alero3 2022-10-03 22:48
FIRST!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → Dichotomy
By studiocherno
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 531 | 3.56 | 68 | |
| Fun | 586 | 3.37 | 68 | |
| Innovation | 286 | 3.66 | 68 | |
| Theme | 378 | 3.87 | 68 | |
| Graphics | 288 | 4.05 | 68 | |
| Audio | 248 | 3.70 | 65 | |
| Humor | 857 | 2.31 | 59 | |
| Mood | 450 | 3.58 | 66 |
FIRST!
It's finished
10/10 would rate again
Going to taste it ;)
What a unique concept, very well executed! Little bit difficult, and slightly annoying if you wanna take it slow but have to wait for the timer. Otherwise, really enjoyed it! Aesthetic is fantastic, and the sounds are amazing; they both complement each other really well!
There's a little bug if you press space when you're in control of your cube by the way, no biggie though, doesn't break gameplay I don't think
Everything is fine for me. Game is not lagging, I don't see like huge frame drops, it's stable from 150-165fps for 165hz monitor. The only issue is that it consumes a lot of GPU usage in my case GPU usage = 90% for AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT. But it's ok, it's seems like a fixable performance issue, at least I was fixing similar in my own game engine, so I don't think it's should be the problem for Studio Cherno. Great Work! :)
This is the best relax puzzle game I've ever seen
You went with my name suggestion. Wasn't expecting that. :D
The aesthetic, both from a visual and audio design perspective is nice. Very endearing, warm, welcoming. Pleasant to look at.
A cool and well executed idea for a puzzle game. IMO, it is worth exploring further outside the context of the jam to how far you can take and expand on the idea.
My only "critical" feedback is that it would be nice if the player was able fast forward/speed up the pathing playback.
Great work.
Really wanted to try the game, but it straight up does not even start. This is what Event Viewer shows:
``` Faulting application name: Dichotomy.exe, version: 1.0.0.1, time stamp: 0x633b6ced Faulting module name: Dichotomy.exe, version: 1.0.0.1, time stamp: 0x633b6ced Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x000000000027ecaa Faulting process id: 0xff0 Faulting application start time: 0x01d8d7c59c50f822 Faulting application path: C:\Users\George\Downloads\Dichotomy\Dichotomy.exe Faulting module path: C:\Users\George\Downloads\Dichotomy\Dichotomy.exe Report Id: e398eb3c-411e-4bd9-8bb8-8f7412caf83b Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: ```
The only error in HAZEL logs:
``` [10:50:48] [error] HAZEL: Could not load SoundBank! (waited for 100ms) ```
i am so sad i can't play the game =( On my main machine it shows an error "entry point not found in KERNEL32.DLL" and on my VM it shows 4 errors about .DLL files not found (MSVCP140.dll, MSVCP140_CODECVT_IDS.dll, vulkan-1.dll, MSVCP140_ATOMIC_WAIT.dll). Do you need to install Visual Studio in order to play it?
I rage quit the game before because of the swinging knives. (I didn't read the description and didn't know about the slow-mo ability)
Having some controls listed in the game and some in the description is quite confusing, it should be one or the other or full controls listed in both.
The game is based on trial and error quite a lot. Controlling the swinging knifes (slow mo) during jumping through the levels is ok but other mechanics could serve a similiar purpose while not being based on reaction time (pressing Slow Mo Button too soon or too late and the cube dies).
A UI display for when an ability is ready would be very handy.
Other than that, the visuals and audio are cool and fit well together. I had no bugs other than distorted bridge models.
Edit: Even with the slow-mo ability I quit again. Not enough patience.
Interesting take on the theme and quite a relaxed puzzle game. I found the swinging knives to be a bit frustrating as the keys were not as responsive as I would like to get through them.
The aesthetics of this game are wonderful - from the nice graphics to the subtle soundtrack in the background which makes this quite a relaxing experience, even if admittedly some levels were quite frustrating.
I really liked the idea ! The sound design and music are great. I also liked the simple art :) I know it's the theme and you made a great work but I think 10 seconds is a bit too long :D. Also it deserves a bit more information in order to understand the way the game should be played ! It took some times to figure it out :laughing:
GOOD JOB !
PROS: Cool style, game length is not too long or short, unique idea, moderately challenging. CONS: Music style too vague/sad for the cartoony/jazzy style, controls get time to get used, swinging axe too fast.
The background music really doesn't fit
Great work! A bit too trial-and-error for my taste, but it's polished and interesting to play. 💜 Cool visuals as well. As some other commenters said before me the music does feel somewhat out of place, but it's not a deal breaker and it's enjoyable as its own thing. Again, good job!
Really nice visual style, the mechanic to unveil the map is a bit annoying to be doing in 10 second intervals but also a really cool idea for a puzzle game
I wanted to play the game, it looks very nice and cool, but unfortunately I couldn't, I try to open the file and a white window quickly appears and closes. I checked my computer's drivers but they seem to be up to date.
I really wanted to play this but it straight up did not work for me, I'm not sure why. The framerate just got slower and slower until it just didn't do anything. I'm on Windows 11. Sorry I don't have a better review! I didn't leave any stars because it wouldn't be fair.
Nice game! This puzzle game is fun and relaxing. Good job!
Great Game! I had a lot of fun! I enjoyed the addition of other hazards like the swinging blade! I like how well it fit the them too, 10 seconds to decide where to move. Good Job!
Looks great. I enjoyed the simple puzzle game... at first I didn't know what I was doing because I lucked into some of the answers so I didn't learn things. Great game I hope you had a good jam!
:scooter: sweet vibe
Unfortunately, I can't run the game on my PC, it starts playing a sound, and then crashes before displaying anything. I will try to run it on another machine tomorrow. I can give you more info on my pc if you think it can help
I absolutely love the music.
Unfortunately, the framerate fell as I went through the game; and it was getting unplayable about 6(?) levels into the lava stages.
I like the mood and visual style. I feel like there could be an interesting concept here but the gameplay mostly consists of guessing and waiting, there's just too much waiting I feel like, and otherwise it's just a pretty simple maze.
I also ran into a bug on one of the lava levels I think where the ground in the real version was only coming up in a checkerboard so I couldn't move from the start.
While I like the visual style I think it could benefit a lot from tile variations, even just randomly rotating them, It's a shame you spend most of the time staring at a blank blue grid instead of the actual tiles
@literally-void we've just pushed a fix for this so you should hopefully be able to make it through without framerate dropping - Yan
@jrevel You can try to update your drivers, if they aren't up to date the game most likely won't run. -Tim
Very nice idea! The traps are pretty annoying together with the dropping framerate, and I had some issues with time freeze and the repeated movement. Other than that, its a really cool entry, nice visuals and a unique concept
@substain Are you still experiencing the framerate dropping after the latest version (1.0.0.2)? We're aware of the game freezing occasionally while the moves are being played back, we'll look into it! -Peter
@studiocherno yes, I believe its because of all the remainings from the cube (in the level with the ~5 paths with knifes where only one leads to the button)
@substain Yeah I suspect so as well, we're planning on making those disappear after a short while to reduce the number of entities in the scene at once. Thanks for letting us know! -Peter
The game fails to open (not the launcher) with an error saying that SetThreadDescription doesn exist in KERNEL32.dll. I'm guessing this has something to do with the fact that I'm using... [*looks at the ground in shame*] windows 7 lol. I'm not familiar enough with Win32 api but that's just me guessing. anyway I'm not sure if that's a design choice but I wish Hazel can support windows 7 since as you can see there are some people who still live in the dinosaurs age for.. reasons... (too difficult to move so many things from one OS to another)
Super cool game. The difficulty in the levels escalated at a really nice rate so I was never confused about what to do. The art style is also very cool, it really does a lot with simple shapes. Nice job and really fun game. (also thanks for the game engine tutorials, helped me a lot when I was starting out)
wonderful. very fun, and I could see this being fully developed!
Really really cool idea!!!!!!
A great puzzle game! The visuals are nice, consistent and fitting. The puzzle design is good, and the difficulty progression seemed well-balanced to me. A great job overall and enjoyable to play.
The swinging blade traps were my bane :laughing:
I think that you should have left the original submission available for download, though.
It's a cool idea and idea, but there's really not enough cooldown timer ability, which is on the space. And also I didn't understand what the ability on "F" does. But all the impressions of the game are ruined by the fact that you need to wait 10 seconds straight, when you could have made a mistake by one cell and immediately realized it (and if you made a mistake at the end, then in fact you wasted 20 seconds, because there is no skip). I think it was worth adding this without giving a damn about the topic, because a good impression of the game is much more important than the topic. What I'm saying is that a good disclosure of the this topic is when in 99% of cases you always have something to do within 10 seconds. At least that's how I see it).
Hey! I liked a lot even when still don´t undestand lol, I manage to pass a couple of leves, i think 4, feels nice the movenment and graphics, nice sounds to, maybe more info in how to play would be better, great work guys, maybe try to figure it out later, I enjoy it!
Really like it! I think tying yourself down to the 10 second thing may take away from it a little bit (I would have also liked to have seen either reaching the flag or some kind of restart button), but apart from that, very very well done! The are and music are very pleasant and it's a lot of fun to do a little trial and error
Very nice graphics and music, but the mechanics need a little work. The knifes were hard for a puzzle game, and the waiting was annoying overall. I think the best improvement would be to make the reveal ability stronger, to make it viable to time the knives properly. Other than that great, especially in a short time span!
cool graphics and interesting idea!
Great game guys! Major props for making a game in your own engine! I think visually it looks amazing (I love the ray tracing!). However I think the gameplay needs more work. Its a fantastic idea having a little AI version of yourself playing a level ahead of you but the way the puzzles were set up led to a lot of "blind jumps" where it was just trial and error with no indication of which way to go. They reveal ability could only be used once and lasted for just a second. The part with the lava and the axe was where I decided to stop because it got a bit too frustrating. Nevertheless, thank you for making such a unique game!
Very nice polish on this game, like others have mentioned the mechanic of trial and error become sort of frustrating as it felt like completing levels was not based on skill but rather brute force. Very nice otherwise!
Really nice presentation and chill music vibes. I like the switching between sandbox and real world. Eventually the 10 second theme gets to be a drag though. Maybe I just need to learn to be more patient.
Loved the way the graphics looked, great friendly sounds, and a unique puzzle concept. It was tough for me to feel like I maintained control, because the look feature seemed limited. The mimic cube probably doesn't need to have the same exact time sequence as the players, but it was an interesting feature that might add for some tense moments when the cube stops... waits.. and then jumps off the cliff haha! Thanks for uploading, keep making games!
i really like the concept, but i think its kind of slow gameplay and not sure what the F is doing
Wow. This is the most fun puzzle game I played in Ludum Dare 51. I fell in love with this game because the gameplay and winning rules are very intuitive, goal-oriented, and, above all, fun. The only downside I felt with this game was that the controls were sometimes confusing due to the angle of the camera.
super duper cool graphics!!
Nice atmosphere. I like the piano music. The SFX are quite nice. The graphics are polished, with nice glowing effects. The concept of the game is interesting. The swinging thingy is kind of killing the fun. I suck with the usual one and here I have to time an imaginary one - I was not able to come up with a strategy how to time them.
The visuals and music were great, but I found the trial-and-error gameplay to be a bit too tedious for me to stick it out to the end. Some way to speed up the timer when I was finished entering my moves would have helped a lot, especially because the presentation and polish of the game were great.
There was also a bug(?) wherein if I entered my moves too quickly, the cube would attempt to move into a square before it had finished spawning, which would kill me. This certainly didn't help with the impression the game first gave me of being a little tedious.
Congratulations for the game, I found it a bit confusing at first, but nothing that a little more attempts to play doesn't clarify for me, I don't know why but it reminded me of the Bart Simpsons game of the tests that has a screen to jump on the blocks, thank you very much for give me the opportunity to play your game, a big hug.
Wow this looks just awesome! Great game! (:
Looks really great, not sure why I can't get it to boot up. Will try again later.
Cool puzzle game, I just find it a little slow, but I think you have choosen to always wait for the timer to run out to stick with the theme. but great idea and great visuals, well done!
Really nice puzzle game. By the way, the game is more of a trial & error than using an actual player's skill. It could be fine on the first few levels, but become too repetitive pretty easily later on. The visual are polished really well. Great job!
Really interesting, the pace is bit too slow to me, maybe an input to directly start the ghost cube could help Great job !
I can't run the game on my PC, I get error message that says "The procedure entry point vkGetDeviceBufferMemoryRequirements could not be located in the dynamic link library"
edit works after driver update
Great visuals and really polished. Audio could have been better. It takes a lot of trail and error and is a bit slow for me.
Would love to try it but the game is not starting for me. The launcher works fine however
Cool puzzle game and one of the most 'polished' 3D-entries I have played so far!
*I faced the error *The procedure entry point vkGetDeviceBufferMemoryRequirements could not be located in the dynamic link library* after the launcher; a driver update also worked for me.*
Now for the game: I really liked the puzzle game mechanic, especially because it allowed for a relaxed playthrough (which I personally enjoy). The calm audio also added to the relaxing mood. I would've liked the possibility to finish the 10 seconds in sandbox early though; The controls took me some time to get used to because of the 45-degree rotation relative to the keyboard (rotating the keyboard helped). Visually, I found it just so charming. The sketchy outlines look lovely and I liked the details such as the tiny animated bridge :). A different background would have enhanced the mood even more.
@ingo-holle thanks for the feedback, glad you liked it! Agree with all your points - definitely all features we would have developed if we had more time, and good ideas for the future! - Yan
One of the top games of this jam in my opinion. I like the idea as well as the art/vfx and the level design! Needs some gameplay improvements here and there (it feels like making progress very slowly) but considering the amount of time for developent, and the fact that a custom engine is being used, the game seems to be nearly perfect. Btw. Cherno, I like your videos, you're a great teacher ;)