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Hey there,
Close your eyes is simple game in which you have to (surprise surprise) close your eyes. You close your eyes by hitting Space. As for the Theme - you are connecting two different worlds - one is considered normal, second is a closed eyes world in which you see imagined things. The worlds differ and to succeed you have to switch between them with good timings ;).
There's tutorial, 5 levels of normal game, plus something like game plus (gameplay is easier than I expected so I've added harder version ;) )
Ok then, hope you have some fun.
Cheers!
VERSION 1.1
Fixed the hit box on finish line of level 5, now should always work :)
https://b935a866a41f29a107d108ebd96483bb6a8af0d2.googledrive.com/host/0B54eWCk5eSFdY3RXbU05SUk2Yms/CloseYourEyes.html
VERSION 1.0 -
https://f6bdee2ed0233da90ebc5a5b0b88f07fe9283ddf.googledrive.com/host/0B54eWCk5eSFdRzR4YVh0YnY0cEU/CloseYourEyes.html
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 100% |
| #18 | Innovation | 4.24 |
| #19 | Overall | 4.11 |
| #52 | Mood | 3.86 |
| #67 | Fun | 3.82 |
| #71 | Theme | 3.96 |
| #131 | Graphics | 3.92 |
| #150 | Humor | 3.17 |
| #201 | Audio | 3.35 |
Comments
This is such a clever idea. A very clever concept and play on the theme. I enjoyed it quiet a lot!
One of the best games I have ever seen fr this LD30. Really interesting concept and mood is pretty ++
Very nice and simple concept and artistic style! This is the best one so far I was played.
Good Job!
What simple but intriguing concept. I really liked the minimalistic soundtrack and working each level out.
Probably my favorite entry so far. If you go into the player settings and change the default resolution for the desktop player to something like 1920x1080 then when you fullscreen it in the browser it will actually pick the correct resolution. Weird work around, I know, but I had the same problem with my game.
I love the minimalist graphics and the entire concept is simple and has a good amount of challenge. Well designed levels and the mood is great! Well done!
Best so far, really good puzzler with solid idea.
Add a small pause after death so you can see what went wrong.
Nice ambient music and graphics are neat. Just all around solid entry.
Wonderful!
I love the visual design of this. Really fantastic, gives the game a great feel.
You also have the difficulty-curve spot on, which is very difficult to achieve for an LD-game.
Clever idea, maybe enough of a gradient in difficulty, but good nonetheless.
You are truly an artist. Best game I've seen so far this LD.
However on one of the levels (last but one I think) where you kind of go down and then right, and have lava poison lava poison alternating and then a wall. There I just bounced on the wall and went back the way I came, but the game didn't register it as a win. Maybe you didn't think of that as a solution? Or just a generic bug?
Great job nonetheless! ;)
This is cool, and gets really damn hard! It was well written and the minimal graphics pleased my eye. And the movement is so so smooth. Good job :)
@hungyg That's exactly the case, I didn't think of this way of completing the level, you should go the hard way, to the right, and up ;). This is easily fixable and maybe I will upload the fixed version soon.
Thank for playing ;)
Also my favorite! The graphics are absolutely gorgeous and the sounds are great in their simplicity. I loved it, well done!
Awesome, clean presentation. Excellent mechanics, very clever game!
The "Nelson" poetry made me laugh. Professionally done and rather enjoyable. You could potentially adapt this for phone or tablet.
I can't quite see the theme connection, but it's well polished game :)
What a great game !
I love the visual, uncluttered and understandable.
great game all round. brilliant concept and executed perfectly. best game so far(shame i suck at it).
Good game. Smooth gameplay without wasting time on graphics. The graphics are simple and work really well because they don't distract from the puzzles.
Amazing idea. Cool graphics, hypnotising music and beautiful mood.
Best game so far! Pretty much a cohesive piece of work. But cn you finish the last level? I am pretty sure I fly right rought the rot target thing.
Awesome execution, the levels are well balanced and get you up to speed with the mechanics without it feeling like you're in over your head.
Sweet Zombie Jesus! This is amazing, the best entry I've played so far.
DAMN YOU NELSON!
This is seriously good - 5 stars all round :)
@JetL33t the issue has been fixed in version 1.1 (moved hit box few pixels, such a stupid bug :)) Thx for pointing out.
And thank you kindly for all the comments :)
Very unique and atmospheric game! Like everything in this one. And too hard, yeah =)
Good job!
Great entry! Really fun and well made! fun and challanging mechanic.
just a simple mechenic that is perfected to the best it posibly can be tis is a true Ludum Dare game
Great concept and execution. The tutorial is really good at introducing the mechanics. Good job!
Awesome job man! This is by far the greatest game I've seen all weekend, I loved the art especially.
One of the strongest entries I've seen so far! I hope you score well! :)
Really nice work! Are there any ports planned in future, i would love to see this game in action on mobile devices...
Great concept and great execution! Really liked how you explained the game mechanics to the player, the visuals were really good and I had a lot of fun playing this :D 5/5
@Appocket Someday, if my skills allow it... ;) Definitly will try
Viciously clever mechanic, deceptively simple one button play but leads to a very enjoyable and playable game.
The simple art and sound only add to the clean execution you've created here while the surprisingly natural narration creates a nice counterpoint.
Great submission, both as a game and a work of art.
Cool! Nice mechanic with a great execution, I love the visuals.
Very cool game, the first game I've given 5 stars for overall :D
An amazing idea! The music was kinda creepy, but it made the atmosphere.
Love the art and atmosphere of it. very simple idea executed well. Nicely done.
This was simply awesome, I always knew that great games can come from a game jam and this one is certainly one of these games.
Absolutely love this game. Great concept and slick execution. You should definitely develop this further.
Nice game. One thing I thought would be great if the sound plays when you hit a wall instead of ambient noise that it is right now.
@Xgor Thx for the input, that was the plan but I had to drop it for now ;)
Clever mechanic, great execution of the design, cool graphics and sound and awesome use of the theme. Pretty much a solid all around entry, awesome. Definitely up there at the top!
This is from now on my most favorite game, it really was extremely cool. Thank you for this game!
Really nice work, Everything goes together really well. And with polish too. Great Job!
Pure and beatiful game!
Excelent realize split-level mechanics.
Super challenging! Really dig the idea of having to close your eyes to pass through a puzzle game like this.
Simply awesome concept, execution is great too. I just wish there were a few more levels :D
I liked this a lot. Great presentation, great idea, great execution. My entry had a similar concept, but you did it much better.
Very sleek graphics, and I really loved the "if I can't see it , doesn't exist" idea behind the gameplay!
Brilliant game, with an awesome concept. Really enjoyed trying to figure out the timing of each level :D
Very nice mechanic. A lot of the text was very funny too.
Great overall design and elegant presentation. The game got too difficult for me at a certain point and I just couldn't figure it out, but I enjoyed the atmosphere and "feel" of the game.
I really enjoyed this, though it got incredibly difficult.
I also have to agree with the above posts, best game I've played so far. What I enjoyed most is when you're losing on a difficult level, you feel 100% at fault, i.e. you can't blame it on the game mechanics because of how simple it is
This is amazing!! This is just a big bag of awesome in all respects. Congrats!!
Wow this is a really cool concept, very unique! Great work
i closed my eyes while hitting the spacebar also. very realistic!
kidding aside, great game! very clean and also the aesthetics were really great!
Nice idea, well executed, we liked the minimalism, maybe it's a litle bit too much at some point.
Anyway great entry !
Very cool concept, and the execution is flawless! Bravo.
Really liked this, awesome idea, great execution! Excellent work!
Very nice concept, very well implemented ! The game looks really polished and beautiful, and the levels are interesting to play. Congrats on such an awesome idea !
Simplistic in style but really wonderfully effective. This is a great entry, my only gripe is to spellcheck it, and you have a legit awesome game on your hands!
Brilliant use of the theme, the game mechanics were compelling and I continued through all of the levels. I didn't go through the unfair ones though, but I enjoyed the game!
Very nicely done. Consistent art and music styles, interesting gameplay, good mood and I love the "close your eyes" concept. Spot on!
Such a great idea and great execution. Really liked playing your game.
Great game! Amazing concept, the clean graphics work well too :D
Very nice minimalistic approach to the theme, nice level design even though it's kindda hardcore sometimes!
Very well done.
Your game is just awesome, such a genius and efficient concept. Congratulations !
One of my favourites so far! Graphics and sound are well done and neat, and the gameplay is a brilliant idea !
The puzzles are challenging and that's great
Graphics are crisp, clean and minimalist. Music is light and suitably creepy, adding a sinister atmosphere to an otherwise emotionless world. I like the hostile narrator too, it's a nice touch. This game has lots of character on top of a simple but incredibly effective mechanic. This is minimalism done right.
Great job!
Brilliant game absolutely loved everything about it. Definitely straight to the top of my favourites so far.
So great! Graphics and style is so awesome!!
Concept is cool!
Most original game by far. Would like to see more. Felt like level design went downhill when the circular ones were introduced, kinda confused me a bit. Really nice idea and great sounds too!
Yes. Innovative, great mood, just yes. I close my eyes at the scary parts too!
Like the game, minimalist art style is good and the mechanics are fun, but I honestly think the last level on unfair mode has too much of a difficulty spike, found the timing on that one pretty hard to get right compared to the others - also, I think that the audio should keep going, instead of restarting on every failure. But overall, I think it's a pretty great game that manages to do the whole "one button" mechanic very well.
Brilliant gameplay mechanic. This could be a full game. Would work well on phones.
Amazing game! Very good idea, beautiful art and well designed :)
Aside from some typos here and there, I could find nothing to crit about this. It's just very fun and highly intuitive. The abstract graphical style serves it well, and the sound makes gives it a hint of mystery and lack of knowledge. Very strong entry!
Wow. Beautifully designed, nice and simple idea and funny texts. Really good job.
The design on this game is really really really great. The industry needs people making awesome concepts! Great job
Very interesting and unique mechanic. I liked your use of the theme.
Absolutely love the innovation! One of the best games I've rated so far, love it!
This is probably the most polished, most memorable thing I've seen this compo. Needs more levels!
Nice idea and visual style. Some parts were extremely frustrating where you died as soon as you switched worlds and didn't get to see what killed you.
Personnaly I think the hitboxes are quite punitive but still a nice game, good work.
This is amazing, you made quite the game in such a short time frame. Great job!
Really cool game. The idea is simple but so well executed, and the texts make it really charming and fun. Would love to see more levels of this!
What a delightful puzzle game! I would play more of this, for sure.
A very impressive mechanic. Nicely executed. The little touches of humor also adds to the experience.
Challenging game, couldn't finish it. had lots of fun though :) well done!
Great graphics, strong mood, and fantastic execution. Like many LD games, it got way hard, way fast. If you want to take this further in the future I would figure out what lessons the player needs to learn and give it to them in small bites before doing anything complicated around new ideas. That said, I really enjoyed this. Excellent work.
Cool, clean, fun game! What more is there to ask? it probably be interesting to have tones as the ball hits the pieces and add a little layer to the music. Either way, it works as it is right now. Good job! :D
Great idea and great execution. Would work really well on mobile also given the one touch interaction.
Simple 'n funky little mechanic, and well explained. Gets ridiculous pretty quickly though :p
Bravo! This is actually my favorite game so far. Very nicely polished and the core mechanic is amazing and simple. Since it's just 1 button, you should totally ship this for mobile platforms :)
No, I can't do that again :)
This is genius! Fits the theme perfectly! It's so simple and so mean!
This game is really really good. Super fun, looks crisp, and the audio is perfect. Home run. I only hope I can make an entry as good some day.
Very solid entry; good mechanics, visuals, sounds and writing.
It's pretty frustrating trying to remember where things were. Also, I feel like it good use something more, but I don't know what. Other than that, please use DontDestroyOnLoad on your music object so it doesn't reset everytime you load a level ;)
Great entry, bookmarked
this game was a lot of fun. really fit the theme and was well executed. awesome job.
Great idea. Very original. Liked the art, levels and music (mood). Good stuff here.
Great entry, very thematic. Simple and effective. Great job!
Splendid game, a single clean idea! Sounds great, looks great, thematically solid, plays with a sliiiightly harsher curve than I'd prefer, but overall a superb example of a 48 hour game!
Nice one! Fits perfectly with the theme and manage to be fun AND innovative. I also dig the minimalistic graphics
Wow, this is an amazing entry! Really sharp visuals and some really simple game play that kept me coming back for more! Very addictive, would love to have this as an app on my phone. Really atmospheric sounds too... great dongs!
Wow, great idea with the eyes closing! Although, I wouldn't give this man a ride :P
Wow, what an awesome idea for this theme. In the later levels it gets really confusing and I like that. Great game :D
Loved the minimalist style and gameplay. Levels were fun and you did a nice job ramping up the challenge.
Very sleek visual style! I enjoyed unfair mode a lot - nice work!
I really enjoy games like this one, with a strong but simple gameplay, starflood man! Your gameconcept is gorgeous!
Love the clean lines and use of colour (or lack there of)
Nice simple one button controls and some tricky level designs.
There's a lot of trial and error and practice even though there's only one button to press lol. Would make a good mobile game if were to release a full version.
this is a really beautiful simple game, but amazingly well executed. the color scheme was pleasant, the sound was soothing, and the puzzles were... not so soothing. Overall I loved this idea/concept and you did an amazing job, well done!
Excellent! Love the graphics, audio, and the feeling of the game.
That's a little more comments than I have expected :) Thank you all kindly!
The only thing questionable would be the Theme category here which is interpreted in a way or other. It goes into my Awesome Entries list even though I'm not a fan of puzzle games. I loved graphics and music :)
Pretty interesting idea. It becomes better as you play I wish there was more. Great visual style also. Well done :)
Really fun, but really hard. If only I could get past that level... I like the bit about Nelson!
Really cool use of the theme, and the later levels are nicely challenging. The music provides the perfect atmosphere. Great job!
Graphic style is amazing! I love its simplicity and the colour scheme you chose. The puzzles actually got pretty difficult by the end.
Very cool indeed, got super challenging (good thing of course).
Well done!
Really innovative. Reminds me of the games like Chip's Challenge where they're deceptively simple and light, but you could get lost on it for hours. Great play.
Really nice concept! Works great and is fresh and new. You could have done more with soundeffects when bumping off walls or bubbling lava, but though this is a nice game!
I like your game. Thank you very much for artwork and gameplay. Very nice.
Well, this time you weren't evil! hahahahha (I didn't really hate you, I was just frustrated with the hard game hahahahha <3)
Great concept and super polished execution! A bit frustrating sometimes but not undoable. Well done!
very unique concept, would of been cool if you could somewhere find gameplay where you actually had to close your eys!
It was a really neat game. I think if you take it further, you could add some cool eyes-closed effects. Whenever I close my eyes it is not just black, there are some patterns. I would also change the collision detection a tiny bit. The lava and poison had a little bit of a preemptive response on kill hits.
Overall though, this was a good entry. Please continue this project.
This is a very cool idea and very well executed! The art style is awesome!
Nice Job! Its like blacklight air-hockey with yourself... and monsters. :)
Actually it could was an excellent entry for the "you only get one" theme.
Simple as possible and full of possibilities, at the end is still a switched world game but with this powerful simplicity, but the hardest timing.
The design is not only nice, it is merely perfect, i'm not fan of the difficulty of the first "normal" level who is maybe too high, but it's only tweak and playtest.
My only critic is that the first idea of only make the world disappear when you close your eyes whas so perfect that i was a little bit sad when things start to appear when you close... ;)
The game was really great.
One of the more unique game mechanics. Not sure with the connection to the theme though. Was fun to play.
Really intriguing concept and the atmosphere was great. Kudos to you !
I don't wish there was more, that last level on hard difficulty made my thumb hurt.
But seriously, cool game you have there. Aesthetically pleasing and great mood.
There are just some weird things going on with the collision detection in the last levels, that make the ball go slightly in the wrong direction sometimes, which is kinda annoying.
Really nice game with a simple idea, great narration and really not so much to comment on/suggest. I would maybe opt for some audio and/or visual effects when bouncing the balls as well as hitting obstacles.
Really great game.
A truly unique game, well done.
I think some sound effects would be nice.
Haunting aesthetics and music. The game is simple and accessible enough to pull you in until the finish. Good job!
A wonderful puzzle game. I have never seen such a concept - very innovative and fun!
Love it ! The narration is very cool, the music fit perfectly and the gameplay quite original.
Unfair mode was true to its name. Finally got it after like a billion tries! The art was really clean and minimalistic. Fun game!
Neat concept, and very fun to play :)
Would have loved to see more levels!
amazing in every way, the best game i've played so far!
The graphics and gameplay looks very polished, really good jam entry! 5/5
Adding my voice to the crowd to yell how cool this game is :)
Gameplay, graphics, polish, all feels nice, fun to play, and modern (= flat & mobile friendly ;P)
If I were to suggest some improvements for the future, I'd say you should rely more on this "blindness" mechanic: I really enjoyed how in the first how I had to keep in mind the trajectory of the ball ; sadly ihis idea is lost in the latter levels, which are full of visual markers to keep track of where things are. Keeping 1 world only and building on the blindess mechanic would be a great direction to try.
I hope to see more of this!
Really cool how you used this simple mechanic. I loved the art too. Great difficulty ramp. I just wish there was more audio. Great job!
Great concept, I wish you'd stick with the idea to the end. Escaping danger closing the eyes is genious, but what happens in the game is that you are just switching worlds, the same concept as hundreds of other entries, the concept is still present, but much more superficially.
Everything else was really well made.
really nice and innovative game... well designed and polished.
good job!
Completed on unfair mode. A really good ride, although a bit too short. One of the best games of the jam.
A very clever and interesting take on the theme. And well executed. Awesome work!
Oh! Awesome. This is great. I love the mood and the "unfair" mode is a real challenge!
One of the best I've seen. Got past 3 in the unfair mode and just gave up when I saw the next one. Could get it eventually (maybe) but can't do this all weekend. This was great.
This is the best, you need to make some more levels and sell this!
I don't know, but this game isn't really anything new or original. There are tons of games like this on Google Play or Appstore.
Nice concept, feels really smooth. I included it in part 27 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/DOSk1bi234E
I'll go a little sideways and pass on the "graphics" because with minor tweaks they could have been Atari 2600 graphics.
It's just a cute little theme, and for these kinds of things, when the UI is minimalist, you can't have many bugs and this one didn't have many.
I write posts on DonationCoder.com, and I try to rate games to my own (very subjective) difficulty scale. I think this did a decent job of training and easy early levels, then about 2nd before the end of the slow levels and def the fast levels, it jumped a notch in difficulty.
But nice concept, something I haven't seen before.
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This is the best game I've seen this weekend, such a brilliant idea. I actually closed my eyes a couple of times instinctively. The text, the art, the idea, this should win LD30!