What a stunning little game ! Someone get this into a gallery STAT ! (I'm too dense to get the deep meaning myself, but I thank @lekochen for explaining it above - mind=blown).
That was really great. You a vivid atmosphere with the music and giant pixels. I thought the potato gag somewhat cheapened the experience... but I still smirked.
Great work. You've really exemplified minimalism by distilling dungeon exploring to its core component: you can't advance until you've explored other areas. I found that the colors were a little hard to parse, especially the white (which I expected to be a solic block.)
I had a nice experience with this artsy game. Exploring felt good, even though sometimes it's hard to read the screen (colors & shadow effects don't always work great together).
Wow thanks for all these kind words and for playing my game!
@Rose/Chman: I agree, it does tend to get a little too busy visually at times. It didn't start that way though, I got a little carried away and only realized it when it was too late.
@Greg/Xgor/Super: You're right, this was not my originally intended ending. It was supposed to be a secret, an inside joke. The actual ending was a little beyond the scope of my abilities and remaining time.
I hope to address these and the rest of the issues in my postmortem in a few days.
@nerrabyte: I've added the file to the page if you want to have a look now.
Wow! Very reminiscent of the minimal exploration of Small Worlds but you've also managed to distill the essence of Metroidvania progression in a really elegant way! Almost like a reverse-Katamari... :)
Very cool and simple. I love how you just naturally discover what is going on, and how all the obstacles are organic parts of the terrain. It made me think about things. Sometimes it was a little hard to tell the difference between places you could travel and walls, but that's a pretty minor complaint.
I felt I was killing my poor cube and I didn't want him to die... Maybe you could've emphased more on this, as I'm afraid I don't really get the point of the game in its current state. But I admit I was sucked in a weird, sad atmosphere, and that's well done :)
Cool idea, really gives you a nice sense of progression. Up until a certain size, exploration was very rewarding. After getting sufficiently small, I could fit anywhere, and so the path became too simple. I feel you could've done so much more! The places are very good looking (though sometimes is hard to tell walls apart) and there is a lot of mystery to this. Unfortunately, it falls short at the end. No smaller places to get into, no micro-universe discovered. Just potato. Still, good job, keep it up!
I'd like to thank everyone for all their feedback, I really appreciate it! :)
@Misael: You're right, I had a more complete idea in my plans but my vision exceeded my capabilities and I was not able to finish it as I envisioned on time. However this is my first game and my objective was simply to get something done and out there. Perhaps if I held off and submitted to the Jam instead of the Compo, but alas we'll never know. I'm not sure if I'll continue to develop it or move on. Thanks for playing and for the feedback!
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@Rose/Chman: I agree, it does tend to get a little too busy visually at times. It didn't start that way though, I got a little carried away and only realized it when it was too late.
@Greg/Xgor/Super: You're right, this was not my originally intended ending. It was supposed to be a secret, an inside joke. The actual ending was a little beyond the scope of my abilities and remaining time.
I hope to address these and the rest of the issues in my postmortem in a few days.
@nerrabyte: I've added the file to the page if you want to have a look now.
very relaxing experience
well done, I enjoyed it :)
I like your concept and the pixel scene, really impressive!:p
I feel you could've done so much more! The places are very good looking (though sometimes is hard to tell walls apart) and there is a lot of mystery to this. Unfortunately, it falls short at the end. No smaller places to get into, no micro-universe discovered. Just potato.
Still, good job, keep it up!
@Misael: You're right, I had a more complete idea in my plans but my vision exceeded my capabilities and I was not able to finish it as I envisioned on time. However this is my first game and my objective was simply to get something done and out there. Perhaps if I held off and submitted to the Jam instead of the Compo, but alas we'll never know. I'm not sure if I'll continue to develop it or move on. Thanks for playing and for the feedback!