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Espace

By lomikstik and nishinoya

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7803.2130
Fun7773.0329
Innovation12002.3628
Theme6283.4629
Graphics6823.3129
Audio3853.2630
Mood1753.6629

Comments

cenullum 2018-08-14 09:37

my game's name is also escape :D

nishinoya 2018-08-14 09:42

@cenullum It's not escape, it's espace XD

santaclausnl 2018-08-14 09:49

It felt a little slow at the beginning, I don't know if it's supposed to be that slow at 100% difficulty. But besides that nice game! I like the music.

nishinoya 2018-08-14 09:55

@santaclausnl well, 100% doesn't mean it's the hardest difficulty. The hardest one is 300% :D. But yeah, it's meant to be a bit slower at the beginning. And thanks for the feedback!

neu-eric 2018-08-14 09:57

I think the beginning is really boring and it´s kinda annoying that you have to start completely from the beginning if you do one little mistake. The game would have been much more fun if you would had 3 lives and the beginning would´nt be starting so boring. Or if you wouldn´t start completely from the beginning if you do one mistake. But anyway nice game :)

zlabya 2018-08-14 09:58

i liked the start menu

nishinoya 2018-08-14 09:58

@zlabya Thank you!

nishinoya 2018-08-14 10:02

@neu-eric Hey, that's why you can change the difficulty! But thanks for your honest opinion!

neu-eric 2018-08-14 10:18

@nishinoya Even on 300 % is the beginning a little bit of boring. And if the beginning of the game is any interesting challenge, then you would´nt had a chance to beat the game. I think the difficulty curve is a little bit strange. But that would´nt been that important if you would´nt had to start completely from the beginning if you fail. Anyway I really like the idea with changing the difficulty but because of the things I said doesn´t solve the changing difficulty all problems. I hope you understand what i want to say P.S You wanted an honest opinion :D

nishinoya 2018-08-14 10:22

@neu-eric Yeah, of course. I still don't think it's that big of a problem. But thanks!

2018-08-14 10:31

The effect of the old TV, I almost went crazy. The controls are very awkward, the character works long before you change direction. It is not clear why the hero runs around the ball, it was possible to make a flat room. In General the game is really a trip of an addict who has been sniffing glue with the bag over his head and washed down all this with a triple odekolona.

void-productions 2018-08-14 10:34

Man the music... loved it so much Good job

nishinoya 2018-08-14 10:38

@void-productions Thank you so much!

nishinoya 2018-08-14 10:42

@petra Jeez, i think you wrote this under the wrong game.

2018-08-14 10:58

I wrote a comment, deleted it, now I can't even see it. This is a strange website.

nishinoya 2018-08-14 13:16

@petra Oh, i can still see it tho :D Anyway, it's okay, i just hope you didn't leave any wrong ratings (that you meant for a different game) or something.

kerelolivier 2018-08-15 09:51

Nice game, as said before the difficulty curve is a bit steep. But after the first part, it is a nice dodging game.

nishinoya 2018-08-15 09:53

@kerelolivier Thanks, i hope you enjoyed the story, too!

tontonpizza 2018-08-15 13:10

sorry but i have to rate it although i didnt finish it because i died 8 times in a row for a little mistake and i had to restart from the very begining...

However i think i got the idea of gameplay (not the story but i can imagine a twist).

it is smooth and pleasant just not the part where you have to restart when you hit a tiny thing

krystekku 2018-08-15 13:11

Beautiful story ;_; this is so sad. And this soundtrack... Good work!

wetbox 2018-08-15 18:38

A good connection between music and the image.

teelin 2018-08-15 20:53

Nice game. Really liked the music for it and how it fitted with the backgrounds. It was also nice to be able to change the difficulty so I could see the ending, Well done guys :smiley:

nishinoya 2018-08-16 10:10

@tontonpizza You had to change the difficulty, then. And it IS meant to be that way, sorry if that's not what you like. But thanks for your feedback!

nishinoya 2018-08-16 10:10

@krystekku Thank you so much! We're very happy you liked it!

nishinoya 2018-08-16 10:11

@wetbox Thank you!

nishinoya 2018-08-16 10:12

@teelin Wow, thank you! We're so glad you enjoyed it!

adam-saudagar 2018-08-16 11:26

Good game, Music adds so much dept to the game, but when things got a bit fast, music didn't feel appropriate for the pace of the game

also if you are going to keep the mechanics of dying on touch (very punishing), better make a system that uses the current position of the player to generate the obstacles so that it doesn't become impossible to dodge them

apart from that, keep up the great work, Good Job!!!

darkguardsman 2018-08-16 11:27

Decent game, wish I had some of those graphics for my own space junk. Also really like how the mood of the level changes as you go.

nishinoya 2018-08-16 11:38

@darkguardsman Thank you!

nishinoya 2018-08-16 11:48

@adam-saudagar Hmmm... I personally don't see a problem there. I was the one who made the music, and i think the second part of the song represented the depth and mystique of space. But everyone sees it differently, so I understand what you meant with that. And we didn't have enough time to make the spawning of those obstacles so specific (we were only two people and one of them knows nothing about programming- me :D) but i can totally agree with that. Anyway, thanks for your feedback, your honest opinion is very important to us!

shapkofil 2018-08-16 12:05

Its a little bad when you hit something and get spawned at earlier stage of the game. But other wise its a great idea that uniquely fits the theme. Well done guys^^

nishinoya 2018-08-16 12:12

@shapkofil Thanks a lot for your feedback!

gurkenlabs 2018-08-16 12:14

Huge WOW there, guys! You turned a simple premise into a compelling ride through space with adaptive difficulty, appealing visuals, fitting music and an interesting story. When the lullaby in the end set in, I seriously got the chills. One slightly negative aspect was the randomness of the obstacles. In some of my attempts, I got away too easily, whereas sometimes the universe really wanted to fuck me up. Great job!

shapkofil 2018-08-16 12:21

@nishinoya i ment the speed is different at the different stages and when you respawn its soooooo slow (i just wanned to say this becasue i realized how retarded my original comment sounds)

nishinoya 2018-08-16 12:42

@gurkenlabs Thank you SOOO much!!!

nishinoya 2018-08-16 12:44

@shapkofil XD Yeah, I can actually agree with that! And it doesn't sound retarded at all, don't worry^^

tontonpizza 2018-08-16 15:50

@nishinoya ok i ve played with lower difficulty, its worth the shot

nishinoya 2018-08-16 16:19

@tontonpizza We're glad you liked it!

mackandrius 2018-08-16 20:46

Nice one, guys! Loved the menu and visuals! Although I'd like to say that it was very difficult and a bit annoying to restart the game from the very beginning after touching anything while playing. I think a health bar/force-field would do wonders, then instead of restarting you could at least take some damage before hand. But still - good job!

nishinoya 2018-08-17 15:42

@mackandrius Thank you so much for the feedback and recommendation, we really appreciate it!

cristihkj 2018-08-17 17:13

Simple and cool! :D

nishinoya 2018-08-17 20:29

@cristihkj Thank you!

brandon-napky 2018-08-19 07:23

I liked the mood of the game. I didn't like the change of pace when you died. I would've liked to see my score after each try! Good job guys!

brandon-napky 2018-08-19 07:23

Please review us back <3

nishinoya 2018-08-20 08:10

@brandon-napky Thank you for the feedback! Okay, we will try your game, too!

megalink 2018-08-20 09:42

Really nice game! Starts off a bit too slow but gets very challenging and enjoyable later on. The story reminded me of Interstellar. The mood of the game was communicated very well, I especially liked the titlescreen. Great job!

cerka 2018-08-20 10:28

I enjoyed this game :) Same note like most of the comments about the slow start.

yolp900 2018-08-20 20:56

Good game, well done! :smiley:

nishinoya 2018-08-22 17:10

@megalink Thank you so much!

nishinoya 2018-08-22 17:12

@cerka Thanks for the feedback!

nishinoya 2018-08-22 17:12

@yolp900 Thank you!

zelberor 2018-08-31 20:15

Absolutely amazing music!

nishinoya 2018-11-11 20:34

@zelberor Sorry for replying this late, but thank you SO much!