joshua-weggartner 2022-10-02 14:48
Wow, really cool and short game, love the atmosphere!:)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → Lighthouse
By rickylee
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 72 | 3.90 | 121 | |
| Fun | 227 | 3.34 | 122 | |
| Innovation | 39 | 3.99 | 123 | |
| Theme | 53 | 4.14 | 123 | |
| Graphics | 42 | 4.16 | 124 | |
| Audio | 43 | 3.92 | 120 | |
| Humor | 1.87 | 6 | ||
| Mood | 3 | 4.49 | 122 |
Wow, really cool and short game, love the atmosphere!:)
The light was really bright and it was like being blinded every 10 seconds, it would have been cool if the light lit up everything when it hit you for those frames. Or maybe I need to turn my brightness down. Really cool idea though, I played for a bit and had fun.
Really great job with this! The sounds and the shadows really make an amazing atmosphere.
Love the art, and the audio goes a really long way to making it super atmospheric
Very polished! Great visuals, great sound, very immersive. I wasn't sure whether or not it was possible to "lose"; I was able to make it back to the lighthouse on my first try (after running into a wall three times on the way).
Nice job creating a moody atmosphere in such a short time! Simple but creative concept that was satisfying to complete. Sometimes the lightning was more helpful than the lighthouse, but great work!
Great atmosphere, storm/rain noises sold it. I found that the lightning ended up being the most helpful. Big fan. A single shark fin and it would have been horror.
Really cool atmosphere! So simple but so effective - great job!
While the gameplay has something to be desired the atmosphere more then makes up for it i just wish there was more to do or a better representation of how much time you have left until the storm arrives i think the audio gets louder with the storm arriving? But idk
Great style and audio! Really a complete little game. Well done!
wow that atmosphere...amazing!
The atmosphere and sfx is what really made this game shine, along with the nice 3D visuals. I agree with some other commenters saying how it was mostly the atmosphere and tone of the game is what carried it. If this were perhaps some story driven game (or walking sim) with a character narrating some reason they were heading to this light house while having some stakes, I can imagine this being a very nice mood.
Any criticism I would say would be the lack of other gameplay elements and reason to be moving towards the lighthouse. Additionally, I felt like the lamp and the lightning gave me more context clues and help on where to go... while the lighthouse was just my beacon on the map on where to go.
Otherwise very nice! Good job!
I like this game a lot. Atmosphere is very dark and lonely in a good way. It can be a really awesome story game. I think some ambient music can fit very well.
Pretty cool (and maybe a bit too easy)!
Would've been really good if the boat was a bit more responsive to controls, it felt weird to turn.
Amazing atmosphere and also great sounds. Very fun little game
Amazing atmosphere. The lighthouse itself did not help me much, more lightning and a lamp on the top of my lifeboat. A very pleasant few minutes.
Loved it! Horror atmosphere did it for me. Have you considered to adding just a bit more light around the boat or at least some reflections on the water? It's amazing in the light but felt a bit dull in darkness
Amazing mood made using art style and music, i felt like I was running away from Lovecraft's Dagon, great fit for the theme as well.
It was a bit unclear where to move, but I did it and finished the game. Nice job.
excellent game. Top Atmosphere (mood) and great graphics. Ranking good on most others. I made it home yeah!!! But I'm really, really wet now. Really engaging.Very well done!
Very atmospheric, like the start of a cinema movie! I really like the style of this.
Awesome game! Excellent mood, very tense, and I love the graphics.
Oh my god what an absolutely gorgeous game. Great atmosphere; incredibly immersive. How did you make the sounds? They're really effective! I think you added just the right ingredients and nothing more to craft a really great mood. The controls were just about clunky enough to feel realistic and not frustrating. Man, I really have no criticism to give :( Too good mate.
This was SO GOOD! The style and atmosphere was absolutely breathtaking, especially loved the detail of lightning flashes giving you some small hints between the set timer. Loved it, thank you for a great game and really impressive this was made in the timeframe!
Edit: I'm just keeping this up in the background now for the storm noise. So cozy
The mood is so good this is really a great idea ! That's an amazing game !
Great work! The 1-bit art style of the scene is surprisingly charming!
The sound effects along with the graphics really add to the atmosphere. I felt like I was reading an old book which narrates a story about an old man and the lighthouse. When he finally made it to home, he could feel the calm and peace.
The boundless ocean and the approching storm are not dreadful anymore, as long as the lighthouse stands guiding people through the darkest night.
This game has probably the best athmostheme I have seen this jam!
The idea of the game is quite innovative and fits the theme well. Also amazing sound effects add to the already great visuals!
Great job!
I really like the atmosphere you set with the art style! The SFX really compliment what you're going for. Super nice!
wow, amazing game, really simple graphics, but they looked amazing.the tmosphere of the game was really cool, an I loved the concept. Well done!
I really had the feeling to be the character in the boat.
You really realize how important a lighthouse is for someone who is lost on the sea.
This game go to my favorites :thumbsup:
This game looks amazing! You really set the mood well with the thunder and rain.
Great work! The art, music, and atmosphere are incredible - really encapsulated the 'lost in a dark ocean' feel. The lighthouse beacon gave me a great view of what was to my left and right, but didn't help too much regarding what was straight in front of me. Relied on the lightning just as heavily. Overall, amazing effort!
I'm a big fan of lighthouses so I couldn't leave that out :P Really nice atmosphere and vibes with this one, and the controls felt representative of the motion without being cumbersome. It was cool to see that while I started out feeling quite lost, my target direction got more clear as I was getting closer. Nice job!
great use of the theme! I love that it's very organic, instead of being on a very "game-ey" timer. It adds a lot to the sense of immersion
Great entry! Voxel FTW.
Very original idea! As other have said you nailed the mood and atmosphere. My only criticism is that rotating the boat felt a bit unresponsive. But maybe that was on purpose?
The style and atmosphere in this is insane. I wish the audio was balanced or paced a little bit better, but that doesn't take away from how well done this is. Really short and simple, and overall a great experience. Good job!
I really love the artstyle, at first I thought it was a pixel art game. It's a really clever style. I love the animation of the guy rowing, contrasting against the dark foreboding atmosphere.
My only complaint, boats don't have breaks, it could add some challenge to only be able to slow yourself not stop.
Amazing art style and atmosphere! The boat was a bit hard to control, but that makes sense in a storm XD
Really cool idea and great atmosphere
Great mood! I love the black/white style of this game. I wish there would be no yellow light on the boar, so the game could be fully black and white.
An atmospherically amazing game! the simplicity of it is fantastic ant works perfectly got the mood that is invoked by the night. The audio for the storm was great.
Such a cool atmosphere and I loved the simple and unique graphics! I'm wondering how you did the white beam of light? Are you able to tell me more :)
Ive said it before and I'll say it again, I love games taht play with light. Add in the Rainy Mood and I'm down.
I didn't entirely get what was happening with the beam though, a few times it flew past and didn't show anything in my way only for me to immediately run into a rock. Sometimes it worked though.
I loved the rowing animation. And I made it safely to the dock so all in all a good experience!
Visually stunning game, super inspiring work. Dreary and moody and sharp, the sense of danger and dread was visceral. Im glad hitting rocks wasnt too punishing, but still felt bad enough that i really didnt want to do it
Cool concept. Loved the graphics. I did find it a bit boring while waiting for the light to come back around, though. And not being able to move the camera (at least I couldn't find any controls for it) was frustrating and lead to some glitching inside objects.
Hey! I really enjoyed time spent with this game. Graphics are cool and the audio fits in it.
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my stream!
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Love the mood and atmosphere! Really nice entry, huge gg!
Graphics, mood, audio feels very polished. Love the game too. Good job!
Wow great entry! Love the atmosphere and the black and white aesthetics! Well done :)
The weight of the PC version is a little embarrassing, it's good that there is a web build. The game is good, I liked the atmosphere, the sound and, to some extent, the graphics, but there are small problems with the mechanics. The boat feels a little clumsy and out of control, the lighthouse does not cope well with its function - lighting, when the beam passes over the right side of the location can not even see the silhouettes of the islands, saving only lightning flashes. Despite the shortcomings, the game came out good, I liked it
I like mood and black\white idea for graphics. Ten second theme fits well with this game)
Really liked the aesthetics! Thumbnail got me:D Atmosphere was great!
Very very great atmosphere! Both music and style - everything supports it! I really enjoyed playing this game, even if it was short
Nice little game, it would have been nice to add a failure state but otherwise it's an interesting experience.
Really enjoyed playing this the effects and atmosphere were very well done - Great job
Really creative use of the theme and also has a great atmosphere. Only wish I could see a score of how long it took me to reach the lighthouse.
Really love the concept of the art style.only a few things made a good atmosphere.
The atmosphere in your game is verry good! Like it that you need to be lose to see the actual route.
I liked the overall design and atmosphere, but it seemed to me that the controls were too unresponsive
An ingenious approach to the theme.
It shows that there was a lot of work there: animation, sound, concept art.
TO IMPROVE: The animation of the rower rows backwards but the boat moves forward XD
wow art design are so cool
Excellent atmospheric entry! The light mechanic is well implemented, and I liked the controls and feel when rowing your boat. Great job!
That's really atmospheric. I absolutely liked that sound design, and i liked using only of black & white colors. I liked how hard it was to control the boat actually, i felt it. Cool entry
Cool game idea, was surprised by the 3d art, the game gave a 2d feeling until i started it. Was amazed to see that the boatman has a white beard, jiggled a little as i saw it ^^ Its a simple game with a clear and reachable goal, i really felt like paddling throu the storm to safety, well done!
Pretty atmospheric simple game. It seems to me that the main character should also have been made voxel, otherwise he does not fit into the style a little.
nice mood! could have been a bit longer, but the premise is refreshing and its a great setting :)
The mood is so good here! How did you do the sound effects? The wind, the rain, the oars in the water, the lighting, each one was really good.
The lighting worked really well across all the sources, the lighthouse, the lightning, and the boat's lamp. The controls felt a bit chunky almost like a turn-based grid-based game, but I think that was probably smart given the challenge of staying oriented in the dark.
All in you really sold the experience of being in the boat in the dark, well done. I did wonder if you could sell the storm itself even better with a little more vertical wave motion... the sea felt maybe too calm. But again you're probably making tradeoffs against the player feeling oriented.
I managed to get home without hitting anything, and the great atmosphere got me into a slow and steady, cautious head space. I restarted just to test what would happen if I crashed, and I like the way you handled that, too.
Really nice compo entry!
such a unique game ! the atmosphere is incredible !!
succeeding in making such a result for a "compo game" is remarkable!
"I made it home !!"
I liked the game it was unique and the atmosphere made me sweat... I really felt like I was trying to go through that rocks in the water XD
As many said, the atmosphere of this game is incredible! The lighthouse spinning, the thunder and rain sounds, the crashing noises, makes me feel really fearful about what's to come, as if my life was on the line. Gameplay wise, there's actually no reason to paddle when the lighthouse is pointing away from me, but the atmosphere was enough to push me to daredevil forwards in the dark, because I wanted to rush towards safety. When I saw I was close, I was spamming the up button so hard!
good game!just like how i get in america hahaha
Great idea! Super moody and nice. The game was the perfect length as well. I was so happy to see that little bright light as I got close to the end. My only nitpick is that the controls were a bit fiddly. I think since the light mechanic was the main focus, perhaps steering the boat should have been a bit easier? That might just be personal preference though, and I did find the game very enjoyable regardless.
Super simple but very well done game. The game is kind of easy especially with lantern and the brake. I wish there was an additional mechanic but I'm not sure what it would be. I love the lighting and the silhouettes. Sound matches very well and really helps with the atmosphere. Great job!
I was surprised to be playing in 3D instead of 2D! Awesome game concept, and the thunderstorm sounded really cool - almost like ASMR. I think the lighthouse does a better job of lighting the rocks in the screen peripherals rather than the ones in the player's path, but the smaller light source on the boat can usually catch any immediate collisions. It's never completely pitch dark around the player because of that, which decreases the difficulty of the game.
Some suggestions - I think adding a timer at the top that prints your run time at the end would be add a more competitive atmosphere and urgency to the game. I was also expecting my boat to break after too many runs into the rocks. but after testing it on another run I found that the boat is indestructible. I think it would be cool if you added this boat durability mechanic and a way to display that to the player. Overall, nice entry and congratulations on your submission!
Wow, it is so well made ! Game design is really cool, art and sound design is great! I enjoyed it a lot, congrats!
The game is so atmospheric! I like the sound and the artwork, it creates the mood of rush hour. I played it several times, so much I liked it! Thanks ^_^
Wow! What an atmosphere you've built there!
First impressions - I loved the way the pixel and voxel graphics interacted with each other! I only wished the sailor character fit in with the graphics just like the boat and the rest of the asset ensemble, but it's amazing the way it is!
I enjoyed the risk-taking aspect of the game, where I could try row as much as possible, even when there was no light, making educated guesses as to where the next rocks might be. In fact, I would probably enjoy the game even more if there was even more risk involved - say, if hitting too many rocks caused the boat to fall sink.
On the other hand, there were rocks that I felt the lighthouse didn't illuminate almost at all, despite them being right beside me, and I felt like that wasn't intentional (or at the very least, made those parts of the game a little more awkward to play).
The movement sometimes felt a little slow. Although rowing forward slowly very much added to the atmosphere of the game and I appreciate that - I felt like maybe the turning of the boat could have been made a little less subtle without ruining the feel of the game.
this concept is so good!!! i loved the black&white atmosphere, it really looked awesome! i think the sailor model doesn't really fits in (but it's a compo game so i'll close my eyes on this).
the only issue for me were controls not being super fluid to me. otherwise, excellent idea, great game!
Amazing concept!!!
Great presentation and mood. Loved it!
Absolutely loved this one, the atmosphere, the visuals, the challenging but fluid controls and the main idea of the light house showing you the way all blend in beautifully to make this a fulfilling experience. The occasional lightning lighting up your way while also signaling the impending storm is also such a great idea.
my only small nitpicky problem is the voxel art for the boat and the rocks. they appear a bit out of place and could easily be replaced by some low poly models. Some stronger wind effects and maybe (just maybe) some ambient music could be nice too.
Extremely good entry overall, very nice work :]
Cool atmosphere. Mechanic for the theme was good. Dig the minimalism of the silohetted voxel graphics. Boat was a bit clunky to control, but that might be on purpose.
Played on my stream: https://www.twitch.tv/zedkraze
Hey, thanks for making the game! I played through it and recorded my thoughts.
https://youtu.be/nGues8SYMgw
Cool
A big favourite from this LD! It's such a pretty and atmospheric game. I love lighthouses, so I'm biased, but eh 👀 Strong start from the intro with the lightning strike and then into that very intuitive experience. Simple controls and a self-explanatory mechanic that just looks and feels nice. Lack of music is probably not a bad thing for this one? The storm audio and the splashes sell the setting really well. Of course the light stuff is gorgeous and works well. I think it would've been better if the beam took like half as long to rotate, but of course that's the theme's fault and not yours 😅 The rowing animation is really good and punchy too. The character does look a bit weird being so shiny but then again it's raining so to an extent I guess it makes sense. On the whole I really loved this one!!
AMAZING idea and very climactic execution! One of my favorites for sure.