Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD40 → Gather the Darkness
By jeremy-wolf
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 185 | 3.65 | 37 | |
| Fun | 176 | 3.61 | 37 | |
| Innovation | 167 | 3.54 | 37 | |
| Theme | 144 | 3.85 | 37 | |
| Graphics | 272 | 3.47 | 37 | |
| Audio | 272 | 3.12 | 35 | |
| Humor | 499 | 2.03 | 31 | |
| Mood | 172 | 3.41 | 37 |
The gameplay worked well enough, as did the physics, although I would have wished for more effort to be put in the character models/environment models. A great way to incorporate the idea, though. This is a very solid contender and a great way to start trying these compo games out.
Using the mouse to both steer and aim is a little awkward, but it worked. I liked the lighting a lot.
Liked the visuals, had a good mood to the game. I'm not sure if it was intentional but sometimes the player kept shooting when I wasn't clicking. I also think it would be great if you could move in other directions.
I like the lighting the concept for the game. You managed to implement it well and even with the simple graphics the way your camera is and the emphasis on the lighting makes it work. The only thing I can say that it needs strafing to make the controls feel better. Overall it was a good game.
Good visuals and an interesting idea. I think it would be better if you could move using WASD instead of just moving forward.
Really cool concept. Would love if it had some visuals besides simple shapes, sound effects feel satisfying aswell. good job!
Nice, I like stealth games :)
oh it was really fun to play. The use of little lightballs are great und it's nice, that the enemies respond with a red light once your are discovered. =)
Very nice visuals, but unfortunately the crudeish sounds didn't work well with the visuals to create the pressing mood. The main dynamic of the game was interesting - perhaps the lights would slowly come back if you played more stealthily? On my first try I didn't understand the health bubbles either, I thought they were alarms! :)
Good controls and feedback!
That third level starts with a bang! Nice, but I definitely didn't go stealthy there
@jkreymendez Yeah, not sure what happened there. Couldn't figure out why the guys were spawning so heavily on that level. Definitely not intentional just ran out of time.
Love the game. It plays smoothly and is very fun.
Very interesting idéa, i like the shooting effects when the bullet hit an object. Quite innovative with the lightning effect after you kill some enemies with the light bulbs, great idéa, and great game, i love the game!
Good job, nice AI sistem you have here, sounds are good too and the game is fun, i just miss some music. (Btw there's a bug where you can shoot through walls just being really close to them).
The mechanics are quite good, my biggest problem was with how much recoil the player had while shooting. It is a nice touch but may be a little too much for my liking
Nice, the idea is pretty unique and gameplay is fun :)
I like the idea a lot! I got to what I assume was the last level. The next level button stopped working. I really liked that when you died you could retry the level instead of making the player do them all again! Nice work!
Pretty fun game, also *really* hard :D I love how simple and relaxed the controls are, you don't often see 2-button shooters!
I like the concept of tying power-ups to the lighting. The controls felt natural to use.
Great use of lighting, both for gameplay and the look of the game. The controls are similar to an fps, which was a little awkward at first but became comfortable very quickly. Only downside is it crashed right after I died when the score window came up:
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@howardcs Bummer. Sorry about that! I've seen that happen once in testing, but couldn't reproduce.
I also had a crash after dying on the second level :S
Back to the game, I really like the concept and the lighting effects, linking them to the mechanics is a plus to me. The controls were easy to grasp and felt smooth, and while the sound effects could be improved, they did serve their purpose as a source of feedback.
Nice job!
@howardcs and @ithildin can I ask was the crash in the HTML build or the windows build?
@jeremy-wolf web build in Chrome.
@howardcs and @ithildin I suspect the error is from the high score list... Doesn't throw errors with the local copy, but think itch may block the requests. Not sure. I turned off the high scores for the web build.
Really enjoyed the game, so funny! I liked the concept, art and, specially, the controls: they're so comfortable and natural (I loved the recoil effect). Congratulations :ok_hand:
Nice mood. I like the lighting effects. I should really switch to a mouse for these but if you'd like to cater to trackpad users in the future: it's hard to switch between LMB and RMB rapidly. Good job on the game overall!
Nice concept! The game is fun to play (most of the time).
Things I don't like: - Controls. In bullet hell games strafing is essential. - Sound. It's very basic. - No music. Music can help to set the mood.
Very cool game! It would make a very good one once expanded. Game crashed when I died in level 3, but that doesn't hurt. Overall, nice entry!