Post mortem - last 30 sec life's memories

by pablotitan

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.82

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.29

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.26

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.92

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Post mortem

What will be your memories you'll recall at the end?

You start with nothing, not even your life.

30 seconds after your death you float in the void and can call to mind your memories.

:loud_sound: Best experienced with sound! :ghost: :headphones:

(I started developing from nothing :smile: )
Small game made with Defold for Ludum Dare 45 (My 2nd LD!).

:keyboard: Controls: WSAD or arrows to move, SPACE to dash

:video_game: Designed and made by: Me - Paweł Jarosz

:musical_score: Sounds: Me, Julien Nicolas, Bryan Smosh (freesound.org)

:computer: HTML5 - Play in browser - it will take really about 30 seconds! :smile:

P.S. If you liked the game, you can also follow me on itch.io or Twitter and see my other games! :blush:

Tags: #experimental, #pixel art

Genres: interactive fiction

Tools: Defold

Comments22

despdair8 Oct 2019, 05:36

Honestly, I did not understand the game at all. Maybe you need some variations

PabloTitanauthor8 Oct 2019, 06:20

For sure, it is not so long and not so diverse now, but I liked it so much, that I would love to develop it further, add some background story, more memorable moments and challenges to overcome. For now, it's kind of a self-experienced detective game, where you try to recollect someone's memories basing only on some sounds resembling memories in a mind. It indeed should have some challenge at the end, so thanks for the honest review, I really appreciate it! :)

Mashas8 Oct 2019, 10:43

The ticking of the clock and the different sound effects really enchanced the mood. After the end screen it continued but without any memories. Did I miss something? Anyway an interesting idea and a nice entry!

PabloTitanauthor8 Oct 2019, 11:41

Thanks for a review! :) I wanted to loop it, but I see now there is a bug with recreating those memories. I will try to fix it as soon as possible, so for now, let's assume that one play is enough :smiley:

Cataractar8 Oct 2019, 19:57

I tried several times to find a good memory. Are there only bad memories? :(

I liked the mood. The audio got sometimes a bit messy when the memories were clustered too close.

PabloTitanauthor9 Oct 2019, 06:03

Thanks for a review! ;) There are "good" memories, but it's of course arbitrary - I have chosen memories that I think are good, like a memorable birthday party, applaud when you reach something e.g. finish college, but I didn't wanted to force the same on players, because I want you to interpret it by yourself :) I agree that when you attract many memories and they start to play instantly it's messy, maybe a queue for sounds would be ok?

ancient-pixel9 Oct 2019, 19:55

Nicely done, it was exactly as i expected it from the description, you nailed the mood.

GraphicEdit9 Oct 2019, 20:20

Nice game

PabloTitanauthor9 Oct 2019, 20:23

Thanks for your comments, guys ;)

Nocity9 Oct 2019, 21:49

Good mood and outstanding sound design. But... what the heck was I doing in the game? :laughing:

Artyom Volkov9 Oct 2019, 22:41

A small and peculiar game about memories. But the problem is that I haven't found any difference between the numbers of bad and good memories and that it's hard to avoid bad memories.

PabloTitanauthor10 Oct 2019, 06:23

As I said earlier, I didn't managed to add any challenges I planned with bad memories and I wanted to add also some upgrades planned with good memories - thus the game is just a jam game and I won't add anything because it's after deadline and I don't want to cheat :D I will surely polish it after jam, because I enjoyed creating what resembles someone's life memories :) Thanks for reviews!
P.S. If you want to escape bad memories that are following you, use dash (space key)! :)

Marmeladki10 Oct 2019, 08:02

I love the mood and sounds. But at first I didn't get what I need to do. Then on my 2-3 try I thought than blue ones are bad memories, dont know why xD

NachtWitch10 Oct 2019, 12:29

Fascinating game you made! Really fun and and enjoyable! Really love the game you made!

ArcticK910 Oct 2019, 12:42

Very interesting concept. Surreal and intriguing. Sound design is very nice.

Glitchheart10 Oct 2019, 18:13

Interesting, but sort of difficult to understand. I liked the idea though.

Daitse11 Oct 2019, 18:26

Really interesting concept but things are a bit confused for now (though I suppose it does fit the theme to be confused ^^). You created a nice atmoshpere as well, well done ! (especially since you were by yourself :) )

evlko11 Oct 2019, 18:32

Good sound, awesome mood and atmosphere. However, difficult to get the whole idea.

PabloTitanauthor11 Oct 2019, 19:08

Thanks for the reviews guys! I'll definitely focus on world building next time, lesson's learned! ;)

LandoSystems11 Oct 2019, 19:25

Nice little game, very atmospheric with audio and story. Good work!

ChuChuGeralt11 Oct 2019, 19:43

...then everything changed when the fire nation....i mean the car accident happened.
Even though i just could get bad memories, the mood of the game was quite amazing. Nice work.

vincentvincent13 Oct 2019, 12:47

Like the idea and sound design!

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