albinobat 2018-12-05 11:36
Love the graphics and mood
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD43 → The Moth Shepherd
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.50 | 9 | ||
| Fun | 2.71 | 9 | ||
| Innovation | 2.64 | 9 | ||
| Theme | 3.58 | 8 | ||
| Graphics | 4.78 | 9 | ||
| Audio | 4.07 | 9 | ||
| Humor | 2.16 | 8 | ||
| Mood | 4.42 | 9 |
Love the graphics and mood
Hey. I really liked the idea of your game. The sacrifices of the moths, your sacrifice, when you need to go somewhere and can't take the moths. Time/Life being represented by the light/ number of moths... The graphics are just beautiful! The character design reminded me a lot of "night of the rabbit". The backgrounds are a bit simpler of course, but that is to expected on a game jam game. It is really wonderful what you have done with the graphics! I first didn't get that shift actually did something. Because of the picture with the burning (altar?)stone, I thought you could interact with them but I didn't really find any way to interact. Only the saving mechanism and that you need to have at least one moth to make it work. I didn't get that far though, cause some parts were rather difficult to do. The jumping mechanism didn't work that well. The walljump felt pretty clunky. As you were also a moth I had the wish to fly/glide quite a few times... ;) I actually think you could develop something great out of what you have there. I mean it IS already pretty cool. But with a bit more testing and with some more implemented story, it could be awesome. I might play it again, to see if I get past where I got stuck. One last thing: The zooming out, when the character respawns takes quite long. When I was stuck at the same point for some while, it was really annoying to always have to wait so long before trying again. I do hope you get some more ratings for this beautiful game!
Ok, where I thought "I didn't get that far" was actually near the end. And I could finish it, even though it was more luck, because I nearly died before getting there.
Really polished game! The art and music are superb, the leveldesign is also pretty good. The controlls could flow a bit better and feel clunky at times, but thats what happens when doing a game in 72houres. It took me a moment to realize what you need the moths for and the checkpoints could have had the feedback of the "doors" to communicate that you have activated them. Overall really good entry.
I really loved the game! Sooo amazing. mostly, I enjoyed the atmosphere created by the beautiful graphics and music. The Idea is also neat ;)