FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD50 → Sunset

Sunset

By ptsnoop

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall753.9023
Fun1983.5923
Innovation2913.3323
Theme884.0923
Graphics794.1123
Humor3592.5617
Mood434.0023

Comments

forgin-bits 2022-04-04 13:06

Wow nice, the idea of playing with the sunset and the horizon is simple yet pretty effective ! That looks beautiful, and the waves sounds compliment the graphics pretty well. Overall it's a nice relaxing game, and the pinball controls are well executed. GREAT JOB ! :thumbsup:

jovialknoll 2022-04-07 02:23

Very amusing juxtaposition. Short, simple, and to the point.

Visuals were lovely but at times I wanted a little more contrast. I really wanted the top set of paddles to have a longer arc, or at least be tilted a little more to start with; they felt relatively useless.

Felt like I didn't want to play more than twice but mostly that's because the game does everything it wants to pretty quickly: nice job.

lazzor 2022-04-13 13:14

Wow, your game looks and feels great! Some modest sound effects for the ball collisions or the paddle controls and this would be perfect in my opinion. Fantastic job! :)

krisztian 2022-04-15 12:44

Great and creative return of an old game! Good job!

pollahard 2022-04-15 13:14

Excellent minimalistic design, nice to play. Good job!

tompudding 2022-04-16 15:19

The controls felt very slick, just what you want in a pinball game. Nice job

untitled-studios 2022-04-16 15:56

Serene, fun, PRETTY. A great idea with great execution. There isn't a lot here, but that just means that I don't have much to criticize. Good job.

edit: ended up playing this for the entirety of a virtual college tour, which was an hour long. good stuff fr

noiyy 2022-04-16 16:23

Really love this concept, very well executed, great job! :smile: That fade really made it harder :sweat_smile: I enjoyed it, though I couldn't get past 40 seconds, being the pro pinball player that I am :laughing: Maybe the smaller circles could be also made to unfade after some time when the controls are faded and you can't hit the bigger ones - this could be an easier difficulty option.

damakuno 2022-04-17 06:40

Pretty relaxing game, I have been playing quite a lot of pinball games recently so I'm kinda biased towards this sort of game at the moment! I like the aesthetics of this game mostly, and the gimmick of the controls fading added a extra challenge to this game. Overall, good job on the game and I look forward to seeing more of your creations!

fueelin 2022-04-17 08:31

Really cool game! Having the "board" disappear like that was a really creative idea! The visuals were nice and relaxing. Nice job!

birdwards 2022-04-17 16:47

This is super cool! I agree with Lazzor that it could use some sound effects for collision (and maybe some subtle visual effects for colliding with the circles), but that's a minor thing. Besides that, this game has everything it needs and nothing it doesn't need. Great work!

lilkrit 2022-04-18 10:10

One of my favorite games so far in this LD. The graphics are very simple but they work perfectly. And I like the background noise. If you are gonna improve this later, please make the circles more responsive, and add some leniency with the sunset - right now it goes up a bit too fast.

antonsem 2022-04-18 13:35

OMG! This is fantastic! Such a simple and elegant twist on the pinball! I love it :)

PS: I'm tweeting about the games from this jam. Here is yorus: https://twitter.com/TheAntonSem/status/1516047362992529412

mikouaji 2022-04-18 17:10

Very chill game :) Nice background sound, could use some effects on ball hit. Liked it a lot

raptarr8 2022-04-18 17:30

I really enjoyed the minimalistic design. The aesthetics are simply amazing!

lenaschimmel 2022-04-18 17:34

Very nice, I love the minimalism of this game. Of course I was motivated to delay the inevitable, and the fading controls made it more difficult - on the other hand, it was somehow satisfying to let the controls fade away and enjoy the pure, unobstructed sunset.