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By holofire
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Coolness | 3 | 69 | | |
| Graphics | 47 | 4.50 | | |
| Humor | 178 | 3.35 | | |
| Theme | 218 | 3.93 | | |
| Overall | 301 | 3.55 | | |
| Mood | 349 | 3.45 | | |
| Innovation | 435 | 3.12 | | |
| Fun | 488 | 3.07 | | |
Comments
blinry
2016-12-13 16:03
This came up when I searched for "stanley" – I knew someone would do this! :D It's unfortunate you didn't have time to finish it! If you indeed should finish it next year, you're welcome to notify me, I'd like to play the complete thing! :) I'm @blinry on Twitter, as well.
So, feedback! AMAZING graphics! :O Did you create all assets yourselves? How you display the room is amazing! On my first try, I went the stubborn route, (SPOILERS) only to be trapped :D On my second attempt, I played until the room with the five colored buttons, it seemed unsolvable because some buttons didn't come back up.
I absolutely love your attention to detail! Like, the clock displaying the real time, or the main character looking at the door after pushing the "useless" button :D To me, it didn't feel like entering the room in a time loop, like you write in the description, but like entering multiple different rooms!
I think the game would highly benefit from a real narrator, do that if you have the chance! Reading the text in the corner is a bit distracting. Also, of course I would like more branching points, where choices of the player make a real difference!
So, thanks for your work so far! I wish you a lot of motivation for completing the game! :)
holofire
2016-12-13 19:39
Cheers dude. Your feedback is really appreciated. All of the graphics were made from scratch by my talented friend George (@123gas321 on twitter).
budaniel
2016-12-14 07:47
Very nice! The visuals, as blinry said, are stunning, so congrats to your friend on that. The gameplay was straight forward and the puzzles self-explanatory, but it was fun to solve each room nonetheless. I ended up getting toasty by the fireplace, and it was worth it.
I agree with everyone else that the graphics look great. I like the overall look of the game and being a huge fan of The Stanley Parable I very much so look forward to seeing what you guys end up doing with a full release! I also have some feedback, and this is just from one guy so please take it with a grain of salt! The interaction animations were a little slow, when I had to open a box or press a button the seconds of him raising his arm to press it started adding up. Also I wonder what your thoughts on voice work is? In my opinion Stanley Parable and Beginner's Guide work so well because the VO. Anywho good job on the game and good luck with the project!
jerodak
2016-12-14 09:13
I really enjoyed going through the blue door, I think the voice guy may have overreacted a bit though. The effects with the shadows and the look of the game in general was pretty cool. Since it's unfinished, I'm not sure what else to add that hasn't been said already.
holofire
2016-12-14 09:15
We do plan on adding VO for the narrator for the full release. Thanks for the feedback guys!
Too much like stanley. Even the narrator. However, it has much potential, just stray away from the Stanley story and you'll be fine. Visuals are great. I just noticed a small gap between chair and the floor (visible in detached shadow) in the Room 9 while you wait for the chair to enter the fireplace.
All in all, it's a really nice project.
Why does this hve only so few comments? This game is amazing! Stunning art, the character looks so funny. I liked the writing too. It does borrow a little from Stanley, but is its very own thing.
I liked the puzzles and the branching too. Like blinry, I would love to play the final thing, so it would be great if you'd let me know once you're done. Find me on twitter @freejsf.
Have fun finishing it.
I love the art of this game! and the mini puzzles and feelings are cool. Great job!
doxm
2016-12-14 19:28
The art style is amazing!
Nice art, the rooms felt cozy. Some neat concepts for gameplay but the boxes and number buttons felt too tedious. Good job!
pkenney
2016-12-15 13:54
Wow great moody art, nicely done! I played a couple of paths, one ended at "goodbye" and the other I was in a room with some colored buttons that I couldn't get to open the door.
The mood of exploration and the snarky humor was also nice.
One thing that irked a little was the slow animation speed of pushing the buttons. The animation itself looked great but when I had to do a lot of experimental pushing it was tricky. I liked that you queued animations, for example searching boxes I was able to clickclickclick past a few (Yes I could improve my patience.....) . The problem hit me most when there were some roman numerals and I thought, perhaps I am meant to click this button 7 times? Except I couldn't queue multi-pushes of the same button, and I was waiting for the animations. This meant I was reluctant to perform additional experiments.
Anyway, didn't meant to dwell on one small nit - the game looked really nice! Somebody mentioned sound in another comment, but I heard only silence. I played the WebGL version in Chrome on Windows.
2016-12-16 10:19
oh! Nice! is also online? Can I find it on indiexpo? I'm making videos about the games of this Jam, but only about the games hosted also on indiexpo! Tell me if you will add it, so I can include it in my next video ;)
split82
2016-12-17 21:45
That ending! :D Perfect. Very nice game. Great job.
Oh ho ho, what a sad end. The idea is well though out, and the existing levels are fun. I really encourage you to add more!
Graphic wise, the game is beautiful. The colors are well matched and create a very fitting mood. Even though the art style is a bit minimalist, the game does not lack details at all which make it great.
Keep developing the game!
dege
2016-12-18 01:06
Very nice entry. The graphics are amazing, character animations are perfect. You should really build upon the idea, I'd love to play many many more levels.
maple
2016-12-18 06:24
Nice entry. A+ to the graphics.
A little sad that there wasn't more than one ending. Also I think the game really lacked an atmosphere which I think you would've gotten from sfx/bgm. Footsteps, crackling fireplace, etc.
But yeah, overall, good work! See you in a future jam
Cool game, love the idea of the narrator! Would have greatly benefitted from some narration or in general sound and music, to create a deeper atmosphere.
Cool. I played it twice and got very different paths, but with the same ending (not sure if there are other options).
Great work for 72 hours. I'd be interested to see where the "finished" version takes you.
capitals
2016-12-19 14:02
I really liked the game. I thought it looked pretty. I can also see the influences from other games - such as the Stanley parable. I will say I thought some of the animations were painfully slow, on the button and boxes rooms in particular. Overall well done and I'm looking forward to seeing more from it.
gipzo
2016-12-20 20:31
Feels like Portal and The Stanley Parable at the same time, pretty fun )
I liked visuals and character animation.
Will be looking to full game :)
dia6lo
2016-12-21 11:46
Uhm, I haven't any sound in-game (Chrome 55, tried Web version). Great models, I'm truly amazed by the amount of work you've done in 72 hours. The gameplay was sort of good, but I haven't felt like I've played something special (maybe sound should've played it's part, but you know~). It was very tiring to press buttons, though :c
holofire
2016-12-21 12:28
Yeah, I did put some sound effects in the build, but for some reason they never made it in the release build. I am going to have to check why they never worked.
wowa_u
2016-12-24 10:04
Cool art stryle and overall vey nice entry! Just one thing, the text box in the left bottom corner is too far away from the game.
2016-12-25 13:48
Impressed with how far you took this concept in such a short time! Looking forward to seeing where the game goes.
valiap
2016-12-27 08:11
Really amazing graphic that made from scratch in 48 hours. Nice one!
shide
2016-12-30 14:04
Awesome graphics. Pretty interesting gameplay. I’d also love to see more puzzles/levels.
Great work.
kato9
2017-01-02 16:33
Nice, surprisingly fleshed out w lots of animations and content. I think you did a decent job capturing the vibe of The Stanley Parable, but I think more humor and more extreme situations would help. But for a game jam this is really impressive!
Nice graphics, interesting game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 37 games, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/sgVfFX3jjXQ