ILLUSIOUS

by covebit
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.72
Fun★★★★★★★★★★1.87
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.18
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.48
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★66%
WELCOME TO 1860's PRISON.
YOU'RE A ARMED GUARD. YOUR BROTHER IS ESCAPING.

SHOOT HIM BEFORE HE ESCAPES, BY DOING NOTHING.
LEFT CLICK TO DISARM YOURSELF. YOU'LL GET SHOT FOR TREASON.

MADE IN ABOUT 2 HOURS BECAUSE GOT TOO MUCH OTHER SHIT TO WORK ON. FORGOT CAPS LOCK ON SORRY.

- Olav (@Cellusious)

Comments33

SuperPokeunicorn
SuperPokeunicorn25 Aug 2013, 22:33
Although the game is really simple, I have to applaud you on the artwork. Very well done.
matthias_zarzecki26 Aug 2013, 06:32
It actually self-terminates after 10 seconds. Nice!
Zathalos26 Aug 2013, 08:08
Nice graphics and mood. I just wish it was longer. Good job.
Jan Marcano26 Aug 2013, 09:02
It was really simple, but the artwork was incredibly amazing.
Twistedsnail
Twistedsnail26 Aug 2013, 09:05
That was very dramatic, I love the way the escapees run.
rustybroomhandle26 Aug 2013, 09:57
Echoing the above - the art is really beautiful. The game packs a punch too. Good stuff!
galman
galman26 Aug 2013, 09:57
Simple game(is that a game?).. Great art and mood :)
vittorioromeo
vittorioromeo26 Aug 2013, 09:58
Good graphics and mood, but unfortunately I'm not a fan of the non-existing gameplay.
nandor
nandor26 Aug 2013, 10:00
Awesome artwork
patrickgh3
patrickgh326 Aug 2013, 10:02
I love it! Simple, but it does what it does perfectly.
Hypnohustla
Hypnohustla26 Aug 2013, 10:06
Beautiful. Loved the animations. It crashed my computer though after the 10 seconds, but I think it's my computers fault. Solid work for 2 hours.
Xera26 Aug 2013, 10:17
Great art and music, but it's missing gameplay. Wich is to understand if you didn't have much time.
Cell26 Aug 2013, 10:52
ART GAMES ART ART GAMES GAMES ARE ART ART.
:3
josefnpat
josefnpat26 Aug 2013, 11:33
Nice art. I should get me one of these art things for my wall. Got some nails, so I can nail this art to my wall? Thanks.
Crowbeak
Crowbeak26 Aug 2013, 13:19
I'm commenting to save this so I can find it again. Gonna finally install WINE soon.
AngelDE98
AngelDE9826 Aug 2013, 14:53
Great "game" you made there, but...

1. Either it's Wine or GameMaker that's scaling your game "linear", not "nearest". If possible (AFAIK in GameMaker 6 you were able to do it by double-clicking on one of the bottommost menu items on the left... or so and then navigating thru the menus), change it.

2. Other than that, it really is lacking gameplay. No matter what I've pressed, nothing happened (except that I passed the main menu). I guess it's Wine so an NA for gameplay and audio (Wine still has got problems with GameMaker audio).

3. Unfournately, Ludum Dare isn't Imaginem Dare (or whatever would be IMAGE in latin), but still, I could give you full 5 stars for the art.

Other than the gameplay and audio and controlls and other missing stuff, it's really great for just two hours. Hopefully you will complete it somewhen in the future.

I can't really vote because I didn't make an game this LD.
ZeppelinCaptain26 Aug 2013, 15:27
I UNLOCKED ALL ALTERNATIVE ENDINGS, COME AT ME N00BS
N42726 Aug 2013, 15:48
Pretty cool for being made in 2 hours, though I wish there was some more content or more levels or something.
jijaweb26 Aug 2013, 18:02
Very moodish! Cool little concept. Love your art!
BradleySmith
BradleySmith26 Aug 2013, 23:56
Beautiful pixel art, rated very highly! :)
designatius27 Aug 2013, 10:13
Great art as usual ;) Such an amazing work!
ratking
ratking28 Aug 2013, 09:06
Awesome mood!
Jiggawatt28 Aug 2013, 14:27
GRAPHICS (feat. game)
tchem
tchem28 Aug 2013, 17:17
so incredible art and atmosphere... beautiful proposes...
bassarisse
bassarisse29 Aug 2013, 05:03
The art is just awesome. I wonder what this would become if you had the time to work more on it.
Magdev29 Aug 2013, 06:02
I love the art. Pretty rad color palette like always.
Xatulu
Xatulu29 Aug 2013, 06:16
Amazing artworks!
Toshiro29 Aug 2013, 23:18
Wow. You're an incredible pixel artist, really. Like the concept, but I want to play a longer game with concepts like that. Bravo.
hbocao
hbocao30 Aug 2013, 02:03
Well, first... the art is awesome and music really fits the mood. I really like "concept games" that makes me think. But I think that the "instructions" needed to be in game. I wanted to contemplate the choices I had (even if it were only two). All in all, very cool entry.
panurge30 Aug 2013, 20:02
Nice mood, simple and thought-provoking vignette.
LegacyCrono4 Sep 2013, 23:09
Very simple, not much of a game actually, but quite enjoyable. The audio works really well to add to the atmosphere. The graphics are HOT! Well done!
SnoringFrog
SnoringFrog14 Sep 2013, 15:44
Beautiful work, and interesting, just not very fun (though this type of 'game' is more about effect than fun, I'd say). Definitely much better than anything I could pump out in two hours though lol.

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