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MOTH

By beefsock

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3383.8070
Fun7703.3070
Innovation6753.3370
Theme11133.2367
Graphics2734.1670
Audio574.1970
Humor8952.5956
Mood224.4670

Comments

rxbbie 2022-04-05 00:01

This made me very uneasy. A very neat and unsettling experience! Between the visuals and sound, the ambience is spot on. Good work!

mega-marlon 2022-04-05 01:16

This had a great mood to it. The audio was fantastic and same with the graphics. Great work on getting that "spooky" feeling!

janku 2022-04-05 01:21

For half a minute I thought it was 2D game and couldnt understand controls xD I really enjoyed the graphics. Simple, fast, but really enjoyable. Fun concept.

swordmage 2022-04-05 01:38

love the look but I just die - help!

drentsoft 2022-04-05 01:57

Really cool idea! Camera made me feel a bit sick though xD Like the atmosphere.

lvl99chicken 2022-04-05 04:10

Really like the atmosphere and mood here. The ambient sounds are great and the pixelated, low render distance, graphical style works well to enhance the atmosphere. Great use of lighting to guide the player.

shadowcast 2022-04-05 04:11

All the horror game tricks done right. Audio design was on point. The moth particle on the street light was so unnecessarily detailed and I love it.

A little confused how the fog works, cuz I can see far lights at the corner of the screen so its an FOV thing?

Also I was expecting wing fluttering sounds at the end but got slushing. Equally unnerving. Man I hate insects.

ikilledkenny121 2022-04-05 04:59

Super atmospheric! the fuckin moth scared me lmao. Love this and the pixelated but 3D art style is icredibel. Thought it was very tongue and cheek that we walk towards the light, like a moth :P

sprunth 2022-04-05 06:19

Love the visuals!

malikengd 2022-04-05 07:02

Visuals were top notch!

ternox 2022-04-05 09:07

Oooh, that's good! The moth is scary.

human-writes-code 2022-04-05 09:25

Well. I shouldn't have played this while sitting in a dark room on my own.

I LOVE the graphics. I LOVE the use of light. I LOVE the sound design. I can't think of any meaningful criticisms. It was a clear, clean idea that was executed very well.

Great job!

danonino 2022-04-05 10:45

Quite an eerie experience honestly. audio made the game feel scary especially the car part. props for a nice itcio page

kate-black 2022-04-05 10:49

its so creepy)

otterfaelure 2022-04-05 11:31

Super spookeh, loved it. :D

Well done overall, I have no criticisms other than a bit of a nudge that you can use wasd to walk around. =)

heho 2022-04-05 12:12

It simply looks amazing. Really well done game.

nash 2022-04-05 13:18

I would describe this more as an experience than a game. And I mean that in a good way!

Very solid atmosphere and mood. I could see this becoming a full game if you keep working on this after the jam.

notinatal 2022-04-05 14:17

I don't want to repeat all the other comments here, but you give me no choice. This game is short, but there is so much precision put in it actually that I don't mind at all.

Really like the pixel-art in 3D, but what stands out the most are definitely the SFX and ambience. You gave this a true horror vibe and the atmosphere is made just perfectly.

cyzaine 2022-04-05 15:04

This was delightful! Sound scaping you have in was really done well and I love the 3D pixel art. Atmosphere was great, though obviously this is a bit light on gameplay. But I it does everything else so right with such detail I had to play it a couple times just to take it in. Would love to see this expanded on!

chusmimax 2022-04-05 16:59

This was actually impressive. Not what I expected, but in a good way. It felt nice to play, clean and with a clear sense of what it wanted to do. (On a side note, the moths around the lamp makes me want to stay there expecting. Am I one of them?)

luis-priego-cuenca 2022-04-05 17:28

Buenísimo, realmente creo que consigue una atmosfera aterradora. Me atasque al principio creyendo que era un juego 2D. Luego me percate de lo genial que era gráficamente. Las partículas y sonido, increíble. Una breve pero muy intensa experiencia de horror.

kazuren 2022-04-05 17:45

This game has a really nice mood to it, I won't spoil what happens for others but the phone part and what happens afterwards was very well done. Great work!

tieran 2022-04-05 19:01

This game looks so nice, I love games that use pixel shaders in 3D. Its very dark but that just add to how creepy the game is. Not seen any other game so far that uses this style of graphics in such a good way.

Good job!

lichead-studio 2022-04-05 19:24

The atmosphere is so good. One of the best submissions in mood and sound.

anaxie-studio 2022-04-05 19:41

I liked it a lot, the atmosphere was great!

jaybaus 2022-04-05 20:15

I'm a wimp and was too scared to finish this game but the visuals were incredible, I've never played a game that uses that art style so it's really impressive to see something truly unique that looks really nice! I like that you don't tell the player anything as well but there's just enough to work out where to go and what to do. Maybe one day I will pluck up the courage to continue further as this is really awesome :D

chris-mcknight 2022-04-05 21:52

I really like the use of the far away scenes and the pixilation filter, good way at obscuring far away details. Having them all be light sources and playing with the idea of insects at night time to move between story elements, good job. Lots of well done atmosphere.

kingofspill 2022-04-06 00:48

Man this game was a RIDE, considering how short it is. I was confused, then intrigued, then scared s***less. Really great job at creating a mood!

agushmar 2022-04-06 01:05

hermoso juego, me encantó la ambientación, el sonido y el estilo. 10/10

sethnerd 2022-04-06 01:17

Love the mood in this game! Amazing work!

coyotethursday 2022-04-06 03:56

Like everyone else said, this game did a great job of capturing a specific mood! You did a great job of creating an experience that was engaging and complete, while also staying within the scope of what's possible to complete in a 48 hour game jam.

supervoximus 2022-04-06 04:02

This is actually one of the best games i've played this ludum dare, even though it's short, it's such a nice and immersive experience. Incredible job

algebruh 2022-04-06 08:48

Everything is great in this game! The graphics hide something from us, the sounds emphasize the atmosphere, and you just walk into the light... You are the moth...

karahan 2022-04-06 15:10

I really liked the atmosphere, visuals and audio fit together. Well done!

n-y-r 2022-04-06 17:47

Nice! very cool short

josep93 2022-04-06 17:48

Wow, thats really surprise me. And i love the art style. Nice job!!

kuami6 2022-04-06 17:57

Very cool atmosphere, I noped out after the phone call, but I don't do well with horror games :P Great work!

thorpalsson 2022-04-06 18:01

Fantastic entry, Loved the art and the over-all mood of the game. You should 100% explore where you can take these kind of games! Really good job!

vitor-milioni 2022-04-06 18:03

I'm not a big fan of horror overall, but i absolutely love the atmosphere you set here, the graphic style is just amazing, i love these psx visuals, and the 2d-y look with the particles was the icing on the cake. Audio design was also on point, just amazing. And the way you didn't even let us see the way, just the focal light points in the distance and made us walk there? Brilliant, absolutely brilliant, using this on a bit of a longer more complex game would be an absolute homerun in my humble opinion, absolutely amazing entry, congrats!

re-lo 2022-04-06 19:52

Impresive mood, i was hoocked in an instant with the graphics, stayed for the sound and mistery. Even if the experience was short, I felt a bit of fear so... in 1 minute you couldn't ask for more. Amazing work.

anticdope 2022-04-07 02:07

I was scared to move to each of the points of light for fear of what lurked in the dark. This game has a wonderfully eerie atmosphere that gives you a sense of foreboding with every step. Well done.

forgin-bits 2022-04-07 15:31

Wow great, this is unlike anything I've seen before ! Suspenseful atmosphere and great pixel rendering for a very interesting result. Pretty scary stuff. Good job !

corporation 2022-04-07 20:16

Not into horror games, but that one felt creepy good enough, enen being so short) great graphics too)

mhorth 2022-04-07 22:14

Similar to some other comments here, I can't handle horror very well and was so nervous that you were gonna hit me with a jump scare lol. Definitely made me feel things, good storytelling and setting the atmosphere. You get a 5 in mood from me!

bios3008 2022-04-09 19:17

OMG that game is scary dark :D Nice job

lenny-rudeberg 2022-04-11 10:03

From the sound design, isolted lighting and pixelated shallow depth of field, this game was a great experience. Your ability to capture cinematic horror and introduce it into a game is masterful.

jordantanner 2022-04-12 21:18

@beefsock Amazing mood on this one. Having the player move from lit area to lit area (like a moth) was a very clever and minimalistic storytelling mechanic. Loved the retro low-res graphics. Did you use a special shade to achieve this, or is the output resolution of the game just set really low? Really fun ending, too. I played through it several times. I may consider making a shorter game in the future, I think it lends itself really well to game jams. As some others have said, usually for things to be considered a "game" there must be rules and victory/loss conditions which this seems to lack, but overall a very cool experience. Excellent entry!