Ludum Dare #28compo

alONE

by chrstphrschulte

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.92

Fun★★★★★★★★★★1.62

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.71

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.12

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★45%

I took "You only get one" to mean "You only understand one," which motivated me to create this game about loneliness and how, in its severe forms, loneliness influences all of one's perceptions and thoughts.

Directions: Press the one key

Developed by Christopher Schulte

(@ChrisM_Schulte / missingstitch.com)

Development used FlashDevelop, flixel, Gimp, and Pickle Editor.

Comments20

y2bd16 Dec 2013, 02:08

Really enjoyed the sound design going on here!

somepx16 Dec 2013, 10:06

Nice mood, a very interesting game experience. Bravo! :D

lordjosephdeburg16 Dec 2013, 20:09

I found this game very inspiring. In some ways reminds me of my own attempt this LD. Nice one Chris enjoyed it a lot.

Move12717 Dec 2013, 00:20

Very interesting and depressing.

Tsumei17 Dec 2013, 00:21

Interesting. Glad people are making games like these aswell. I almost wish the topic of loneliness could be tackled in an event that was not so limiting in theme :)

Danman991417 Dec 2013, 00:23

Sweet mood. Could have used less iterations of the loop; I got bored before I got to any sort of ending

ninjacharlie17 Dec 2013, 00:45

Interesting idea. I would have liked it to have more variation after the third or fourth time. Other than that, I liked the sound and mood a lot.

Christopher Schulteauthor17 Dec 2013, 00:46

@Danman9914 The loop is actually endless. Boredom is something I wanted to get the player to feel. Extreme loneliness takes away interest in normally enjoyable activities (anhedonia) and I hoped to get that tedium across (also a "quitting is the only escape" perspective).