Deep Sleep

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.28
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.98
​A man named Jeremy finds himself at a hypnotist trying to get help falling asleep. He needs to go deeper and deeper into his dreams before he can finally be at peace.

WARNING - This game contains flashing lights and effects

Comments25

LordMiji26 Apr 2021, 03:58
What an interesting idea, well mate too, bravo
ThatmanRobin26 Apr 2021, 20:29
Really cool! Loved the graphics, and I was terrible at playing the game but still fun!
wooliii
wooliii28 Apr 2021, 03:35
My game's about hypnosis too ! Good work, fun story, I'm very down with the graphics. Overall, a great job !
Pierce Brooks
Pierce Brooks28 Apr 2021, 03:37
Absolutely outstanding in both aesthetics and thematics!
KepperSnapper
KepperSnapper28 Apr 2021, 03:51
I like the story, really cool concept and the staging of the game drew me in immediately! however I do feel that the static noises for the sounds chasing you were a little bit jarring! Overall really nice!
Foursay
Foursay28 Apr 2021, 03:52
the pixel art style looks great! The first scene of talking about sleep is really moving me cause I have been suffering something similar. Good idea and implementation for a compo game!
Mika314
Mika31428 Apr 2021, 03:59
The game is fun. I played two games: avoid sounda and avoid lights and is was fun.
bentglasstube
bentglasstube28 Apr 2021, 04:50
Great job on the pixel art and the minigames were a ton of fun. It took me way too long to beat the second level. The ending was just incredible :D
Rolly
Rolly28 Apr 2021, 08:10
Very nice take on the theme, it is great seeing something different that is actually well done ! The mini-games are not especially innovative, but it was nice having various gameplay. I enjoyed the storytelling part, even though it was sometimes difficult to focus on the game and on the text in the top right corner. Took me a while to complete levels 2 and 3 x)

There should be some sort of feedback when hitting something. I guess at some point I hit another car but it was not very clear, so I was confused of the screen fading out to start over.

The pixel art is really nice! The title screen is really gorgeous, good job! Audio is really nice too, the "mysterious" melody adds a lot to the mood.

Nice entry !
mxbi29 Apr 2021, 22:50
Fun game, but too hard for me :) Couldn't get past the first minigame haha
AniMagik30 Apr 2021, 10:22
I have fun)interesting idea, good arts.
armytag30 Apr 2021, 14:48
Very cohesive game, everything fits together with the gameplay and the plot. I already had suspected what the real problem was by the 2nd minigame, so you did a great job foreshadowing. Don't know if this was intentional, but the best strategy I found for the first minigame was running in a big circle along the edge, which reminded me of a spinning clock like the hypnotist would use, very cool! Well done!
LDJam user 236404
LDJam user 23640430 Apr 2021, 17:14
Nice game, although I found it very hard. Here are some tips for those who have yet to play (I hope the developer doesn't mind):
- For the first minigame, run around in a big circle along the edge
- For the second minigame, just focus on the right hand side and move your character up or down as necessary, so you only need to focus on 3 lights instead of 6 (I think the game is designed such that you never have 3 lights come together on the same side)
- For the last minigame, for the clocks one first move your character to the bottom to maximise your reaction time, then, straddle the middle of 2 lanes and just focus on those 2, when a clock/car comes on one side just move your character to the left/right side a bit (this applies to both the clock and car games). For the cars one occasionally you will have to squeeze through very narrow gaps but still if you get lucky, which I did, there will be a time where the 2 lanes you pick don't have any narrow gaps and you can pass quite easily.
Brad Make Games
Brad Make Gamesauthor30 Apr 2021, 18:22
@escapade I don't mind at all, I'm just glad to see you didn't give up made it to the end. The game was a bit difficult by design, and it actually does make itself a bit easier if the player dies a few times (don't think anybody caught on to that so far)
AssertFailure
AssertFailure30 Apr 2021, 23:00
Art style is great and it's a nice take on the theme. I personally found it a bit difficult, maybe I just don't have the patience :D
rawbits
rawbits2 May 2021, 23:34
Solid entry. The music almost made me fall a deep sleep.
tanis
tanis8 May 2021, 17:26
This is some LSD game man, simple mechanic but solid execution. Good job
Lichead studio10 May 2021, 19:40
It is first horror i've seen at this LD, your game is awesome
YouK11 May 2021, 14:24
It's a bit too hard for me but very fun to play. The terror mood is very attractive.
tangiblegames11 May 2021, 18:44
The second stage was sooooooo difficult for me. What a story though!!! A 5 star entry.
Brad Make Games
Brad Make Gamesauthor11 May 2021, 18:49
@youk @tangiblegames Thank you for the kind words. I apologize for the difficulty. I wanted to make it easier and I've seen other entries change difficulty post submission time, but I personally don't like touching the game at all after submissions end.
dhavavamba
dhavavamba11 May 2021, 20:01
I lik the idea and I love this pixel art!
tiffi_gaming14 May 2021, 19:17
The beginning was very relaxing, but that changed :D
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