stefanie-leitch 2019-10-09 00:03
Interesting concept. I'll be honest, the gameplay was a little slow -- having to click a button between each shot of the bubble got fairly painful after a period of time. But again, interesting and unique concept.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD45 → Starting From Nothing
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1002 | 2.88 | 36 | |
| Fun | 1043 | 2.51 | 36 | |
| Innovation | 745 | 2.94 | 36 | |
| Theme | 1079 | 2.27 | 36 | |
| Humor | 852 | 1.96 | 29 | |
| Mood | 718 | 3.14 | 36 |
Interesting concept. I'll be honest, the gameplay was a little slow -- having to click a button between each shot of the bubble got fairly painful after a period of time. But again, interesting and unique concept.
A lot of detail in the writing! never thought a bubble game could be used this way haha.
design-wise, I was a little confused
and for me, the connection between "Suicide Risk" and and the bubbly gameplay felt a little ... misappropriated
Other than that, the visual and audio affects in the gameplay felt really nice, and I loved the music
I liked the gameplay. Reminded me of games like Puzzle Bobble or Bust A Move. I felt like the narrative added another dimension to the gameplay, as if each "bubble" were an event in their life or some stress building up, and it made me want to succeed for more than just getting past the level. A difficult subject that is rarely (if ever) discussed in games and I think it was well done.
Game gets reeeally laggy, and I'm not sure making the player hit "action" before each throw is a good idea, it messes with the pace a lot. The actual gameplay is as solid as any bubble bobble clone tho.
Nice art and sounds.
The mechanics were good and the inspect feature was a great addition.
I found the gameplay quite slow and it took a long time to get through any amount of story.
Well done, and bravo for tackling this topic!
I'm totally into the idea of adding story rpg elements to a match 3 game! Inspecting your character was really cool. The gameplay itself fell a bit flat for me, I found myself wishing the game was faster paced, although I understand that a faster pace might conflict with the sort of meditative theme. Nice entry on a challenging subject.
I like the game, you made the bubbles animation suttle but it felt amazing... Also the music complements the theme realy well. I would have liked, if you didn't have to click each time you needed a new bubble because - bubble aiming was the main gameplay feature :)
I also like that you chose such a topic that is often not spoken in our society. If you do use such topics, please add a disclaimer like: If you suffer from depression or suicidal thoughts, there are a number of people who can help you. Here's a list of number that can help you https://ibpf.org/resource/list-international-suicide-hotlines
I like the game :) it feels a little slow but thats okay. The music and the art are great. Nice job
When I opened up the Web player, the whole game was confined to a little corner on the bottom left. That made the game a bit slower and a bit more challenging than it otherwise would have been intended. But the idea is very heartwarming (or heartbreaking as it may be the case), and the writing steps up to the challenge. Put up some more screenshots and make a blog post! It's a very nice game, it deserves to be seen.
It seems to be a bit oldschool. I don't think combining story and chakachaka games is a nice fit.
I like the ambitious goal of anchoring a sort of familiar purely-abstract game form into something emotional and human. I like the writing and the generosity of spirit that kind of shone through behind it. But the screen was really tall and didn't really fit right on my monitor, and the stats zone below the play area wasn't that easy to see, and this kind of broke the connection between the concepts, and I was terrible at aiming the balls, so as a result I think for me it was a sort of a miss... but that doesn't make this a bad entry, I appreciated the attempt even if it didn't exactly click together for me personally. Keep going for this kind of stuff, because when it works it can be really powerful!!
Очень милая музыка, и медетативный геймплей
The music and sounds were good, had a really calming atmosphere. But I don't see how this matched "Start with Nothing"
Lol suicide and bubble game XD You know what I thought, Ludum Dare 43 had a theme "Combine two incompatible genres" That would fit that theme sooo well. Otherwise the game is alright, Im not particularly enjoyed bubble game but I understand it was not the main focus unlike keeping the suspect alive
I liked the art and music. And you made the bubbles work with the serious themes. Good job.
That second level was brutal. Couldn't even get close to 12. But the other levels were doable.
Nice game, didn't finish it though because its not my kinda game, but nice backstory/intention and lovly art
Creative entry! Thank you for acknowledging mental health, video games are a powerful medium :thumbsup: I found it a bit distracting to click the buttons all the time, maybe it would've been a good idea to have display of the bubble-informations as a hover-event.
Thanks so much for all the well-thought-out feedback everyone, and it means the world to us that you took time to enjoy and appreciate our game. We're definitely going to redesign based on the feedback that we got, especially (1) the dislike of being forced to click "Action" every time, (2) the difficulty of controlling the game for some people, (3) the screen orientation and size (we were sort of targeting phones, but I think we can make it work for desktop users as well), and (4) the difficulty curve vs. storytelling. Thanks so much!