Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD57 → Beneath the Ground
By drfoxxx
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 758 | 3.00 | 25 | |
| Fun | 811 | 2.58 | 26 | |
| Innovation | 83 | 4.00 | 26 | |
| Theme | 56 | 4.32 | 27 | |
| Graphics | 624 | 3.24 | 27 | |
| Audio | 2 | |||
| Humor | 664 | 2.07 | 22 | |
| Mood | 618 | 3.27 | 26 |
A very complex game, eventually i did understand it though. It would have been nice if there was some ambient music or some sound effects to to make it even more moody. The controls reminded me of iron lung which is very fun.
That's a very cool concept and a great foundation for something bigger. I could see it as a fully fledged game. It gives off a kind of dark vibe, which could do for a horror game. Nonetheless I like a lot it for what it is. Good job.
Really like the concept, rather complicated, but interesting. Wouldn't have minded some background music though
Took me a while to understand how it works, but amazing mechanics! If there's audio it'd be much cooler
As others have mentioned, I struggled to understand the concept. That said, it seems like a really creative and unique approach to the theme - congrats on that. Would have loved some audio (background music, servo sound when you move coordinates, button feedback). Graphics were decent and on-theme. I'd love to see a more fleshed out tutorial.
Its not the most fun game but it does have its shining moments with the lorebuilding signal scenarios. Its pretty difficult to get used to aswell. Where this game shines in my opinion is its variety of content and potential.
The instructions felt a bit confusing, though the visual style was quite nice. I think it would help a lot if each prompt or instruction had a semi-transparent white background behind it — that would improve readability.
I still wasn’t sure how to complete the first task. Even though there were a lot of instructions, I found myself feeling lost and uncertain about what to do… instruction 有点乱，风格不错，但是如果能每段提示背后有个半透明小白框就好了。我还是没搞明第一个task应该怎么做，虽然instruction很多，但是感觉还是很困惑。。。
Interesting idea--very different from other games I've played this jam. I love the aesthetic, and I like the concept. I must admit, I couldn't really figure it out... but it was fun trying. Probably could have benefited from some kind of a tutorial level, but I understand how that is often not feasible given the time constraints. In any event, great work!
I really love this idea & the cool diegetic UI. But, like everyone else said, I had a very hard time learning to play it. I'm not sure how you'd do it, but I really hope you manage to find a way to smooth out the player onboarding if you continue work on this; because I think it could become something very compelling.
Theme & mood are great. I'm very impressed at how much mood you were able to convey with no audio & a little screenshake; and the text reports at the end of the mission hit hard.
Though hard to understand, would have liked better instructions but a very creative idea and execution. I have not seen a game like this in this jam. Would love more feedback when changing things such as what is happening if i drag the low or high except on the graph. Really love the idea and creativity!
Very interesting idea and concept for a game, nice use of the theme, ui is fun. Feels like there is a complicated system going beneath.
Absolutely needs a tutorial though, something more involved then slides. And the player should have ability to read mission after accepting. While music would be nice I feel that the whole scanning action could have an audio feedback that helps with understanding.
Very innovative and has a great potential to be massively expanded into full game, but player onboarding needs to be sorted out. Excellent potential to build interesting lore, and maybe for even expanded gameplay loop/different game phases. I hope dr.Foxxx will continue developing this idea. We will watch it with great interest.