Mars Station 23

by wicht

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.98

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.60

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.16

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.11

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.68

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★76%

Everything made from scratch except the game engine.
2 Persons

The replay system (an essential mechanic in this game) seems to be broken if one does not play it local. Sometimes it works, sometimes not... can't figure it out in the last 5 mins :(

Mars Station 23 - nothing is at it seems beneath the surface...

Hint: If you have nobody more to talk to, leave to the "rooms" (on the left). That's not as clear as it should be.

Comments21

sink_t29 Apr 2014, 18:24

Either I missed something, or this game basically records all of your actions and replays it later, only with more blood. Sorry, but I can't see the game or any fun in it.

Mnemusyne29 Apr 2014, 20:59

Well I talked to everyone I could and got the items and talked again and just wandered aimlessly for a while before giving up because I didn't know what to do. Red text was really hard to read too.

Hippolyta29 Apr 2014, 21:05

Cool retro style and a funny twist in the "story" :-)

CMaster29 Apr 2014, 21:07

It's not very clear that you need to walk off to the left to go to the rooms.

Also, replay hung on first conversation, not sure why.

Nicely animated though.

pfeyffer29 Apr 2014, 21:09

Oh, I get it: the guy lives in his own world when you play for the first time. But he is actually a psychopath. The game got stuck in the second part. But I like the idea of different perceptions of the same reality.

wichtauthor29 Apr 2014, 21:10

Yeah, sadly the replay is not very robust. It gos mad if the engine drops too much frames. Realized that shortly before jam end :(

I added a hint to the description. The "Rooms" exit is not very clear.

Thanks for the feedback @all

Bekokstover29 Apr 2014, 22:12

Wow, what a gruesome tale. And even more horrible because it takes my movements!! But why? Why did I do this???

Dietrich Epp30 Apr 2014, 07:13

The payoff is definitely worth it.

dsoft2030 Apr 2014, 09:11

Nice entry, thestory it's great, didn't expected at first all the killings D;

Thorig30 Apr 2014, 10:26

Nice game and good graphics.

Kragnir30 Apr 2014, 10:54

It seems to be very difficult to get the second play to go correctly, tried twice and managed to get to the second kill only. The story is a bit interesting but the game could use some more gameplay.

SFBTom30 Apr 2014, 10:57

This was a rather sweet game! I liked the friendly tone, and cute graphics.

Dining Philosopher30 Apr 2014, 11:29

Replay hung here too after some time, and it seemed as if it didn't reproduce my actions precisely - maybe I just forgot. Nice retro style, although gore is not really my thing.

kikaz1 May 2014, 22:22

what a pity, it's too short I think, but fun, good idea otherwise ! It's like a movie where we are the 'hero' !

matthias_zarzecki2 May 2014, 12:45

Ohh, neat idea :)

jhrrsn2 May 2014, 14:04

This game was crazy bananas. I got stuck in the end but it was pretty fun while it lasted.

hanoth3 May 2014, 02:15

Interesting game with a twist!

Frump3 May 2014, 22:21

That was funny! I couldn't help but think how overly saccharine everything was during the original playthrough. Then it got flipped on its head in the second part.

Azzar4 May 2014, 17:43

Really good entry! Thank you!