to 3rd person static cameras halfway and while I feel they aid the atmosphere, it was quite a gamble and it is indeed disorienting; and this was with a LOT of camera tweaking to make sure you wouldn't flickering through many views or looking at walls. Makes one appreciate the effort that went into the old PS1 games.
Thanks for playing.

spyboy 2015-08-25 16:37

Resident Evil with pac-man :o

blahgyn 2015-08-25 16:41

hahaha I loved it!!

kles4enko 2015-08-25 17:37

My head, my head, my head!!!!!!

mantis 2015-08-25 20:14

REALLY cool twist!

wdebowicz 2015-08-25 20:38

The Idea was really cool, I would like to see it on bigger arena.

van-noctar 2015-08-25 22:47

Good job!! gameplay working, it's very difficult to take keys!!


Good job!

dollarone 2015-08-25 23:02

Great idea! The camera angles made it scary! You could have added some jaws-like music:) I will now go to sleep and have a nightmare. Thanks!

minionstudios 2015-08-25 23:11

Very interesting in both the viewpoint and the execution- I would have loved some sound but the mood is great, pinky feels small and frail wandering huge caverns only to meet a giant, cracked stone pac man. Nice job!

daukan 2015-08-26 06:08

I really liked the look of this game. only wished that pacman was moving smooth too. the camera angles was a cool feature.

zenmumbler 2015-08-26 09:27

Daukan: I moved the pac-men in this stuttering way as an experiment to see if I could make them less relatable. In this game they are supposed to be these mockeries of a "real" pac-man, but it didn't really work out the way I wanted.

derr 2015-08-26 09:55

Neat idea! The camera angles and the lighting setup a nice mood. I wish you could hear Pacman chomping in the distance and getting closer and the controls could use a bit more work. Overall I really like this entry!

danidre14 2015-08-26 16:51

Nice graphics. Was totally rad, and creeped me out a lot.
Cool entry.

zkenshin 2015-08-27 12:49

Very solid entry. Seemed like I could sometimes hug the wall and get by the Pac-men without them hitting me, which might have made it a bit too easy? Still very well done thought, good job. :)

nassi 2015-08-27 14:36

If only there had been an ambient soundtrack and some tactically placed SFX this would've been true nightmare fuel. Like other people have pointed out there should've been some kind of indication as to where Pinky was looking (eyes ;)). I think the tank controls and fixed camera angles worked wonderfully for what you were going for. Solid entry all around, good job!

lmt 2015-08-27 16:05

Well that was nice. It is quite a unique take on the theme, normally the monster but in this case not.

everlessdrop41 2015-08-28 14:13

Like the game, the only thing is that the controlls are a bit annoying, but well donw

adsilcott 2015-08-28 16:42

The game was fun. Music would have given it more of a creepy atmosphere.

lastleaf 2015-08-28 16:53

Graphics brings the mood, nice.
It took me some time to get used to the directions. Feel much better after that.

arskiainen 2015-08-29 15:24

The camera is so cool. Without any landmarks it's very disorienting to glide around.

crucknuk 2015-09-01 21:59

Nice! it is so scary to wander in the labyrinth not knowing if you will fall on pacman! :D
loved to play it!

dunin 2015-09-04 07:33

17 minutes 49 secondes...
How many Pacmans are in this game?!

zenmumbler 2015-09-04 14:27

There are 5 Pacs wandering around randomly. My best I believe is 2 min 36 sec.

inbetweengames 2015-09-05 11:15

At first I thought you really need an indicator showing the direction the player's facing, but after playing it was actually pretty intuitive. Couldn't find any keys and often just got stomped as soon as I got into a room and had to start over. Nice use of the theme though.

kidando 2015-09-07 14:14

i like the concept. without any face or eyes its hard to tell what direction you are facing. The camera switching made it difficult for me to remember where i last visited (minimap maybe?). Congrats on ur submission

jcourt 2015-09-07 18:35

I kind of liked how there were multiple stationary cameras. The only thing this needs is creepy music and maybe a minimap? If you do put a minimap I think it should be small so that you can't see the whole maze, and ghosts and keys shouldn't show up on it. Just to make it easier to get back to the starting point.

nihilaleph 2015-09-08 02:31

Nice game! Graphics were simple but very effective. The theme twist too, simple but nicely done! The camera movement made me a bit dizzy, but added greatly to the mood! Navigation was hard, but I guess that's the idea of a maze xp Missed sound, but you can only do much ^^;
Anyway, great entry!

Btw, isn't Pinky a girl?

bombjack 2015-09-10 10:56

the originality of this reverse pacman is the fact that it's in 3D. The controls are a little fuzzy. Would be easy I the map was always there to help. Nice.

mubox 2015-09-14 23:34

Nice mix of concepts. :D

PS: We have fixed our game, if you want to see it again. ^^
Thank you.