Unnatural Occurrences

lars-dk 2017-12-05 10:20

Awesome sim. Loved the depth and the humor. Art was beautiful. Sound effects nice. Some moody atmospheric stuff was there - not quite music but spooky enough. Menus quite simple but I liked the inclusion of settings. A little hard to figure out how much suspicion would make me lose etc. Some in-game explanation of mechanics would really have helped - some icons and numbers don't mean a lot. But after some trial and error I figured most of it out I think. Keep improving that UI :). In summary, a very impressive showing with great mood and art.

edword 2017-12-05 21:15

Really loved the idea and atmosphere, completely looking forward to a version with stable UI to spend more time with it. Loved the amazing lo-fi graphics and the game flow. Good work!!

pox 2017-12-05 21:25

I'm so disappointed I can't figure out how to not get hanged down, because your game had a mazing mood. Audio and graphics are really well done. I particularly love the third room, the one with the goat and the butcher. Please add some information so I can invoke the Soul Reaper !

bigbazwa 2017-12-05 21:28

Great atmosphere, art and sound fit very well. Took quite a bit of trial and error to figure out what to do, could use some more explanation in-game. I'll probably be back to play this one again.

tabass 2017-12-05 21:57

Wow great mood! But I couldn't manage to get "Foreboding" so I have been blocked real quick! Too bad!

adroitconceptions 2017-12-09 14:40

Audio was really crackly on the web version. Couldn't really figure out the point of the different things. Also didn't like the idea of being a character of the occult.

plasmonic 2017-12-11 21:57

@jason-kennedy Sorry about the audio, seems to be a unity bug - we've taken out the layered music to stop the crackling on the web version, have a look at the windows/mac version for the full effect though!

svenfrankson 2017-12-11 23:34

Really good mood ! Is there anything we can do to reduce Madness / prevent it from increasing ? Good job anyway :)

lieropart 2017-12-12 00:15

Pretty impressive in terms of amount of content. I like the atmosphere as well. Feedback: It would have been nice to have a bit more of a tutorial or guide during the first playthrough because I really didn't know what to do at first.

adroitconceptions 2017-12-12 00:43

@plasmonic, can't run Mac on Linux as far as I know and I don't have the desire to make Windows work via wine. ;)

illabom 2017-12-18 15:41

Very nice game you have here! I like the graphics and the sounds are good. Great concept. Goodluck!

Check out my game if you like! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/virus-detected

japes 2017-12-18 20:34

Great, atmospheric game! Love all the text: book titles, newspaper headlines etc were clever and entertaining. The music and graphics, while simple, were immersive and drew me in to this world. It made me want to play more until I won! (which I did ;) )

The only real criticism I have is that the menu design could maybe be improved, and I came across a few bugs: - "money" menu in the first room stuck open on my second run - bug when exiting settings menu, couldn't figure out how to get back to the game

Other minor criticisms: - button icons could maybe have been a bit cooler (considering how cool the rest of the art is) - Font a little hard to read sometimes (though it does suit the theme well)

plasmonic 2017-12-19 18:39

@svenfrankson There's no was of reducing madness no, it acts as a time limit!

@jason-kennedy Have you tried the web version? We'll try to sort a linux version if there's time!

adroitconceptions 2017-12-19 21:06

@plasmonic, in response to my 'web version has issues' comment you said to try windows/MAC ;)

plasmonic 2017-12-19 21:32

@jason-kennedy good point! I'll sort a linux version... the sound is a bit better in the web version now though!

safrmo 2017-12-20 03:44

Very impressive! The graphics are excellent and the gameplay is really interesting. This'd be a game with some solid atmosphere no matter what, and the fact that you pulled it off in an LD timeline is amazing. Great work!

fork0 2017-12-20 22:53

Cool game. Managed to summon Satan! :D

sgadrat 2017-12-21 22:55

Haha! The more unexplained indicators there is the worst it is to figure it out! That works well with the theme, but more in-game clues about impacts of your actions would have helped to figure it out without having to monitor the eight indicators by eye.

Your game shines with it's great graphics and the atmopshere of mad widzard facility which is exceptionally restituted. That's definitely a great entry.

gistnoesis 2017-12-22 01:27

Nice incremental game. Ambiance well set (reminded me of Irenicus dungeon). The game seems rather pointless as I don't get to feel all the awesome things I can achieve with my newly crafted spells. Overall I enjoyed the experience. Well done.

sylver-kovy 2017-12-22 20:41

Interesting Game, with depth and good balance mechanics.

geckoo1337 2017-12-28 16:40

Great freaky mood and an interesting gameplay. I like the way so as to switch screens - smooth transition. I did not understand all about rules, but I had fun playing. Well done ++