insomniapill 2026-04-21 15:47
Interesting form of storytelling, seems like an interactive gallery. Even with the lack of narrative, which is overall not needed, my soul was touched. The game made me think, feel and reflect on myself.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD59 → THE HORSE WE MADE
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 501 | 3.48 | 34 | |
| Fun | 574 | 3.15 | 34 | |
| Innovation | 91 | 3.95 | 34 | |
| Theme | 792 | 2.50 | 32 | |
| Humor | 193 | 3.46 | 30 | |
| Mood | 182 | 4.04 | 34 |
Interesting form of storytelling, seems like an interactive gallery. Even with the lack of narrative, which is overall not needed, my soul was touched. The game made me think, feel and reflect on myself.
What did you mean by the 'enter the first letter' bit? I walked through the floor and one point and then got to a round room at the end of the corridor but wasnt sure what to do beyond that.
@insomniapill Thank you so much for your kind comment!! it means a lot to us that someone can connect with our game :heart:
@uvwar Sorry for the confusion. In each room, select one of three words by typing its first letter on your keyboard. The first room acts as a tutorial where you enter 'd' for 'door' to learn the mechanic. hope this helps!
@cesta Ah ok, I thought I tried that but didn't get past the hallway area, it worked this time! I got the fish ending, although the menu stopped working once I got there. I had fun exploring the various rooms!
@uvwar thank you for letting me know ill fix the issue :) im glad to hear that! thank you sm for playing our game
Interesting idea. Maybe it would be better if the first word wasn’t “door” but “enter,” since with “D” you also move to the right. And at the edges of the scene, colliders would be quite useful or, if you want players to be able to fall off, a collider underneath the scene that triggers the escape menu.
I think this game has a lot of potential! I love the laser scans (is that how you made it?) and the overall chaos.
I first couldn't figure out that you need to press the initial letters to progress (I was typing the whole word which somehow didn't work + it's also confusing that the first stage is "D" and WASD includes D already), but after reading the description here it was fine.
Technical issues: - The web player had issues playing it - and the unity logo stayed in the foreground of the screen - The Windows EXE will just stay running when i hit QUIT in the main menu, so i had to End the Process in the task manager - Hitting ESC required 2 presses before bringing up the menu.
I thought the direction was fun, and liked the different rooms set up like a digital art exhibition/museum. I would spend time in the rooms looking at the different models / art
The messages at the end were a bit too direct or on-the-nose to me. It felt too much that the author's concrete thoughts or opinions then blended into the piece, rather than being able to form my own interpretation. I feel like having a simple title of the piece, or trying to make the piece closer reflect what the message was trying to convey would have left more of an impact, and would leave more open to the player's own interpretation or "soul."
With that being said, i think i got all the endings and played thru the whole thing, and i enjoyed my time in the game.
Technical issues
@dennis ohh yes you are right that didnt even cross my mind haha, thank you for letting me know. Yes we wanted do add a killzone but i didnt have the time for it, but thank you so much for playing our game!!thank u for the tipss
@zettelkasten Thank you for your comment, yes! those are 3D scans, scanned with a phone, some of them are ours but some of them we had to download from polycam, ive listed all the sources in the pdf file, so thats why we had to back out of graphics. Ohh yes the controls are a bit confusing but im glad you figured it out in the end :) again thank u for playing
@johnnyalfonso Thank you so much for your honest feedback!! It really helps us improve and learn for the future. And we appreciate sm that you played the whole game. The technical issues we are stil trying to figure out, if you have any tips how to export the game better let us please know
This is some high concept stuff! Particularly enjoyed the 'drink' scene. That could just be something inside of me, though.
I'm a bit confused by the goal of the game or what message it's trying to convey, but that was an interesting experience. The art had an eerie feel to it, makes the whole thing kinda surreal. I had some issues: - I'm on an azerty keyboard, and while WASD was correctly auto remapped to ZQSD, the letters I had to type for the words weren't (had to type "," for "m" for example) - Hitting esc on web player exits the fullscreen so restarting was a bit of a hassle, I suggest using another keybind next time - for some reason the mouse sensitivity after "door" becomes super low and I have to move my mouse a lot more just to turn around
Something about this is very captivating! The gameplay is simple, but the sense of mystery and exploration is really well done. I did a few quick playthroughs and was impressed at how much variety there was between the different scenes. How did you build the 3D environments? They look like they were created from photos but are somehow distorted. It gives everything a dream-like quality that I think works very well.
Also, it's worth noting that it's very easy to fall out of the map if you stray too far out of the scenes. An easy fix for this would be to track the player's vertical position and move them back to the spawn location of each scene if they fall too far.
I thoroughly enjoyed this.
Very interesting method of storytelling here. Reminds me a lot of LSD: Dream Emulator.
@justine-d Thank you for playing and for the feedback! We had no idea that such problems could happen with the keyboard. Thank you so much for letting us know and we will keep that in mind next time!
@justine-d Thank you for playing and for the feedback! We had no idea that such problems could happen with the keyboard. Thank you so much for letting us know and we will keep that in mind next time!
@ben-morledge-hampton Thats so good to hear thank you sooo much!!! Yes the 3D enviroments are some from various 3D scans put together into a composition and others our own 3D models and playing with textures :blue_heart:
Also thanks for the note!! We had plans for adding atleast a killzone but with the time limit we completly forgot
enter the first letter of the word that resonates with you:
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The environments where quite beautiful
Very cool. Reminded me a bit of LSD Dream Emulator, yall should do the LSDJAM this year if you get the chance! The soccer/football field reminded me of the game Despelote. Really enjoyed my time once I figured it out!
The sores don't last forever... This was an interesting experience. Definitely one of the most unique LD entries I've ever played. I played it twice but unfortunately the second time I ended up in prison. Not sure what that says about me. Maybe I shouldn't second guess myself
I loved this one so much more than I expected to. I don't know what I felt while I was playing but it was definitely something? You guys made easily the most unique game I've played this jam, thank you for creating this experience :pray:
this was a series of self-actualization
I love the many different routes you're able to take. Also, loved the bizarre factor!!!
I was drawn in by the cover, and then completely amazed by the game!
I really love this art style, especially the way the scenes and typography are combined.
The only pity is that I played it directly through this interface because it said “Mac is not supported,” so the lag was quite high, and my camera often got stuck in the walls or outside the scene models.
@hazel-c Im so happy you liked the game and the art style! Sorry about the lagging, we should have made a Mac build as well, but thank you so much for playing anyway!
This cover is too abstract, hahaha. It's really attractive. The idea is also very interesting and humorous, and it is a highly complete game.