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Salvation*

By riccardo-sioni

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8353.1630
Fun10712.7029
Innovation6483.1128
Theme10012.9227
Graphics4063.7029
Audio2253.5328
Humor6162.5423
Mood703.9828

Comments

disco 2018-08-15 08:16

Nice work. It made me feel something. Not sure what XD. Nice shader on the blood/liquid. Ragdoll was effective. The audio was good made me feel uncomfortable, i imagine that was its intent. Overall needs something more to keep interest up.

sarneh 2018-08-15 08:22

This game is very artistic! But unfortunately it didn't have any goal or anything like that, so I didn't have too much fun. But it was very, very eye-pleasing. So a big 5 for the graphics, design, audio and mood! :)

riccardo-sioni 2018-08-15 15:02

@disco , @sarneh , thanks for your kind comments! Indeed, for the next jam I plan to have a better balance between presentation and gameplay, since this time I used a good portion of the 72 hours on the former rather than focusing on the latter. @sarneh , the goal of the game is to be able to reach the cone of light that shrinks with time - this is the connection between my game and the theme of the competition!

sarneh 2018-08-15 16:09

@riccardo-sioni Oh! I thought that it was some kind of a goal, but I got already bored of running for it (not running into the corpses was not too challenging). But that's just my opinion :) Still awesome job! :)

ryanjavanshir 2018-08-16 14:44

Wow that was actually quite.. scary? Managed to avoid the souls for quite a time before one slammed into me. A really creepy mood that was very interesting. Good job!

thebmxeur 2018-08-16 15:03

The retry button doesn't work. Also I didn't understand why I lost. Doesn't seem I was hit by anything. Nice atmosphere.

geekdrums 2018-08-16 15:08

Nice title screen and world design. report: I couldn't push "retry" button.

darkguardsman 2018-08-16 15:50

Odd but amusing game. Retry button doesn't work but the game... is something.

riccardo-sioni 2018-08-17 15:28

@ryanjavanshir , @thebmxeur , @geekdrums , @darkguardsman , thanks for you comments! I have just uploaded version 0.1.2 of the game with a working retry button.

zicboy 2018-08-18 08:38

Awesome game! I enjoy the art and mood of it. Keep up the good work!

cr0w 2018-08-18 17:48

Stellar mood on this one. The first couple times I played it, I ran blithely ahead until I got hit by a sinner. After that, I hung back a bit and just took in the view and contemplated my inevitable fate. After a while, I tried to make it around the most dense sinner areas, but salvation always seemed too far away. Contemplative, and visually very interesting. Thanks for making this.

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konsumopfer77 2018-08-20 09:41

got 75639 points! is there a way to reach the light? it is atmospheric and pretty freaky- in a good way. just not so much else to as walking arround in spirals yet ;: )

riccardo-sioni 2018-08-20 11:10

@konsumopfer77 yes, you can actually reach the light, but it’s not an easy task ;) thanks for appreciating my game!!

cristihkj 2018-08-20 12:48

Great game! Very cool and interesting! :D

demn 2018-08-20 12:49

Very contemplative game, you took a classic turn on the theme but put it in a very unconventional way, which makes the game really interesting.

I felt like the sound effect of the character being scared and breathing was a little too much. This isn't really about the sound volume, but more about the fact it is constant, and breaks a bit the simulation / invitation to become the character in my point of view.

Felt like you wanted to create something like in Amnesia or other FrictionalGames' types of games, which I really liked, so props for that :D The music is good in my opinion, I just feel like you could have lowered a bit the scared breathing, and put the music a bit higher. Thanks you for making this game, I had some fun trying to go through hell without getting crushed by bodies :D

psiv 2018-08-20 12:59

I never really know how to rate 'mood' on most games here, but this one definitely has a mood. The whole creepy ambience is really well done. One thing I think can be improved on the audio/visual side is the cone of light, I think it needs more motion/sparkle/particle effects to bring it to life more, make it really look like the beacon of salvation it should!

riccardo-sioni 2018-08-20 13:53

@cristihkj , @demn , @psiv , thank you all for the positive feedback! :) Indeed, I focused a lot on shaping the mood of the game as I originally intended. @demn , the music is very basic at the moment, just a simple chord. I plan to continue working on it to make something like a more full-fledged BGM. Also, I really want to improve my particle game! :D As @psiv said, it's a little too rudimentary at the moment.

demn 2018-08-20 14:02

I'd be very glad to play your game again once you worked on the sound aspects; feel free to PM me when it's done !!

riccardo-sioni 2018-08-20 14:04

@demn thank you very much! keep an eye on the GameJolt page for the game! :)

even-games 2018-08-20 16:28

love the atmosphere ! the game is simple and the meaning behind is nicely conveyed! keep going !

zuhairghias 2018-08-20 17:28

I got far but then died for no reason. You can walk infinitely by going diagonal.

riccardo-sioni 2018-08-21 06:44

@even-games thank you for your appreciation! :smiley: @zuhairghias exactly! However, with that trick you'll never win! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

deniskazantsev 2018-08-21 10:57

Is this Third Impact?

riccardo-sioni 2018-08-27 08:35

@demn , I have updated Salvation with a few changes (v. 0.2.0), also including a fine-tuning of the sound & BGM volume as you suggested! Feel free to comment and suggest further changes! :wink:

rahim-pxr 2018-08-27 17:15

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