Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD46 → Living Mandala
By wdebowicz
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1089 | 3.55 | 22 | |
| Fun | 2183 | 2.76 | 23 | |
| Innovation | 84 | 4.09 | 23 | |
| Theme | 2415 | 2.69 | 23 | |
| Graphics | 647 | 4.00 | 24 | |
| Humor | 1.80 | 15 | ||
| Mood | 31 | 4.40 | 24 |
Completely unexpected, but in a brilliant way! First of all, I personally have always found breathing exercises hard because I focus way too much on breathing and get anxious about it. This solved the problem for me. Mandala was beautiful, and the tutorial worked in a non-disruptive way. Super!
It's always a bit hard to rate that kind of entries as it's not that much of a game, but still interesting to see something different while testing a lot of games.
I enjoyed the mandala visuals a lot, though i'm not sure if my input actually does anything to the mandalas (except zooming a bit). If it does, then it's not very clear as to how breathing influences the drawing, and if it doesn't, it would have been a really nice feature to have, making each player experience unique.
Just wondering if the button pressing only triggers a zoom or does it effect the Mandala itself? I couldn't determine how it worked precisely.
However, it brought me to some kind of "other world" with this beautiful relaxing music, the experience was still very enjoyable :D. Thank you for this!
I have never really understood how to meditate, this game has opened my opened my eyes to easily relax and refresh yourself. Great game all around.
Very interesting idea for this game jam!I really liked the atmosphere that you created..Amazing job!
Can't say this worked out as a meditation practice, it's not really my field, but music and visuals combined kept me in for quite some time. Maybe it was a meditation experience :)
Great! Really lovely effects!
It would have been cool to have input change the visuals in a more noticeable way, but still quite nice!
Nice graphics/music and very relaxing! It would be better if the Mandala was bigger maybe.
This was amazing. I think it's the first ludum dare game I've ever played that made me feel a strong emotion. It wasn't what I was expecting, but I think it was just what I needed. Thank you.
How did you draw the mandela? Are these several images? Are the images mirrored at some axes? Or is it rendered via a formular?
Great idea but didn't understand how I was supposed to sync my breath to music. Also in meditation practices usually you need just to focus your attention on breath without making it deep or shallow. But still it's a great way to introduce people to the concept of meditation.
Didn't expect meditation as part of a game, but this was nice. The graphics were nice and the music fitted well.
From a technical point this is quite nice. I wouldn't even know how to start to make a mandala... I guess it is a shader? How does it work?
Nice flip on the usual urgency of games. Took a bit of time to sit back and relax. Nicely drawn mandala - music really meshes with the intent, and not that hard to keep listening to.
Great twist on the theme. :smiley: