April 26th-29th 2013 :: Theme: Minimalism
Ludum Dare 26 — April 26-29th, 2013
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First time entering ludum dare/first actually completed game. Not too creative use of the theme, went for minimalistic graphics and gameplay mechanics.
A game about loving what you have, or something.
Made in Game Maker using using the Grandma Engine by Matt Thorson.
Music made in Reason.
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 100% |
| #80 | Mood | 3.71 |
| #135 | Overall | 3.70 |
| #217 | Audio | 3.27 |
| #294 | Theme | 3.82 |
| #332 | Fun | 3.23 |
| #352 | Graphics | 3.33 |
| #557 | Humor | 2.22 |
| #881 | Innovation | 2.69 |
Comments
This game is amazing! The platforming's smooth, the art cool and the story awesome!
I really like the journey and the commentary as you progress through the game. Pretty solid work here.
That was cool. Neat little story and game. I loved the bit at the beginning when you could only move in one direction. Really made it seem just that little bit more challenging.
Nice job, kept me playing until the end. The only thing I would change is the delay of some dialogs, some of them changed too quickly.
Really great entry, unfortunately I couldn't get the sound to play on Linux with wine, not sure if it's a bug with wine or whatever... Everything else is great, pretty good entry, one of my favorite.
Lovely little story and lovely little pixel art. Woof :)
I think i am a big fan of the platformer + narrator genre. The platforming was well done and the game feels complete. Great job!
Nice animation and story telling, levels chained well, text is always visible, all good :)
Very cool experience. It kept my attention. Music was super good.
Loved it! First Ludumdare game I've played today that I got stuck on and "had" to finish! The ending was perfect as well. :)
Favourite game so far - Many others are far more advanced (ie. 3D, randomly generated, etc) but this is perfect!
A nice little complete game, no part of it felt underdeveloped. Quite a feat for a ludum dare game!
Great story! The game looks and plays very smoothly, and you nailed the theme. Nice use of color to go along with the progression of the character's thoughts!
Honestly I wanted to dislike this as an arty platformer with a long unskippable intro, but...I smiled at the end. Really nice minimalist work.
WOW, amazing game. I think it was a bit easy but the story kept me playing, I couldn't stop until it was finished. During the first part I was thinking:"Come on Edward, you have your family and your dog, don't go away!!! :( "
Good job!
Thanks for the really nice words guys!
Glad people are enjoying it :)
Very cool game, loved every second. Good challenge and great story as well.
Well that was a story indeed! Not particularly complex gameplay mechanics, but more story-based.
Pretty nice relaxing experience, I thought the first part was more interesting than the rest - as being unable to go left has a weird disorienting feeling, which I was really enjoying, and hoped would continue (like... if jump had been disabled at the bottom of the cave or something). Good job.
It is one of my favorite games here at ludum dare 26 ... cool artwork... very atmospheric... cool sound... nice story... yep i will play this game again some time
Really liked the story and graphics, the gameplay at the start was a clever idea too. Did not liked the music that much, but overall I enjoyed playing it!
Nice philosophical theme and I think the gameplay does complement that.
Good story, great intro and top mood mark, but seriously...*SPOILER ALERT* What have you done Edward ? You could have been a super hero, learn to double jump and throw fireballs instead of coming back to your wife and kids... What have you done ?! At least leave with the dog next time, It would have made some fun gameplay to get him out of the cave
So this is your first jam-game? o_0 Wow! Impressive! You've created a lot of levels and you tied them very well with the narration, very good work.
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