Hey, so I really liked this little game. it was not complicated and it had some good polish because you kept it simple. I can really appreciate that. The art was also great, I do art for my teams games during LD so it is always nice seeing good art on other games!
Charles was just 34, while Sarah was 93, when their heart stopped beating. Beautiful little Game, Amazing Art and to me the Heartbeatsound was just onpoint. Good Work
I really like the way that you illustrate the way the heart beats, that and the sfx really make it feel like there's actually a heart beating. Overall a very nice and polished game that really sticks to the theme. My only real complaint would be that it takes to long to restart after you die.
This is so simple and yet so intruiging. I appreciate the look and feel of this game despite its simplicity, although I couldn't get any of my victims to stay alive for long.
very well done. Simple but super effective. One of my guys lived until a 100, not sure how much longer you can push it or if there's a special ending at some point? In any case, the game has a way to touch you (in a slightly creepy way :) ) and that's quite something!
Interesting and unique concept. Though, once I got the rhythm down and had a pretty good run (~95 years) I didn't have any inclination to go back for another go.
I definitely think it could've used some better and more intuitive feedback as to how you should modify your rhythm - just "go slower" or "go faster" is often too vague to be useful. Often, it would tell me to speed up, so I'd speed up, and then the person would die before another message appeared. Did I not speed up enough, or did I speed up too much? Rather than the in-game messages, I moreso just learned the rhythm through trial and error. I think some sort of meter, or visual effect with varying intensity, or something along those lines which conveys not only whether your rhythm is too fast or too slow, but by how much it's too fast or slow, could be really cool.
I must say that viewed as a pure "game" it's definitely on the shallow side. Viewed as a piece of interactive art, on the other hand, I think it fares much better - but the fact that you seemingly didn't make the art assets yourself hurts a bit when considering the game in such a category. At the end of the day, though, as critical as I've been, I do hope you continue to make pieces like this one.
Keep up the good work and see ya next time!