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MOTHER

By kakureta

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1583.6136
Fun3103.2036
Innovation1193.6136
Theme1543.8236
Graphics2183.5536
Audio1273.4535
Humor3852.0933
Mood853.6335

Comments

chimadan 2017-08-01 04:13

nice idea. intuitive controls.

captaindreamcast 2017-08-01 04:15

That ending, man. Wasn't expecting that, to say the least. Also, I can't seem to quit the ending screen.

Really aesthetic game, that switching idea gave me an Ikaruga feel. Only thing I didn't like was how much vertical and horizontal movement differ. Evading ghosts vertically was about 400% more problematic than dodging their buddies placed on horizontal sections.

Music and mood were great. The effects really helped a lot. Cool game!

jeremy-ryan 2017-08-01 04:25

Interesting play on the theme. It would have been nice if the screen was square so you could move equally fast vertically and horizontally (unless its different in the standalone, I played it in web).

Nice mood, too.

death-is-cold 2017-08-01 04:42

Really cool idea I like the switching mechanic. the level design could use some work, I often find myself not knowing where to go. Overall a really great game.

hazza 2017-08-01 04:53

This was a very very very very very very interesting game!! wow! great job.

oab 2017-08-02 07:27

Nice music. I hope camera can moving follow the mouse. I died many times because I can't see what waiting next. :)

wispeh 2017-08-02 22:21

This is bloomin LOVELY! :D

amatwiedle 2017-08-02 23:01

It's a really good take on the theme, but the time it took to recharge power was annoying :cry:

gamezero 2017-08-02 23:12

Interesting control mechanics, love the dual world premise. The particle effects are well done and the graphics and sounds give a strong atmosphere.

teddydd 2017-08-03 11:56

Recharging power is too slow. Beside this it's interesting idea.

svr-audio 2017-08-03 15:19

I really liked the control, the fact of using the keyboard and mouse to move is very interesting, a cool game, the art is good, the sounds fits the game idea, and the game have some cool small animations, great job !

kippllo 2017-08-03 15:22

Nice game, but I found myself having the charge way too much, and it took way too long. That's the only problem I can see! The Art is amazing!!!

dioinecail 2017-08-03 15:31

A good gameplay mechanic, i really liked it. Yeah, the charging is kinda annoyingly slow. It would be cool to see the full game!

zenmumbler 2017-08-03 16:00

Some odd bugs and the slow charging + gating puzzles make this a bit less than it could be, but a cool concept you should continue exploring!

jake-shaw 2017-08-03 16:11

Having the tutorial level and then having the player select the play button as a portal was great. Solidified the whole game concept. Nice job!

geeitsomelaldy 2017-08-03 21:22

A good tutorial is hard to find :)

dann 2017-08-03 21:24

I like the idea, you should expand it more

christina-antoinette-neofotistou 2017-08-04 05:09

Very interesting and risky game design, I loved it! Only thing that broke my flow was the 10 seconds recharge time, I felt it was a bit much?

Very cool concept, and nicely done for the time limit!!

gonutz 2017-08-04 21:34

Ten seconds is a very long time, really destroys the flow of the game, mechanics like this are really getting you out of the zone in my opinion.

The intro and connection to the main game is very nice.

The graphics are fine but the "mother" (I guess) looks really out of place, one pixel anime character amongst hand-drawn abstract objects.

The controls are OK but not suited for non-English keyboards, many European keyboards (like mine) do not put the Z X and C keys next to each other so you might have to have a weird hand position.

Why use the mouse for moving, on my landscape screen I can go a lot faster to the left and right than up and down which feels strange. The arrow keys would have done the trick more nicely I guess.

I quit the game after getting killed in level two, this is not really very appealing to me.

Still, a solid entry, like I said, really liked the intro, very good job there, keep up the good work!

gildar76 2017-08-04 21:39

Very interesting game, and nice use of the theme. Liked the menu music a lot.

sinclairstrange 2017-08-05 18:22

The switching theme gave huge flashbacks to Ikaruga which is good thing, I feel that mechanic is often underused. It's very playable, the graphics are a bit mis-matched in places but nothing terrible. The controls seem fine and the gameplay itself is pretty solid too. Overall good entry, great little time waster! ^-^