owl-skip 2020-04-20 18:01
What a lovely, lovely game. Full of feeling. Great feel, really enjoyed it.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD46 → A Letter To Ed
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 31 | 4.30 | 33 | |
| Fun | 538 | 3.67 | 34 | |
| Innovation | 235 | 3.87 | 33 | |
| Theme | 1147 | 3.69 | 35 | |
| Graphics | 102 | 4.50 | 35 | |
| Audio | 20 | 4.38 | 33 | |
| Humor | 1343 | 2.74 | 27 | |
| Mood | 28 | 4.43 | 35 |
What a lovely, lovely game. Full of feeling. Great feel, really enjoyed it.
Very nice atmosphere with that piano track in the background. I didnt finished the game unfortunately. That much text is not very motivating - at least for me. Maybe a narrator voice wouldve been a good idea.
Lovely artwork and great storyline!
Holy cow. what a great idea. I truely enjoyed playing. It really put the investigative spirit in me as I tried to figure out how to send this letter.
Greatly emotional game, sadly it couldnt keep me engaged that long
@gonzako Welp, too bad :) What could have we done to keep you engaged for a longer time ? Did you use the provided tips if you were stuck ?
Very nice and atmospheric game
This was absolutely beautiful. I cannot find fault at all.
@zoglu I'll be honest I just dont like walls of text and the tip system just felt like a copout. I just prefer more involved games where the action isnt just shuffling papers around and reading
@gonzako Well, you cannot please everyone ! Actually while making the game, we thought that submitting a visual novel for Ludum Dare could be risky as fellow jammers may like more action-oriented entries, but we went for it anyway :)
What a calm, beautiful game. Love the idea!
Really loved this game! I wanted to play more of it! The atmosphere, art, and story were all really engaging. I didn't really have an issue with lots of text because I knew what I was looking for and felt like I could easily skim things if I didn't want to read it all (even though that did come back to bite me at one point. haha). The only thing that I would change is the hint icon felt like it started flashing too soon. I thought I was making good progress towards completing it, so having it start flashing made me a little sad. I'm not sure what your logic is to trigger that, but I'd maybe suggest resetting the timer on that hint flashing every time the player fills in a field correctly?
Thanks for the game! Good job :)
@sarahwont Thanks a lot for your comprehensive feedback, glad you enjoyed our game ! Actually it flashes after 3 minutes or so, to kind of reassure the player. Anyway, you can just click it and close the menu and you won't get spoiled. We put enough warning messages so only players who really need tips can have them :)
The game is beautiful in terms of art - graphics and music and challenging. I couldn't do it without the clues :joy:
I liked the mood, music, art and narrative! Very atmospheric game!
Such a great concept, soundtrack and very good handwriting! so glad I found this game, well done to you, a great entry!
Absolutely amazing! Great idea!
The piano music was paired perfectly with the beautiful visuals, could not fault any part of the game. A wonderful environment and a wonderful experience.
Wow... Just wow. What a heartwarming game with such a great link to the theme for this Ludum Dare. Loved the implementation of the hints system so you wouldn't get stuck but nudged you in the right direction. Great Job!
One of my favorites so far. Good job!
A wonderful game and a really nice interpretation of the theme. It was a real pleasure to play it and search for every clue (the quantity of text didn't bother me at all, especially for the genre). The atmosphere is nice and we're easily immersed. I could find everything without using the hints but was a little bit frustrated by not knowing where I was wrong. The handwritting is beautiful but as a non-native English reader I had some difficulties to read sometimes, a transcript of the text next to it could be a nice aid to reading. For the jam it's already a wonderful game, so thanks and well done! :)
I liked the atmosphere a lot and art a lot ! Nicely done.
I played this for a good 15 minutes! What an amazing idea, I didn't want to stop until I filled the blanks. I love how you unpuzzle each part. It's not easy, it's the perfect difficulty level. Amazing job, well done!
A lot of work went into this and it shows, good job! I do confess to using a couple of hints, though..
Bloody brilliant game. The mood was on point. The clues were definitely a necessary feature because I got stuck on many points, and the clues weren't too giving either. The writing was superb and the images were lovely. The detail of the mat moving in the background was great as well. This is the kind of content that I would pay for on steam. Keep up the good work.
Not my kind of game but well realized. Good sound, good mood
This is very good! The atmosphere and environment are perfect! My only recommendation would be to have an option to read the letters in a clearer font :)
Interesting concept, very well done. I had a hard time solving the puzzles but I'm not too good at this stuff.
I LOVE THIS GAME.
Seriously. You combined my love for investigation, my love for text-based games, and an actual challenging mystery! The atmosphere was wonderful, the controls were great, and the handwritten letters were amazing. I didn't use the hint system at all, either. :) I'm truly so impressed and I'd love to play more games like this from y'all. This is easily my favorite game that I've played this LD. Thank you for making it.