Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → MiniLD → MiniLD 43 → Walk
By kavic
lovely lovely atmosphere. I like the way the grass looks and moves. Too bad you can see white through it.
The music and graphics go well together.
Actually: when walking around I couldn't be bothered with finding the spheres :)
Woah. Awesome.
-It would be nice if you could change the color underneath the grass to green or something for when you look down.
-Those white sphere things are cool from a distance, but a bit annoying when they go through you.
-Why didn't you use the font in the screenshot for the one on the menu? Really, it's perfect. What font is that, anyway?
-The sphere is a little bit too easy to find. (Unless you're trying to make an artistic point about ignoring your goals and relaxing, in which case it works quite well as it is.) I won my first game in 10 seconds. Then I explored the second time.
All in all, it looks great, just could have used some minor polish.
Thanks guys, I really appreciate the feedback :D
The reason the terrain is white is because I wanted the hills in the distance to look like a dreamy kind of happy place. And the white allows the grass to look like it's growing with you as you walk on.
I changed the font on the menu. I meant to do that before but forgot to in my rush to get this up. The font is CODE :)
The sphere should be harder to find now, I changed the way it spawns so you'll have to do at least a little exploring to find it. And the big orbiting spheres shouldn't be a problem anymore, I found them annoying too haha
I was thinking of adding more stuff to look at like trees, but I can't imagine what kind of trees would fit the sorta theme/atmosphere of the world. Any suggestions would be appreciated :)
Cheers,
Kavic
Maybe like the kind of trees Dr. Seuss drew in The Lorax? That could fit.
I understand the whole white mountains in the distance thing, it works well, but there must be a better way to do it than one that shows white if you look down. Some kind of shader, perhaps?
I've added some trees and I think they fit the world pretty well. They're not very common though as I didn't want to clutter the place. I haven't really looked into the white terrain much but I probably will soon :)
Hmm... Their models are cool, but they seem to make everything seem too white. You had enough white before, now the trees need a new color. A desaturated brown, perhaps? I also found one of them floating above the ground.
Also, when you reach the ball, you can move right through it for a few seconds and break the illusion of it being a solid object. Perhaps if you take control away from the player as soon as you touch it, or give it physics?
Can you give some source code?
I must try this one... maybe tomorrow, have to go to bed...
Cool game. It is very relaxing. Also as juaxix I'd like to ask to give us the source code. Could you be so kind to give it?
very relaxing game.