joseph-tan 2021-10-05 12:28
This is really well done! I love the graphics and the mechanic. The mechanic is simple and tbh I liked it quite a lot!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD49 → Calm Waters
By justking144
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.20 | 7 | ||
| Fun | 3.30 | 7 | ||
| Innovation | 3.10 | 7 | ||
| Theme | 4.00 | 7 | ||
| Graphics | 3.20 | 7 | ||
| Audio | 3.00 | 6 | ||
| Humor | 2.62 | 6 | ||
| Mood | 3.37 | 6 |
This is really well done! I love the graphics and the mechanic. The mechanic is simple and tbh I liked it quite a lot!
I love the little boat, the sounds, and just everything here. The only thing I'd add is a progress indicator. I made it to the rainbow, which I assumed is the end.
It would be nice to see progress how close you are to calm waters. Still this is interesting concept and I will look into it again post LD to see what updates can be done :slight_smile:
I had a few moments in the web client where my mouse couldn't go further left but the game needed me to. Easily solved by letting go of Mouse 1 and repositioning, but initially it felt like I was doing something wrong.
After a while things calmed down and I escaped the storm, greeted by a pretty rainbow.
My one gripe with the mechanic is that even though I have to work at keeping the circles aligned, I don't feel like I really am controlling a ship; I just balanced a quicktime event for a while, and the waves are a measure of success.
The art is basic but clear and in general a very smart design choice for a gamejam. I'm not a fan of the palette used though; the bright primary colors with the grey clouds above isn't a balanced mix.
All in all, a clean and clear entry but I wish there was further gameplay outside of the main alignment mechanic.