Ludum Dare #26compo

Ascenion

by kreischweide

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.58

Fun★★★★★★★★★★1.88

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.41

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.78

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.70

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★49%

Minimalism from a religous perspective. Try to control the fate and hope for the best.

This went quite okayish for the first LD, not used any of my tools seriously before or even finished anything with them. Not sure about the "fun" itself, that might be seriously lacking. I wasted so much time fidling with the basics of the language that I forced myself to drop a better gaming approach.

You only need the cursor keys.

Tools: Unity3D, Photoshop, Audiotool

Comments19

mortus29 Apr 2013, 11:49

Maybe I don't get it, is there a way to affect one's destiny or can we just watch and hope?

ncgames30 Apr 2013, 18:20

great mood and presentation, love the quick cycling through different lives. poor susan, at least she had the best party ever before she killed someone, lived on the streets, got enslaved and died.

psychomonster1 May 2013, 00:58

Don't know how to find out, with choice is the best... is there is special system to find out? 8 of 10 people died while i played this game ;)

Super Hamster1 May 2013, 15:55

It has alot of potential. But there should be a way to see if it's going to be good or bad(unless I don't get it) because otherwise it is just guessing over and over again. Making it have about a 4% chance that you will actually make it have a perfect life.

Thijsku1 May 2013, 15:57

I like the concept, although I´m not sure how to find out which choice is right. It´s just a gamble, right?

Congrats with finishing your first LD. ;)

Khaldrin1 May 2013, 15:58

Great visuals and sound - contributed a lot to the atmosphere. Did not really understand my part as a player though: was I supposed to memorize some patterns or is it just "hope for the best"? Interesting entry :)

SirJson1 May 2013, 16:01

Weird game. My humans always had bad luck ^^

Sebastian1 May 2013, 16:02

Got betrayed, accidentally killed someone, had a daughter, then skipped school and died...
Sheesh.

MRvanderPants1 May 2013, 16:15

Interesting concept, great atmosphere. Everybody got arrested though, but at least they all had daughters :D

Sylvain.p1 May 2013, 17:03

The ambiance is wonderfull, good job, but I don't understand if the player can found a strategy or if it's just random.

TheSarcastic1 May 2013, 21:48

Wow. Really haunting :O I just didn't get it when there was a good choise to make...

Dohan1 May 2013, 22:00

The 75% odds of getting a bad event for your human make the game a bit sad. The sound design was pretty good.

shotiris2 May 2013, 00:16

Awesome! Almost as fun as torturing a potato :)

ShellfishGames2 May 2013, 11:05

Good atmosphere and somewhat original, but as most people here I don't quite get what my job as a player is. Still a pretty ~immersive experience.

protensity4 May 2013, 20:22

Excellent atmosphere - glad I played it.

EggDestroyer7 May 2013, 11:00

Sadly, I didn't get it at all

TurboDindon11 May 2013, 19:29

Very interesting entry. It has a lot of potential.
It might be more fun with a few other features.
Great atmosphere.

- SEPHY (@sephyka)

Dietrich Epp12 May 2013, 05:58

It's very cool, and I like all the generated names and events, but I can't figure out what effect my actions have on the outcome (i.e., is this actually a game?)

GeorgeBroussard20 May 2013, 20:38

Good presentation and mood (music/sfx). I wasn't sure how to play and the directions seemed random? The most I did was 4 or so without failing. Good job on first LD. Work on the fun now :)