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Unstable light

By st00nsa and katya-pavlenko

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall934.1227
Fun4633.6627
Innovation214.3227
Theme2394.0827
Graphics1964.2827
Audio244.3227
Humor1393.9525
Mood234.4627

Comments

st00nsa 2021-10-01 22:34

Wanna say thanks to my lovely wife for helping me with texts

st00nsa 2021-10-03 11:20

And my teammate Katya, basically she did the whole game.

mikeklubnika 2021-10-05 11:55

I feel Greg didn't react at all to what I said? It was like I pressed a button and it said something completely irrelevant. One button I pressed was to turn him off, but that didn't do anything. Besides that the mood is really nice, and I found it a very cozy experience

alan001 2021-10-05 12:02

THIS GAME IS SOO GREAT ❤

madr 2021-10-05 13:00

Great atmosphere, animation style as well as audio design. Really liked this one!

katya-pavlenko 2021-10-05 13:02

@mikeklubnika there is a scoring system beneath. So he does not react to what you say directly, but you can influence on his mood and emotional state

vhalenn 2021-10-05 13:14

This is the best game I tested so far ! Graphics are so polished ! This is great !

grigri-games 2021-10-05 13:15

really cool atmosphere, i loved the music, the art, i didn't know it was that funny to take care of a lamp, dialogs are fun ! good work !

sasha-v 2021-10-05 13:37

I really liked this! Cool theme, lovely graphics, overall very strong mood.

As for some constructive feedback, I think for this to really be some sort of emotional intellect game/check, I'd prefer the "bad answer" options to be a bit more subtle? Most of the time it was a choice between "Aw I believe in you" and "You suck" and that felt a little too unrealistic? Although I still appreciate what the game had to say :)

Also I lived the idea of the music loop changing! But I felt like the changes were much more prominent when I tried negative options, while I didn't notice much of a change during an entirely positive run? Still amazing idea though and I'm very impressed with implementation.

kuro917 2021-10-06 22:51

Interesting idea, it was difficult to understand where to click to continue the story but i enjoyed it!

redsti 2021-10-08 17:16

i love this, amazing, the mood is just so good, and the lines are well thought out, really good job!

david-broz 2021-10-09 13:55

That is sweet and cosy game but I don't know how I feel about it when I know about Greg's past...

(Context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOAVZV8tLsc)

st00nsa 2021-10-09 13:59

@david-broz sheesh, Greg is... Next time we need to check characters past before making games about them =)

baturinsky 2021-10-09 14:52

Does your choice actually matter? It seems it doesn't.

ashtheevil 2021-10-09 19:23

Who knew I'm so good at cheering up lamps. I quite enjoyed having this chat. A bit hard to read jittering text, though. Think, the game especialy works for me after browsing through a bunch of high paced action games. Also the fact that the game filled my whole screen added an extra bit of an atmosphere. Отличная работа!

st00nsa 2021-10-10 08:20

@baturinsky yeah, any chouice can cheer up the lamp or make him more mentaly unstable. The level of stability is indicated by light and music. And there are three endings.

You probably expect that one question will lead to another, like a scenario =) No, there is none of that.

weekend-warrior 2021-10-10 21:25

A very refreshing game covering psychological problems! It felt incredibly relevant. Once in a while we all feel like Greg. Hopefully there are some good "players" around when we do.

monninen 2021-10-11 17:28

Fun way to approach the theme. Music is very well done

muse-x 2021-10-11 19:48

This game lifted my spirits a little. Cool! ^_^

wilko 2021-10-11 19:55

The atmosphere you created was really good. I wish that Greg responded to what I was saying though, when I tried to cheer them up Greg just seemed to get more sad. Although everything got fixed with a hug :)

tetrapteryx 2021-10-12 20:04

Greg is so relatable! Great job making a likeable character out of a simple lamp :) I'm glad I could make him feel better. Very creative idea, and nicely executed!

messmerd 2021-10-18 02:12

Nice game! Love the music and atmosphere, and the dialogue was good. Poor Greg.. i cri evrytiem

mrknd94 2021-10-20 22:56

I enjoyed it. Gave you a 4.5 :) very humourous!