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Yin-Yang

By keith-wang

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2593.4027
Fun3083.1027
Innovation394.0127
Theme4322.7427
Graphics2053.4427
Mood1773.3627

Comments

pavel-ivanov 2019-10-07 03:23

Those effects! Nice

khaotom 2019-10-07 03:44

I feel like the version I downloaded is not the version in the video, the orbs move extremely fast!

keith-wang 2019-10-07 03:52

Thank you for your feedback, I found a bug in my code that might have caused the speed problem, and I just fixed it

superlee 2019-10-07 09:40

Our games are a little bit similar.

nachtwitch 2019-10-07 14:37

I have no complaints.for the game

eugsun 2019-10-08 01:36

Very interesting, and well executed! So hard though. I got dizzy, persevered, and got dizzy some more.

mattdotam 2019-10-08 01:48

The black and white design constraint was a smart move; more time for gameplay and polish, which was abundant. Fun to play and I managed to win. Great job.

mahalis 2019-10-08 02:11

Wow, for such an apparently straightforward concept it's -really- challenging. The minimalist aesthetic is really nice too. Well done!

keith-wang 2019-10-08 02:42

@nachtwitch, thank you for your feedback!

Hmmm, do you think the dizziness is caused by rotating background or screen shake? Or a little bit of both perhaps.

zillix 2019-10-08 05:56

This is super charming. The idea is simple but the presentation is awesome. Great work!

d4rkweasel 2019-10-08 06:07

I beat the game! :D But I needed to watch the video of you beating the game to understand how it works. Really cool concept. Just add some more explanation and maybe a progress indicator ;)

kirbloid 2019-10-08 16:57

Loved the push and pull between sides, and the style. The theme came across to me like "nothing is hitting me, why am I dying" and exploring that from there.

niterich 2019-10-08 17:00

So, first impression wasn't good - I opened your game, got a blank grey screen, and assumed the game didn't load properly.

Once I got in I certainly enjoyed my time with your game, and I especially liked the visual design and its integration into the game mechanics, but I'm not entirely sure how it fits in with the theme.

keith-wang 2019-10-08 18:06

@niterich thank you for your feedback! And sorry for my confusing theme. The idea is actually as simple as "There was nothing but chaos(grey), then Yin(black) and Yang(white) appear, or split from chaos."

keith-wang 2019-10-08 18:08

@kirbloid, thank you! That is another interesting way of understanding the theme.

corrade 2019-10-09 03:09

Striking visuals, although just constantly rotating the world in one direction and running away from the decaying enemies seems enough to beat the game. It's also unclear how enemies are dying (without referring to your instructions) as they're invisible when shrinking and shrink rather fast. This left me confused.

Like niterich said, I thought the game hadn't loaded properly when it began with a grey screen. I like the minimalist vibe in that, but I think you should've put a key prompt or allowed any key to be pressed to continue (instead of just space).

keith-wang 2019-10-09 04:25

@corrade I totally agree, this game can be confusing.

Using any key to start the game is a great advise, thanks!

benjamin 2019-10-09 08:09

That's smart ! Maybe some basic instructions like on start would help. Some ingame indicators about shot numberw or time left before win woudl be great, but maybe it would mess up the simplicity of the design.

smilewood 2019-10-13 22:00

Very hard! This game has a great aesthetic, just getting that to work is an amazing feat for a game jam. I am not good at this style of game, but it was a lot of fun to loose in.

digital-pie 2019-10-28 23:18

really solid idea and quite a fun little minamislt game, did find it quite diffuclt and confusing but liked the idea and it was still enjoyable