FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD46 → DEATH

DEATH

By rainbows-are-fun

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall18843.2052
Fun22562.6951
Innovation10363.3751
Theme1034.2751
Graphics4.005
Audio3.665
Mood7023.6751

Comments

chambre19 2020-04-20 07:00

Hey, so I really liked this little game. it was not complicated and it had some good polish because you kept it simple. I can really appreciate that. The art was also great, I do art for my teams games during LD so it is always nice seeing good art on other games!

Keep up the good work and see ya next time!

darriasart 2020-04-20 07:02

don't know why I've never seen a heartbeat rhythm game before but it works well as a package

decappoolla 2020-04-20 07:21

My Steven got 53. I guess we all die someday(sad).

Simple but deep, from some perspective.

mrvarren 2020-04-20 11:44

The art is simply amazing, I love it. It is also really deep

beanslasher 2020-04-21 02:23

Very unique game play and took me a second to figure out, once I did I was singing "staying alive" from my middle school CPR days lol XD

westmave 2020-04-21 07:35

Charles was just 34, while Sarah was 93, when their heart stopped beating. Beautiful little Game, Amazing Art and to me the Heartbeatsound was just onpoint. Good Work

flamus 2020-04-21 09:01

Clever idea, great art but i could see much on my win7. Good job!

anaferus 2020-04-21 18:14

Genial.So delicately and informatively. But too fast does not give a chance when you lose your rhythm. Life is tough :rofl: (Mary, age 87)

joaquinm 2020-04-21 19:49

great! simple but effective

draelent 2020-04-21 20:37

I don't really know what I just played, but it really felt like keeping someone alive in the end...

systematic 2020-04-21 20:59

Nice art and animation.

rongefilet 2020-04-22 00:20

Too bad for Linda and four more that I suck at understanding what a game want me to do, anyway that was a neat experience, well done!

kimist42 2020-04-22 00:37

nice minimalist game ! well done. A bit complicat to understand what do to, but I guess it is part of the game.

gavin-camlin 2020-04-22 00:37

I really like the way that you illustrate the way the heart beats, that and the sfx really make it feel like there's actually a heart beating. Overall a very nice and polished game that really sticks to the theme. My only real complaint would be that it takes to long to restart after you die.

doritolord 2020-04-22 08:55

really simple and effective game. impressive art, good sound effects, well done.

the-brodevhood 2020-04-22 13:45

Nice art and sound, and I feel really bad for Charles because he died young and beautiful because of my lack of understanding. RIP Charles.

pomelouncia 2020-04-23 16:28

Nice sound effect and the graphic is pretty nice

rextgun 2020-04-24 03:28

i pissed myself

amazura 2020-04-24 04:38

ouh.. poor karen :pensive:

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adriankrawczyk 2020-04-24 07:28

great

denis123 2020-04-24 11:49

nice idea :) and educational :D I was playing to the rhythm of Staying Alive... and I want to live longer :D

gorypixels 2020-04-24 11:56

Very simple but quite touching! Loved it! :D

karenin-dmitry 2020-04-24 14:54

So simple and so greate! Don't now what to say :)

chaosbrick 2020-04-24 19:23

This is so simple and yet so intruiging. I appreciate the look and feel of this game despite its simplicity, although I couldn't get any of my victims to stay alive for long.

matthewi 2020-04-25 05:59

My high score is Jack, age 70!

joemid 2020-04-25 06:36

I think you broke Ludum Dare 46. Intense and reverent. Thank you for the game.

lestat 2020-04-25 15:47

Very innovative. Simple and it fits the theme. I got Karen to live to 105. Good job!

amye123 2020-04-25 21:49

Cool game! Very simple, would work good as a mobile game

adriana 2020-04-26 11:48

very well done. Simple but super effective. One of my guys lived until a 100, not sure how much longer you can push it or if there's a special ending at some point? In any case, the game has a way to touch you (in a slightly creepy way :) ) and that's quite something!

krakadushka 2020-04-26 14:16

Cool concept! It's great that you made a lot of different names

empty-set 2020-04-28 21:27

Interesting and unique concept. Though, once I got the rhythm down and had a pretty good run (~95 years) I didn't have any inclination to go back for another go.

I definitely think it could've used some better and more intuitive feedback as to how you should modify your rhythm - just "go slower" or "go faster" is often too vague to be useful. Often, it would tell me to speed up, so I'd speed up, and then the person would die before another message appeared. Did I not speed up enough, or did I speed up too much? Rather than the in-game messages, I moreso just learned the rhythm through trial and error. I think some sort of meter, or visual effect with varying intensity, or something along those lines which conveys not only whether your rhythm is too fast or too slow, but by how much it's too fast or slow, could be really cool.

I must say that viewed as a pure "game" it's definitely on the shallow side. Viewed as a piece of interactive art, on the other hand, I think it fares much better - but the fact that you seemingly didn't make the art assets yourself hurts a bit when considering the game in such a category. At the end of the day, though, as critical as I've been, I do hope you continue to make pieces like this one.

eduardogacn 2020-04-29 00:41

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I don't think I will live as long as Barbara

molpe 2020-04-29 02:05

Great art! Nice game :) James is my longes living one :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn6nad_OWmk

gronk 2020-05-04 14:02

101 did i win?... i didn’t win did i?... i missed the point of the game didn’t I?

well i had fun. Im out!

rainbows-are-fun 2020-05-09 14:23

@all  Thanks everyone for your feedback! I really appreciate it