You wake up, not knowing where or who you are. You appear to be some kind of robot. It's apparent that you're in some kind of research facility. It's also apparent that all the researchers are dead, lying on the ground. But why?
I'd say "platformer/shooter" is the most fitting description of this game. Remember when playing, it's best to read all the notes, logs, and boards, as most of them either contain information about what happened, or real-world references.
Sometime soon I'll be making both a timelapse of my work, and a walkthrough of the game.
The mood was excellent- the way you used the limited range of vision and the sounds of robots really made the facility a creepy, lonely place. The simple graphics suit it, and the sparse audio serves to further improve the mood. Good job. Of course, one critique- the memes scattered everywhere really annoyed me. I'll give you points in humor for trying though.
Scattered everywhere? I didn't think I put that many memes in there. Of course there were a couple things related to "arrow in the knee", "nyan, nyan, nyan...", and maybe another one, but I can't remember anything other memes. Nevertheless, one thing I was concerned about is that it may take away from the creepy mood... but I was having too much fun with it all. :D
Enjoyed playing through this. Quite atmospheric, and I liked the attempt and making the facility seem inhabited by real people instead of faceless scientists. The 1337 and kittens and stuff were a bit jarring though, I think it could do with more timeless humour to sell the futuristic setting.
The bit I most enjoyed was the room with the platforms leading down into the darkness. It worked well with the limited vision range.
The enemies had me stressing a bit, as they should do. Their introduction was a little confusing as I was more focused on reading the computer logs, and I assumed the noise was coming from one of the computers, then suddenly the robot was on top of me. The upcoming enemy could be signposted to the player better with a lot of blood and a suspicious long corridor, for example.
Nice to see a 48 hour game with lots of backstory text!
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Well that's great! Scary is the mood what I want to give, though I honestly did expect too much in that regard. Thanks. :)
@binarycoder:
Thanks!
Fucking epic.
Scattered everywhere? I didn't think I put that many memes in there. Of course there were a couple things related to "arrow in the knee", "nyan, nyan, nyan...", and maybe another one, but I can't remember anything other memes. Nevertheless, one thing I was concerned about is that it may take away from the creepy mood... but I was having too much fun with it all. :D
Lol, I guess that's good then. :)
@Jacic:
Does it? Well it's definitely unintentional.
The bit I most enjoyed was the room with the platforms leading down into the darkness. It worked well with the limited vision range.
The enemies had me stressing a bit, as they should do. Their introduction was a little confusing as I was more focused on reading the computer logs, and I assumed the noise was coming from one of the computers, then suddenly the robot was on top of me. The upcoming enemy could be signposted to the player better with a lot of blood and a suspicious long corridor, for example.
Nice to see a 48 hour game with lots of backstory text!
Yeah they were generated with Bfxr. Thanks!
@Ishisoft
Thanks! Yeah, looking back the humor does detract from the mood, but oh well, it's there now.
Thanks for game!