torcado194 2015-12-16 23:27
interesting concept! it was kinda confusing at first but i understood it eventually. the controls were hard to get used to though
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD34 → Fading Light
By null-dies
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mood | 212 | 3.62 | ||
| Audio | 234 | 3.52 | ||
| Graphics | 435 | 3.61 | ||
| Innovation | 490 | 3.18 | ||
| Fun | 685 | 2.95 | ||
| Humor | 717 | 2.26 | ||
| Theme | 738 | 3.41 | ||
| Overall | 764 | 3.04 | ||
| Coolness | 1611 | 44 |
interesting concept! it was kinda confusing at first but i understood it eventually. the controls were hard to get used to though
The 3D artwork is amazing. I like the story.
But I lost when I met the sprout. I can make it grow taller, yet what is the goal?
@guoboism: Thanks for the nice feedback :)
The sprout ... you're supposed to stand on it so it would carry you, sorry if that wasn't clear :(
Was not very intuitive at first, but once I understood that taking light meant ungrowing a plant and giving light meant growing a plant, the gameplay became clear. Very nicely done, looks like it took a ton of work!
Yeah we didn't have time to make a tutorial of any kind, we wanted to put key icons that tell you to press "R" and "F" on sprouts/trees and maybe just one dialog during the first level.
I'm glad that people do get the idea after some time though :)
Aw, I was hoping for a lot more in this game with the size of the team. After I read the description I had high expectations, but it turned out pretty disappointed. I'm assuming you had more ideas but ran out of time
Here's my thoughts, reading through it seems kinda harsh but hopefully it's constructive:
The graphics were kinda boring. Everything seemed kinda dull, especially the trees.
The main character looked off to me. The way he moved and then floated when he was still was weird. Also sometimes his robe would sometimes come through the bottom of the platform. The lighting felt off, he looked weirdly shiny, at first I thought he had tentacles.
The graphics for the buildings, and the background looked nice. I think maybe if you used some interesting lighting, or something to get different colours into it, it would look good. Perhaps the contrast between light and dark could be emphasised visually? There just needed to be something other than dark and greyness.
Gameplay wise it wasn't very fun. I was waiting for the main mechanic to be introduced, and then it ended! I also think limiting the game to going round a single building removed a lot of potential exploration. There's really not much you can do but go around and then go up.
The controls were pretty weird, I've never played a game that used R, F and C before and it confused me trying to remember which was which, and so I died a lot at the start. Also C was never useful? But perhaps if you left the controls on screen it would be easier.
The music was really good though!
I think next time I'd focus on thinking of some simple gameplay, and implementing that first. Games that do well are ones with one core mechanic that's fun in itself, as opposed to games where you cram lots of features in to try to make it more fun.
I did manage to get through the game by the way! I think maybe the reason why I was disappointed was the intro was done so well, and the screenshots looked really promising! Hope you guys can improve for next time!
@Jezzamon: First of all thanks a lot for your feedback :)
I'd like to point out that half of the team were actually "interns", people who are completely new to our team, so don't think about the number :D
For the graphics we decided to go with the "Gothic" art-style and wanted to make it look gloomy (dark blue lighting), but you are right about the trees they need to be much better, and we could try to add more light to the darkness somehow, for example, yesterday I made the characters' eye glow and light up the place a bit.
Gameplay-wise, we actually designed 6 levels, but when we finally integrated the final 3D models (trees, elevators) all the positioning as off and we had to readjust everything and time was running out, so we chose levels 1, 3, and 6. A part that you didn't get to see of the core mechanic is the C button, there was supposed to be places where you have to spawn a force of light on top of a pressure plate to keep it triggered as you go through a sliding door that closes when the pressure plate deactivates. There were also levels were the player was forced to go up and down a bunch of times to finally unlock things (not just up and up like you say), this one also didn't make it :(
And about the controls, yes they are weird indeed, it was a very late decision and didn't get tested, and we didn't even make it configurable from the Unity Launcher, so we apologize for that.
very fun game! nice work
Very nice fleshed out, almost poetic premise! The gameplay was a bit confusing at first but once I figured out that i had to stand on the sprouts it became quite enjoyable! Good job guys!
I liked the music too, very dramatic.
Very interesting but it lacks a good puzzle using the growing mechanics. I didn't know what the levers were doing when I activated them too.
The levers do all sorts of things, in some cases they open sliding doors, and in the final level is *should* unlock the final elevator, but we mistakenly made the elevator activated by default :D
Nice artwork/graphics. Cool music.
good graphic! well done! :)
This game is screaming for a tutorial. Not a bad game though, presentation is nice, and I like the story and voice acting. Gameplay mechanics could probably use some expanding a bit, and definitely needs more in-game explanation. Good work overall though!
Neat game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/lBXur6KZCzs