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The man who watches the time pass

By tpzombie

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3033.9229
Fun18383.0227
Innovation11223.3329
Theme1784.2029
Graphics9443.8230
Mood74.5830

Comments

sndr 2020-04-20 19:26

That was... awesome. Totally wasn't expecting that.

Pace is great, story is heart touching. And the fact that you did that with minimalistic art. It's incredible how with no walls and almost no furniture I could imagine the space around me. I felt for the guy. Thanks for posting it! :heart:

tpzombie 2020-04-20 19:57

@sndr Thank you very much!! I'm glad you liked it! :heart:

landerack 2020-04-20 23:20

Really nice. Great game, the music is also so solid, and that picture of the clock, just.. Mph. great. Like that's a great example of one piece selling the whole. Good job on the story too, the son was such a nice element ~ I expected the dad, but like seriously, hats off. good storytelling :3

elendow 2020-04-21 08:16

Very nice storytelling, touching and close. No words, good job.

jorbits 2020-04-21 11:00

Nice story, and the mood was done perfectly, music, art and story were fitting really good together.

evert 2020-04-21 15:47

For such a short game, it was very touching and managed to set the atmosphere really well! Worth 5 minutes of your time :D

flomino 2020-04-21 15:48

sad but intriguing story and impressive atmosphere. the gameplay was repetitive but i suppose that makes sense from the story standpoint. the music and simple yet clean graphics were a nice touch. there were a few spelling errors, and the old man saying "Ugh" didnt quite evoke the thought of pain to me, rather just him being annoyed. i really enjoyed playing, good job on this.

pathus22 2020-04-21 15:54

The mood and the narrative is so emotional and solid as the music theme. The game as a game is very repetitive and not fun at all, but the global atmosphere and storytell keep me playing to see the ending. The art at the first room looks very basic, but when you reach the clock room... that is a "Woooooow" moment. Overall a great peace of art that happens to be inside a game. Thanks for your hard work and see you in the next jam.

le-slo 2020-04-21 15:58

Beautiful story! For me the day third was a bit abrupt, but nothing too serious. Also how to exit the bedroom and the placement of the door was a bit awkward, as well as the walking SFX was a bit too loud. The greatest strength here is the mood created (and the art of the clock! Marvelous!), congratulations.

vaizaragorn 2020-04-21 16:00

Great story man! The fact that you put so much meaning in to those graphics is mind blowing. It was very touching, I thought it was a real story or something. I put myselft in that dad's position when he talked about his wife. Man it was good. Thanks for the feelful game!

lairinlair 2020-04-21 16:10

Good little game. I liked the attention that you gave to the sounds. The end gave me some chills, not gonna lie, haha. Good music at the end.

alex-karev 2020-04-21 16:32

It's a really moody game with a good atmospheric setting. Didn't expect the clock to be that big. SFX and music are pretty nice. I didn't understand where should I go in the first level. I think just a little more graphics need to be added. Overall a very nice game

trace 2020-04-21 16:58

Well that was sad. The most obvious thing to do for this theme would be games where you have to survive or protect something, so seeing more of a storytelling approach was definitely a nice change of pace.

magus77 2020-04-21 17:10

less is more is true in this case. love the graphics!! and the gamedesign, fun to play :)

tpzombie 2020-04-21 17:40

Thank you all for your feedback!!

meelo 2020-04-21 18:53

Just lovely!

daniel-moreno 2020-04-21 20:42

What a touching story, I really like it. Art goes well with what you wanted to achieve here. Congratulations for this game, this is something I was not expecting for a jam (in a good way).

macdoom 2020-04-22 21:01

Your game moved me so much that I waited till the dithering sky to be completely cream-white. The writing was perfect in the sense that gived the feeling to become present with a perfect spacing. Not too sharp, not too lenghty. It felt like one of those planets of "The little prince" by Exupery. Loved the shadows and the audio is precise ♫

ART! That's what I say!< this game is Only remark is the font that should be consistent with the rest of the game. Anyway 5/5 !! Hats off

crispybacon 2020-04-22 21:31

Lovely game,music was on point and made me feel for the man,very well done!

hugimugi7 2020-04-23 13:26

Somehow this was an emotional experience, touching. Very moody atmosphere!

karenin-dmitry 2020-04-25 12:12

Wow, moment when clock was shown is amazing. Catchy story, good start for more longer game. I can comment only one moment - exit from room on the right side, but enter from down. But it just details. Really good work! There are very few number of narrative games

nathant 2020-04-25 22:59

Loved the tone of the overall experience. Easy to play through and great art/dialog. Thanks for sharing!

svarttand 2020-04-26 09:38

Nice little game! Here is the video of me playing the game:

https://youtu.be/gKLPKRnd-Ms

The machine room was a bit hard to find, other than that really nice!

barret 2020-04-28 14:20

I think this is the first narrative style game I've played for Ludum Dare so far. I liked the story it was cute and sad at the same time. In the ending when he fell down I'm guessing he died, since he talked about dying there.

my main feedback

- The text could of been a little bit bigger so it would be easier to read. especially since the text is one of the main focuses of the game - knowing which parts of the room lead somewhere else was mostly by trial and error. It would of been nice to have some visual representation of a door or passage so you'd know you could go that way.