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Flailing Motion

By brandon-js-lea

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall11463.1227
Fun12542.7427
Innovation7773.2227
Theme8673.5026
Graphics7003.6427
Audio6473.2325
Mood2363.9427

Comments

wodensfang 2022-04-05 03:30

I died basically instantly every time but it looks cool.

ohsnapitzsean 2022-04-05 03:36

I really liked the art style! The sound design really added to the eerie vibe. In terms of controls, I think it would have been a good idea to require you to click the arrows to change views rather than just mouse over. I also would have liked there to be a visual indication when something off screen was getting close. Overall it is a cool game :)

smiley 2022-04-05 03:45

wow really scary game and graphics, that really set the mood. You should have printed the seconds alive after dying.. I think I got up to about a minute on the second play trough.

ikilledkenny121 2022-04-05 05:01

Very atmospheric. Loved the drawn-in art style! Gameplay is a bit confusing for me. I died even though i smacked the monster real good haha

bamuko 2022-04-05 16:45

Wow! Amazing graphics. At first I was confused. But after first game over I started again more concentrated. If you play it with clear mind, the game control is simply logical. Really good idea. :)

ace17 2022-04-05 20:55

OMG this is creepy as hell !

The round eyes ... and the gradual discovery of this face, getting closer ... it's incredibly effective!

Very nice entry, too bad it's so short ...

brandon-js-lea 2022-04-06 05:59

@ohsnapitzsean Were you in full screen mode? Personally, I find the hover controls quite smooth but I just tried it w/o full screen and I can see why it might be more of an issue. Agree on needing better warnings.

@smiley For sure, sadly just ran out of time.

@ikilledkenny121 There's monsters comming from all 4 directions so I expect one of the others got you. RN it's not clear from where you're gotten so I do wanna try figure out a better way to indicate that without something as out of place as a "minimap".

Thx everyone for the feedback.

milq 2022-04-10 22:37

Wow! One of the games with the best mood! I love it, this game is great and the setting is very good. The graphics are very suggestive and give that feeling of anguish. There are few games that are obscure and they are greatly appreciated. I really liked this game!

aumbra 2022-04-11 02:17

This is a great idea and the art/sound come together really nicely and fit perfectly. Great job!

eeaann9044 2022-04-11 13:29

Wow the visuals and the sound really accentuate the mood in this game. The gameplay was a little repetitive if you just constantly move in one direction and click when the monster is visible, so maybe you could have added "waves" where each wave had a different or more difficult condition, for example: - People wearing monster heads that you lose if you click - monsters that you have to right click instead - Increasing speed (The speed might have increased in the start but I wasn't able to identify whether or not speed was increasing after about 30 seconds) Overall great game though!

gardenjungle 2022-04-12 12:28

Genuinely eerie game, love the art. Took me a while to figure out you gotta keep moving the view round 360 degrees, to start with I was just confused about why I was dying. I realise now that you spelt it out in the instructions, but apparently I did not take that in! :D Overall it's a cool concept.

itskdog 2022-04-12 23:56

Good job with the art style. I think there should be an indicator if a monster on the side of you is close. Like if it's to the right, the right arrow would flash.

zimny11 2022-04-15 00:05

I really nice the art style and the idea behind the game. I wish there were more interactions, like more monster types, and you need to attack each of them from different directions, for example. Anyway, cool game :)

hawke-games 2022-04-15 00:31

Unique game! I like the art style, and it feels creepy. I think the audio/atmosphere could benefit from an eerie background track, but I understand that you were running out of time. My only major issue with the game is that it doesn't display my score at the end, so I can't really tell what I got. But still a really cool entry!

magus77 2022-04-15 07:30

flipping creepy!

chriiis88 2022-04-15 11:30

Cannot rate, as I have no idea what I'm doing or seeing. Spamming left click does not prevent me from dying within a few seconds. There is no indication (and no feedback) for what the rewind and fast-forward buttons do. It's a shame, because the style looked promising :shrug:

squaxcom 2022-04-15 18:16

Cool entry, some player feedback would be nice so you know when you are about to die, but I enjoyed it.

eldogg 2022-04-21 16:09

I like slapping my leg thing!