Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Eva Abollivier
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 43 | Sacrifices must be made | 👥 | Unnecessary Evil | jam | 84 | 4.01 | 3.79 | 3.65 | 4.28 | 3.90 | 3.59 | 3.72 | 3.76 |
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | 👥 | Unstoppable Battle of the Neon Arena | jam | 725 | 3.28 | 3.13 | 2.84 | 2.07 | 3.27 | 3.27 | 2.17 | 3.03 |
I love minimalistic puzzle games and when I saw your cover I though I would enjoy it. And you didn't disappoint ! Overall a relaxing and quick experience that would benefit from a fine tuning of your controls.
You can hit all the ennemies at once if they are superimposed which makes the game pretty easy. It was a good idea to include multiple endings to counteract that and add replay value. Art is effective but not very appealing.
After a few tries I managed to beat it but, yeah the difficulty curve is pretty steep. Love the art, sound and the concept was pretty fun.
Your game is very hard to get into : we have to read a wall of text right at the start, it would be more efficient to introduce the player gradually to all of your game mechanics. There are also some UI issues that other players already mentioned, which is problematic in a game that is only played trough its UI. Overall, i think that with a bit of fine tuning, your game could become enjoyable and its a shame that the game jam format didn't give you enough time for that.
Fun experience, I found it really funny that the items you get from loot boxes drop on the ground and just stay there useless.
It took me some time understand the mechanics. Maybe the player's health could be a bar that very obviously depletes itself, instead of being numbers stuck in a far corner of the screen. That way, the player would immediatly see when he is doing something wrong. Otherwise, the mechanic in itself is interesting, and well implemented in the level design and the notes set a nice and foreboding mood. Well done!
The idea to use death or corpses to create platforms is not new, but I found the way you use it very fresh. I was pleasantly surprised ^^ I also liked the minimalistic esthetic. The only problem I found was the difficulty: the level design in itself is fine, but if you make just one mistake (like creating a platform in the wrong place) you have to do the level all over again. To alleviate that, you could have created shorter levels, or a mean to undo previous actions.
I liked the chill mood you created at first with the color palette and the music, and that it slowly becomes unnerving as the story goes on... I just didn't understand how the endings work: I had 9 "mind" and 1 "body", and I still got the body ending.
Wow, this is very polished and juicy! It's impressive for a game made in such a short time. Also, well done with the tutorial in the title screen. It's a very elegant and efficient way to introduce the mechanics of the game. The art is nice too, it reminds me of World of Goo.
Great story and interesting themes. But that's to be expected from a Deconstructeam game! I love the unique spin you put in a classic dystopian setting, making a whole new experience.
Playing your game was a peacefull and relaxing experience, making it a very original way to interpret a theme like "sacrifices must be made". The artstyle is very nice, the color palette and the sounds soothing. The only complaint I have is that the player doesn't make any real choice. Unless I missed something, you always have to use water, then wind and sun. And there is no clear benefit for the player to leave some territories undevelopped.
The gameplay concept is very good and is helped by the fact that you have to make split second decisions in the heat of the moment. However, once you know by heart every gun, you know wich one to get and won't sacrifice any more points that way. Otherwise, I liked that you took the time to give some polish with the screenshake.
I really liked how you linked each puzzle with a situation in real life. A really nice touch that really makes us want to play to the end.