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Shape of Light

By moebiusmeow

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall74.2926
Fun2493.6426
Innovation734.0426
Theme114.4526
Graphics24.6626
Audio64.3926
Mood84.4326

Comments

bereg 2020-04-19 20:50

I really like the concept and the minimalistic artstyle. Very clever executed levels.

kinshuk-thebest 2020-04-20 05:26

Love it! Great artstyle, Great audio, Really Fun!

begocio 2020-04-20 05:26

The graphics, music and sounds created a really great atmosphere.

I found it really hard to finish the last level, haha.

Somehow this reminded me of GRIS. I would definetely buy a complete version of the game :)

darriasart 2020-04-20 05:34

The sound design is top notch

retti01 2020-04-20 08:50

Love it all. Littlebit hard at some points.

nicolas-diniz 2020-04-20 08:55

At first I didn't like the graphics, but after playing it,I don't know why, I find them gorgeous ! Great Work !

bakob 2020-04-20 08:58

The game looks, sounds and feels amazing. As you mentioned in your description the levels could be a bit harder, but it is already way better than anything you could expect from a 48h gamejam. Thanks a lot for sharing this game

aik 2020-04-20 09:00

I didn't get very far because the flash version has serious performance issues, but it looks very cool.

2020-04-20 09:45

Really cool!~

malai 2020-04-20 11:40

Very well done, the main mechanic has potential :D Very well polished, but on my mac small window with different punctuations of 'a' continuously popped, i personally blame flash for this :D

kirkami 2020-04-20 11:57

Sound and visual is awesome. But it's quite hard to plan movements because of camera.

moebiusmeow 2020-04-20 12:59

@aik Indeed it is a serious problem. I used Flash for quick develop, which goes well with the 48-hour limit. I implemented The lightning system with script so the GPU can't help. I have already done some optimizations for it, such as reducing the resolution of shadows. At last the game can run at a frame rate of 60 most of time on my laptop (yet it can drop down when camera is moving quickly).

moebiusmeow 2020-04-20 13:13

@kirkami Actually, there are invisible triggers in each level that zooms out and allow players to see most of the whole level. It is a balance between forcing player to discover every corner of the level and lighting up the whole map at first replacing the lightning system with circle saying "stay in range".

It is my first attempt to control camera like this after all. It might be no that player-friendly. I'm sorry for that.

kirkami 2020-04-20 13:16

@moebiusmeow yeah. I noticed. But with this pillar of light it was really hard to plan moves because of fluctuating FPS/game speed

bloodpulpgames 2020-04-20 14:27

great audio and mood, best part about this game

goblinqueen 2020-04-20 14:57

The mood and pacing were great. Hit a bug where the respawn pedestal was out of light, and I kept dying. But reloaded and played further. I like the presentation and the idea. Would definitely play a finished version, great overall!

exewin 2020-04-20 15:24

Great entry, I predict especially high rating on mood and graphics here.

westmave 2020-04-20 16:01

Amazing Jam-Game. I really enjoyed the Game till finishing the Final Trial. The Gravestone with just "R.I.P" on it, let me even give Points in the Humor-Category. Really liked the Tone and Mood. Great Music and Great Visuals as well.

moebiusmeow 2020-04-20 16:14

@goblinqueen Actually you can always press “W” to switch between on and off of the lantern. It is related to some mechanic that I didn’t implement in the game because of time. And the respawn pedestal is just an ordinary pedestal. The mechanic of respawn is simply reset your light to 70%, and there is a pedestal in its range, then it is lit up. So if you turn off the light the respawn pedestal won’t be lit up automatically.

dreamer 2020-04-21 04:13

The game is great. Whether it ’s the combination of music and game or the game ’s gameplay mechanism, they all have an artistic style. The gameplay is a bit similar to a level in Ori. It ’s all black and it ’s dead. Learn like you

dreamer 2020-04-21 04:17

To be honest, I really like the last part, like a lonely person looking for light, with comfortable music, respect, I give full marks

horbee 2020-04-21 08:43

I liked the lighting effects and the overall mood of the game. The descriptions and the presentings are really artistic! Really good job! :)

2022-06-20 03:39

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2022-09-21 07:05

Nowadays, every second person relaxes with the help of computer games. I like to play educational puzzles, they are useful and pump me up. A great option is [Globle](https://globle.org/), I recommend everyone who likes geography to play. You are guaranteed to have a fun time.