10 is The End

co-authored: @zhuyao
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.89
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.16
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.29
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.07

What is this?

This is our first time trying to finish Ludum Dare, learn a lot and have a lot of fun.

We try to interact with all the elements in the game, and add some plot and performance to enrich the game experience. The flow of the game is very short, but I hope you can feel the story you want to express in it.

Every ten seconds, you will reach the end of the game.
After countless ten seconds, the protagonist will reach the end of his life.

How to play

Control by clicking
The goal of each level is to reach "10"

Update Log

v1.1 Resizable window

v1.2 Level7&level8 has optimized!Some new game performance and hint will bring you better experiment~

*(The Html5 is recommended for full screen play)

Hint

( If you stuck,look this )
> level 1: Next
> level 2: Wait
> level 3: Click
> level 4: Count to ten
> level 5: Mute
> level 6: Turn the pointer
> level 7: Turn the clockwork(top right)
> level 8: Light and 100 → 10.0
> level 9: Rhythm
> level 10: Win
> level 11: level 10
Genres: puzzle

Comments23

AJ Studio
AJ Studio3 Oct 2022, 18:21
10 is the end, for sure, you have 5 stars mu friend
Nicso
Nicso3 Oct 2022, 18:24
I love the conept, really great idea and execution

I'm currently stuck on level 7 and feel stupid but i'll get it

Nice work 👍
LDJam user 202408
LDJam user 2024083 Oct 2022, 18:25
hey, I would love to play this game, it looks interesting. but the problem is that the window size is too big for my display, I have a 1680x1050 monitor and your game has a much bigger size than that. I feel like you may loose a number of potential players if you don't scale down your window (usually it's recommended to go with 1280x720).
Ale
Ale3 Oct 2022, 18:35
I was really confused about what I was supposed to be doing, but then I realized that's the point lol. Really good job with some of these puzzles. One of them had me stuck, but when I figured it out it got me laughing for real.

Music and overall presentation is excellent too. Great entry!
BangTheWall
BangTheWall3 Oct 2022, 18:37
Unique puzzles, really cool. I did get stuck on level 7 though :smile:

Art and sound is also amazing, good job on that part.
ZhuYao3 Oct 2022, 18:41
@0x-void-x0
Thanks a lot for your suggestion! we are already fixing the window size and will upload the new package soon:)
Geronimo3 Oct 2022, 18:43
Awesome game, I loved the music, definetly goes with the ten seconds theme, I can't figure out how to get past level seven, the water dripping sound just doesn't give me a big enough hint. But you did a great job with this game :D
Rolly
Rolly3 Oct 2022, 18:53
Awesome experience you created there.

In the end I could figure out all puzzles, but some were really difficult (7 and 8). I felt that the ratio "I'm happy because I found the solution" over "I'm frustrated because I have no idea what to do" was a bit low. Maybe at some point it would have been good to show an hint or something to tell the player what they should be looking for.

The images are amazing. Just out of curiosty, were they made by hand? If so, that's great work!

The music was probably the best part. I loved every second of it.

Very good game!
LDJam user 285924
LDJam user 2859243 Oct 2022, 18:56
I love this art and music and I like this puzzles very much. I have enjoyed playing this game, thank you
ZhuYao3 Oct 2022, 19:10
@rolly
Thank you for your feedback!:)
Actually there are some changes on UI in level7&8,we are trying to make them more obviously now, and add some hint to optimize game experiment~
About images, there is little time left,so some of them come from the photos I take in daily life.
I will keep improving and do better next time:)
Rolly
Rolly3 Oct 2022, 19:29
SPOILER

@zhuyao Now that you mention it, I actually saw the difference in level 7, but only realized that it was different when I saw it in level 8. Maybe it could be different, but after 10 seconds, it would start blinking between the default and the "two-gray-lines" versions. Just an idea ;) I actually believe it shouldn't be too obvious either, so I guess it's really hard to properly balance...

Again, good job!
Yaroslav Kravtsov
Yaroslav Kravtsov3 Oct 2022, 20:55
It was hard, but I did it. Puzzles are clever. I think issue with 7&8 levels in the pace. Every previous level has obvious controls and clear feedback. I beat first 6 levels very quickly. And after that 7&8 feels like it from other game, where you need to spend a lot of time to notice that small elements can work in unusual way. But still very good game I'm happy to play.
nullval
nullval3 Oct 2022, 21:11
Hauntingly beautiful, love the music. The way you use the UI is incredibly inventive and smart. It's kind of like if a an adventure/puzzle game were a poem :)
ZhuYao4 Oct 2022, 08:52
@yaroslav-kravtsov
Thank you for your feedback,glad you got some fun from this game:)We have discussde some methods to optimization 7&8,we will notice more details on level design next time~Thanks again :)
thebmxeur4 Oct 2022, 10:58
Like everybody, level 7 was the hardest (I solved it only after reading rolly's comment). Level 8 was second hardest but I figured it out eventually. Nice entry.
robeecodes
robeecodes4 Oct 2022, 14:34
Amazing entry, I love the atmosphere and there are some really cool puzzles!

I will echo what others are saying about 7&8, although I did manage to complete the whole game. I think having a little hint tooltip appear after 10 seconds could be a good way to help people who need it without making the answer too obvious. It would also mean that people who don't want the hint don't have to click it.

Overall, I love this game!
Eugenik
Eugenik4 Oct 2022, 22:25
Holy crap this is GREAT!.
LDJam user 2987345 Oct 2022, 14:19
such a creative game!I never expecting the theme can be used like this!(check my game too!)
asbjorn5 Oct 2022, 23:19
I like this a lot. It looks great and communicates really well. I really enjoyed figuring out what to do without reading any text.

I got stuck at level 5 though. It just displays a zero and reacts to nothing. Not sure if it's a bug or if I just can't figure it out...
Ehon
Ehon12 Oct 2022, 22:29
I love puzzle games you ahve to figue out by yourself! Really cool idea and very good execution. As some people mentioned, levels beyound 6 were very hard to beat - maybe you can write a simple solution in the descvription for playerrs who get stuck? Well done!
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