Reliance (Working Title: ~Generating Cosmic Forces

the-lame-brain 2021-10-04 04:55

Hello Eric-Schimel! This is the first game I tried!

Wow! What a concept! This is so well thought out and ambitious, I have no idea how I would have approached this topic in a game! I hope you keep working on it and get it to a better realized state... I absolutely love the meta concept of a stranded astronaut struggling to engage an vast unknowable cosmic force to survive in a game that is stranded on the LD site, struggling to engage a vast unknowable sea of internet people...

I was brutally honest with my feedback. I rated you low on "Fun", "Graphics", and "Humor". However, you get top marks for "Innovation" and "Mood"! Despite rating you so low on these scales, I really did enjoy this entry. true it is not a "Fun" game, but I don't think it was supposed to be, you know?

Cheers! -LB

m11 2021-10-04 18:02

A brilliant concept - the description you've given above sounds like you had a really strong overarching idea :)

mfauzan 2021-10-05 01:28

Nice concept

valentines 2021-10-05 01:36

Very interesting concept!! Would be cool to see it expanded further

coryru 2021-10-05 01:41

Wow I don't know what to say ... The fact that I struggled to communicate with the cosmic entity really sums it up. Congrats on tackling this idea I don't think I would have been so brave.

Positive- the concept is superb Negatives- the dialog choice made it hard to understand what I was saying and it made it difficult to know how I was progressing.

But honestly that was the point communication would be difficult in this scenario. Too bad it wasn't very fun to play.

Not that I want this read as a negative review cause I did love the idea and couldn't do it better myself.

shess 2021-10-05 01:49

Ohhh, _that_ kind of unstable, huh? I was hoping to see more of this kind, thank you for creating this haunting experience. Sure, it wasn't "fun" in any sort of literal sense, yet it still gets top marks from me because it was weirdly engaging. Wait, am I projecting? Maybe I am.

I wish you had a chance to write more replies, of course. And maybe some mid-cases, too?

deprecat 2021-10-05 02:21

I really would love to see this fully realized - the concept is so cool and I think it's worth pursuing.

Also I'm mad at myself because at one point I spammed buttons and managed to win but I have no idea what I did to get there. So apparently when I try to hold a convo with a cosmic force I'm rubbish, but when I don't really care I can get through just fine. Kinda why I need alcohol at parties, I suppose.

bloodbane 2021-10-05 05:34

It's so unstable that I don't know what is right nor what is wrong here.

rein 2021-10-05 06:34

I gave you my feedback during the stream earlier. Definitely let me know if you do anything more with this concept as I'd love to see what comes of it.

2021-10-05 17:49

Neat concept! I included it in my Ludum Dare 49 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/TOwEHY_25bQ

peco 2021-10-07 04:00

not giving a rating because i couldn't really figure out how what made an answer "correct"... went over my head haha, sorry

nardandas 2021-10-08 03:08

It was definitely really interesting. I couldn't say why I picked the answers I did, but I felt like they had some logic to them, and they did what I wanted. Really really interesting writing as well. I do the the color choice for backgrounds was kind of eh, but overall, well done.

nyles 2021-10-08 03:42

You weren't kidding when you said it was "unorthodox".

simpathey 2021-10-08 05:25

An interesting narrative to explore. Only thing I might change is to make the font more readable since that is the core of the gameplay.

3mpty 2021-10-09 05:42

Interesting little concept, I'm a big fan of weird experiences like this in jams, unfortunate that it wasn't quite in the final state by the end, but nonetheless a neat novel concept. I had some minor issues reading text due to the background, I think readability of text should trump visual aesthetics in general, even for mysterious stuff like this, but other than that gripe I think the presentation was fine (ignoring the slightly misplaced text)

Overall it definitely needed a bit more to get over the line, but the core concept is really interesting and the writing within was great, I like all of the poetry.

idan9000 2021-10-09 09:42

I like what you're going for here, and I gotta put some respect on your name for busting out pico8. I think with a bit more time this concept can really shine; if you continue development on this with a few more prompts and responses please hit me up so I can check it out. Thank you for submitting it!

matterlinx 2021-10-09 09:49

I thought that this was an interesting concept and approach on the theme. I understand that this wasn't quite finished for the jam, but I can definitely see what you were going for. Your post jam version is definitely an improvement! Good job!

yikescloud 2021-10-10 01:02

Fantastic concept! Reminds me a game control a spaceman adventure by texting, amazing

anchorlight 2021-10-10 02:11

This is actually a very similar concept to what I took on with LD47 and its unreleased postjam game, a game where you deal with incomprehensible cosmic Monoliths that control the flow of reality and repeat the timestream whenever they dislike the results of something.

Your story is incredibly interesting, but I'll admit that appreciation came after exiting the game and reading what you had in mind. The placeholder responses and lack of unique visuals or any kind of change on screen hinder what it could have been. The audio and text otherwise is definitely neat. I completely understand that you gave it your best shot for Compo, an uncaring and brutal timeframe where the cutting room floor is the whole building and surrounding estate... not to mention doing it on Pico8 as opposed to a toolkit that can automate more of this process.

I guess the gist of what I'm saying is that I'd love to see you keep going with this idea, whether you continue developing on Pico8 or bring the idea to a more modern engine. If you have any interest in continuing this, I'd be happy to chip in wherever I can!

sslees 2021-10-10 02:34

I liked that you got the game mechanics implemented and a neat concept for a text based game. I think if you had more time to add different responses, or made it more clear how the score worked, it would get real playable real fast. Hopefully we can see a finished version after this!