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Nothing in Room

By wxzuir, colsk, luzi and Actsins

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4353.5745
Fun7343.0644
Innovation624.0845
Theme5433.3245
Graphics4973.6246
Humor4772.8943

Comments

nick-ui 2019-10-08 07:30

I liked the whole atmosphere of the game and it's presentation.

despdair 2019-10-08 07:43

Can you make a html 5 version also, if you used unity or other supported engine

nero-cao 2019-10-08 07:50

What a great game! You illustrated your point so well with the mechanics. The moment when I found out that I could go back to the 3D room, I immediately realize this is some deep level Shi**. Bravo my friend. Great concept, simply and clear art style. Dig it!

hiveminds 2019-10-08 08:16

Windows build. Game crashes right in the beginning sadly :/ When you spawn to look at the humans, after moving forward towards them.

The take on the theme is definitely interesting! Hoping to hear an update to know if something like what I encountered was fixed, I really want to try the entry!!

wxzuir 2019-10-08 08:26

@hiveminds Sorry to hear that. I'll check. Are you using Windows7 or Windows10?

wxzuir 2019-10-08 08:28

@despdair I'll have a try. But this is a 3D game and I'm really worried about if it can offer a great experience on WebGL.

colsk 2019-10-08 08:40

@nero-cao Thanks for playing. We tried to use the mechanics to tell the story instead of using text, so we really worried about if players could know what we tried to narrate. We really glad you can get some information from this congfusing game.

hiveminds 2019-10-08 09:12

@wxzuir Windows 7

slovnoslomo 2019-10-08 09:39

hey. creator of another [confusing narrative game](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/nothing-but-everything) is here :)

beat your game twice to understand it better and check if it has other endings. i'm still not sure about the resource system, cause on the second run i did almost nothing, but the flow and outcome was the same.

i like the general idea and that narrative is open for different readings! was fun to speculate around.

the aha-moment and ending _hits hard_.

colsk 2019-10-08 10:29

@slovnoslomo Thanks for playing

We tried to make several different endings, but because of the time limit, you know, we could only finish one.

About the second run, the speed of flowing away is higher than generating and we hide the reason in the game.(but seems like we hide it too deep to find for players)

I am interested in your confusing narrative game, you will see me at your page later. Wish I can know what you want to deliver. XD

despdair 2019-10-08 10:48

@wxzuir I made a 3D fps game for this jam and surprisingly it works very well in html 5. Unity handles webgl conversion pretty well.

bredera 2019-10-08 13:58

Cool little experience, like the art and sound design!

wxzuir 2019-10-08 14:22

@despdair @hiveminds I just build a WebGL Version! Maybe you can have a try :smile: https://wxzuir.itch.io/nothing-in-room

spidamoo 2019-10-08 14:34

erm... yes it is confusing :)

yaroslav-kravtsov 2019-10-08 14:35

The end is never!

tic 2019-10-08 14:35

After the first cinematic, I hit a crash on the WebGL release. Couldn't go farther than this.

whoismawal 2019-10-08 14:47

Great but confusing game! :) Unfortunately the WebGL version crashed after the first cinematic. Anyway, I really like the athmosphere you provided and this lovely take on the theme.

moechen 2019-10-08 14:50

Loved the end and the art!! At first I thought that players can have more interaction, but while I see the end I know the feeling you want to express. Also, hope to see more ending. Really want to save the character.

wxzuir 2019-10-08 14:55

@yaroslav-kravtsov @whoismawal Sorry about crash. :sob: 'I'll have a look. However the first cinematic is just the ending. There is no more anything after that. :scream:

hartvichio 2019-10-08 15:05

Very odd and draws you in a an uncomfortable but at the same time irresistable way. Feels almost Kafkesque

trinarr 2019-10-08 15:10

This project is the pure gold. Not about the game itself but about the idea :)

Would be perfect in VR.

mathevs 2019-10-08 15:13

I really like the idea of this game. The graphic and music helps to create right atmosphere.

despdair 2019-10-08 15:17

@wxzuir thank you for webgl version. I loved the game, it is so simplistic yet very impressive. End was shocking

colsk 2019-10-08 16:20

@yaroslav-kravtsov yeah it comes from "the Stanley parable"

I can still remember the feeling when I first see the end is never the end is never the end....

It is really impressive

narudgi 2019-10-08 18:39

Haha so edgy, im the same as those stupid humans

wolfrug 2019-10-08 18:45

I got an ending where I bash my head it against the wall, but I don't know if that's the actual end? I guess not? :-D Cute anyway, a nice bit of 4th wall breaking stuff here. Love the animations.

atwooooooood 2019-10-09 02:20

pro : the art, I like the pure white little house, also the control is simple. There are some interesting small narratives in the game, like the little man will hit the wall. The new man will come with a question mark.

con : I fail to understand the mechanism in the beginning. (It would be better if simple tips presented.) Also some low-res images ruin the atmosphere. I don't know if the angry emoji is a bug or not. Overall, the theme is vague - if it is the game suppose to have. There are a lot of stuffs in my brain. But please help me to dig it out~

colsk 2019-10-09 02:24

@wolfrug The end of the game is just what you have play, but the true ending of this room, these people, this story.

We dont know.

Maybe people will escape, maybe they will be slaved of all time

no one knows.

but

what you feel, what you like is the real ending. It's upon to you. Not us.

That's enough

Thanks for playing.

colsk 2019-10-09 02:24

@narudgi yeah you got it

Thanks for playing

frozen-spirit 2019-10-09 03:27

What an emotional ride that was. The whole story I found really interesting and the PvZ music really fit surprisingly. This has been one of my favorites so far during the jam good job :D.

toasteater 2019-10-09 11:34

I liked The Stanley Parable and it's nice to see a reference to it! I think what I've seen is the ending judging from the discussion above. The game is short but pretty interesting!

dk5000p 2019-10-09 11:46

I wanted to see what happened if I did nothing and that seemed to progress the story, but in the end I had to punch the people and that did not end well for me. Very interesting game.

miu 2019-10-09 11:52

I really would've like to play more of it, you have a really interesting concept here, only thing I'd like to know is, how did the character end up there

nachtwitch 2019-10-09 12:05

Very cool, wish the game was longer though, then we could enjoy it more, will you be working on this post LD?

colsk 2019-10-09 15:41

@nachtwitch Thanks for playing.

Actually, there are some ideas we want to add to the game, so maybe we will add more different endings and optimize some parts of the game. We will try to make time for updating this game.

colsk 2019-10-09 15:46

@dk5000p Thanks for playing.

Sorry about that the game just has only one end, and the thing you can do is limited.

At first, we want to make several endings. one is do nothing, just waiting . just like you shut the door at first in The Stanley Parable.

but we find we dont have enough time to finish it.

Maybe in the next version, we will add it.

colsk 2019-10-09 15:47

@frozen-spirit Thanks for playing.

we feel really happy you like our game

colsk 2019-10-09 15:54

@toasteater Thanks for playing

everyone in my team likes Stanley, and for me and @wxzuir , it is a game which becomes the first reason of trying to make games, and also enlightened us a lot.

We really like it.

joshuarabbit 2019-10-09 16:03

Wow. This game is nice. Is the player also the one man in these 9 rooms? The bulbs of player are also absorbed by unknown one, so the number of blubs is decreasing. And the player hit the wall finally just like the human in these 9 rooms.

gamebuilder 2019-10-10 00:50

When I reached the end it hit me. Yes, it pays to step back for a new perspective. Very interesting concept.

slimabob 2019-10-10 00:51

Wow! I liked this a lot. The story was great, and I loved the aesthetic. Great work to you and your team!

guoboism 2019-10-10 02:03

The player is just like one of the little man in the box?.... Though short, this is the kind of game that makes me think, a lot... Great game.

colsk 2019-10-10 02:41

@joshuarabbit Thanks for playing

you got what we think almost accurately, its really important for us to know there is someone knows our idea.

despdair 2019-10-10 10:48

@wxzuir do you have a twitter account or something which I can follow? I liked your game and I would like to follow up you guys to see your future projects. I wanted to ask this from day one of ratings actually :D. I will be happy if any of you can provide a medium to follow.

jin9310 2019-10-10 16:18

Got the feeling that I should be the one from the cubicals, but not really sure :) Hope there will be some explanation/devlog from your side at the end. Would be really much interested in that! Good job

colsk 2019-10-11 04:19

@jin9310 Thanks for playing

We tried to give some explations, but too specific might break the confusing we want to show, and make the game boring

In fact, your thought is right, but you are not sure about it

this kind of experience is what we want to present

selkkie 2019-10-11 15:41

This was an interesting game with a very clean presentation. Good work, I hope you expand on it!

colsk 2019-10-14 06:24

@selkkie Thanks for playing

We will try to add something new later