ekin 2019-10-08 16:52
it looks really good and i want to play but i am a mac user can you take a video of gameplay? i really liked the cover.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD45 → Tabula Rasa
By dis0rder
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 22 | 4.05 | 29 | |
| Fun | 142 | 3.51 | 29 | |
| Innovation | 40 | 4.01 | 29 | |
| Theme | 191 | 3.57 | 28 | |
| Graphics | 29 | 4.23 | 30 | |
| Audio | 38 | 3.90 | 29 | |
| Humor | 174 | 2.83 | 23 | |
| Mood | 3 | 4.35 | 30 |
it looks really good and i want to play but i am a mac user can you take a video of gameplay? i really liked the cover.
Really cool, bit looks a bit creepy, I love it
Your previous game did quite an impression on me during the last Ludum Dare, and this one pulls it off again. I really loved your photo based intro, which is one of the most expertly crafted visual experiences I have had to pleasure to play during this jam.
Regarding the platforming part, I loved the presentation and the audio. The controls felt a bit strange at first (having to deal with the physics of the square was not easy, and I did not get immediately that I had to mash the arrow buttons to steer the cube), but I quite enjoyed playing this part. However, it was a bit hard for me, and after several tries, I did not manage to collect the 40 gems, which is a shame, because I am sure that we get to see more after this part is over.
As such, I join @ekin in her request for a video. But really, great work, once again !
It looks sooo coool. i really like this style.
I loved it! I enjoyed the ghraphics and the atmosphere!
@ekin
Unfortunately I don't have necessary tools to provide a Mac-version (at least not yet). I've also been planning on a HTML5-build so you could play it in a browser, but there's some technical aspects that need to be taken into account first, so don't hold your breath...
It's probably possible to run the game on Mac using [Wine](https://www.winehq.org/about) though. In fact I developed this game on a Linux-machine using it! :D But that method might be a bit of an hassle for a casual user. ------
As for the video, I might record a more high-def clip later on, and it's entirely possible someone will eventually stream this game. But in the meantime, here's a few little lo-fi GIF's for your enjoyment :D
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@jlv
Thank you once again for your detailed feedback and kind words! :)
Yeah, the controls of the game are quite quirky, and it takes practice and effort to master them.
I was planning on making a "tutorial"- stage where the "button mashing" -technique would have been elaborated on. Also considered 2 difficulty levels, since the current iteration is quite challenging. But as always, time was limited.
There's a little epilogue segment after you retrieve all the shards. It's not much content-wise, but I guess seeing it feels slightly rewarding after you've gone through the trouble :)
If I ever find the time and motivation, I might go about developing a post-mortem version with the originally planned additional stages and a chance to tweak the controls and difficulty.
@nachtwitch @tomeonex @sarizard
Thanks, folks! I'm glad to hear my stylistic approach works for you.
Oh my, that was amazing. The whole intro, the idea with notepad and such and then a simple but nice gameplay. The mood was great, a bit unsettling and audio was prefect. Keep up the good work!
wow, this was really cool! love the moody style and aesthetic, really unusual mixing everything together with point and click photography like this for the intro and ending, then with some stylish hand drawn fun physics platforming action embedded inside also the style of the flickery color-quantization in the animated gifs you shared imo would look fantastic and super atmospheric as an actual visual aesthetic that could be written into your game as a shader! you should totally consider messing with that in future projects, it would go great with your style
Absolutely adored the game, as everyone else has been saying, the fmv intro was really cool. That creepy mask totally steals the show, I would love to know the story behind it! The narrative and theming were interesting and engaging, held together by great sound and music design too.
Also worth noting how unique those platforming controls are, really satisfying and fun once you get the hang of them.
@ekin @jlv
You were requesting a video of the gameplay earlier. The game was featured in two twitch-streams, and I've put the links up in the description.
@dane-tesla
Thanks, man! It's really nice to hear it worked for you.
@jjoeyay
Yes! Nice observation. The exactly same thing came to my mind when I was rendering those GIF's.
At first I downgraded the resolution and quality to make the content fit in the 4mb limit set in these posts. But the more I fiddled around and compressed the material, I came to realize that this style could work perfectly as is in the actual game! :D (This isn't the first time I've come to notice that limitations and necessity breeds creativity)
I've come to love lo-fi aesthetics in my previous artistic efforts, but haven't really utilized it to the fullest potential in my game-projects. Thanks to your encouraging feedback I got more assurance that this could be a direction I should be heading in some of my future works.
@Jam373 Thank you! I really appreciate it.
It's nice to hear that in the end you find the controls satisfying, because I'm still not entirely sure whether or not the gameplay is too frustrating for some players. I guess in a more polished/finalized iteration of the game, it would be ideal to have multiple control-schemes/difficulties to choose from.
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The background of the mask is a mystery to me.
I recently bought it from a second-hand-shop I work as a dayjob. My best guess is that someone bought it as a gift/souvenir way back, and years later it ended up for sale at the store (and finally to my Compo-Game :D)
Mask2.png
It says "Made in Italy", and has a sticker with someone's hand-written signature with the date 31/7/93.
I'm pretty sure that the mask has traveled multiple times from fleamarket to another and changed owners. It would be interesting to know all the things it has witnessed during its journey!
This is a special game. The stop-motion photo animations are awesome! The platform section is also really solid. The transition from spooky to a more uplifting atmosphere was kinda surprising. Great job mate!
A good game with peculiar visuals. I like how you implemented a platformer part, well done.
i love the identity of this game and how you chose to use stop motion, that is so rare to see and is also my very favorite kind of animation ... that maybe just me but the first minutes of this game made me fall in love with it, really, its so unique and its the type of thing I search for when browsing through ludum dare games ... that said ... i think perhaps I am not such a fan of some game design choices ... perhaps the tapping thing is not for me (although not necessarily bad) ... it feeels a bit like "getting over it" gameplay wise ... I mean ... it does make you feel that the difficulty is due to the control not being so "direct" .... ok so in all, love the visuals, love the style, perhaps i can grow to love the gameplay mechanics, for now though perhaps just not my cup of coffee
The intro was super weird and fascinating. I loved also the way the actual game runs in a vertical notepad page. The way the "character" moves added a spice. It was quite difficult to manage to go where I wanted to, but this made the game more interesting.
Looking at the mask, I can hypothesize it was some kind of cheap souvenir/craftmanship inspired to some neoroman-baroque sculpture. The label is unreadable but i'm sure it is not in Italian, 2 words enting in "n" in the same sentence would be almost impossible in Italian.
I liked the mix of genres here. Gathering scattered pieces of consciousness is no piece of cake and I so liked the tricky mechanics of the platformer: half pinball half traditional. The adventure scenes are well treated and in armony with rest. That mumbling loop is simply terrifying :D Really liked your work!
I love the creepy aspect at the beginning, it reminded me a lot of MYST with some of the still images. I obtained all the shards after dying 5 times~ I'm not sure where I had to go once the screen turned red. The only thing I think could improve is the sound effect from pressing the keys, since it's easier to move around while tapping.
Loved the beginning and epilogue segments, they were great! The platforming was finnicky, but manageable.
@lexyvil Theres a black hole below the medusa head east of the dropdown on the right side of the map. After going in you'll trigger the ending sequence in a forest with a creepy pickup in the final frame.
The beginning was very impressive, FMV was done super good and was amazing! The game itself has nice atmosphere, cool color scheme and graphics. I'm not sure if I like mechanics of tapping to move, was very hard to move with it
It's the best game. The concept is good. The graphics are cool. Games are also fun. It's fantastic.
Wow, that's a really strong opening! The music was on point, having that creepy feeling that immeditately caught my attention.
The gameplay was a little bit hard to get at first, and even after I understood the controls I struggled a little moving the player around. But I persisted cause I wanted to see the ending, and I feel it was worth it. Cool entry!
I loved this game a lot. It was so eerie, especially at the start. The hand drawn art style was so good, it had tight controls and reaaally nice and punchy sounds. You're clearly a very experienced developer! My only issue would be that it's a bit difficult, but that might just be me haha. Either way, awesome job! Best of luck!
Very interesting concept. Those sounds at the beginning are scary!
The atmosphere of the beginning scenes of this game is great! I almost believed this is an clicking escaping game. The platformer part is a bit hard to me but interesting enough. I also love the idea of the style of main game displaying everything in the pages. Great job!
I played this as part of a stream with TVGS and @omiya-games.
The best part of this game is, without question, the presentation.
The image based intro, the music, and the illustrated style are all excellent.
Given the amount of time that we spent in the game, the music proved a bit too short and repetitive.
I definitely think that the best part of the game is the unusual control scheme.
After playing it for a bit, I do think the game's mechanics work. They are however, very hard to learn. Still I think that they are inspired and interesting. I hope to see this game developed further.
https://youtu.be/No9PjQTpi0s?t=9526
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!
If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/494941552?t=3h27m36s
Hope you got some valuable feedback on your game and looking forward to seeing you next LD jam if I dont catch you before then! :D
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