THIS GAME MAY OR MAY NOT WORK ON YOUR GRANDMA'S/SCHOOL RIG! Apparently, the game does not play nicely on older hardware. If you encounter large blank areas or red boxes, please realize that that isn't the game, and don't rate it! I'm working on a fix!
From the Wikipedia page on Minimalism:
"Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts."
I made Free* with the idea in mind that life as we know it boils down to very few key aspects, and I tried my best to make every little thing important, from the way you move through the game, to the game's audio, to the coloring of the environment. I thank you for visiting my game's page and hope you play/rate/enjoy it!
Press D to move to the right.
Sorry about the lack of ports. Check back later and I'll have them ready!
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All in all, I'm content with the way this turned out. if I were to do it again, I'd spend more time emphasizing certain parts, but it's all in the past now. Thanks for playing!
Reminds me of "Consoul". I was confused by the huge blank space, and the parts that were red boxes. Other than that, it was okay. I think you could have made it more heart-wrenching though, maybe if you showed the child somehow.
That was amazing! Definitely a proof that games can send powerful messages even better than movies. Not being able to go back was a nice touch. I have only one complaint:the signs are readable on a very small area, I accidentally skipped over one or two of them... Again, awesome job!
Anyhow, for starters this isn't a game, it's a story with a "hold to advance" key.
There was quite a bit of effort on the graphics and it all LOOKS nice (considering the black-and-white-ness), but it could definitely do with some more animation in places AND THE PLAYER DOESN'T GO UP STEPS WHAT THE HELL
Didn't hear any audio, so N/A for that.
First entry I've managed to give a score for humour for. It's got a fairly nice and mildly amusing tone to it.
Moodwise... it tends to lose momentum at the end. So much more could be done here.
@lulzfish_4 Do you happen to have a 32-bit machine? The game wasn't tested on anything but a 64-bit Windows OS, so I can't confirm or deny that it really works on anything other than that.
This game is beautiful. This is exactly the kind of game I was hoping would come out of this dare. I can see why you chose not to add any sounds- But personally I could see some more emotion in this game with the right music and sounds.
So depressing :) A little annoying that you can't get back to read missed plates :( And it would be great to listen some depressing music in background :)
Fantastic graphics. The only thing I would change would be adding some simple ambient noises or some music. I'm not sure how I feel about having Humor as part of the grading criteria. I think 'games' can be inclusive of other emotions, and your game is proof of that.
OK, did a quick objdump + grep, it appears to use AVX instructions in quite a few places. I'm not sure if they're part of a special codepath or if they're unavoidable; in the latter case, you will need at least a Sandy Bridge-era CPU.
Quite depressing, but it would have given more if it also had a sad background music. ;) Really good graphics and transition from an age to another is really well done. Keep up the good work! :)
I'm glad you described why you went with this for the theme. I love the story telling. The art is simple and endearing. Some simple audio might go a long way. Great job with the feels!
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Again, awesome job!
the art is fantastic, but this is more of a story...
great work though!
-ENDESGA
Anyhow, for starters this isn't a game, it's a story with a "hold to advance" key.
There was quite a bit of effort on the graphics and it all LOOKS nice (considering the black-and-white-ness), but it could definitely do with some more animation in places AND THE PLAYER DOESN'T GO UP STEPS WHAT THE HELL
Didn't hear any audio, so N/A for that.
First entry I've managed to give a score for humour for. It's got a fairly nice and mildly amusing tone to it.
Moodwise... it tends to lose momentum at the end. So much more could be done here.
Overall... 2 stars. Make a game next time.
"Unexpected error occured when running the game." :(
The game kind of beats you over the head with is themes from the beginning though - a little subtlety would make the story even better.
Well, the "you win" at the end really makes you stop and think for a second.
Really good graphics and transition from an age to another is really well done.
Keep up the good work! :)