Photoss

by dominas
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Escape from enclosed cave by using crystals which emit powerful light beams. Bar on the right side of the screen shows your progress reaching the surface.

Controls:

-[WASD] or arrow keys to move

-[Space] to begin digging

-[Space] to drag objects

-[ESC] quit to main menu

Genres: puzzle, survival
Tools: Unity

Comments15

CalLavicka7 Oct 2019, 17:16
I love the concept of this game. As it stands the gameplay is not super interesting, but its still fun to move around and control the beams. Good work!
TwinTurboDouche7 Oct 2019, 17:17
I wish the movements weren't so sensitive, i had to make sure to tap movements quickly or it would move too much but otherwise good game! Nice submission!
dqmhose7 Oct 2019, 17:19
This was amazing. Really fun, lovely graphics, nice sound!
AppoxGames
AppoxGames7 Oct 2019, 17:20
Interesting concept but i couldnt figure out what to do after the second crystal. I'm quite sleep deprived so i blame that :) The game felt consistent in graphic, music and SFX. What does the right bar do btw?
Goodjob!
mutuware7 Oct 2019, 17:30
Created some interesting mechanics when things were chained together, got about half way down then the boulders were stuck in corners. Great little tune! Maybe some patrolling monsters would give it a bit more edge/pressure
PurpledArtFrog
PurpledArtFrog7 Oct 2019, 21:57
An interesting submission - although I couldn't quite figure out exactly what the mechanic was - congrats on the entry :thumbsup_tone1:

:purple_heart: :dart: :frog:
PurpledArtFrog
PurpledArtFrog7 Oct 2019, 21:57
accidental double - really slow response from site :upside_down:
Mikeality
Mikeality7 Oct 2019, 22:24
Overall a cool mechanic and very well polished, I particularly like the particles a lot! However the game play feels a bit unfinished, I'm not even sure what my goal is. But it was fun for a bit to blast the rocks with lasers!
Jahwffrey
Jahwffrey9 Oct 2019, 19:38
Well that was something new. It took me really, really long time to understand what was even happening, and I had to restart far too many times because it was impossible for me to progress. Once I got it though, this was a really fun feedback loop where I ended up creating some crazy shifting gem contraption to excavate as quickly as possible, and it was awesome. Not bad!
kuviman
kuviman11 Oct 2019, 11:25
a bit more variety would be appreciated :) nice game
Lombax
Lombax11 Oct 2019, 23:27
nice game, nothing to say realy. if you add more variety of some kind, this will be a great game. like a harder rock that needs a focused beam to break, so maybe a crystal that absorbs 2 beams and shoots a purer beam or a focused beam. idk just something. but its realy good for being made in 48 hours. gj :dog: :dog:
Oneki
Oneki15 Oct 2019, 08:32
Great puzzle concept. Managed to screw myself over a few times - killed myself by cave-in, destroyed my first light crystal. The arrow controls were very (very) touchy - making me move 2 instead of 1 tile on one press.
Yonman15 Oct 2019, 09:46
Great idea for a game, brilliant!
Gauphastus16 Oct 2019, 01:37
Interesting idea. It'd be nice to see how you'd take it further.

Nice work.
Smitto16 Oct 2019, 02:58
The presentation in this is so cohesive, love the bassy chiptune and movement, it all brings me back to a classic dungeon crawler. The core puzzle of getting crystals configured to shoot consistently was really neat, it would be interesting to see how it could be expanded to different levels and initial cave configurations.
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