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Spiritship

By velvetlobster, MicFaifer, GabrielaTavora and Herlyke

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall10752.8966
Fun11462.5562
Innovation8592.9161
Theme10032.9163
Graphics1804.1076
Audio1953.6273
Humor6372.5055
Mood1443.7368

Comments

mahalis 2018-08-14 03:40

Huh, I like this idea - I'd really like to see what it would be like as a finished game. Love the art style; it makes me think of a hand-drawn version of Broken Age. I hope y'all make something for the next LD!

pohko 2018-08-14 03:54

The vibe is great, the audio and art are awesome. I would love to see more, I followed on itch to see what comes next :)

dizzy 2018-08-14 04:05

Wow i loved the vibe, really want to see the complete game o/

karpopper 2018-08-14 05:04

the art and the mood were pretty cool

anna-petrova 2018-08-15 12:23

Cool art:)

oats 2018-08-16 06:26

Hiya, the mac version doesn't seem to be working, I just getting a little red 98% in the centre of the screen, I left it running for a few minutes and no change. I'm on High Sierra if that helps.

vfabien21 2018-08-16 06:52

Very nice graphics. Actually, I wonder if there is not a unwanted "meta game" as the music and tone of "unsuccess" message is as sad as the expected story ;-) Of course, we would love to play the game we had planned to do...

agwblack 2018-08-16 07:16

Absolutely beautiful. Lovely art style and music, great mood. As @vfabien21 said, the tone of the game really ties in with your slightly sad messages about not having time and being unfinished. Obviously there is no real game it, but I really enjoyed my time with it.

Also thanks for doing a linux version. I'm currently on my Linux machine and may not have got round to playing it had there not been a linux version.

velvetlobster 2018-08-16 12:15

"the mac version doesn’t seem to be working" we wil check on that and upload a new one, thanks for pointing that out

ryanjavanshir 2018-08-16 14:14

Nice art and music! I got a sense of the vibe you were trying to create - Mood gets a 4.5 from me!

josscomposer 2018-08-16 14:32

Wow ! could have been so nice ! great mood, and I love the touch of "Life is strange" in the music :-)

maroovan 2018-08-16 14:38

Can't rate this game in most of the categories but the graphics and sounds in this game are amazing. But I think that this game has a lot of potential

george-lancaster 2018-08-16 14:54

The game is cool but not done. A lot of potential.

darkguardsman 2018-08-16 14:55

Nice looking, but no gameplay :(

derpyjish 2018-08-16 15:11

Genuinely seems like a really great concept! Even though you didn't have time to make a lot of game play, even flying around in the rocket ship putting together the different snippets of text I found fun. And of course, the visual art and music are very enjoyable all on their own, especially with the mood they create.

I don't know how big you guys envisioned the game, but it would be awesome to see you challenge yourselves to make 'chapter one' of the game or something like that. Not too much to chew, but enough so that we could see what the game could be. I'm definitely going to check by you guys next Ludum Dare to see what you make! :smile:

derpyjish 2018-08-16 15:11

EDIT: Sorry, I accidentally double clicked publish and it published a second, empty, comment. Sorry! :confounded:

rend 2018-08-16 15:13

Too bad you couldn't finish it because the aesthetics is impressive. The music really gives a unique mood and even the handwritten text suggests a journey into imagination. If I may, the art would be even more stunning if the characters could be the same resolution as the rest of the game .Hope to see a finished version of this one!

ethan-nachreiner 2018-08-16 20:28

I definitely really like the vibe and art style.... but like you said it isn't finished 😔. I hope you continue to work on it anyways, even if the jam is over!

jlv 2018-08-17 01:50

I really, **really** want you to do "something nice with this one day". The mood, the art, the music, and even the way you designed your unfinished game to be enjoyable say a lot about your respective talents.

Pros : - Incredible graphics and amazing audio make for the most successful melancholic atomsphere I encountered during the jam - Strong concept, nice take on the theme - The experience itself is funny, I legit roamed through the whole place to look for more messages

Cons : - Bugs (at my first playthrough, my sprite got really small and was thrown into space) - I want more !

All in all, great work, and I look forward to your future entries !

erick-alves 2018-08-17 02:03

Cool

catchthefloaty 2018-08-17 02:16

the vibe is really nice, its a shame there isnt any more to this, maybe do a post jam update?sounds really cool and worth making

hdmmy 2018-08-17 02:56

The mood is good!

framg 2018-08-17 09:02

good music and graphics, but you can not do anything! we will wait for an update!

abhis1kadian 2018-08-17 14:16

@velvetlobster A great idea with great music & game art. Love to play the completed game. Kudos to u.:)

randytayler 2018-08-17 23:25

Aw, man, I was excited to see more. Gorgeous music and art. Please do more.

potatolain 2018-08-18 03:05

If you follow up on this, I'm definitely interested! The controls felt... not great if I'm honest, but as you said the game's incomplete so I'm not shocked. The atmosphere showed through very much. I thought of LiS/Captain Spirit _before_ seeing the text, for whatever that's worth! (Mainly because of the music) I feel like there's a ton of potential here.

If this is something you plan to follow up, how can we follow this project? :grinning:

adam-harms 2018-08-18 05:57

Great start keep going!

honey 2018-08-18 08:50

The music didn't work for me, ther was some blinking of menu screens in the beginning and then just me on the planet. Still, I would play this game much longer, if there was at least a bit of gameplay. I would find something to do. Its artstyle is amazing and I hope you guys make something out of it!

velvetlobster 2018-08-18 17:28

@cppchriscpp thanks for the comments! We usually post games on itch.io and then some of them go to steam (actually currently its just one of them lol). Making complete games is quite hard, but we participate in some game jams from time to time. Btw I think I said that, but I must say again that I absolutely loved your entry to this ld42 =)

akuirako 2018-08-18 18:16

The art really looks cool. Wish I could have seen more !

shimage2 2018-08-18 23:58

Great art work and music. As a game, I was interested in the interior in the ship. It looks very fun!

quetzakol 2018-08-19 08:17

Too bad you could not finish it on time, I'd really like to play this game if you can finish it some day. The game has a great atmosphere. As a big fan of LiS/Captain Spirit, it was hard not to like this ^^.

hauo 2018-08-19 10:43

I have to give you all props for at-least showing what you managed to make, rather then not submitting anything at all! The art and style shows potential for a sweet adventure game, it kind of reminds me of Machinarium a bit. Keep it going and aim for a full game next time :smiley:

malytimi 2018-08-19 13:15

Mood is amazing. It tried to get this green cellphone but i couldn't do it.

biebras 2018-08-20 12:03

Really awesome graphics and audio, but badly I didn't get the point of this game and in some cases, it was hard to read the writing.

aeveis 2018-08-22 04:18

nice setup, love the cute animal family. like the vibe so far. thanks for sharing your game- keep up the good work!

rahim-pxr 2018-08-27 17:21

Nice game, Love how everything is balanced! Good luck, Don't forget to take a look at ours if you don't mind and see what it's like when we just focused on graphics in this game jam! Game Link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/spacelab-42a

velvetlobster 2018-08-28 17:02

Thanks @aeveis and @rahim-pxr for the comments. @rahim-pxr I will sure check your game very soon. From the picks and screenshots it looks promising =)

gil4 2018-09-02 14:42

One of the favorites mood-wise, loved the music and the art style. I'll gladly play the full version if you end up finishing it, really curious to see where this's going! Well done!

hellsquirrel 2018-09-04 14:05

cool game!

2018-09-04 17:24

Nice graphics! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 42 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/RlwE2-mxmJw