james-dunlap 2018-12-05 00:17
A very simple game, but well done. It took a bit to figure out exactly what I was supposed to do until I remembered the theme, and then it made perfect sense.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD43 → Diver
By timbeaudet
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.04 | 12 | ||
| Fun | 1.75 | 12 | ||
| Innovation | 1.80 | 12 | ||
| Theme | 2.45 | 12 | ||
| Graphics | 2.40 | 12 | ||
| Mood | 1.75 | 12 |
A very simple game, but well done. It took a bit to figure out exactly what I was supposed to do until I remembered the theme, and then it made perfect sense.
I really felt the game lacked some atmosphere that could have been gained by even a couple sound effects. I didn't understand what I had to do and I would have loved to have seen even just some text telling you how to play the game initially (use the arrows). Once I hit a bunch of random keys and found the arrows keys controlled movement I took the to ocean, collected 5 coins and won the game... not sure how I won but I did.
It successfully made me remember the theme.
A very simple game, but I think it could have used some text for the players to understand what to do. Also, the lack of sound and feedback make it quite austere.
Heads up, I was unable to play your game (i did not rate your game because of this). "The code execution cannot proceed because OpenAL32.dll was not found." Anywho, it was unable to run. I hope you can fix this.
@blobo This is noted in the readme; you need to download and [install OpenAL](https://www.openal.org/downloads/oalinst.zip) on your system, link provided.
I definitely understand the lack of feedback on what to do, it is not my strongest entry, especially not for the effort that actually went into it. Wasn't my weekend.