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Descent Into Madness

By dan-davis, Greg Hobbs, dominic-graziano, babyeeyore99, RussellSalerno and Jennifer Davis

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1814.0220
Fun3243.7720
Innovation1703.9720
Theme4983.9420
Graphics3634.1521
Audio434.3320
Humor2783.5918
Mood1084.2621

Comments

ryjcio 2021-04-27 03:29

Tasty mushrooms! Really good mechanic on the music. I think this is the best game we've played so far! Really digging it!

tuvalu 2021-04-27 03:30

I love the concept of this game! Its pretty fun, but the base movement is rough around the edges.

cvetk0 2021-04-27 20:14

Trippy. Good idea but a bit too hard for me despite the help of those shrooms. I was not able to get past second room after climbing up. It has potential though, I loved the light effects and the music also fits great with the visuals. Keep up good work :slight_smile:

junamai 2021-04-27 21:23

crazy and creepy xD Had fun playing it, good job!!

mpetrus 2021-04-27 21:31

Good game, congratulations !!!

aroningi 2021-04-28 11:18

I really loved the atmosphere and music. The concept was very interesting, I love the idea and mechanic of having to eat trip balls so you can progress, while sometimes creating obstacles. Reminds me of another entry in this game jam which I liked very much. The game was challenging at some points, mostly the last level, but it was really fun.

Great job.

phoenix-fireflower 2021-05-01 14:52

I really liked the visual effects, the music and the atmosphere.

My only point of critique is that the movement felt slow & clunky at times.

studio-gomp 2021-05-02 22:40

At first, I struggled a little because it was so dark, but after I figured out the concept it was great! I do agree that the movement is a bit clunky, but the coyote time (at least from what I could tell) was greatly appreciated. I loved how the music and the graphics got more distorted the more mushrooms you had, that was just great. I loved how enemies would appear if you ate too many, and I loved how more platforms and vines and things to get around with would appear the more mushrooms you ate. Personally, I would like to see the place a little bit less dark since it does feel like you're squinting a bit trying to see, and I would like to see a longer loop of music with new sections (even like a minute long or something) because it gets a bit repetitive, but these are very minor and I understand that music takes a ton of time to write. Great job!

dawnscream 2021-05-03 16:57

Music is awesome, I love the layering work. Also, the concept about the whole thing is quite amazing. I'm also a huge fun of the visual style. Controls could use a bit of polish but overall I like how this turned out!

ardorugus 2021-05-06 23:42

Please, polish this! Full game experience is needed. It's very cool acid shroomy, with affecting sound mechanics. Still, gets repetitive quite soon, so, if you're developing this cutie further, needs some thinking on this track mute on/off instruments additions and more music (different levels or states) to go with. Anyway, loved this very cool game, thanks for the drive!

mvasko2 2021-05-09 11:55

Creepy!

Really nice music, it fits very well. The idea was also fairly original.

The game needs much clearer feedback on what's going on. I died multiple times in the same way and I'm still not sure what was the cause. Did I eat too much mushrooms? Did I eat a poisoned mushroom? Did one of those creepy monster trees kill me? Really, I have no idea, the only thing I know is that I suddenly appeared at the latest checkpoint. That ultimately caused me to get frustrated and quit the game.

A short, 2 second clip of the character suffocating right after eating the mushroom (assuming that poisoning was the cause of death) would give me all the information I need on how to play the segment differently next time.

The atmosphere and the music are, for me, the highlight of this game. With a bit of polishing and perhaps some more innovative elements to the gameplay (moving, jumping and climbing got old pretty fast, something was missing there, but I'm not sure what), this could be a really fun asylum trip.

vixenmink 2021-05-11 03:07

Game wasn't trying to run smoothly on my rig but I really like your concept!

someone 2021-05-14 18:54

Wow, that game was brilliant. I love the art and music, and the idea was really cool. The lighting was a bit dark though making it very hard to see the edges of precipices, and climbing was a bit janky, but otherwise great job.