Break the Limits! by Volute

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made by Volute for LD31 (COMPO)
You are trapped in a room and the only thing you can do is think. But what will you think about?

Ratings

Coolness 67% 3
Overall 4.07 20
Audio 3.57 105
Fun 3.61 148
Graphics 3.78 166
Humor 3.35 126
Innovation 3.97 86
Mood 4.38 9
Theme 4.15 85

Feedback

Absor
08. Dec 2014 路 03:39 UTC
Very, very interesting game. Too bad the sound loop gets a bit annoying.
tyty5949
08. Dec 2014 路 03:42 UTC
Really good game. I don't think the sound gets that annoying because if you play fast it changes. Very nice concept and execution of the game.
hd_
08. Dec 2014 路 03:43 UTC
This is really cool !

Not sure if it's a bug, but thoughts started running on a loop.
馃帳 Volute
08. Dec 2014 路 03:46 UTC
Thanks for the comments!

@hd_ It's normal, that's what the "Think better" upgrade does :)
Nuclear Napalm
08. Dec 2014 路 03:47 UTC
Really fun game. And I felt the mood. Like I'm in a prison and I can't understand what's going on. Thanks!
noahm
08. Dec 2014 路 03:49 UTC
This was fun! It reminds me a lot of Drowning in Problems (http://game.notch.net/drowning/) except it has better music!
Pastry
08. Dec 2014 路 03:55 UTC
Interesting concept, good mood and atmosphere, but overall the clicking mechanic isn't very fun or engaging, and can be a distraction from the rest of the story. I found myself reading the dialogue while randomly clicking around the bottom.
Mopz
08. Dec 2014 路 08:47 UTC
Set's the mood alright.
jamaxx
08. Dec 2014 路 14:28 UTC
Really awesome concept! love it.
pjimmy
08. Dec 2014 路 18:53 UTC
wow, very nice, it succeeds in conveying lots of emotion
Domicuc
08. Dec 2014 路 19:22 UTC
Hello mate,i must say it.. you make a very good game x) congratulation.. you got it bro ! :)
If you have some 1/2 minutes check my project too x) thanks mate. Have a good night :) or .. i dont know where are you from XD.
BtheDestroyer
08. Dec 2014 路 19:25 UTC
I played something like this for another LD by Markus Persson. Really liked the idea ;)
ben_pxlplz
08. Dec 2014 路 19:36 UTC
I like the idea, and there is probably a very interesting puzzle game in there somewhere. I tended to ignore the story elements while I was trying to craft the correct items to advance the story. Overall though, it's very slick! Love the concept and the art. Be interesting to develop further.
Iak
08. Dec 2014 路 19:47 UTC
I've seen a similar concept before, but you did a much better job on it than i've seen so far. Very neatly made.
ProfessorRekyl
08. Dec 2014 路 21:12 UTC
Nice idea! Good concept and fun "clicker".
benmcnelly
08. Dec 2014 路 21:13 UTC
Nice! Well rounded game all around.
BusinessClient
08. Dec 2014 路 21:14 UTC
Very interesting design
RevoluGame
08. Dec 2014 路 21:16 UTC
Nice concept, but the buttons distract you from the story ...
Tasteslikefuture
08. Dec 2014 路 21:16 UTC
Really awesome game! Very original... almost like an rts/visual novel mashup. Art and sound design are solid. Awesome work!
Mattias Wargren
08. Dec 2014 路 21:19 UTC
Really good!
MarthMadness
08. Dec 2014 路 21:19 UTC
Loved it. Couldn't help but scream at him to cry harder.
nuiguy
08. Dec 2014 路 21:21 UTC
Wow, this is truly an amazing game! The mood was just amazing and the art style was very fitting

+1 Kudos for falling space invaders!

-Nuiguy
Beerman
08. Dec 2014 路 21:23 UTC
Nicely put together - if anything it's a bit too easy to get caught up in the mechanics and forget to watch the main screen, but it's a great idea, well realised.
SneManden
08. Dec 2014 路 21:25 UTC
Wow, really great experience! It's more like an interactive story than a game. But it was really awesome: and with a really sweet and motivating message!
panda
08. Dec 2014 路 21:28 UTC
Wow! Awesome! That was really impressive. The end left me hanging a bit, but the game's very well done! I like how you get this whole story in there using only basic elements.
tMalicet
08. Dec 2014 路 21:48 UTC
Really nice atmosphere and story-line.
Gaspard_
08. Dec 2014 路 22:04 UTC
Great entry! Liked the mood shifts allot!
I didn't grasp the story entirely which gave it an additional mysterious feeling...
alpha_rat
08. Dec 2014 路 23:02 UTC
Great entry! I loved it
Nobuyoshi
09. Dec 2014 路 02:00 UTC
Awesome, I love it.
LukeZaz
09. Dec 2014 路 03:37 UTC
Great game - very interesting. Definitely achieves a good mood.
plauk
09. Dec 2014 路 07:40 UTC
The feels...
Lissar
09. Dec 2014 路 08:21 UTC
I really loved this one! My favorite that I've played so far. Didn't expect someone could make me enjoy what's essentially a clicker.
feizenbara
09. Dec 2014 路 08:34 UTC
Cute :-)
Simon
09. Dec 2014 路 10:32 UTC
This is a nice take on the clicking game genre. Very very weird too but in such a cool way. Bravo I love your game :)
Anshul Goyal
09. Dec 2014 路 17:13 UTC
super awesome! Just LOVED it. Excellent work!
Meedoc
09. Dec 2014 路 21:33 UTC
Wow! That was a really nice experience! Great job!
JoshuaBurr
10. Dec 2014 路 19:21 UTC
Very interesting concept. I enjoyed it at first but it started to feel repetitive towards the end.
egos
10. Dec 2014 路 19:28 UTC
Nice game. I have fun.
AdventureIslands
10. Dec 2014 路 19:31 UTC
This was really good, it was interesting to see how the buttons changed and what kind of things you could create. Great atmosphere and mood.
LMT
10. Dec 2014 路 19:33 UTC
Super awesome game. Very surprised this was made in 48h. The best entry I've played yet.
seraphki
10. Dec 2014 路 19:47 UTC
Really like the concept =D
I kept missing the text because I was focusing on what resources I needed to unlock other things, would it break immersion too much to somehow disable clicking during his new thoughts?

At first I thought my decisions on what I was going to invest in were going to make a difference in whether or not I escaped, and got super excited about that. I don't know if you plan to continue on with the game, but I think that'd be an interesting aspect to see if you did =]

Nice clean art, interesting story. Loved it =]
LostTrainDude
10. Dec 2014 路 19:51 UTC
Amazing take on the "idle" genre and a good concept! I was glued at it from start to finish :D

At first I didn't realize that the story elements (hanging from the top) were displaying one at a time and so I thought I was missing out something.

Also, I've discovered almost by accident that I could scroll through the "resources panel" on the bottom right with the mouse wheel. At first I thought that it was impossible for me to know how many "thought" units I had.
Mase
10. Dec 2014 路 19:52 UTC
Like others, I ignored many of the written thoughts because I was too busy clicking buttons.

I love how the sound effects become more varied and whimsical as the game progresses.
GoudaGames
10. Dec 2014 路 19:59 UTC
Really nice story.
doitle
10. Dec 2014 路 21:04 UTC
I recognize that negativity sting anywhere! When you enrage the character, I'm pretty sure that sound is also in the game Deadly Premonition.

Anyhow, this is a really original take on the clicker type game. Good story, very polished and feels like a complete unit. Very impressive for completing in just 48 hours. Great work.
shadow64
11. Dec 2014 路 00:25 UTC
Really loved this. And I mean that. Loved. This. I had a lot of fun playing it. It's an original take on the theme. It has a lot to say about life. I think it's a very well put together title and one of my favorites so far.

Great work, thanks for sharing, and congrats! :)
TheMeorch
11. Dec 2014 路 01:48 UTC
This is really wonderful. The presentation is fantastic, and I found it very moving. I occasionally found myself focusing more on clicking the buttons than reading the text above -- maybe if you could only press 1 button at a time, players wouldn't get into the habit of just rapidfire clicking boxes. That's a really minor nitpick in a fantastic game. Great, great work!
Kitch
11. Dec 2014 路 02:25 UTC
Really cool entry! Original take on the mechanics, and quite easy to get into. (Thank you for keeping the "credits" between states :) ) Good work! Thanks.
Paperscraps
11. Dec 2014 路 06:04 UTC
This was great. I FEEL ENLIGHTENED!
SecondDimension
11. Dec 2014 路 11:08 UTC
Love the atmosphere this game creates.
Shampop
11. Dec 2014 路 14:48 UTC
That's really good. And amazing you did this in 48h. Congrats !
Cosmologicon
12. Dec 2014 路 19:05 UTC
Awesome mood, awesome sound, awesome pacing. I would have loved requiring even a tiny bit of strategy or skill or thought. But I had a good time even so.
twick
12. Dec 2014 路 20:16 UTC
Great, really set a mood.
EthanWebster
12. Dec 2014 路 20:45 UTC
That's a very interesting concept, and a very enjoyable game at that. Well done ;)
ehtd
13. Dec 2014 路 02:11 UTC
Very nice, I really like how you interact gathering elements with formulas. Nice game
SoulGame
15. Dec 2014 路 13:52 UTC
I didn't understand the ending, but everything else was kind of genius. I LOVE IT. You kind of reinvented idle games by inserting a psychological dimension.
馃帳 Volute
15. Dec 2014 路 19:15 UTC
Thanks for the comments!

About the ending, the way I see it:

----/!\ Spoilers /!\----
The key to understanding what's happening is given by what's written on the TV.
The person's in a coma. On the TV are broadcasts some words that are spoken in the room the person's in and leave a mark in their subconscious. The game is the person's path to waking up (stop being imprisonned in their brain).
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ChuiGum
16. Dec 2014 路 02:06 UTC
Nice mood, good job. Very innovative, fits well with the theme!
LeReveur
16. Dec 2014 路 22:33 UTC
What a strange game... But fun anyways, so, good job. :)
alyphen
20. Dec 2014 路 16:15 UTC
Wow, nicely done. A lot of different scenarios here, kind of reminds me of Drowning in Memories (LD29), but this is a lot more polished. Good use of the theme. I think if you wanted to make something more, making a storyline that made a little more sense than a guy dreaming would be good, but the mechanic is good enough that you could do a lot with it.
okkolobr
21. Dec 2014 路 10:29 UTC
Good for a 48h compo :)
I liked the mood, and enjoyed a little less the mechanism as I was more focused on clicking than on reading.
Feeled more like getting an interactive story than a game where I can make decision (and mistake).
The overall is interesting.
joppiesaus
25. Dec 2014 路 10:32 UTC
This is deep. How did you manage to do this all in 48 hours? :O
The gameplay is more like a story rather than interaction, which is a little boring than me. However, the story is awesome. The mood the game creates fits really well.
I don't know what to say. Well done.
Chaoseed
25. Dec 2014 路 14:22 UTC
That was...interesting. The graphics are great; the gameplay is simple, but effective. i wonder about the 'point' of it all, though...Certainly I'm glad you made it, it's always good to have games that try new stuff like this!
jpmit
25. Dec 2014 路 17:50 UTC
Very cool game!
martial_cantarel_games
26. Dec 2014 路 00:43 UTC
))))))
Dans17
27. Dec 2014 路 02:29 UTC
Very interesting game. I was expecting an ending where you would see him wake up from his coma.
AnnaGavaldaKedavra
04. Jan 2015 路 21:26 UTC
Very great game and great concept. Love it!
hacksoi
14. Feb 2015 路 07:54 UTC
I really enjoyed playing this game because I felt a sense of wonder.