szimano 2017-05-04 18:07
Little problems with the game ratio/size - the game showed up badly on a regular 15" macbook.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD38 → Terraform: a Small World
By duffjones
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2 | |||
| Fun | 2 | |||
| Innovation | 2 | |||
| Theme | 2 | |||
| Humor | 2 | |||
| Mood | 2 |
Little problems with the game ratio/size - the game showed up badly on a regular 15" macbook.
The game is a little too tall for my screen as well - I have to zoom out quite a bit, to about 65%, and even then, I have to put my browser on full screen in order to play.
The game itself isn't too bad - I haven't played that many story based, choose-your-own-adventure type games, so it was a nice experience. I was quite resistant to terraforming, which I guess was the goal of the game. But when I was offered the option to restart, it printed out a "dev console" at the bottom left corner of the screen as such:
Terraform a Small World 02.png
Overall, the story seemed okay, but the text scrolled up pretty quickly in some parts and it was too fast for me to completely read what the other individual was saying to me. The appearance of the speaking and the player's response texts look too similar; I wish the distinction was more obvious. Aside from this, the aesthetic choices in the text, backgrounds and graphic of the "small planet" were good. I noticed you are opting out of the graphics and audio categories, but you have them enabled, so I will not rate in those categories. Make sure to opt out as confirmation though.
PS I like the reference to Ludum Dare 37's theme. I don't know if it was intentional, but I did get a chuckle out of that. ;)