Bleak

by ajahks
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.56
In a world of nothing, you have a power that's truly something.

Not everyone's a fan.

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CONTROLS:
- Click to begin game.
- WASD to MOVE.
- F/Left Mouse to Use POWER.
- Spacebar/Right Mouse to REPEL.
- Escape to close game.

TIPS:
- This world of nothing does not take kindly to change. Your POWER will be used against you.
- DISRUPTIONS must first be REPELLED before your POWER can be used on them.


Music/SFX sounds much better on the standalone versions.

Created by @LongStoryStudio.
To see more of our work, check us out at longstorystudios.com!

screenshot

Comments21

Fictions
Fictions7 Oct 2019, 08:27
I was playing the game for a while to find something and didn't even recognize there were enemies xD But I like the reveale mechanic :)
Kanonix
Kanonix7 Oct 2019, 08:34
I played for about 10 minutes so here's my impression :
- At first I was like "Wtf ? My right click power doesn't do anything"
- But then after only right clicking I noticed it pushed away "Unrevealed" blocks + hurting enemies. So I was like "Ok this is cool, but what's the goal ?"
- Then after some times, there was too much enemies and I felt really oppressed XD

So overall, I like the evolution of the feelings given by this game. At first we feel alone and then we would love to be alone again at the end :D

Good job overall !
iozsaygi
iozsaygi7 Oct 2019, 08:37
I played this game for like solid 5 minutes. Idea is unique it made me felt like i am the creator of some kind of small world. Enemies were fun. Graphics were minimalist and cool looking. Music was nice also!
It is solid entry!
Infraxion
Infraxion7 Oct 2019, 14:31
Reveal mechanic is really interesting, but I couldn't find anything to do other than repel and freeze enemies, there wasn't a clear goal to me. I loved the little artworks on all the blocks though and I spent some time going through them and revealing all the artwork!
Julien Kuhn7 Oct 2019, 18:40
Really cool game ! I liked the die/revive transition, well played !
RoboDoig8 Oct 2019, 03:49
Fun! The simple art style combined with the reveal power was really satisfying. Felt like it took too long for the disruptions to start appearing, but once they did it got interesting.
BOOtak
BOOtak8 Oct 2019, 09:47
Simple, nice and atmospheric! I like it!
5 Pyr
5 Pyr8 Oct 2019, 10:25
Neat little game where you create you own enemies.
Alazarius8 Oct 2019, 11:40
At the beginning I was like euuuu ok I don't know what I'm doing but after 5 minutes there was so much ennemies that it became a survival game x). Good sound and nice graphics good job ^^
soyrandom
soyrandom8 Oct 2019, 12:31
its fun an simple, i liked it :P
ELBIDEV8 Oct 2019, 13:25
fun to play but didn't realise there where enemies for a while
Cybikitty
Cybikitty8 Oct 2019, 13:48
Really love the mechanic of this, I've never seen anything like it! Great job :D
Danferb8 Oct 2019, 13:51
Well, I've played it for a small bit, controls work perfectly and audio was really nice. Graphics are cool too, but I don't really get what we, as players, are supposed to do. Just revealing entities, repelling the aggresive ones and converting them ad infinitum? It's cool, but kinda repetitive. Maybe with some objective or sense of progression it would do better. Anyway, for a Jam game is really nice, so keep up the good work! :dog:
vincentvincent8 Oct 2019, 14:18
I like the idea of reveal things by lights, the visual's effect is very cool! Like it!
Aj Jones
Aj Jones9 Oct 2019, 04:37
I really liked the visual style and mood of this game
Raivk
Raivk9 Oct 2019, 07:46
The mood is really nicely done ! It starts calm and cool, and slowly becomes... creepier and creepier. You feel overpowerd at first, then you progressively feel weaker and weaker... it's really cool !
Siarhei Pilat
Siarhei Pilat9 Oct 2019, 18:47
Not bad, not bad. Atmospheric. Took a while to figure it out though, needs to give more feedback to the user.
jelch10 Oct 2019, 15:57
First time through, I was running around, didn't see any enemies, but I assume I ran into one and the game restarted. Second time, I assume I beat it, and it faded to black and that was it. I would have like some amount of feedback/goals. Some mystery is a plus, too much mystery can be confusing and/or frustrating.

Overall, I liked the visuals and the mood, and the push/reveal mechanic was neat. Good entry!
nsadie
nsadie10 Oct 2019, 16:01
Nice look and feel. Very atmospheric but I am not sure if I missed something because it wasnt really fun.
Conduit
Conduit25 Oct 2019, 00:35
What an unbelievable take! I really enjoyed the entire idea of your creation turning against you. The lighting effects were absolutely stunning as well. Amazing entry!!

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