Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD53 → An Ocean Planet
By jamieok
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 906 | 3.26 | 38 | |
| Fun | 958 | 3.00 | 38 | |
| Innovation | 1031 | 2.79 | 38 | |
| Theme | 1110 | 3.09 | 38 | |
| Graphics | 746 | 3.44 | 38 | |
| Audio | 340 | 3.61 | 38 | |
| Mood | 307 | 3.83 | 38 |
Really relaxing game, loved the music! The sound effect for the hovercraftspaceship ( ? :) ) could've been a bit more subtle, about halfway it distracted me from the relaxation. Loved the atmosphere of the game.
Also I was focussing on steering while the text was appearing at the sphere. Might want to show that text on a straight part or maybe use voice so I can steer and listen?
Nice game, fluid movement. Was fun to drive around.
Only able to leave a partial rating due to the lack of Linux support. The game played but the graphics were definitely not supposed to look like this. Screenshot from 2023-05-02 14-12-31.png
What I was able to rate I did really like. The controls were solid and despite my inability to see more than just a portion of my ship I was able to figure out how to navigate. The audio and mood were really good.
If you want and are able to build a Linux version I would be happy to try this again to fill out the other categories. If not I completely understand.
@wompus Thanks for the feedback! Some very valid points there, especially about the text being difficult to focus on around the sphere. Really appreciate it :slight_smile:
@marco-schneider Thanks! The feeling of the ship was about the only thing that went right this weekend haha
@drazil100 Thanks for trying it out! I've had a go at packaging for Linux and I've added a new download link to the Itch.io page. I'd appreciate if you let me know if it works? Thanks for all the other feedback though :slight_smile:
@jamieok Works! Updated my ratings.
Short and sweet! Love me a good walking sim. I like the feel of the movement, and the ship color changing with its speed. Thanks for sharing!
Neat game. It might not have been the intended gameplay but I was drifting through loops just for style points. The ending caught me distracted so I had to finish the game again to read it.
It was cool and relaxing to drift over that ocean. But I wouldn't say no to a little more gameplay.
Nice relaxing game, I liked the calm music mixed with the sound the ship made when it moved. The art style is low poly but it looked decent. Controlling the ship wasn't much of a hassle, and overall everything was just calm. It instantly reminded me of subnautica because of the ocean and the ship, and so I think exploration above and below the water would be nice, more calm and not scary. Only criticism I have is... not really any, just small nitpicks like not being able to see what's in the water. I also liked the lore, that great sphere probably has something funny going on.
Looks to me like this could develop in a fun racing game :)
Very nice atmospheric game. The music worked very well, ship moved a little wonky but got used to it quickly and soon I was strafing like a pro. I found the ship sound a little annoying unlike other comments, but I could endure it until the end. Nice job!!!!
that felt incredibly smooth and atmospheric. It was very satisfying to fly around over the water in my little F-Zero ship
Love the music and graphic!
Really nice and relaxing experience! Love the guitar :) Good job with the game.
A fairly relaxing game, pretty nice sound track, although the noise of the boat(?) did become slightly distracting after a while. Think it could be an interesting racing game (pod racing anyone?) with the driving mechanics.
The only real criticism I have is that it felt too linear and the gameplay felt lacking, would've been nice if the points of interest were spread out and not guided by the arches, although I suppose you could always go off track.
Really like the stylized water graphics, the foam really added a nice touch. -Peter
I can see what you wanted to achieve with this game and i really appreciate it. This was a nice alternative to the hectic and confusing gameplay of many other projects. You set out to make something de-stressing and relaxing, and the game accomplishes this. I would really like to have more of it. More game would be perfect.
Nice in its minimalism, the ship was a bit hard to control and that clashed a bit with the nostalgic overall mood. It was hard to read the text, I feel it would have felt better having it above as it's where I was looking at, having it below meant I lost half of it because I was paying attention to the direction I was heading on. It felt refreshing to play something this different, thanks for making it
Superb atmosphere. The guitar tune, great delicate colors, low-detail models - all go together very nicely. It was a pleasure to swim around, read the stories and look at the sights. Very relaxing experience, even if there are not many mechanics here to speak of (or maybe exactly thanks to that :smile:).
I really did love the guitar.
Loved the music and the mood. Very pleasant experience.
The water wasn't loading for me unfortunately but that's problem an issue with my computer.
Lovely bit of story telling and world building! Has a really nice relaxing vibe to it, genuinely made me smile!
Really nice mood I would have liked a different font color I think as it as a bit hard to read over the sky and the white crests of the waves, but overall I really liked it :)
I love hover ship/car/whatever things! Really liked the vibes just zooming around on the ocean planet
I really enjoyed this, I got in to a 'zen' mode playing it. the only real feedback I have is that the sound of the boat got a bit grating after a while. I also had a bit of an issue where it felt like the game design was fighting with it self. because I wanted to try and speed around and get in to a flow. but it was hard to do that while also reading the text prompts. maybe it's because english isn't my first language, but I had to brake my flow, so that I could read the flavor text. I'm not really sure how you would solve that issue (maybe with voice narration?). but yeah, that my feedback. fantastic job!
Oooh pretty game! Liked the music, very pleasant, love the guitar. Super pretty artstyle -- I really like the lowpoly Windwaker-y water. Loved just driving around and exploring, one of my favorite kinds of a game. Only thing I can say is that I wish there was more! :)
A really strong game aesthetically. The mood set by the game was incredible, with the music, visuals and satisfying "floaty" controls lending to the forlorn feeling of travelling across and alien planet just to deliver some mail. The text was well written, and the green gates were a nice addition to keep me on track whilst still leaving me the room to break off the set path. This could be expanded into a full release, which I mean with high compliments! Great work, and please keep making games!