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Vivid Sustain

By faemir, Sythgara and Al_Da_Best

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7102.9032
Fun4743.0632
Innovation7792.3332
Theme5373.3332
Graphics6212.9632
Audio4872.6632
Humor2
Mood7492.4230

Comments

simone 2017-08-02 19:42

May I ask you which engine did you use? 'cause 90mb for a ludum dare game are really a lot...

luckyy 2017-08-02 19:44

I think the idea of having the lights go out is pretty cool and also fits the theme quite well! The gameplay is a lot of fun too, especially with the available power-ups. Well done!

faemir 2017-08-02 19:46

We made it in Unreal Engine 4, sadly it's not quite as good as Unity at keeping file sizes down, sorry!

jasperdev 2017-08-02 19:47

Powerups are pretty cool! Would have been sweet if you could unlock some permanently instead of loosing them after a few seconds I ended with a score of 3365

duskpn 2017-08-02 19:51

Nice game! Simple and fun!

spexxilove 2017-08-02 21:40

I enjoyed the game! nice idea with the lights going out.

I found a bug where you can shoot ( or more spawn shots in front of you) when the game is paused.

kakureta 2017-08-02 23:07

Lights and colors feel nice and gameplay is fun. Solid entry

rixud 2017-08-03 00:34

i don't know why but the game became really slow in my pc, i really like the concept and the 3D models, nice job!... if you can tell me why the game is slow in my pc gladly i can replay it at propper speed

paulo-brunassi 2017-08-03 16:16

The visuals are amazing, in my opinion if you follow what JW said on the talk "the art of screenshake" you could improve the game a lot!! Anyway nice entry.

faemir 2017-08-03 21:08

@rixud Assuming your drivers are all updated, it's probably down to it just not being very efficiently coded unfortunately - I struggled with getting it smooth even on my pc in the final hour of the jam.

I'll see if I can release a performance fix in the next day to improve the situation! :slight_smile:

fillefilip8 2017-08-04 16:21

Visuals are nice. And as @rixud screen shake would improve the game.

olmes-daravina 2017-08-04 17:18

What Fillefilip8 says shaking the screen would add a more real touch, but it is a very good idea of ​​play

feips 2017-08-04 20:30

This is definetly the funniest game I have played, even though I don't really like the graphics and the music, and the AI is pretty stupid. Still, I played it for at least half an hour and I reached 6500 points. The lightning mechanism is well excecuted and really adds to the game. Very nice Job!

almax 2017-08-05 21:58

Simple but fun game, visuals were nice but lack of VFX (enemy death/hit impact) was a bit jarring

kabalatrance 2017-08-06 14:22

Lights in the background were to strong, and impacted visibility of the enemy. This game needs some juice - explosions, screen shake. Maybe it woud work better if everything was speed up.

jwin 2017-08-07 03:13

Cool idea, collecting the power-ups just to keep the lights on.

It could really use some feedback for bullet impacts and enemies dying; they just kinda ignore your bullets until they disappear.

randomphantom 2017-08-07 17:03

Nice concept of having the lights run out making it more dangerous to wander in the dark. Powerups make it real fun to play. Nice models, although the ships look a little bit like flies from a distance.

pedro-miranda 2017-08-08 12:28

Very cool game and I like the lights goinf on and off on the background. One thing is, it would be nice to have some kind of indication on the polayer ship health (or am I missing it?). Overall, really cool game!

huvaakoodia 2017-08-09 14:19

A top down shooter at its most base form. Ok, there's the obligatory energy mechanic due to the theme.

Hard to get excited about basic shooting no-more. You should have added in a gimmick of some kind, be it teleportation, enemy mind control, energy harvesting/absorbing, expanded movement mechanics (energy based of course)... Anything really!

The graphics are adequate, no bugs either! An ok job for what it is.

irishbruse 2017-08-11 22:02

Cool game bit bland but cool none the less.

adhesion 2017-08-12 02:33

Simple but surprisingly fun! I like the light mechanic but when it was bright the visibility suffered a bit. Good use of the theme though, nice work!