The Matter Realm

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.25
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.22
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.87
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.96
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★65%
Hi there !

For this Ludum Dare I have no time at all to make a proper game, but I manage to find 10 hours to make something, and the way it turns really surprises me...

As usual it's a (very very short) text-based adventure.

This time, and because I had not time to write a lot, I decided to write the less possible and add to the game some images and sounds.

I hope that you will find this strange game intriguing and cool!

On Monday, I make some sounds for the game of my pal LeoM, his game is this way :
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=43978

Post-compo version :
- Add a bunch of achievements.
- Add some minor texts corrections.
- Add a proper credit sreen and delete the useless stats screen.
- Fix a loop situation in the game paths.

screenshot

Comments25

pjimmy
pjimmy18 Apr 2016, 10:19
Very abstract and poetic
Crafting4U18 Apr 2016, 10:37
Very interesting and unique. I've never seen something like this in a ludum dare game before. Needless to say, it got me very curious about what will happen next after the 'being' shifts. Good work!
gameXcore18 Apr 2016, 11:07
I have no idea what was going on there =]
Hempuli
Hempuli18 Apr 2016, 11:10
Very minimalistic, and it took me some time to understand what was going on, but in the end I really liked it! Especially the audio grew on me; I really like how the music makes a kind of a melody as you shift and carry on.
ohi1218 Apr 2016, 16:19
Really interesting, I didn't make a lot of sense out of it, at least the first time I played it. But there's definitely something to it. Cool game!
Digitaldude555
Digitaldude55518 Apr 2016, 21:36
Rating highly on mood and audio, I think a have vague idea of what the story is about but not sure. Pretty interesting.
crazyrems
crazyrems18 Apr 2016, 22:12
I wish I could get it. That's very abstract. Maybe a French version :)?
kopo19 Apr 2016, 02:03
That was an interesting experiement even though I might not have understood everything
Feels poetic to me
Danoli3
Danoli319 Apr 2016, 08:46
The sound effects are amazing! Nice job! I love these experiences!
Ayawaska
Ayawaska20 Apr 2016, 02:09
Interesting game :) I like your approach on the theme.
LeoM
LeoM20 Apr 2016, 21:35
I did not all understand but the sounds makes an very interesting mood on the overall. :)
Franklin's Ghost
Franklin's Ghost24 Apr 2016, 00:23
Interesting text adventure, which seemed to be quite poetic. Liked the writing but did get confused with what was happening and the options that you could choose from.
TinyHugger24 Apr 2016, 19:33
Strangely... Beautiful.
BSODDevTeam25 Apr 2016, 13:16
What is this game? Anyway, looks cool!
technovirusattack25 Apr 2016, 15:47
The concept was so cool, I felt like i was really losing myself in the game in a good way :)
Larzan
Larzan30 Apr 2016, 14:42
I love the idea, i didn't really get it, but it was so surreal with the sounds and the images, i enjoyed 'playing' it.
LeReveur
LeReveur30 Apr 2016, 15:25
A level of poetry to high for me, but a strange challenge that made me try again and again.
Nomys_Temparauthor30 Apr 2016, 19:17
I'll tell ya all a secret: there is no poetry at all in this game :)
PinkIndian4 May 2016, 18:24
Very interesting. I am not sure if understood it like you meant but it was really powerful experience.
As a game the music and graphics (colours) created a tight atmosphere which I liked a lot. Also great writing.
csanyk
csanyk5 May 2016, 05:28
Couldn't get past the audio, which I found very annoying. Didn't play enough to know if there was anything interesting here. The two options being Shift or Carry On for each step of the game made it feel very limited, and it seemed as though Shift was the only thing that carried the story forward. But I didn't stick around too long.
terop7 May 2016, 12:33
its pretty strange

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