Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD46 → The Game of our Lives
By owl-skip
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 280 | 3.69 | 71 | |
| Fun | 970 | 2.59 | 73 | |
| Innovation | 295 | 3.57 | 73 | |
| Theme | 835 | 3.26 | 73 | |
| Graphics | 223 | 3.86 | 73 | |
| Audio | 4 | 4.43 | 76 | |
| Humor | 796 | 2.08 | 57 | |
| Mood | 14 | 4.35 | 75 |
Beautiful game there. I really liked that you decided to add a voice-over to add to the experience. Just like Conway's game of life little clusters of cells do the best. I still liked making as many as I could in close confines for the nice particle effects.
Thanks!
Liked the music and the voice. Incredible experience! Well done!
Beautiful music and voice-over :) Very inspiring, well done !
Very relaxing, and great tribute to Conway. The music is sweet!
That was a great experience. I liked it a lot. Music, sound, the relaxing atmosphere. Everything we need in this uneasy times. Thank you!
That was so fun! The music reminds me a bit of the alto's adventure music. It also has a very relaxing vibe. Thanks for making and sharing this!
Well aren't you just nice, nice people!
Love it!
This was so great, a good change of pace and a nice opportunity to reflect -- thank you.
Thanks very much @misterkeefe, really liked your game.
Wow, it's a very relaxing experience. And you had a reason to do this! Great job man
A little different than what I had imagined. Good job. Loved the voice over.
Nice, I need this calm and relax after this two days of coding all day long :)
This is exactly what I needed right now.
The sentiment that the game shares is something I mesh with a lot and has influenced my decisions during this jam.
I am glad you made this.
Thank you & stay safe <3
This is a load off. Perhaps what's needed right now. Very cool.
I love this! Very thoughtful and calming. Thank you for making it :)
This was really relaxing and very visually pleasing. However I would agree with your final statement, perhaps this isn't quite a game. Its something different, but just as good as one.
Like you said, I wouldn't call it a game. That being said, I did enjoy it.
I love your music and colorful light effects in this game. This is a really fascinating job.
So nice and calm. I like it.
Very calming, i see the game of life resemblance i remember playing game of life as my first few games on my grandpas old computer, that and chip.
Love the idea! Beautiful. Of course you should create a game of life with the "keep it alive" theme, I didn't come to think of it though. Again, I love the idea!
Very Relaxing, I like it!
Relaxing...after a stressful 2 days.
You have such a fantastic narration voice! I found the experience to be quite moving. I've found Conway's game of life fascinating since I was little, and with the events of the past few weeks, your submission creates a wonderful homage to a great mathematician and offers some very peaceful respite during these times.
Relaxing. I wish I could do more with the cells. I kind of wanted to use them as brush strokes. At the end of the day, I wasn't able to create much with it. But your voice is amazing. Thank you.
Excellent audio work! Design is interesting and minimalistic yet complex. Your right, you don't play this game for long but it's an experience. Good work!
You made a great short experience. It's really relaxing and relieving.
Nice vibes! You sound frighteningly like Bennet Foddy.
A short but nice and relaxing experience. Only the sound that can be heard when clicking was a bit annoying.
Incredibly soothing! I love the message, feels like something we all need to hear
This was very soothing, great music
Exactly what we needed after a full weekend of programming. Very relaxing.
Wow! I loved that. Was very much not expecting that. The music and ambience were fantastic. It was a pleasant surprise :) Thank you!
This was lovely, already very atmospheric, but the voiceover was extra calming. :relieved:
Very interesting game, I love the atmosphere and the vibe you get. You have a beautiful voice, perfect for narration. In the game of life you have a very clear understanding of the rules and by following those very simple rules you get a complex result. In your game I wans't sure what the rules was so I didn't ended up getting engaged. That said it is a beautiful game in its simplicity and a very polished one for such a short time frame.
Ridiculously peaceful. I appreciate this for what it is. I don't know that I would call it a real game but I do think I would call it a bit of an art piece.
Also your narration reminds me of Bennett Foddy's quotes when you fall down in Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy which is oddly juxtaposed with the relaxing nature of your game.
That was a beautiful experience. The sounds and music are amazing and you have a very calming voice. Definitely going to be sharing this one around with friends after the jam.
Nice atmosphere and intent. You nailed the relaxation. Thanks for a pleasant game!
I think games are also a very powerful art carrier, like movie books, but they are more expressive than them. You do a great job. Games not only bring fun to people, but also allow people to have other feelings and gains. this is necessary
This was a really nice change of pace. I liked the idea of the circles adding up to something more beautiful when they were closer to each other. Nice work.
I also made a game inspired by John Conway. Check it out if you want!
I like a good sit back and listen kinda of "game." This was nice! I would have loved to have you continue to talk about stuff for much longer.
A calm and meditative experience, thank you.
Amazing atmosphere! I ended up just staring at the circles moving around for a while.
Thanks @ofirma85, that's the idea!
We really needed something like this after two days of craziness, thank you. Relaxing
REALLY Relaxing. Love the particles. Great music. LOVE IT!
Wow! This game seriously gave me shivers (in a good way). Great music and athmosphere!
I made another game with the rules of Game of Life, but couldn't quite figure out how to make complex patterns in this one. Unlike my game, this one wasn't meant for optimizing your cellular automata, but as a relaxing experience, and I think it succeeded excellently in that.
Makes me really happy to see entries like this that stretch the definition of game, and from looking above it looks like I'm not the only one! Love the Eno-y Reich-y music, and those are some gorgeous particle effects.
Thanks @qazikol, really good to hear.
Super chill game. Great aesthetic, sets the mood perfectly. Kudos.
Fantastic atmosphere! I love the particles that remain
Where is the Poetic Rating !! Love the art, was trying to figure out the game of life aspect of the the circles when your voice came up. It startled me in a good way. I enjoyed the mood, and the sound track. thank you for this refreshing moment
It's beautiful. I really love the music and the graphics is great. Voicing is awesome, reminded me the voice acting from "Getting over it". Very good to go into one's thoughts. I did miss a game element though.
Small note, when playing the web version, the resolution seems too big for my monitor, so I have to use scroll bars to get to the game screen edges. Because of that also the full screen button can't be reached. It might be just me, but I had the same problem with my game and I fixed it by reducing resolution in itch.io to 1280 x 720.
Other than that, great job and a piece of great art. Thank you for creating it!
Really thoughtful message. Nice little experience too.
This was a beautiful, relaxing and powerful game. I loved the music and the particle effect in the background. Amazing job!
Solid entry. The atmosphere was good.
This is a really fresh clicker game, but I think that the clicking sfx is too annoying, makes me can't hear the voice overs clearly.
Great meditation game
Beautiful non-game, and pseudo-tribute to Conway! It definitely has a very peaceful and relaxing vibe to it, and while yes it's very simple, it's still fun in a way.
the most special and best game i have ever played in LD46. You really make the theme impressive, really fantastic job! especially like your music track and voiceback --- makes me calm and relax but somehow want to cry. Keep it alive, dude
Thanks very much @foursay. Really nice to hear.
This was really interesting and atmospheric. I agree, I wouldn't call it a game but was a calming amidst all the games I've been playing and could make a really great meditation tool!
That's a very cool experience! I liked the music and voice over, they made the game really relaxing almost like a meditation
Like you said, not much of a game, but I like the idea, and it comes with a very chill mood which clearly a lot of people appreciate - mission accomplished there. Music and particle effects are satisfying. My primary criticism is that the breath sound effect definitely needs to have more variation and perhaps be a little softer.
This game was very cool and deep.
Wow, I was about to close the game when I heard the voice. Veeery nice.
Although I promised myself to not rate any games related to the covid, I decided to make an exemption for yours. You have addressed the situation in a meaningful way, and I really appreciate that.
I can't say I understand the exact mechanics between the cells in this game, but I like it very much. Doesn't feel like a game though, but it is strangely satisfying.
Keep up the good work.
The music and mood are great, but I would have liked some more gameplay. Like, you narrating on the creations of the player.
Lovely little concept. I included it in my Ludum Dare 46 compilation video series, if you want to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/S9pVfrriZ3E
@jupiter-hadley. Thanks very much!