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Catharsis

By fersyvanderzee

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3.505
Fun3.004
Innovation3.254
Theme3.665
Graphics3.335
Audio4.335
Humor2
Mood4.665

Comments

liammasters 2021-04-26 00:59

Really nice original concept. The art was well done and the music fit the atmosphere. I felt like with the lantern it was still a little too dark but overall it was fun to play.

mudlee 2021-04-26 06:58

Despite the game as a game lacks lots of things, I don't even bother you listing all, but the mood, the message you gave here outperforms all. I could not play it with more than 5 mins, because that's it, it does only that much. BUT and a big but, it gave me something. An experience, a nice 5 mins. I appriciate this, really, really good job!

samthecoder123 2021-04-26 07:06

You should have opted out of humor, as this is not at all funny. But it is very nice. And the darkness matches the slightly dark theme.

valid 2021-04-26 07:11

Thank you for this! Good atmosphere and message. Going from the dark scene to a white scene was hard on the eyes, but the message was worth it!

chriiis88 2021-04-26 07:20

I like the premise of the experience (it's not really a game, is it). The music is quite serene and produces a great mood. It might even have replayability, if there was more to the gameplay: some interesting things to find (crazy thoughts, happy thoughts, a song stuck in the head etc) or more things to interact with. Only pressing W gets old quickly.

You should also add a/some screenshot/s to this post and label the itch.io link as "web" to get more people to play this!

Bugs: - mouse sensitivity was way too high for me, without option to turn it down on the web version - there is a gap in the floor and at first I thought it was a line leading to something - "I have never accomplished anything" writes over the "press space to remove thought" text

zondarg 2021-05-04 22:14

A short and interactive experience. Mood was quite intense, the introduction prepared very well for the interactive bit. As said before, mouse sensitivity is a bit off in the web version, but was ok, could navigate. And: you deserve to be happy! Good work! One recommendation: You should play and vote for other games, then you will raise in the balance and receive more ratings yourself (you need about twenty for a score in the end) :slight_smile: