Nothingland

by dreml
co-authored: @agegorin
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.78
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.91
You found yourself as a clot of energy in middle of nothing. But after short period of time you notice a little spark of light! Who knows what it might become..

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Controls: WASD and Mouse

At least it's done...

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Comments23

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5n1p3r_4r73m1s8 Oct 2019, 06:57
Just add sound effects and it'll become even awesome-er(if that's a word)
dygar8 Oct 2019, 07:01
EXTREMELY STRESSFUL AHHHHHHH but I won
coffeedrinkers8 Oct 2019, 08:49
Cool idea! Some sounds and accelerating speed for the character and it would be awesome!
Mad Brokli
Mad Brokli8 Oct 2019, 08:50
Exactly when i was thinking of a way to battle the enemies the wizard spawned. It was fun. Just a bit of sounds effects and it would be awsome.
oskanberg8 Oct 2019, 11:47
++
+ I like the simplicity.
+ It would have been boring, but the progress was well paced.
+ I like that the progression changed the way the game was played -- not just that it got harder.

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- When the game resets, there's a bug where the explosions do not go away.
- Would love some sound
Zhorky
Zhorky8 Oct 2019, 11:58
+: really easy to pick up, good progression
-: i felt like nothing happened when i got hit
agegorin
agegorin8 Oct 2019, 12:05
@zhorky thanks for feedback, and yes - we forgot to make smth on player hit(
ModdingMachine
ModdingMachine8 Oct 2019, 20:06
As I was loading it the loading bar got stuck at about 1/3 of the way. I don't know if this is a bug or just my super crappy laptop that can barely run my own game...
gamedesignguy8 Oct 2019, 20:07
That was a fun little experience. The collection and aiming at the same time was challenging and the character slowly upgrading was a nice touch.

I initially thought that getting hit would reduce your level up meter ( and if it went below 0, then you would die ), but reading the comments shows me that nothing actually happens when you get hit, so I must have imagined all that. But that could be a good way to balance risk / reward of collecting versus fighting.

Overall, good job!
GullynGames8 Oct 2019, 20:09
Overall good game, but could have used more content. Some audio, even simple sound effects would have significantly improved the game. Good job!
dreml
dremlauthor8 Oct 2019, 20:31
@moddingmachine If you have white dot at the center of the screen then game is loaded.
You start the game not as a mage but as a white dot :)
dreml
dremlauthor8 Oct 2019, 20:36
@gamedesignguy Hit from the enemies does lower your exp bar (we just didn't have time for some effects) but you can't die by this hits.
We thought it would be a good decision.
Nikos8 Oct 2019, 21:12
Nice game!
SaltFactory Studio
SaltFactory Studio9 Oct 2019, 00:32
Really simple yet entertaining game. Perhaps an addition of sound effect can further enhance the experiences. I really like the used of transparency to indicate the health of the enemies, well done!!
ItsBamboo
ItsBamboo9 Oct 2019, 04:28
Agree - some sound effects would go a long way for an already really great game. Nice work!
Savvy Community
Savvy Community9 Oct 2019, 10:58
Cool game, it's really fun to play. :)
I wish there would be more steps before the game reset tho, I hope to see the concept get expanded!
Karanveer9 Oct 2019, 11:00
i liked the part where you hit others and instead of a health bar on top or directly disappearing, they kinda fade out slowly slowly... GG! When i read the description, i was expecting that it would be some kind of nucleus/aomic fission since you mentioned energy and stuff..looking forward to where it goes in future releases :)
romes
romes10 Oct 2019, 00:45
easy to understand, smooth graphics, good difficulty! well done, great one!
NavrcL
NavrcL10 Oct 2019, 11:11
Simple, short but quite fun. Some sound fx would be nice. good job!
BrokenMirrorMedia
BrokenMirrorMedia14 Oct 2019, 08:02
Haha I didn't expect all that to happen, it's a really well thought out interpretation of the theme. Sound would certainly be nice, but I know first hand how it can be really hard to find time to add it. Good job!
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