PERCEPTION

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.22
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.42
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★62%
Perception is a story-driven 'game'.
Walk about.
Talk to people.
Perceive reality and everything in ways that have always laid beneath their surface.

When playing this game, remember: Use the Left, Right and Down arrow keys to move around and talk to people.
Alt+Enter will go fullscreen.

Comments22

DesignerNap
DesignerNap28 Apr 2014, 18:09
This is the first game I am giving full marks across the board. Seriously enjoyed this one. Great use of audio, visuals concept the lot. Approach to the theme is excellent. Well done. Going to tweet this one :)
ZeppelinCaptain28 Apr 2014, 18:14
Providing a zip file is not "Web".

Soo... Beneath the surface, everyone is dead? I'm not sure that I'm getting it...

The audio was great though, very strange and effective! And the graphics suited the general mood and oddness quite well.
FyberOptic28 Apr 2014, 18:15
The presentation here is terrific. The graphics worked well for what you were trying to accomplish, and the music was perfect for setting the mood. I just wish that there had actually been more to do with it! But good work, nonetheless.
soy_yuma28 Apr 2014, 18:34
I like it. I'm not sure I understand exactly what's going on. The audio is well used and effective. GOOD JOB!
Jason Lay28 Apr 2014, 18:58
The audio is freaking awesome! The visual concept was nice to. However I felt like I was just going in circles and quickly got bored. However, great game, can't wait to see the next one!
KyleDAudio
KyleDAudioauthor28 Apr 2014, 19:10
@ZeppelinCaptain: Ah, I thought the red asterisks beside the 'Web' field meant I had to have one link there minimum. I see that's not the case as I've edited the page so now the .zip is linked from 'Windows', appropriately. Thanks for pointing that out!

Everyone else, thank you so much for your kind words and your critique! I agree that my conveyance could have been a lot better but some things were cut short due to time. I intend to write a post about my LD29 experience this weekend and more about the meaning of my game and stuff just to clear up any confusion. As the game is, the story's kind of half there.

I'll link to the post of my experience here for people when I write it. :)
morganbengtsson29 Apr 2014, 19:55
Nice one, great simple touching little story. Stylish graphics, and suitable sound effects.
daandruff29 Apr 2014, 19:56
I love these kind of games and you managed to do it very well. Thanks!
Green Lightning
Green Lightning29 Apr 2014, 21:37
Wow! This is an awesome entry!

You maybe could have polished it a little bit more, e. g. make a short tutorial at the beginning or show some credits at the end.

But the story is good and it really creates this strange feeling at the end, which is frightening (and awesome because it's such a good game). And the sound design is also really, really good.
MintArcade
MintArcade30 Apr 2014, 07:52
Nice story. Audio is very great. Obviously need some polishing.
Reinkout30 Apr 2014, 07:54
i wont say anything that someone else already mentioned. Thank you for the game! :)
Thorig
Thorig30 Apr 2014, 07:57
Nice game, but this happened:

FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step EventPlayer

for object Teleporter:

Moving to previous room before the first room.
at gml_Object_Teleporter_Collision_5

Still, I like the game.
Mman30 Apr 2014, 18:49
O_O That was definitely something, great audio work as usual, and I thought the dialogue and visuals definitly complimented it well.
Though I am now worried about your personal well being.
011011012 May 2014, 10:04
Not sure I understand the story, especially with this ending. The art and music work very well together though. A bit short maybe.
tomvert
tomvert2 May 2014, 19:54
Nice mood and music.
trueyomic3 May 2014, 21:17
I didn't quite get the intended meaning or implication. Good audio setting the atmosphere though.
Rainpath4 May 2014, 00:39
Very.... interesting. I'm not sure what's going on. The music and color scheme did a great job of conveying the creepiness of all of it, though.
XenosNS
XenosNS4 May 2014, 00:41
Interesting. Think I have an idea what you're trying to show, will have to mull it some more.
randoman9 May 2014, 15:01
Lacks gameplay but the atnosphere is great, nice use of the theme.
iambored200616 May 2014, 13:01
Huh. I'll have to get back to this one, I'm not sure I understand it. Anyway, as an experiment, this is very interesting! Also, the mood is spot-on!

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