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The Torcher

By infecsean

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall12253.0335
Fun13472.4235
Innovation12072.6736
Theme13512.6535
Graphics9573.3036
Audio6783.1736
Humor9972.3931
Mood8353.3534

Comments

raivk 2022-04-04 20:18

Really liked the fact that you added a voice to tell the whole story, it's pretty cool!

banskin 2022-04-04 20:18

Nice game! I really like the themeing, Game started lagging when i pulled the lever at ring 5 but apart from that nice job

martta 2022-04-04 20:31

This game might lack fun gameplay and good ending, but it certainly has large 3D detailed map with very nice audio. For some reason, the game starts to lag really heavily in the ending when pulling the lever. I would have probably tried to go for smaller environment with less details and focus more on the ending/gameplay/story. Good entry :V

infecsean 2022-04-04 20:35

the lever part lagged a lot, i don't really know why. I'll look into it later on hopefully

adrien-tremblay 2022-04-05 05:54

I had fun playing this. Reminds me a bit of Dear Esther, where you just walk around a landscape and you are immersed in the world. Could have done with some more story in the game though. Was a bit laggy. The monster sound scared the sh*t out of me! haha

infecsean 2022-04-05 06:59

@adrien-tremblay you may have just found me a new game! just wishlisted Dear Esther. also thanks for the feedbacc!

danc2236 2022-04-05 09:21

Unfortunately I got stuck on one of the banks going into ring 3 or 4, can't remember. It was just after you light the torches in the middle. The movement was a bit buggy and slow. Having said all of that, it looked incredible. Really amazed that you got this together in the short amount of time we had. And the audio was really nice too. Great job!

giardi 2022-04-05 14:06

The voice telling the story is pretty good and the graphics are awesome. I just didn't like the gameplay because it's just walking. Nice work, specially for the art and sound.

macaroni-dev 2022-04-06 07:05

Really amazing mood with the excellent graphics, soundscape, and voice acting. If you could flesh it out, I'd love to play a full version. One of the most immersive LD games I've ever played - I felt scared the whole time :scream:

thecoconutdream 2022-04-06 11:07

I also enjoyed the mood! The game crashed a couple of times and I had to restart it but nevertheless I liked your game! good job

ffffchai 2022-04-06 11:13

The mood is great and i can see the effort in the map design! Nice job.

skruffye 2022-04-07 19:32

The mood felt a little casual given the backstory, but I'll admit that I sort of got into it and started finding it relaxing to just light the torches and listen after Ring 2.

I wouldn't be against playing a more fleshed-out walking simulator with the same atmosphere. The casual tone felt more like a kind of subdued melancholy towards the end, which I think could make for an interesting longer experience.

Good work!

fizzbark 2022-04-08 11:31

Awesome graphics, the shaders on the distant trees is a cool effect and the hand drawn look of the wood texture works well. As a fellow 3am finisher I salute your effort.

beebster-games 2022-04-08 18:40

As soon as I started the game I said, "Woe, this looks like one of my Valheim builds!". Thanks for taking the tinme to make the game. It is an excellent start that could mean something really special

cover-club-media 2022-04-08 22:08

Great work!

itskdog 2022-04-08 22:59

Nice work with the story and the atmosphere. I thought the end was funny!

milan8890 2022-04-10 06:21

Great atmosphere!

I had some issues with light flickering and a massive lag spike when pulling the lever at ring 5.

slecornu 2022-04-10 16:33

I had fun with this game until it lagged. Great job!

ksimaster 2022-04-11 18:26

An interesting combination of terrain and hand-drawn textures :) Good job! :)

2022-04-12 18:26

Is it really working on macOS, anyone tested? Somehow I can't launch it.

dlan-bess 2022-04-18 19:56

Great job on the mood, kept you on your toe the whole time. Even though the ending is abrupt, I enjoyed the game.