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Zen-Adventure of Surface
Used:
FlashDevelop, HaXe, OpenFL,
ModPlugTracer, Audacity, Gimp
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 61% |
| #33 | Innovation | 4.13 |
| #57 | Graphics | 4.26 |
| #74 | Mood | 3.84 |
| #90 | Audio | 3.67 |
| #203 | Overall | 3.58 |
| #376 | Theme | 3.46 |
| #699 | Humor | 2.24 |
| #736 | Fun | 2.82 |
Comments
This was... absurd. I loved it throughout, even though I had no idea what to do. :)
I don't know exactly why or what I was doing, but had fun doing it. Excels at mood and style. I would like a more defined goal.
This is a strange game. That was pretty fun but I have absolutely no idea what is the goal.
I collected some items until I run out of energy. Is there more than that?
I managed to get 13 of 19 symbols.
Then I ran out of energy.
Would be more useful if I could see more.
Weird but nice game overall :D Took me time trying to find them.
Exceptional visual style. I really liked the shiny wavy surface. Although i couldn't decide upon what the gameplay was actually about .. :)
Nice music, nice graphics, and I like how you used the mathematical definition of a surface (to be honest I also thought of it - though I have no way of implementing it.)
The gameplay feels repetitive and complex though, but everything else feels as if this game is really a work of art.
Really awesome aesthetic, goal is unclear but obvious once you figure it out. Nice!
The surface is hard to control, but original idea and cool ambiance. Good job.
I have no idea what I'm doing, but it looks neat and is quite satisfying :)
I wish I had known what is going on here, I can enjoy this game though!
It looks and sounds just amazing, but I have no idea what to do :-(
The surface looks amazing, you can really see it fly as you move.
Like a lot of people, I was very confused by the gameplay at the beginning. It's funny that the game as a tutorial for using the *arrow keys*, but nothing on what the hell is going on in this game. I also found the controls to be very confusing since they don't follow the isometric world. The trick of course is to hold two arrows at the same time. I found some symbols but I can't say I finished the game. Overall the game is impressive, the concept is interesting and the mood is great, but I didn't have enough fun playing it to try and find all the symbols. I'm very curious to know what happens when you do though.
wow. That was very cool. running around looking for glowing places was kind of annoying. but, oh well. looks so neat!
The graphics and audio fit the mood very well, and the gameplay is quite zen indeed. Despite nailing the abstract zen-like gameplay, I think the game could benefit from a bit more exposition.
Really relaxing. Quit lacking as a game but superb as a Zen interactive experience.
I was hoping someone would interpret "beneath the surface" topologically! Fantastic experience.
Interesting take on the theme. I've always wanted to be an oscillating surface. Movement could be improved. I kept draining tiles that I didn't want to. Was a little frustrating though (movement combined with difficulty to find symbols).
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A game like this could do with a bit more instructions ;) but it's a very zen like experience! so that aspect worked :)