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"Start with nothing"

By beetrootmonkey, and

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3.5013
Fun3.2713
Innovation4.0013
Theme3.5913
Graphics3.4513
Audio3.0013
Humor2.8811
Mood3.0512

Comments

mechwarrior99 2019-10-09 04:28

This is actually a pretty fun little game. It was actually pretty hard, more so than I was expecting, but fun! Great job!

spiritus 2019-10-09 17:48

A really fun, and quite challenging game ! The theme is perfectly respected, and the game feels polished, well played ! The only advice I have: the 'deadly walls' should be deadly only when undiscovered, because I often walked on them mistaking them for walls

beetrootmonkey 2019-10-09 18:08

Thanks for your feedback, @mechwarrior99 and @spiritus! Yeah, I noticed that one often runs into the "deadly walls" (they're supposed to be spikes, but I guess that didn't translate that well lol, plus that only makes somewhat sense), even when having perfect vision on them. Either, because your character moved too fast, or because you couldn't differentiate them from normal, harmless walls. I'll definitely give them some kind of overhaul to make them more fair.

nikadra 2019-10-09 18:24

A cute pixel-art game with a deceitfully simple tutorial, and a very challenging normal level! The paint-feature was quite interesting, and made you discover the level over time in smaller chunks, slowly getting to know the generall layout, and ultimately understanding where to go even without the paint.

I did think that the instructions were a bit unclear in the beginning, as I was mostly left to figure out how things worked, what things required a specific color of paint to be seen, etc. I was also not quite sure where to go all of the time, as the only pointers were the color-specific locked doors. But other than that, it was an interesting concept, and I hope you might expand on it in the future, making more than just the one level. Also, I saw there was a hardcore alternative on the main menu. I'm interested in how one would unlock that?

Overall, a nice game with an interesting mechanic, that I hope to see more on! Good job!

goodzilla 2019-10-09 18:27

Cool idea, but found it quite hard in the beginning!

ben-ash 2019-10-09 18:30

Pretty hard but a great interpretation of the theme! I couldn't differentiate between walls that would kill me and ones that just block my way, but since so much of the game involved trial and error anyway I just tried to remember where they were. Love the death sound effect too!

bocodillo 2019-10-09 18:59

Very good if a bit difficult. Loved the addition of a tutorial level. The game looks and sounds great and the idea is super cool.

blizary 2019-10-09 20:09

Hey guys the game is pretty cool the normal version does feel abit frustrating at 1st, maybe be abit more generous with paint xD ? All jokes aside it was fun, i like how simple the art i belive it fits in very nicely =)

palemek 2019-10-09 21:42

**Pico8** rules!